RR Psalm 67:4,5 Part 3

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,

Psalm 67:4(3) Let the peoples praise You, O God. Let all the peoples praise You. 5(4) Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You will judge the peoples fairly, and guide the nations on the earth. Selah

Rabbi Trail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHVfIYrSi50. This Psalm was put to music by Steve McConnell more than 20 years ago.  Click the link provided.  Today’s first verse is the chorus and the rest of the Psalm are the verses.  A shout out to the trombone player, Rabbi Rich Nichol from Needham, MA.  Steve McConnell wrote a great body of Messianic music.  It is all online for your enjoyment.  End RT.

Here we go… according to the words of these verses (4&5), all the nations are going to join with Israel in praising the One True And Living God.  “Selah,” so let’s pause and meditate on that for a moment.  

Rabbi Trail:  The use of the word “Seleh” is like a “holy ground” moment.  Moses heard God calling to him from the burning bush (that didn’t burn up)…  Exodus 3:5  Then He said, “Come no closer. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”  In other words, God is saying to Moses, “Moses, don’t go running off (it hurts to run on hot desert sand without shoes), hang out here with Me for a while.  Let’s talk.”  That’s the full meaning of “Selah.”  God is calling us to Himself in the same way.  End RT.

Won’t that be wonderful, when the whole earth is worshipping the same One True and Living God!  “Kulanu K’Echad” meaning “altogether as one.”  But there is one part of these verses that we have not mentioned yet.  It says that God will “judge” (from Shophet) and “guide” (from Yashar).  God’s “judgment” mentioned here is not intended to be in a judicial sense of guilt or innocence, but in a governmental sense of all the people being submitted to God’s righteous reign.  That’s also the intended meaning of “Yashar,” to set everything straight.  Yashar means upright (also translated “righteous”) and untangled.

Psalm 25:14 The secret of Adonai is for those who fear Him. He makes His covenant known to them. 15 My eyes are always looking to Adonai, for He will pull my feet out of the net.

“Pull my feet out of the net” is how this verse prophecies that God will untangle our lives.  Simply put, God’s judgment is the salvation of the world.  It is Satan who condemns, but God Who redeems.  So, who has had more challenges in life than Job?  Yet, even in the midst of his troubles, he declared…. Job 19:25 “Yet I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end, He will stand on earth. 26 Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.  

Do yourself a favor and agree with Job while there is still time.  Isaiah 55:7  Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous one his thoughts, let him return to Adonai, so He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.  Shalom shalom.

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