O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
The verse calls everyone to come and worship by bowing down and kneeling before Jehovah as Maker and God. He is owed this reverence because all beings owe their existence to Him as the great God and great King above all gods, who made the sea and the dry land and holds the depths of the earth and the strength of the hills. That worship means entering His presence with thanksgiving and singing and joyful noise to the rock of salvation, as the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Bowing on the knees is the proper and fitting posture for offering prayer to God in both public and private worship, expressing humility, reverence, awe, and dependence with the whole person subject to the Creator. This worship of the Maker belongs with the Sabbath as the sign and memorial of creation, honors the God who made nature rather than nature itself, and guards the heart against unbelief and hardening through sin.
Worship Due to Creator
The call is to all people to come and worship by bowing down and kneeling before the LORD, Jehovah, as Maker and as God. That worship is coming before His presence with thanksgiving, with singing and making a joyful noise with psalms to the Rock of salvation. It honors Him as the great God and great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth and the strength of the hills, the sea is His because He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
He is presented as the Creator of the earth and its people, and therefore as their God and the rightful object of their worship. His people are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Worship and reverence are due to Him because He is the Maker; every other being owes its existence to Him, and His creative power is the reason He deserves reverence and worship. Nature reveals His character and power, but nature is not God; honor belongs to the God who made nature, not to the created things that express His thought.
This worship of the Creator is bound to the Sabbath, which is a sign and memorial of creation and of loyalty to the true God. The promises made to Israel apply to God's people today, and the Sabbath brings them the message of God as Creator and of their belonging to Him. The psalm is to be read and heeded as a safeguard against an evil heart of unbelief, against hardening the heart through the deceitfulness of sin, and against despising the word of the Holy One of Israel and casting away the law of the Lord of hosts.
Kneeling in Reverent Prayer
The verse sets the attitude to keep in prayer as worshipful bowing down and kneeling before the Lord as Maker, so that prayer is to be offered bowed and on the knees in worship to God. Kneeling is the proper position always when praying to God and offering petitions to Him. That rule holds for both public worship and private worship.
In both public and private worship it is a privilege to bow on the knees before God when offering petitions to Him. The posture is fitting in both settings because it expresses humility, reverence, and godly fear. It also expresses awe and dependence upon God, showing that the whole person is subject to the Creator. He is to be approached with humility and awe through faith in a divine Mediator, keeping reverence and godly fear.
This kneeling worship belongs in morning worship after singing and reading the Word.
The verse calls everyone to come and worship by bowing down and kneeling before Jehovah as Maker and God. He is owed this reverence because all beings owe their existence to Him as the great God and great King above all gods, who made the sea and the dry land and holds the depths of the earth and the strength of the hills. That worship means entering His presence with thanksgiving and singing and joyful noise to the rock of salvation, as the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Bowing on the knees is the proper and fitting posture for offering prayer to God in both public and private worship, expressing humility, reverence, awe, and dependence with the whole person subject to the Creator. This worship of the Maker belongs with the Sabbath as the sign and memorial of creation, honors the God who made nature rather than nature itself, and guards the heart against unbelief and hardening through sin.
Worship Due to Creator
The call is to all people to come and worship by bowing down and kneeling before the LORD, Jehovah, as Maker and as God. That worship is coming before His presence with thanksgiving, with singing and making a joyful noise with psalms to the Rock of salvation. It honors Him as the great God and great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth and the strength of the hills, the sea is His because He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
He is presented as the Creator of the earth and its people, and therefore as their God and the rightful object of their worship. His people are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Worship and reverence are due to Him because He is the Maker; every other being owes its existence to Him, and His creative power is the reason He deserves reverence and worship. Nature reveals His character and power, but nature is not God; honor belongs to the God who made nature, not to the created things that express His thought.
This worship of the Creator is bound to the Sabbath, which is a sign and memorial of creation and of loyalty to the true God. The promises made to Israel apply to God's people today, and the Sabbath brings them the message of God as Creator and of their belonging to Him. The psalm is to be read and heeded as a safeguard against an evil heart of unbelief, against hardening the heart through the deceitfulness of sin, and against despising the word of the Holy One of Israel and casting away the law of the Lord of hosts.
Kneeling in Reverent Prayer
The verse sets the attitude to keep in prayer as worshipful bowing down and kneeling before the Lord as Maker, so that prayer is to be offered bowed and on the knees in worship to God. Kneeling is the proper position always when praying to God and offering petitions to Him. That rule holds for both public worship and private worship.
In both public and private worship it is a privilege to bow on the knees before God when offering petitions to Him. The posture is fitting in both settings because it expresses humility, reverence, and godly fear. It also expresses awe and dependence upon God, showing that the whole person is subject to the Creator. He is to be approached with humility and awe through faith in a divine Mediator, keeping reverence and godly fear.
This kneeling worship belongs in morning worship after singing and reading the Word.