“For His mercy endureth forever!”
Introduction: The phrase, “for his mercy endureth forever” appear in the following other Scriptures: I Chronicles 16:34; 2 Chronicles 5:13, 7:3, 20:21; Ezra 3:11; Psalms 106:1, 107:1, 118:29, and Jer.33:11.
Without God’s attribute of mercy there would be no hope for us!
All of God’s attributes (characteristics of His nature) are always in perfect harmony.
1. What can we learn about God from this Psalm?
a. God is _________________________________ vs.1
b. God is __________________________________ vs.2
c. God is __________________________________ vs.3
d. God does________________________________ vs.4
e. God is the _______________________________ vs.5-9
f. God is the _______________________________ vs.10-15
g. God is the _______________________________ vs.16-20
h. God is the _______________________________ vs.21-23
i. God is the _______________________________ vs.24
j. God is the _______________________________ vs.25
k. God is _______________________________ (every verse)
2. What can we learn about ourselves from this Psalm?
Selected Quotations:
“ This Psalm was very probably composed by David, and given to the Levites to sing every day: 1Ch 16:41. Solomon his son followed his example, and made use of it in singing at the dedication of the Temple (2Ch 7:3-6); as Jehoshaphat seems to have done when he went out to war against his enemies (2Ch 20:21). –John Gill.
“Ver. 1. For he is good. Observe what we must give thanks for not as the Pharisee that made all his thanksgivings terminate in his own goodness — “God, I thank thee” that I am so and so — but directing them all to God’s glory: “for he is good.” -Matthew Heary.
Ver. 1. Mercy. By “mercy” we understand the Lord’s disposition to compassionate and relieve those whom sin has rendered miserable and base; his readiness to forgive and to be reconciled to the most provoking of transgressors, and to bestow all blessings upon them; together with all the provision which he has made for the honour of his name, in the redemption of sinners by Jesus Christ. –Thomas Scott
