The psalmist encourages the people to praise the Almighty Lord of heaven and earth. God calls them his friends, elevating them to his own level. What sets God apart from humans isn’t the vastness of his creation but his way of being with us, his preference for what many despise. God often chooses humble instruments to carry out his great acts of grace. Our God doesn’t stay isolated in heaven; he has come down to earth, become one of us, and identified with the helpless. Let us exalt the Name of the Lord with a grand and sublime psalm.