BLESSED be the Shem of Yahweh FOREVER – 24

Subject: To God be the Glory FOREVER! Amen

In the last 2 articles in Romans, we have looked at 2 doxology passages where "God is blessed forever, Amen."

There are 4 doxology passages in Romans where praise and glory is given to Yahweh God.



The 3rd doxology is found in Romans 11:36."For from him and through him and for him are all things. 
To him be the glory forever! Amen."


Who is the "him" referring to here?

We need to look at the context of the passage. 

3 verses earlier Paul speaks about God in Romans 11:33, "Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!"

Yahweh God is the subject matter. 

• In fact, right at the beginning of the chapter, Paul mentions Elijah and how he appeals to God against Israel. 
• In reply, it was Yahweh God who said to Elijah, "“I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 

Throughout the entire chapter of Romans 11 where God is mentioned, Paul is referring to Yahweh God. 

• Paul is so filled with praises to Yahweh God because of His kindness of grafting in the Gentiles to salvation. 
• In the end, all Israel will be saved leading Paul to end the passage with a doxology glorifying Yahweh God, for from Him, and through Him and to Him are all things. To Yahweh God be glory for ever, Amen! 

In the next article, we will look at the 4th doxology passage in Romans. Can you guess where it is?

See you again tomorrow! 

BLESSED be the Shem of Yahweh FOREVER – 23

Subject: God who is over all be "Blessed Forever" Amen.

This article is going to be a bit long. I put this into 12 sequential points for easier reading. So take your time to slowly read this one through. 

In our last article, we looked at the first occurrence where Paul uses "Blessed Forever" in Romans. 

Today, we will look at the second occurrence – Romans 9:4-5.

"They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ. God who is over all be blessed forever. Amen."


1. This doxology in Romans 9:5 is found in the middle of Paul's lament and anguish for his kinsmen. 

He is expressing his heart's desire for his people to come to saving faith in Christ, yet they refused to do so inspite of all that God has blessed them with. As Paul lists out the privileges in Rom 9:4-5, out came his outburst of praise to God who is blessed forever for making all these promises possible.

2. The above text (Rom 9:4-5) is taken from the Revised Standard Version.  

   
    I chose this version because this translation is more clear and accurate. 


3. I am also including a picture of the Greek manuscript Codex Sinaiticus from AD 350 on Rom 9:5 so that you can see why there is a lot of confusion regarding the understanding of this text.





4. As you can see from the ancient manuscript, there is no punctuation marks in Romans 9:5. 

So the phrase that is in question is towards the end of Romans 9:5 – ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

5. If you put a comma between "κατὰ σάρκα" and "ὁ ὢν", the translation will be: 

"Christ according to the flesh who is over all, God blessed forever. 

Christ and God here are in the same sentence.

6. If you put a period between "κατὰ σάρκα" and "ὁ ὢν", the translation will be: 

Christ according to the flesh. God who is over all be blessed forever.

Christ and God here are separated to two different sentences.

7. Many people are confused about Romans 9:5, because a superficial reading of using the comma version gives the impression that Christ who is God be blessed forever.


8. Paul never equates Χριστὸς (Christ) with θεὸς (God).


9. In this series of 22 articles on "Blessing God's Name Forever", we have already seen the explicit truth that "blessed be" is always used with reference to Yahweh God in OT and NT. Yahweh God is always our sole object of praise and blessed forever, not Jesus.


10. We have also seen that Paul emphasizes that it is God who is 'blessed forever' in 2 other places in his writings: Rom 1:25 and 2 Cor 11:31.


11. In Romans 9:5, Yahweh God is again the object of praise. Jesus Christ is the cause of the praise but not the object. We must not mix the two together.


12. In the context of Romans 9, Paul is expressing his anguish that his fellow kinsmen do not even realize the great privileges the Israelites have from God. They have the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, the promises, the fathers and even Christ coming from among them — Wow… all these cause Paul to praise Yahweh God forevermore for the privileges given to the covenant people. It is Yahweh God who makes all this possible in Christ. 

Yahweh God, who is over all, be blessed forever. Amen!

BLESSED be the Shem of Yahweh FOREVER – 22

Subject: The Creator who is "Blessed Forever" Amen!

