7 - I will praise thee
with uprightness of heart,
when I shall have
learned of thy righteous judgments.
Uprightness comes from a Hebrew word meaning a straight, direct, right path. The right way. The straight way.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart. That's a curious phrase. To paraphrase, "I will praise You the right way. Without deviating from the path."
So...if David said he would praise God the right way, does that indicate there is a wrong way to praise Him?
Evidently Cain must have found the answer to that question when he presented his sacrifice to the Lord and it was not accepted because it was done the wrong way.
Our privilege to praise the Lord is a sober responsibility! We must be careful that we don't enter into praise and worship lightly. We must be careful that we are praising Him from the foundation of His laws, His path, His righteous judgments, His commandments...
"There is no way to please God entirely and sincerely until we have learned both to know and do His will." ~Thomas Maintain
© 2012 by Melani Brady Shock
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