"... Psalm 146 recalls the heart of Book IV—God reigns. At the same time, it echoes the very beginning of the Psalter. Happiness derives from dependence upon God alone (Psalm 146:5; see 1:1–2; 2:12), “who does justice” (146:7; see 1:5), and “the way of the wicked he brings to ruin” (Psalm 146:9; see 1:6; 147:6). Because God reigns, the individual psalmist (146:1–2) joins Zion and all Israel in praising God (147:1, 7, 12; 149:1–3, 5–6). Praise embodies both liturgical and existential submission to God and to God’s will. Because God’s sovereign claim is aimed at nothing short of universe-encompassing justice and righteousness (see 96:10–13; 98:7–9), the psalmist ultimately joins heaven, earth, every creature, and all creation in bringing the Psalter to a conclusion with a crescendo of praise (148:1–12; 150:6). To be sure, opposition to God and to God’s will is evident at the end of the Psalter (see 144:7–8, 11; 149:7–9) as it was at the beginning (see Psalms 1–2) and throughout. But amid the pervasive opposition, the persistent commitment to God and to God’s will - Torah, “instruction” - means that the Psalter appropriately bears in Hebrew the name “Praises.” To take the editorial shape of the Psalter seriously means that such God centeredness and Torah directedness constitute at least one major context for interpreting the Psalm ..."