正如一首交響樂有扣人心弦的樂曲一樣，「讚美」是整卷詩篇的最高潮。一代接著一代的讚美上帝(詩146)：因上帝悉心的眷顧讚美祂(詩147)：因上帝的創造讚美祂(詩148)；因上帝的公義讚美祂(詩149)：因上帝的大能讚美祂(詩150)。讚美配得讚美的上帝！

        關於讚美上帝，依照詩篇一四六篇的觀點，至少有兩個充份的理由：一、上帝要你在今日常常讚美祂(「我還活著的時候，要歌頌我的上帝」，2節)；二、在永恆裡，你要不住的讚美上帝(「我一生要讚美耶和華」，2節)，讚美時，配合各種方法讚美上帝，不久就熟能生巧！
        詩篇一四六篇以一種石破天驚的讚美為開始：「你們要讚美耶和華」然後你大概會想到一個非常合邏輯的問題：「為什麼祂的作為配得我的讚美？」請看詩人已經深思過的答案。
        上帝在過去所成就的一切是值得讚美的。因祂創造「天、地、海和其中的萬物。」(6節)
        上帝在目前所做的一切是值得讚美的。詩人在六到九節的經文裡，用十個現在式的動詞描述上帝在今天有十個影響深遠的作為──你能找出這十個作為嗎？
        上帝在將來所做的一切是值得讚美的。「耶和華要作王，直到永遠……直到萬代。」(10節)
        寫一首你自己的讚美詩，作為研讀詩篇的結束吧！風格可以類似詩篇一四六篇。以「讚美上帝」為開始，然後讚美祂在你生命中所作的一切(不論過去、現在或未來)，再以和詩篇同樣的方式結束：高聲呼喊「讚美上帝」，讓眾人都能聽見！

讚美的啟蒙老師──詩篇一五○篇
讚美上帝(何地？1節)_________(如何？3-5節) _________
                (為何？2節)_________(何人？6節) _________

今天以你的基督徒生活活出一首詩篇！

English

        Like the dramatic crescendo of a symphony, the book of Psalms build.s to a climax of praise. Praise God from one generation to the next (146); praise God for His tender care (147); praise God lor Hi.s creation (148); praise God for His justice (149): praise God for His greatness (150). Praise the praiseworthy Lord!

        There are at least two good reasons to praise the Lord, according to Psalm 146: (1) God wants you to do it often today ("While I live will I praise the LORD," v. 2); and (2) you will be doing it throughout eternity ("1 will sing praises unto my God while I have any being," v. 2). With praise, as with any skill, practice makes perfect!
        Psalm 146 begins with a ringing call to praise: "Praise ye the LORD." And the logical question is: "Why? What has He done to warrant my praise?" Notice the psalmist's ready reply:
        God is praiseworthy for what He has done in the past. He made "heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is" (v. 6).
        God is praiseworthy for what He is doing in the present. The psalmist uses 10 present-tense verbs in verses 6-9 to describe God's far-reaching activities today (can you find all 10?).
        God is praiseworthy for what He wi// do in the future. "The LORD shall reign for ever .,. unto all generations" (v, 10).
        Close your study of the book of Psalms by composing your own song of praise, patterned after Psalm 146. Begin with the phrase, "Praise the Lord!" Then praise Him for whai He is doing in your life (past, present, and future). Conclude the same way the book of Psalms concludes: with a climactic shout to all within hearing distance. "Praise ye the LORD!"

Psalm 150, a Primer for Praise
        Praise the Lord (where? v. 1) ________
                                (why? v, 2) __________
                                (how? w. 3-5) _________
                                (who? v.6) _________

Act out a psalm in your Christian walk today!