This psalm begins the sections read following the Passover meal continuing the celebration of God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt.

v.1
Glory (recognition) belongs solely to _______ because of God's ___________ and ___________.

v.2
Those who do not know God are prone to ins_________ those who do know God, especially in times of testing, what God is doing is not readily ap____________ even to believers.

v.3 
God does whatever God pleases meaning God is so___________________ while the work of men's hands form useless i________.

vs.4-7
Well-crafted idols have the following characteristics: ____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
> But these false "gods" have to be ca_______________ and co_______________.

v.8
Those who make them (idols) are just ___________ them.

vs.9-11
Why does the psalmist encourage Israel to trust in the Lord?: _____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________

vs.12-13
One must be great or small to be blessed by the Lord: True or False? _____________

vs.14-15
What can the Lord do for believers? _________________________________________________________

vs.16-18
What has the Lord shared with humans? _____________________________________________________
>What does the Lord require of the living? And for how long? _____________________________________
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> Hallelujah!  P_______________ t______________ L _______________!!!

>Name one (1) verse above that encourages you personally? ________________ 

This psalm is another part of the Passover readings celebrating Israel's deliverance from Egypt. It is recited together with Psalm 113 before the Seder meal. It speaks of the power of God in this nation's deliverance.

Review/Reflect: (NKJV)
v.1 
"strange languages" =_____________________________________________________________________

v.2
"His sanctuary" =_________________________________________________________________________
"His dominion" =_________________________________________________________________________

>God rests among his p______________ not necessarily a b_______________.: s____________________
>God rules over his p_______________ in every time and in every place.: d_______________________

vs. 3, 5
"The sea" ______________________________________________________________________________
"Jordan (river)" __________________________________________________________________________

vs. 4,6
"The mountains"_________________________________________________________________________
"Little hills"______________________________________________________________________________

>The sea and river, the mountains and hills, all appear as frightened a_______________ before the presence of the Lord.

v.7
What makes "the earth tremble"? Why?_______________________________________________________
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v.8
"Rock to w_______________"
"Flint to f_________________________________"

 >Water represents God's prov____________________ and God's salv________________________ in God's power to deliver God's people in every generation!

Here the psalmist speaks of the majesty and condescension of God.
Even today, Psalm 113 and 114 are often recited before the P_______________ celebration meal called a S__________.

​vs. 1-3
>Who praises the Lord?
>Why praise the name of the Lord?
>How long will the Lord's name be blessed?
>When can the Lord's name be praised?
>Often in those days a name symbolized a person's I_______________
>Praising the name of the Lord centers the worshipers praise on God's c____________________.

vs. 4-6
>What verses speak of the Lord's majesty?
>What verses speak of the Lord's loving condescension?
>Loving condescension is God h_______________himself: 
>In the Black church tradition, the old saints would often use the phrase: "he sits h_____ and looks l_____!"
>Today a song says, "if He has to reach way d_____, Jesus will pick you u___!" Another says, "He looked beyond my f______________ and saw my n_______________!
>"Though higher than any other, God can reach lower than any other." (lc)

vs. 7-9 
>Is our majestic God an adversary or an advocate on behalf of the poor?
>God seeks to include the poor at the table of the so-called p__________________________.
>God seeks to grant the scorned "childless" the joy of a fa_______________ and a fu_______________ .
>God  understands that the lives of the "insignificant"  must m_______________ or no lives matter! 
>All humans are created e_____________. Many humans have to  demand what is God-given.