There are 2 places where Paul uses "blessed forever" in Romans. 


Today we will look at the first occurrence of "blessed forever" in Romans.

Romans 1:24- 25. "Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonouring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen."


1. This is a doxology. Doxo comes from the Greek word " δόξα" meaning 'glory'.

2. A doxology is a short praise glorifying God, often times ending with "Amen". We see this repeated pattern in the Old Testament where Psalmists and men of God would bless and glorify God at the end of their praises.

3. Who is "blessed forever" here in Romans 1:24-25? 

4. It is "the Creator" who is blessed forever.

5. Yahweh God is our Creator. He is the One worthy of our worship and praise, therefore we bless Him forever. Let us serve and worship our only Creator God Yahweh and not exchange the truth about God for a lie.


Yahweh God, our Creator, You are blessed forever! Amen.

BLESSED be the Shem of Yahweh FOREVER – 20

Subject: Blessed be the "God" and Father of our "Lord" Jesus Christ

"BLESSED be the "God" and Father of our "Lord" Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. " Ephesians 1:3 

• The focus of worship and praise is always Yahweh Father God in both the Old Testament and New Testament. 

• Here, it is Yahweh Father who is blessed and in turn, Yahweh God blesses us with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. 

• The subject is Yahweh God.

We can take note of the following:

1. Yahweh is "God" and Father.
2. Jesus Christ is "Lord".


In the past, when I read the New Testament, I often intermixed the terms "God" and "Lord". Whenever I read, "Lord", I thought "Lord" is "God", and that "God" is "Lord".


We need to distinguish these terms "God" and "Lord". 
Do not intermix them to avoid confusion.

1.  Jesus was not born with this title "Lord". 

2.  Jesus was given the title "Lord" by Yahweh God. 

In Acts 2:36, "God has made him both "Lord" and "Christ", this Jesus whom you crucified.” 

Jesus fulfilled God's mission to be the Messiah, and that's why Yahweh God raised him up to become "Lord" (Philippians 2:9-11), to sit on His right hand in the heavenly places (Ephesians 1:20).


Paul constantly makes this distinction: 
One God, the Father and one Lord, Jesus Christ.

In 1 Cor 8:6, it says: "there is but "one God", the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but "one Lord", Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live."

We worship and bless the one Yahweh God.

BLESSED be the Shem of Yahweh FOREVER – 19

Subject: Yahweh God is Blessed Forevermore

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed FOREVERMORE, knows that I am not lying. 

2 Corinthians 11:31 

These words of Paul are almost in the form of an oath, a solemn appeal to God, who can testify to the truth of what Paul is saying to the Corinthian church.


We can take note of the following 3 points:

1. God is blessed. In the OT, Yahweh God is blessed all the time. We have seen this in the last 18 articles. 

2. Yahweh God is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

3. Yahweh God is blessed FOREVERMORE. Blessing 

• Yahweh God is to continue from generations to generations. 
• Blessing Yahweh God did not stop in the OT times. 
• Paul continues to follow through on this important teaching in his generation. 
• We too must learn to bless Yahweh God so that our children can learn to love God and praise the Name of Yahweh.

BLESSED be the Shem of Yahweh FOREVER – 13

Subject: Ezra blesses Yahweh, the great God

"And Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground." Nehemiah 8:6 

There are so many spiritual lessons we can learn from Ezra, the scribe and priest. He rebuilt and restored the relationship of God's people to Yahweh. This is also our mission today.

Ezra returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity 13 years before Nehemiah. To rebuild God's people in Jerusalem, the first order of business is to make sure the people understand God's Law. 


Ezra gathered the people of God to read the Law of the covenant to them. 

• Before he began the reading, he led the Israelites in a short prayer ascribing blessing, honor and glory to Yahweh, the great God. 
• This procedure is very important to prepare the hearts of the people to receive the Law. 
• Notice the double intensity of the response: Amen, Amen. It's an expression of faith on the people's hearts to affirm that the great God be blessed. 
• With hands lifted up, heads bowed, they worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground to receive the Torah.

Today, we also must prepare our hearts in prayer and adoration as we hear the Word of God read and expounded. 

Reading of Scripture needs to play a primary role in our church worship. 


