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The Psalms possess an enduring fascination for us. For frankness, directness, intensity, and intimacy, they are unrivaled in all of Scripture. Somehow the psalmists seem to have anticipated all our awe, desires, and frustrations. No wonder Christians have used the Psalms in worship since the earliest times. Yet the Psalms cause us difficulties when we look at them closely. Their poetry is...

It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High. (92:1) The reasons for praise, however, form the most significant part of the psalm. God is not praised for abstract qualities, but rather for the way in which he has entered into the individual and corporate lives of his people. It is often easy to spot the transition from the call to worship to the reasons for worship in a hymn because the latter is usually introduced by the Hebrew conjunction kî (“for” sometimes translated
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