One Single Impression - GLORY
April 13th, 2008 . by Joyce
The prompt this week for One Single Impression is GLORY. Immediately I thought of the GLORY OF GOD. Specifically, I thought of how God manifests His GLORY in the creation that we see all around us (and in us).
A helpful summary of Christian doctrine, The Westminster Confession of Faith, says this about God’s GLORY in creation:
It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for the manifestation of the GLORY of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness, in the beginning, to create, or make of nothing, the world, and all things therein, whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days, and all very good. – The Westminster Confession of Faith, 1647, Chapter 4: Of Creation.
In our family, during daily Bible reading times, we also sing from God’s song book, the Book of Psalms. One of our favorite psalms, Psalm 148, speaks of God’s GLORY in creation. Here is the metrical version of Psalm 148:1-14 taken from The Scottish Psalter, published 1650:
The Lord of heav’n confess,
On high his glory raise.
Him let all angels bless,
Him all his armies praise.
Him glorify
Sun, moon, and stars;
Ye higher spheres,
And cloudy sky.
From God your beings are,
Him therefore famous make;
You all created were,
When he the word but spake.
And from that place,
Where fix’d you be
By his decree,
You cannot pass.
Praise God from earth below,
Ye dragons and ye deeps:
Fire, hail, clouds, wind, and snow,
Whom in command he keeps.
Praise ye his name,
Hills great and small,
Trees low and tall;
Beasts wild and tame;
All things that creep or fly,
Ye kings, ye vulgar throng,
All princes mean or high;
Both men and virgins young,
Ev’n young and old,
Exalt his name;
For much his fame
Should be extoll’d.
O let God’s name be prais’d
Above both earth and sky;
For he his saints hath rais’d,
And set their horn on high;
Ev’n those that be
Of Isr’el’s race,
Near to his grace.
The Lord praise ye.
Those of you interested in meter (which means all of you, I imagine!) will note that this metrical psalm is written in 66. 66. 88. We sing this Psalm to the tune Darwall, written by John Darwall.darwalls148th
Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing this ancient poetry.
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Great wisdom in there. Thanks for posting this!
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Can’t beat the psalms for poetry, can you? Thanks for the link to the music too. I’m off to check it out.
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Too bad that you didn’t figure out how to link to Dad’s facebook singing thing! I was just listening to it today…he sure did a good job, brings back fond Family Worship memories.
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Lovely. Old, but never outdated.
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That was a beautiful post about glory.
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Lovely sharing today … words of wisdom to revisit often ;–)
Hugs and blessings,
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The psalms are always an inspiration for me.
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