In the time of Ezra, people did not have their own personal copies of Torah, so they had to gather together to listen to the Torah read to them. Today, we take the Bible for granted for we have many personal copies of Scriptures. In our fast growing technologies, we do not even need to hold hard copies of the Bible anymore as we have many versions of the Scripture in digital format right at our finger tips. Everything is provided for us free and we do not know how to treasure the Scripture anymore.

We need both the reading of Scripture and the correct exposition of the Word of God in our churches today.

When I do my daily devotions, I often proceed in a quiet manner meditatively. I am now spending some time to worship and read out the portion of Scripture audibly in a reverent way. I find this very helpful to praise God and meditate more deeply on God's Word in my heart.

BLESSED be the Shem of Yahweh FOREVER – 12

Subject: Daniel blesses the Name of God Forever and Ever

Daniel 2:20 "Blessed be the Name of God Forever and Ever; Wisdom and Power are His."

Daniel is a post-exilic prophet. He was very young when he went on exile to Babylon during Jeremiah's ministry. Daniel has never forgotten the great name of God, Yahweh even though he grew up in the pagan society of Babylon. In the book of Daniel, he refers God as "Yahweh" 6 times. Daniel also lives a life of blessing God's Name.


We have a record of Daniel's prayer in Daniel 2:20-23. 

• Right at the beginning of Daniel's prayer, he blesses the Name of God FOREVER and EVER. 
• It is always in the hearts of the prophets that God's Name be blessed not only in their times but also FOREVER into eternity.

What makes Daniel praise and bless God's Shem? 

God has poured forth His mercy and faithfulness in answering Daniel's prayers. 


King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream. The king was troubled and disturbed by his dream but no wise men could tell him about his dream and interpret for him. As a result, the king ordered an execution of all the wise men of Babylon, including Daniel and his 3 friends. Under the threat of death, Daniel and his friends sought mercy and help from God. God disclosed the mystery to Daniel and made known the dream and the king's matter to Daniel.


Praise to Yahweh God who grants wisdom and power in time of deep crisis. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness and the light dwells with Him. (Dan 2:20-22)

Likewise, when we experience God's mercy on us, we too must come before God in worship and bless God's Name with gratitude.

BLESSED be the Shem of Yahweh FOREVER – 11

Subject: David's Prayer before he died

1 Chronicles 29:10-19 records a touching prayer of David. 

This is probably the final public prayer of David before he died.

I’ll just highlight 2 aspects of David’s prayer: 

• His concern for God’s Name 
• and also the frequent occurrence of God's Name, Yahweh.

Name – 2X

1. Praise your Glorious Name
2. For your Holy Name


Yahweh – 4X

1. Blessed be You, Yahweh God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
2. Yours, O Yahweh is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty:
3. Yours is the kingdom, O Yahweh.
4. O Yahweh our God
5. O Yahweh God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers

This time, David begins the prayer with: 

"Blessed be You, Yahweh God of Israel our father, from everlasting to everlasting." 

And at the end of the prayer, David exhorts the congregation, 

“Now bless Yahweh your God.” And all the congregation blessed Yahweh God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and paid homage to Yahweh, and to the king. (1 Ch 29:20)


After this prayer, Solomon succeeded his father on the throne and reigned. David died in a good old age. It is often said that when a person leaves this earth, his final words often reflect what he deems most important in his life. Obviously, David was always in a habit of calling on Yahweh's Name from beginning to end. Praising and blessing God had always occupied a central place in David's life, even to the very end of his days.

Let us follow this faithful servant of God. Let's call on God's Name and praise God's glorious Name to the end of our earthly sojourn.

BLESSED be the Shem of Yahweh FOREVER – 10

Subject: David's Prayer Before the Ark

The Bible records a special prayer made by David when he brought the ark to set it inside the tent. 

Space does not allow me to expound on this passage, but you can read the entire prayer in 1 Chronicles 16:8-36. With David leading in prayer, he brings Asaph, the priests, the Levites and the brethren to worship Yahweh God in prayer.


1 Chronicles 16:8-36

8 Oh give thanks to the Yahweh; call upon his name;
    make known his deeds among the peoples!
9 Sing to him, sing praises to him;
    tell of all his wondrous works!
10 Glory in his holy name;
    let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice!

