WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.640 Psalm 21 is where we find our place. 00:00:07.140 --> 00:00:08.199 Let's read it together. 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:10.519 To the choir master, a psalm of David. 00:00:11.620 --> 00:00:11.779 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.679 You set a crown of fine gold upon his head. 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:36.340 He asked life of you, and you gave it to him. 00:00:37.140 --> 00:00:38.820 Length of days, forever and ever. 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:42.480 His glory is great through your salvation. 00:00:43.539 --> 00:00:46.280 Splendor and majesty you bestow on him. 00:00:46.939 --> 00:00:49.159 For you make him most blessed forever. 00:00:49.879 --> 00:00:52.480 You make him glad with the joy of your presence. 00:00:53.539 --> 00:00:55.100 For the king trusts in the Lord. 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:58.640 And through the steadfast love of the Most High, 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:00.460 he shall not be moved. 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:04.299 Your hand will find out all your enemies. 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:08.019 Your right hand will find out those who hate you. 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:11.780 You will make them a blazing oven when you appear. 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:15.060 The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath. 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:17.439 Fire will consume them. 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:21.560 You will destroy their descendants from the earth 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:24.359 and their offspring from among the children of men. 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:27.460 Though they plan evil against you, 00:01:27.459 --> 00:01:29.399 though they devise mischief, 00:01:29.819 --> 00:01:31.179 they will not succeed. 00:01:32.119 --> 00:01:33.719 For you will put them to flight. 00:01:34.639 --> 00:01:37.099 You will aim at their faces with your bows. 00:01:38.199 --> 00:01:40.439 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength. 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:43.679 We will sing and praise your power. 00:01:44.839 --> 00:01:45.159 Amen. 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:48.500 Well, if we pay attention, 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:51.019 and I think that you do that well, 00:01:51.679 --> 00:01:52.500 if we pay attention, 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.700 the Psalms add an incredible richness and depth to our worship. 00:01:57.700 --> 00:02:02.480 And that's useful for us because so many times in our lives, 00:02:02.579 --> 00:02:03.659 our private prayers, 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:09.439 our public praises can remain somewhat generic in their content. 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:14.099 It's not necessarily that we're focused on the wrong things, 00:02:14.099 --> 00:02:17.939 but that we often just focus on the same things, 00:02:18.460 --> 00:02:19.680 saying the same things, 00:02:19.819 --> 00:02:22.639 rehearsing the same things. 00:02:23.139 --> 00:02:24.579 We tend to speak of, 00:02:25.900 --> 00:02:26.759 generally, 00:02:27.020 --> 00:02:28.340 of God's love and grace, 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:29.280 and we should do that. 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:31.400 The Psalms, 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:34.099 they compel us to do something more than that. 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:35.680 They compel us to dig deeper, 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:37.479 below the surface, 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:42.259 to meditate on specific aspects of God's character, 00:02:42.259 --> 00:02:45.659 and how they're displayed in His saving work. 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:49.159 Psalm 21 is no exception to that. 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:52.920 A cursory reading might lead you to think, 00:02:53.020 --> 00:02:57.460 well, this is just as basic and generic as any of the other Psalms, 00:02:57.460 --> 00:02:59.439 but a careful reading, 00:02:59.540 --> 00:03:01.400 a meditative reading will prove otherwise. 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:03.700 And that's what we want to do today. 00:03:05.020 --> 00:03:07.180 As a companion to Psalm 20, 00:03:08.219 --> 00:03:11.420 the Psalm calls for us to follow the king's lead 00:03:11.420 --> 00:03:17.480 in rejoicing in and praising the Lord's strength and power. 00:03:18.939 --> 00:03:21.740 We have, at the beginning, verses 1 and 2, 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:23.460 and then at the end, verse 13, 00:03:23.659 --> 00:03:26.719 functioning like bookends that highlight the theme. 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:28.259 Just set your eyes on it. 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:30.659 I want you to see the correlation of terminology here. 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:31.759 In verse 1, 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:33.960 O Lord, in your strength, 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:35.939 the king rejoices, 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:37.259 and in your salvation, 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:39.180 how greatly he exalts. 00:03:39.819 --> 00:03:41.939 Now set your eyes on verse 13 at the end. 00:03:42.860 --> 00:03:45.719 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength. 00:03:47.539 --> 00:03:51.599 We will sing and praise your power, he says. 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:53.159 Bookends, 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:57.039 giving us something of a theme to the Psalm. 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:02.500 The beginning, we see God's king rejoicing in God's strength, 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:03.340 and in the end, 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:07.359 all of the king's people are called to join him in that praise. 00:04:07.900 --> 00:04:10.519 And then sandwiched in between the two, 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:12.259 in the middle is the meat. 00:04:12.259 --> 00:04:18.439 Two specific ways God's strength has been displayed to his people. 