{"id":4473,"date":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/who-is-like-the-lord-our-god-who-is-seated-on-high-who-looks-far-down-on-the-heavens-and-the-earth-psalm-1135-6\/"},"modified":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","slug":"who-is-like-the-lord-our-god-who-is-seated-on-high-who-looks-far-down-on-the-heavens-and-the-earth-psalm-1135-6","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/who-is-like-the-lord-our-god-who-is-seated-on-high-who-looks-far-down-on-the-heavens-and-the-earth-psalm-1135-6","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?&#8221; (Psalm 113:5-6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rhetorical question that begs the answer, &#8220;None!&#8221; The Psalmist uses this question to intensify the praise of those who worship the Lord. It causes us to shout out in response, &#8220;None is like our God!!!&#8221; The Lord is here described as &#8220;seated on high,&#8221; showing His lofty position over and above creation. Yet, the following verses detail His interest in the &#8220;poor&#8221; and the &#8220;barren woman.&#8221; God is both transcendent and immanent. His position is higher than all, yet He stoops to help the least of these. Who is like Him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rhetorical question that begs the answer, &#8220;None!&#8221; The Psalmist uses this question to intensify the praise of those who worship the Lord. It causes us to shout out in response, &#8220;None is like our God!!!&#8221; The Lord is here described as &#8220;seated on high,&#8221; showing His lofty position over and above creation. Yet, the following verses detail His interest in the &#8220;poor&#8221; and the &#8220;barren woman.&#8221; God is both transcendent and immanent. His position is higher than all, yet He stoops to help the least of these. Who is like Him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1286],"scripture-chapter":[1446],"oyb_day":[1846],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4473","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-psalms","scripture-chapter-1446","oyb_day-november-15"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}