11 Seek Yahweh and his strength;

    seek his presence continually!
12 Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
    his miracles and the judgments he uttered,
13 O offspring of Israel his servant,
    children of Jacob, his chosen ones!

14 He is Yahweh our God;

    his judgments are in all the earth.
15 Remember his covenant forever,
    the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
16 the covenant that he made with Abraham,
    his sworn promise to Isaac,
17 which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
18 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,
    as your portion for an inheritance.”

19 When you were few in number,
    of little account, and sojourners in it,
20 wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people,
21 he allowed no one to oppress them;
    he rebuked kings on their account,
22 saying, “Touch not my anointed ones,
    do my prophets no harm!”

23 Sing to Yahweh, all the earth!

    Tell of his salvation from day to day.
24 Declare his glory among the nations,
    his marvelous works among all the peoples!
25 For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised,

    and he is to be feared above all gods.
26 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
    but Yahweh made the heavens.

27 Splendor and majesty are before him;
    strength and joy are in his place.

28 Ascribe to Yahweh, O families of the peoples,

    ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength!

29 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due his name;

    bring an offering and come before him!
Worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness;[a]
30     tremble before him, all the earth;
    yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice,
    and let them say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns!”

32 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
    let the field exult, and everything in it!
33 Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy
    before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth.

34 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good;

    for his steadfast love endures forever!

35 Say also:

“Save us, O God of our salvation,
    and gather and deliver us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.
36 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,

    from everlasting to everlasting!”

Then all the people said, “Amen!” and praised Yahweh.

David starts the prayer to call on Yahweh’s Name. David’s prayer is concerned about the Shem of Yahweh from beginning to end. You see the words "Name" and "Yahweh" frequently coming up in this short prayer.

Name: 4X

1. Call on His Name
2. Glory in His Holy Name
3. The glory due His Name
4. Give thanks to your Holy Name


Yahweh: 16X

1. Give thanks to Yahweh
2. Seek Yahweh
3. Seek Yahweh and his strength 
4. He is Yahweh our God
5. Sing to Yahweh
6. Great is Yahweh and greatly to be praised
7. Yahweh made the heavens
8. Ascribe to Yahweh, O families of the peoples
9. Ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength!
10. Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due his name
11. Worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness
12. Yahweh reigns!
13. At the presence of Yahweh
14. Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;
15. Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!
16. Praise Yahweh


One of the ways to worship God in prayer is through music and musical instruments. 

• Here, David specifically appointed Levites to play psalteries and harps to exalt, thank, and praise God before the ark of His covenant. 
• Asaph sang with cymbals while the priests played the trumpets. 
• Together they made music to praise God and prayed. 
• They called on God's Name together and gave Yahweh the glory due to His Name (1Ch 16:29).

We need to all the more praise God in our prayers. 

• I find that I am only familiar with the kind of prayers that come to God with an agenda. Isn't this what we do when we have prayer meetings? We commit this matter into prayer and that matter into prayer. 

• But when it comes to praising God and His Name, I find myself on unfamiliar grounds. 

• This only shows how shallow I know Yahweh God. 

There is so much for us to learn in this series in the coming days. Let's learn these precious lessons together.


Can you guess how the prayer ends? 

“Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel forever and ever.” (1Chronicles 16:36)

BLESSED be the Shem of Yahweh FOREVER – 9

Subject: David's Prayer in weakness

Psalm 41:13
Blessed be to Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. 

Psalm 41 is one of David’s many prayers. 

• Here we find the secret of David's strength in weaknesses. 
• Yahweh delivers the weak in times of trouble. 
• Yahweh protects and preserves the weak. 
• Yahweh sustains the weak on their sick bed. 
• Yahweh restores the weak from their bed of illness. 

Call on the Name of Yahweh to have mercy on us to raise us up. (Psalm 41:4, 10)

• Do not get discouraged when you are weak. 
• Lately, I've been feeling very weak. 
• Give thanks to God because I am now able to see myself clearly. 
• It is when we perceive clearly our weaknesses that we passionately call out to God with a yearning heart. 
• Our prayers are no longer apathetic. 
• When God's deliverance comes, we become strong in His strength. 

