Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Give to the Lord the glory, honor, praise and strength due to his name, and worship him in holiness and the beauty of holiness. Such worship is called for because of his voice in great power and majesty and his reign as King forever. Giving him that glory means not taking honor to self but glorying in him, bearing cheerful faithful witness in temper, words and character, and speaking and living with gratitude, praise and joyful thankfulness rather than complaint. The beauty of holiness is inward purity expressed in a meek and quiet spirit rather than outward splendor, pomp or ceremony, and it is seen in Christ's life of goodness and unselfish kindness as the pattern for his followers. True worship is therefore offered in spirit and truth by a people made holy and set apart from evil and idols, a purity attained by looking to Jesus in faith and communing with him until the life is changed into the divine likeness.
Words and Context
The verse calls for giving to the Lord the glory, honor, praise and strength that are due to His name, and for worshiping Him in holiness and in the beauty of holiness. Giving what is due means rendering honor to His name rather than withholding it, with praise belonging to Him as His right. Worship in holiness is inseparable from that gift of glory, for the worship owed to Him is to be offered in a holy character and life. That worship is expressed in cheerful, faithful witness shown in features, temper, words and character, demonstrating that His service is good. It calls for sanctified speech and conduct, with gratitude, praise and thank offerings kept in the heart and on the lips, and with a bright, uplifting religious life that reflects His character, rather than complaints, discouraging talk, and dwelling on sorrow.
Trials received as educators strengthen faith and turn complaint into praise, so that praise brings honor and glory to God. The reason for this worship is shown in the surrounding verses, where the Lord's voice is revealed in great power and majesty and He reigns as King forever. The psalm as a whole tells of the rich blessings God gives His people set against their poor return to Him for all His benefits. That poor return is a failure in acknowledgment and gratitude for what has been received from Him.
Giving Glory Due
Giving Jehovah the glory due to His name means refusing to take honor to self, for the one who glories must glory in the Lord, and approval comes not from self-commendation but from the Lord's commendation. It is done by building and dedicating work as a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel where His name shall be, acknowledging His great name and strong hand and stretched-out arm. It is done further by interceding for strangers who come from a far country for His name's sake, that God will hear in heaven His dwelling place and answer them, so that all people of the earth may know His name and fear Him as Israel does and know that His house is called by His name, and by remaining faithful and true so that all may know that the Lord is God and there is none else.
Giving God the glory and strength due to His name is shown in cheerful, faithful witness in features, temper, words, and character, demonstrating that His service is good. It calls for sanctified speech and conduct, with sanctified words, gratitude, praise, and thank offerings rather than complaints and discouraging talk about sorrow, as part of a bright, uplifting religious life that reflects His character. Trials received as educators strengthen faith and lead to praise rather than complaint, bringing honor and glory to God. Worship that gives the Lord the glory due to His name and honors Him in holiness keeps His praise in the heart and on the lips, helping the world remember Him through joyful praise and thanksgiving, and those who honor Him faithfully day by day are clothed with the beauty of holiness.
Honoring Him includes offering the best that can be given, which applied to a place of worship means preparing a neat, humble, attractive, and convenient house suited to the sacred work rather than settling for cheap or half-hearted effort. Work done in God's name is to be done with dignity and care that accords with the sacredness and importance of His truth, so that it bears favorable witness to Him. In devotional meetings prayer and praise should express worship in simplicity, truth, and the beauty of holiness, with speech and the human voice as gifts devoted to praising God who loved and gave Himself.
God is robbed of the glory due to Him by ignorance of nature's laws and intemperance in eating. He is likewise robbed when selfish interest is allowed to rule, since selfishness weakens moral power and draws a person away from God, and therefore selfish interest must be kept subordinate.
Beauty of Holiness
Holiness has a beauty worthy of reverence, contemplation and earnest desire, a truth to be impressed upon the minds of the young. Contemplating that beauty together with God's character and love strengthens the intellect and brings into close communion with God. When the changed heart learns to see it, it longs for holiness, loves God and His law, and finds Christ's yoke easy and His burden light.
That beauty is inward purity expressed in a meek and quiet spirit that is precious to God, not outward splendor, pomp or ceremony. True Christianity is pure and lovely in the light of the cross. Grand buildings, costly ornaments, art, ceremony and music cannot add to its worth or take the place of that inward beauty.
