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We are continuing our series of reflections on the Psalms. Each day we will upload a new reflection to the website. We hope and pray that you will find them helpful and that they bring hope during this season. Click on these buttons to read the text of the psalm or listen to a recording of it. You can also listen to the reflection using the audio player below. Read Psalm 33:1-9  Listen to Psalm 33:1-9 This psalm was a hymn of praise used by Israel during worship. The first nine verses that we are looking at today are in praise of God's word. Verses 1-3 are a call to praise the Lord, singing joyful songs, and making music on stringed instruments and with shouts of joy. Why should we do this? The answer is revealed in verses 4-9. We praise God because the word of the Lord "is right and true" and "faithful in all he does" (verse 4). The psalmist tells us that it is through the spoken word that God created the heavens and the earth (verses 6-9). This reminds us of the creation account in Genesis 1, where God spoke the world into being. When we look at this psalm through the lens of the New Testament, we see that Jesus is called the "Word of God" (John 1:1-18). The psalms were originally written in Hebrew. When they were translated into Greek, in a book called the Septuagint, the Greek word logos was used to mean word (verse 6). The same Greek word logos is used by John in his Gospel to mean Jesus, who he calls the Word of God. It is, therefore, Jesus who "is right and true" and "faithful in all he does." It is Jesus who loves "righteousness and justice." And it is Jesus, the Word of God, the logos of whom John says "Through him all things were made." The psalmist says that since God created the world, this is more than enough reason that the whole world should "fear" or "revere" the Lord. Why not spend some time today praising God, because of what he has done through his Word. Lord Jesus, Word of God, we praise you today because...