David ends his prayer with these words, "Blessed be to Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen" (Psalm 41:13).

In the previous articles, we have clearly seen that Psalm 72:19, 89:52, and 106:48 also end with this same special expression of blessing the Name of Yahweh at the close of their prayers.

Now, can you see how important the Name of God is to the Psalmists? 

Even to the end of their prayers, even when they are feeling weak in themselves, their concern is on the Name of Yahweh and to bless His Name!

How do you end your prayers to God?

BLESSED be the Shem of Yahweh FOREVER – 8

Subject: Ethan's Prayer

Psalm 89:52 

Blessed be Yahweh forever! Amen and Amen.

The Bible has a lot to say about praising and blessing the Shem of Yahweh that we are going to use another week to learn this important lesson.

This is the prayer of Ethan, the Ezrahite. He was one of the wise men from the time of Solomon. (1 Kings 4:31).

Like all men of God, he too is concerned for God’s Shem when he prays and he calls out to the Name of Yahweh throughout his prayer. 
Psalm 89

 

I will sing of the steadfast love of Yahweh, forever;
    with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;
    in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”
3 You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
    I have sworn to David my servant:
4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever,
    and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

5 Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Yahweh,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
6 For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh?
    Who among the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
7 a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,
    and awesome above all who are around him?
8 O Yahweh God of hosts,
    who is mighty as you are, O Yahweh,
    with your faithfulness all around you?
9 You rule the raging of the sea;
    when its waves rise, you still them.
10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass;
    you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
    the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.
12 The north and the south, you have created them;
    Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
15 Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,
    who walk, O Yahweh, in the light of your face,
16 who exult in your name all the day
    and in your righteousness are exalted.
17 For you are the glory of their strength;
    by your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh,
    our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said:
    “I have granted help to one who is mighty;
    I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have anointed him,
21 so that my hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him;
    the wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on the sea
    and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
    my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
27 And I will make him the firstborn,
    the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my covenant will stand firm for him.
29 I will establish his offspring forever
    and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;
    I will not lie to David.
36 His offspring shall endure forever,
    his throne as long as the sun before me.
37 Like the moon it shall be established forever,
    a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

38 But now you have cast off and rejected;
    you are full of wrath against your anointed.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant;
    you have defiled his crown in the dust.
40 You have breached all his walls;
    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
41 All who pass by plunder him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
    and you have not made him stand in battle.
44 You have made his splendor to cease
    and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with shame. Selah

46 How long, O Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is!
    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
48 What man can live and never see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

49 Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,
    which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
    and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,
51 with which your enemies mock, O Yahweh,
    with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.

52 Blessed be the Yahweh forever!
Amen and Amen.

Name – 3X

1. Rejoice in Your Name
2. In Your Name they rejoice all day long
3. In My Name, his horn shall be exalted

Yahweh – 11X

1. Sing of the steadfast love of Yahweh forever
2. Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Yahweh
3. For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh?
4. Who among the heavenly beings is like Yahweh, a God
5. O Yahweh God of hosts,
6. Who is mighty as you are, O Yahweh
7. Who walk, O Yahweh, in the light of your face
8. For our shield belongs to Yahweh
9. How long, O Yahweh?
10. O Yahweh
11. Blessed be Yahweh forever! Amen and Amen.

When the psalmists pray, they often call on Yahweh's Name and pray that God's great love and faithfulness be declared throughout all generations. (Psalm 89:1). So in their prayers, you find them always rejoicing in God's Shem all day long to declare the steadfast love of Yahweh and His wondrous acts down through the ages. Let us also pray in this manner.

Who is like Yahweh our God of Hosts? 
Who is mighty as you are, O Yahweh?

In prayer, we must learn to truly worship God and not always bring out a list of prayer requests. 

We need to put our full attention on Yahweh God whose love stands firm forever (v.2). Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne & love and faithfulness go before Him (v14). God had acted faithfully in the past since the time of creation, and Yahweh will continue to act faithfully in this generation. Blessed be the Name of Yahweh forever.

Like David, Solomon and the other psalmists, please take note that Ethan also ends his prayer "blessing Yahweh forever!" Amen and Amen.

Blessed be the Yahweh forever!

Amen and Amen.