Charles (Chuck) Kensinger

Psalm 102 is a song of lamentation. The writer cries out to Jehovah to hear his prayer.  How often have you been in a situation where you did not feel that God was listening? This can happen to any of us. Our lives can be cut short for many reasons. We all know how it feels to have our name used as a curse word. Enemies seem to have the upper hand. Yahweh is on His throne forever. His dominance is certain. Everyone praises Him or will. Our lives are fading as His is eternal.

The Psalms overflow with praise for the Lord and the 103rd song is no different from most of David’s poems. God receives glory for salvation, healing, compassion, redemption, righteousness, justice, and grace.

Verse twelve includes a statement that we seem to jump over. Our sin has been removed from us by Jehovah. How far is this separation? How far must you travel to the east to begin going west? You will never stop going east. When you travel north or south, you change directions at some point. Not when you travel east to west and west to east. Our world is round, and the north is established by magnetism close to the northernmost point. South, east, and west are determined by the position that is related to the north. God always knew this. Man did not. This is a statement only God could make at this time.

Jesus called Jehovah His Father and David knows Him as his Heavenly Father. He also recognizes Him as the creator of the Universe. He ends the song, as he began, with praise.

Praise is what Psalm 104 is about as before. The creativity of Jehovah is the first thing to be proclaimed.  His power is next. The same being that created the Heavens and the Earth, caused a worldwide flood and then put the water back where He wanted it to stay. Everything is ordered in creation. Leviathan is thought to be an extinct creature of the sea. Maybe one of what we call the dinosaurs. It was made by Yahweh.

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