The beauty of holiness is seen in Christ's life and character as the pattern of goodness and unselfish kindness, revealing God's character by living out His teachings. His goodness joined consistency without stubbornness, kindness without weakness, tenderness and sympathy without sentimentality, sociability with reserve, and temperance without bigotry or austerity, and though He was not conformed to the world He cared for even the least among people. Looking to Jesus rather than to self, submitting to Him as a little child and trusting Him, brings consolation through that beauty revealed in Him. Ministers reveal the holiness seen in Christ's character by consecrating their lives to His service.
This purity and holy character are attained by looking to Jesus in faith, drawing near to Him and communing with Him for rest and peace, and keeping the eyes fixed on the perfection of God's attributes. Through Christ's grace and sanctifying truth believers can overcome, practice truth, and become changed into the divine likeness so the precious truth shines forth in life and can be shown to others. That holy life is urgent because the Lord is coming and the end is near.
The beauty is to be longed for and hungered for rather than settling for a worldly standard or relying on self-confidence, staying connected with Christ. This applies to physicians and sanitarium workers, who must hunger for holiness and stay connected with Christ, adorned with the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is precious in God's sight. Holiness is not to be kept private but shown openly in a life that reveals Christ's meekness, humility and love to refresh others, with conflicts strengthening faith without letting surrounding influences stain purity.
Worship in Spirit and Truth
Worship must honor God and be offered in holiness, in spirit and in truth. To worship in the beauty of holiness is to come before Him as a people made holy and set apart for Him, whose lives and conduct honor Him. It requires putting away evil, for without this, gathering to worship is of no avail. It means living in the spirit and the truth, separated from idols and from every unclean thing, and walking in the light. A life shaped by Christ and by God's word stands on holy ground and does not misrepresent the Saviour. It means receiving the virtues of truth into the heart, practicing the truth, and living out Christ's example of Godlike love, not merely advocating the truth.
Being sanctified by the truth for such worship means the principle of truth and righteousness is implanted in the heart and revealed in the life. Conscience, understanding, words, deeds, and thoughts are then controlled by truth and not by error. This is shown especially in the family circle, where a person is truly measured. The mind is fixed on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report. So the life is clothed with the beauty of holiness even here, and far more fully when the great controversy between sin and righteousness is forever closed.
A humble place of worship is no less acknowledged by God when people worship in spirit, in truth, and in holiness. Even a small company of believers is precious to Him and can be like heaven's gate. God uses trials to shape believers, not to destroy them, preparing them as polished stones for a place in His heavenly temple.
Holy Living and Witness
Worship in the beauty of holiness includes honoring God's name and is revealed in the character of those who serve Him. As God's love wins the heart, holiness is to be woven into life and character by imitating nature's attractive graces. Children and youth are to learn from those graces as they build character, and parents are to learn its ways and pass that knowledge on as they lead their children heavenward. Abilities thus formed are then to be used to bless others and honor God.
That life is marked by tenderness, love, humility, grace, and care for others. It cultivates a meek and lowly mind and a pure, cheerful trust in Jesus, adorned by tenderness and simplicity of heart. It follows the path of duty in simple faith, taking Christ's hand and letting Him lead. Those serving the Lord guard against self-exaltation and represent the truth with humility, tenderness, truthfulness, and faithfulness. They treat fellow workers with sympathy and act carefully so as not to injure them.
Its beauty is to be seen and learned through lives shaped by overcoming character defects, obeying the truth, and helping others by example and personal effort. A character softened and subdued by that beauty makes the word of God attractive to the young and draws them toward holy living and obedience. Holiness appears in the church's loyalty to God and fidelity to His law, in contrast with the darkness of those who reject it, and this faithful witness honors God. God's glory is reflected in holy character and faithful lives that shine as the light of truth to the world. When people are filled with grace and truth and work together in harmony, the beauty of holiness is revealed, and the good works seen lead others to glorify Him.
The church shows this beauty to the world through holy character, gratitude and praise, and works of love, with medical missionary work bringing heavenly brightness and relief to suffering people. Those who unfold the Scriptures for students display openly the preciousness of Bible religion in life and character, never hiding faith and doctrines from unbelieving people for fear of being less honored.
When leaders' words and actions are unsanctified they eclipse that beauty, showing they are strangers to God with no union with Him. They must be converted and led back to God before He can accept them. As Saul joined the prophets in worship, the Holy Spirit renewed him so he saw himself before God and perceived the beauty of holiness, leading him to begin a serious struggle against sin and Satan relying wholly on God for strength. Christ's earnest prayer to His Father sanctified His ministry and gave Him strength and vigor for daily duty and to complete His work, setting an example for followers. Indulgence in sin stains the soul and blots out the beauty of holiness connected with true love for God.
