In his sermon on Psalms 115–118, Stephen Davey explains that Psalm 115 calls believers to give God all the glory, even when taunted by a watching world, because idols are powerless but “our God is in the heavens; He does all that He pleases.” Psalm 116 becomes deeply personal as the psalmist—possibly King Hezekiah—testifies that God heard his desperate prayer during a life-threatening crisis and that such faith should be shared publicly. Psalm 117, the shortest psalm, serves as a global evangelistic invitation, calling all nations to worship the Lord for His steadfast love. Psalm 118 then celebrates God’s covenant faithfulness and includes the prophetic declaration that “the stone the builders rejected” would become the cornerstone—a truth Jesus Himself likely sang with His disciples before going to Gethsemane. Together these psalms portray our Redeemer as powerful, compassionate, faithful, and worthy of worldwide praise.
Portraits of Our Redeemer
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