"Though the LORD be high, yet hath He respect unto the lowly: but the proud He knoweth afar off."
Psalm 138:6
Part 1
“Though the LORD be high.”
God is ever on His throne, and the Lord Jehovah reigns!
“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple” (Isaiah 6:1).
“Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high” (Psalm 113:5)?
NO ONE!
We are His creatures He is our Creator. He is the Almighty! He is higher than the sum total of all His creation.
“The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea” (Psalm 93:4).
He is so high above mankind we can only imagine His glory as He sits upon His throne. But then He keeps His loving eye on His humble child.
“Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest? For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word” (Isaiah 66:1-2).
He is above all…
“Yet hath He respect unto the lowly.”
Fantastic, how can this God so great care for us so? The answer is simple, “He regards the lowly.” He overlooks no one.
“And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows” (Exodus 3:7).
The Hebrew word that is translated “respect” in our verse means, “to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider”[1] (BDB).
What is the difference between how God views proud people and how he sees the humble? Come back tomorrow and let us learn more together.
Quote: “God descends to the humble as waters flow down from the hills into the valleys” (Patriarch Tikhon, Bishop of Moscow, 1917).
[1] Brown, Driver, Briggs. Brown-Driver-Briggs’ Hebrew Definitions, the electronic version in eSword.