Give to the Lord the glory, honor, praise and strength due to his name, and worship him in holiness and the beauty of holiness. Such worship is called for because of his voice in great power and majesty and his reign as King forever. Giving him that glory means not taking honor to self but glorying in him, bearing cheerful faithful witness in temper, words and character, and speaking and living with gratitude, praise and joyful thankfulness rather than complaint. The beauty of holiness is inward purity expressed in a meek and quiet spirit rather than outward splendor, pomp or ceremony, and it is seen in Christ's life of goodness and unselfish kindness as the pattern for his followers. True worship is therefore offered in spirit and truth by a people made holy and set apart from evil and idols, a purity attained by looking to Jesus in faith and communing with him until the life is changed into the divine likeness.
Words and Context
The verse calls for giving to the Lord the glory, honor, praise and strength that are due to His name, and for worshiping Him in holiness and in the beauty of holiness. Giving what is due means rendering honor to His name rather than withholding it, with praise belonging to Him as His right. Worship in holiness is inseparable from that gift of glory, for the worship owed to Him is to be offered in a holy character and life. That worship is expressed in cheerful, faithful witness shown in features, temper, words and character, demonstrating that His service is good. It calls for sanctified speech and conduct, with gratitude, praise and thank offerings kept in the heart and on the lips, and with a bright, uplifting religious life that reflects His character, rather than complaints, discouraging talk, and dwelling on sorrow.
Trials received as educators strengthen faith and turn complaint into praise, so that praise brings honor and glory to God. The reason for this worship is shown in the surrounding verses, where the Lord's voice is revealed in great power and majesty and He reigns as King forever. The psalm as a whole tells of the rich blessings God gives His people set against their poor return to Him for all His benefits. That poor return is a failure in acknowledgment and gratitude for what has been received from Him.
Giving Glory Due
Giving Jehovah the glory due to His name means refusing to take honor to self, for the one who glories must glory in the Lord, and approval comes not from self-commendation but from the Lord's commendation. It is done by building and dedicating work as a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel where His name shall be, acknowledging His great name and strong hand and stretched-out arm. It is done further by interceding for strangers who come from a far country for His name's sake, that God will hear in heaven His dwelling place and answer them, so that all people of the earth may know His name and fear Him as Israel does and know that His house is called by His name, and by remaining faithful and true so that all may know that the Lord is God and there is none else.
Giving God the glory and strength due to His name is shown in cheerful, faithful witness in features, temper, words, and character, demonstrating that His service is good. It calls for sanctified speech and conduct, with sanctified words, gratitude, praise, and thank offerings rather than complaints and discouraging talk about sorrow, as part of a bright, uplifting religious life that reflects His character. Trials received as educators strengthen faith and lead to praise rather than complaint, bringing honor and glory to God. Worship that gives the Lord the glory due to His name and honors Him in holiness keeps His praise in the heart and on the lips, helping the world remember Him through joyful praise and thanksgiving, and those who honor Him faithfully day by day are clothed with the beauty of holiness.
Honoring Him includes offering the best that can be given, which applied to a place of worship means preparing a neat, humble, attractive, and convenient house suited to the sacred work rather than settling for cheap or half-hearted effort. Work done in God's name is to be done with dignity and care that accords with the sacredness and importance of His truth, so that it bears favorable witness to Him. In devotional meetings prayer and praise should express worship in simplicity, truth, and the beauty of holiness, with speech and the human voice as gifts devoted to praising God who loved and gave Himself.
God is robbed of the glory due to Him by ignorance of nature's laws and intemperance in eating. He is likewise robbed when selfish interest is allowed to rule, since selfishness weakens moral power and draws a person away from God, and therefore selfish interest must be kept subordinate.
Beauty of Holiness
Holiness has a beauty worthy of reverence, contemplation and earnest desire, a truth to be impressed upon the minds of the young. Contemplating that beauty together with God's character and love strengthens the intellect and brings into close communion with God. When the changed heart learns to see it, it longs for holiness, loves God and His law, and finds Christ's yoke easy and His burden light.
That beauty is inward purity expressed in a meek and quiet spirit that is precious to God, not outward splendor, pomp or ceremony. True Christianity is pure and lovely in the light of the cross. Grand buildings, costly ornaments, art, ceremony and music cannot add to its worth or take the place of that inward beauty.
