Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise Him! The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel. Psalm 147:1-2 NIV
The words of the Psalmist sometimes are lost in translation.
Consider that the author is part of a people that lived in exile as slaves.
They have returned to a land promised them by God.
They have been waiting for years to build a temple.
The temple is complete and God finally has a permament home amongst them.
And then the Psalmist declare:
Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant and fitting to praise Him!
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
God is still in the business of gathering the lonely and the exiled.
Praise God and sing songs of praise to God.
I once was lost, but now am found!
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