psalms 145

John 20:27-29 "Then saith He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold My hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."

The 145th Psalm is known as David’s song of praise. It is the only one with that unique designation. It is known as an acrostic psalm, a way of writing that takes the letter of each Hebrew alphabet to form a verse. In each verse, David speaks praise to God. He connects all aspects of life and ties it back to God. All 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet appear in this song except NUN. There are various theories about this omission ranging from errors in translation or a lost verse. NUN comes from the root word that means snake, and the symbol for that letter resembles a snake. Snakes, of course, are a representation of the devil. Bro. Hughes speculates that leaving this letter out is a way to illustrate that the enemy is not a part of the praise that we give to God. If David were to have included NUN, it would have come between the 13 and 14th verses. The fourteenth verse says that God will uplift the fallen. No matter if the enemy has caused us to fall, God is ready to bring us back to a place of standing. The devil has no place in worship, and David intently left him out of his psalm of praise. When we praise, we force out any opportunity for the enemy to get into our lives. If we learn to praise Him, we can get rid of the snakes in our lives.

The 145th Psalm is known as David’s song of praise. It is the only one with that unique designation. It is known as an acrostic psalm, a way of writing that takes the letter of each Hebrew alphabet to form a verse. In each verse, David speaks praise to God. He connects all aspects of life and ties it back to God. All 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet appear in this song except NUN. There are various theories about this omission ranging from errors in translation or a lost verse. NUN comes from the root word that means snake, and the symbol for that letter resembles a snake. Snakes, of course, are a representation of the devil. Bro. Hughes speculates that leaving this letter out is a way to illustrate that the enemy is not a part of the praise that we give to God. If David were to have included NUN, it would have come between the 13 and 14th verses. The fourteenth verse says that God will uplift the fallen. No matter if the enemy has caused us to fall, God is ready to bring us back to a place of standing. The devil has no place in worship, and David intently left him out of his psalm of praise. When we praise, we force out any opportunity for the enemy to get into our lives. If we learn to praise Him, we can get rid of the snakes in our lives.