Great is Thy Faithfulness (Ps. 33)

As you read Psalm 33, did you notice what's missing-- There is no title for Psalm 33. All of the Psalms in book 1 have a title - except Psalms 1, 2, 10, and 33.- -All of the other Psalms are Psalms of David. All of the surrounding Psalms call us to sing them in and with David. Psalm 33 does not.--Then again, look at the content of Psalm 33. There is no -first person singular- speaker. Most of the Psalms that we have been singing recently distinguish between -I- -the king- and -we- -the people-. Psalm 33 does not.--There is a king in Psalm 33 -verse 16-, but he is a passive figure who cannot be saved by a great army.--This reinforces for us the importance of seeing the titles as directions for how to sing the song- By omitting any title, Psalm 33 gives us no particular direction. In other words, sing this song in your own voice - in the voice of the people of God.---And since the psalms were written to be sung in the temple by the Levites - we should hear Psalm 33 as the Levitical choir singing to the congregation - as we sing to one another - and to all the nations - of God's great faithfulness----Psalm 33 still connects closely with the themes of this section of the Psalter.--32-11 had closed with an appeal for the righteous to be glad and rejoice and shout for joy.--Psalm 33 opens with an appeal to the same people to do the same thing.-Psalm 34 will be a song of thanksgiving for deliverance - precisely what the conclusion of Psalm 33 asks for...