The beauty of holiness is seen in Christ's life and character as the pattern of goodness and unselfish kindness, revealing God's character by living out His teachings. His goodness joined consistency without stubbornness, kindness without weakness, tenderness and sympathy without sentimentality, sociability with reserve, and temperance without bigotry or austerity, and though He was not conformed to the world He cared for even the least among people. Looking to Jesus rather than to self, submitting to Him as a little child and trusting Him, brings consolation through that beauty revealed in Him. Ministers reveal the holiness seen in Christ's character by consecrating their lives to His service.
This purity and holy character are attained by looking to Jesus in faith, drawing near to Him and communing with Him for rest and peace, and keeping the eyes fixed on the perfection of God's attributes. Through Christ's grace and sanctifying truth believers can overcome, practice truth, and become changed into the divine likeness so the precious truth shines forth in life and can be shown to others. That holy life is urgent because the Lord is coming and the end is near.
The beauty is to be longed for and hungered for rather than settling for a worldly standard or relying on self-confidence, staying connected with Christ. This applies to physicians and sanitarium workers, who must hunger for holiness and stay connected with Christ, adorned with the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is precious in God's sight. Holiness is not to be kept private but shown openly in a life that reveals Christ's meekness, humility and love to refresh others, with conflicts strengthening faith without letting surrounding influences stain purity.
Worship in Spirit and Truth
Worship must honor God and be offered in holiness, in spirit and in truth. To worship in the beauty of holiness is to come before Him as a people made holy and set apart for Him, whose lives and conduct honor Him. It requires putting away evil, for without this, gathering to worship is of no avail. It means living in the spirit and the truth, separated from idols and from every unclean thing, and walking in the light. A life shaped by Christ and by God's word stands on holy ground and does not misrepresent the Saviour. It means receiving the virtues of truth into the heart, practicing the truth, and living out Christ's example of Godlike love, not merely advocating the truth.
Being sanctified by the truth for such worship means the principle of truth and righteousness is implanted in the heart and revealed in the life. Conscience, understanding, words, deeds, and thoughts are then controlled by truth and not by error. This is shown especially in the family circle, where a person is truly measured. The mind is fixed on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report. So the life is clothed with the beauty of holiness even here, and far more fully when the great controversy between sin and righteousness is forever closed.
A humble place of worship is no less acknowledged by God when people worship in spirit, in truth, and in holiness. Even a small company of believers is precious to Him and can be like heaven's gate. God uses trials to shape believers, not to destroy them, preparing them as polished stones for a place in His heavenly temple.
Holy Living and Witness
Worship in the beauty of holiness includes honoring God's name and is revealed in the character of those who serve Him. As God's love wins the heart, holiness is to be woven into life and character by imitating nature's attractive graces. Children and youth are to learn from those graces as they build character, and parents are to learn its ways and pass that knowledge on as they lead their children heavenward. Abilities thus formed are then to be used to bless others and honor God.
That life is marked by tenderness, love, humility, grace, and care for others. It cultivates a meek and lowly mind and a pure, cheerful trust in Jesus, adorned by tenderness and simplicity of heart. It follows the path of duty in simple faith, taking Christ's hand and letting Him lead. Those serving the Lord guard against self-exaltation and represent the truth with humility, tenderness, truthfulness, and faithfulness. They treat fellow workers with sympathy and act carefully so as not to injure them.
Its beauty is to be seen and learned through lives shaped by overcoming character defects, obeying the truth, and helping others by example and personal effort. A character softened and subdued by that beauty makes the word of God attractive to the young and draws them toward holy living and obedience. Holiness appears in the church's loyalty to God and fidelity to His law, in contrast with the darkness of those who reject it, and this faithful witness honors God. God's glory is reflected in holy character and faithful lives that shine as the light of truth to the world. When people are filled with grace and truth and work together in harmony, the beauty of holiness is revealed, and the good works seen lead others to glorify Him.
The church shows this beauty to the world through holy character, gratitude and praise, and works of love, with medical missionary work bringing heavenly brightness and relief to suffering people. Those who unfold the Scriptures for students display openly the preciousness of Bible religion in life and character, never hiding faith and doctrines from unbelieving people for fear of being less honored.
When leaders' words and actions are unsanctified they eclipse that beauty, showing they are strangers to God with no union with Him. They must be converted and led back to God before He can accept them. As Saul joined the prophets in worship, the Holy Spirit renewed him so he saw himself before God and perceived the beauty of holiness, leading him to begin a serious struggle against sin and Satan relying wholly on God for strength. Christ's earnest prayer to His Father sanctified His ministry and gave Him strength and vigor for daily duty and to complete His work, setting an example for followers. Indulgence in sin stains the soul and blots out the beauty of holiness connected with true love for God.