4. “The Lord Be Praised for His Help!” (vv. 22-24). The writer was a poet, a singer, and an instrumentalist; and he used all his gifts to praise the Lord. The divine name “Holy One of Israel” is used thirty times in Isaiah but only three times in the Psalms (71:22; 78:41; 89:18). The name connects with the emphasis in the psalm on God’s righteousness. “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” (Gen. 18:25). The psalmist sang and shouted all day long (vv. 8, 24), not just during the stated services at the temple. He opened the psalm with a request that he would never be put to shame and confusion, and now he closed the psalm with the assurance that his enemies would be put to shame and confusion! He had looked back at a life of trials and blessings from the Lord; he had looked around at his enemies; he had looked ahead at old age and its problems; and he had even looked down into the depths of the earth (v. 20). But it was when he looked up and realized that God’s righteousness “reaches to the heavens” (v. 19 nasb; see 36:5; 57:10; 108:4) that he grew in confidence and left his worries with the Lord. This is a good example for us to follow.