Psalms 112

Psalms 112THEME: Hallelujah for the righteousness of GodThis is another of the wonderful hallelujah psalms, and it also is written as an acrostic in the Hebrewwhich, of course, we miss in our English translations. All twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet are included in this psalm. The emphasis is on praising God for His righteousness. Because of His righteousness, God must judge sin. Aren’t you glad that God is who He is? Suppose He were the devil and attempted to deceive us and destroy us? It is a horrible thing to even contemplate. But God is good. God is righteous, and for that very reason He has to deal with sin. The day will come when He will make things right, and I want Him to make things right. I would like the things in my own life to be straightened out, wouldn’t you? This is something to praise Him for.

Psalms 112:1

Don’t despise His commandments. They are a mirror and will let you see who you really are. After broadcasting a series on the Ten Commandments, I received several letters from people who listened to the broadcasts. One man said, “I saw what an awful sinner I was. It was the thing that was separating me from God.” A lady wrote and said that her sin was swearing. She would take God’s name in vain. Then she turned to the Lord and had a remarkable conversion. It is all because she saw herself in God’s mirror. That is what His commandments will do. Don’t despise the commandments; but if you are honest, you know that you cannot be saved by keeping them. They reveal that you need a Savior.

Psalms 112:3

God will never run out of righteousness. He has a good supply of it. Our God is righteous.

Psalms 112:4

“There ariseth light in the darkness.” Why? Because God is gracious, compassionate, and righteous. We really do not know how good God is. If we did, we would sing the hallelujah chorus more often.

Psalms 112:6

God is not going to lose sight of His own throughout eternity.

Psalms 112:9

God is interested in the poor, and He has the only poverty program that is going to work. Unfortunately the Democrats, the Republicans, the Communists, and other groups are not interested in His program. They are going to solve the problem themselves. The real problem is that they do well by themselves, instead of doing well by the poor.

Psalms 112:10

The day is coming when wickedness will endit will be gone forever. Hallelujah!