00:04:19.219 --> 00:04:22.500 First, we see in verses 3 to 7, 00:04:23.219 --> 00:04:27.159 it has been displayed in the establishment of the king's throne. 00:04:28.219 --> 00:04:29.779 And then in verses 8 to 12, 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:35.500 we find that it is displayed in the destruction of the king's enemies. 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:38.779 Which brings us to an important question. 00:04:39.259 --> 00:04:45.060 If the Psalm is so hyper-focused on God's work in a particular individual, 00:04:45.939 --> 00:04:46.740 this king, 00:04:47.860 --> 00:04:53.279 why is everyone called to join him in this praise at the end? 00:04:54.060 --> 00:04:55.779 This is fundamentally about the king. 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:58.259 It's not about everybody else, right? 00:04:58.899 --> 00:05:01.019 So why are we brought in at the end? 00:05:01.019 --> 00:05:07.359 And of course, the answer is because our life is bound up in the king's life. 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:10.779 His blessings are our blessings. 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:15.399 The defeat of his enemies means the defeat of ours. 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:18.019 Therefore, with the king, 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:24.539 we are called to worship God for his strength in salvation. 00:05:25.740 --> 00:05:26.959 And in this way, 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:30.339 a proper meditation on Psalm 21 00:05:30.339 --> 00:05:36.399 will help to deepen our worship in a manner that brings honor to the Lord, 00:05:37.039 --> 00:05:38.599 that exalts his king, 00:05:39.039 --> 00:05:41.680 and that ultimately strengthens our faith. 00:05:43.479 --> 00:05:47.339 Now, verses 1 and 2 are functioning as what we would call a bridge here. 00:05:47.459 --> 00:05:49.299 It's a literary bridge 00:05:49.299 --> 00:05:52.279 connecting the 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:56.879 Psalm, Psalm 21, to the one before it. 00:05:57.859 --> 00:06:00.779 Now, we need to acknowledge every Psalm stands on its own, doesn't it? 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:02.819 They function on their own. 00:06:02.919 --> 00:06:07.139 However, it's good to remember that they are intentionally arranged. 00:06:08.500 --> 00:06:11.620 Context is king when it comes to good Bible study skills. 00:06:11.899 --> 00:06:14.779 And in meditating on a specific song, 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:19.579 if we consider its placement in the entire collection of songs, 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:22.939 it will help us better understand and appreciate its meaning. 00:06:23.539 --> 00:06:25.539 Think of the Psalms like a modern hymn book. 00:06:25.540 --> 00:06:26.800 I know we don't... 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:27.960 Do you teenagers know what those are? 00:06:28.140 --> 00:06:28.500 Hymn books? 00:06:29.080 --> 00:06:30.180 When I was growing up, 00:06:30.220 --> 00:06:31.640 when me and your parents were growing up, 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:34.260 we went to church buildings when we worshiped, 00:06:34.379 --> 00:06:36.720 and we had these seats called pews. 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:40.020 And they called them pews because they were so uncomfortable 00:06:40.020 --> 00:06:41.960 that when you got up at the end of the service, 00:06:42.100 --> 00:06:42.460 you were like, 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:44.740 phew, glad that it's over, right? 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:47.740 It's a dad joke for Father's Day, right? 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:48.620 Come on, give me something. 00:06:49.500 --> 00:06:50.100 Here we go. 00:06:50.100 --> 00:06:50.580 Thank you. 00:06:52.700 --> 00:06:54.900 On the back of those pews were these racks, 00:06:54.980 --> 00:06:56.060 and there were these thick books. 00:06:56.140 --> 00:06:56.820 Sometimes they were red. 00:06:56.900 --> 00:06:57.740 Sometimes they were green. 00:06:57.840 --> 00:06:58.860 They were called hymn books. 00:06:58.980 --> 00:07:01.220 And what you did is you went into the service. 00:07:01.320 --> 00:07:02.020 You sat in your pew. 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:03.520 You grabbed your hymn book and your Bible, 00:07:03.660 --> 00:07:05.040 and someone would stand up at the front, 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:05.720 and they would say, 00:07:06.060 --> 00:07:06.939 stand with me, please, 00:07:06.980 --> 00:07:09.180 and turn to hymn number, whatever. 00:07:09.340 --> 00:07:10.160 And they would give the number, 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:11.320 and you'd flip there in your hymn book, 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:12.260 and you would sing the song. 00:07:12.640 --> 00:07:14.220 Now, if you dig into those hymn books, 00:07:14.260 --> 00:07:15.560 and a lot of people would take them home, 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:17.980 how many of you have a hymn book at your house somewhere? 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:21.240 You ever just flip through it and read through the hymns? 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:23.379 It's such a wonderful devotional practice. 00:07:23.660 --> 00:07:24.780 If you're having a bad day, 00:07:25.540 --> 00:07:27.079 open up a hymn book, a good one, 00:07:27.259 --> 00:07:27.840 a good hymn book, 00:07:27.860 --> 00:07:30.319 and just start reading through some of those hymns. 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:31.399 It'll do a lot for you. 00:07:32.779 --> 00:07:33.319 You have that. 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:35.199 What do you find when you open up that hymn book? 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:37.620 Each song stands on its own, doesn't it? 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:41.720 Each song, you don't have to sing other songs 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.160 in order to understand basically what it's trying to say, 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:48.280 but yet all of those songs are arranged in a particular way. 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:53.640 They are intentionally placed thematically with other songs 00:07:53.640 --> 00:07:55.740 so that when we take all of them together, 00:07:55.900 --> 00:08:00.820 we can get a fuller understanding of what the theology is 00:08:00.820 --> 00:08:01.879 of the songs that we're singing. 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:04.180 The Psalms are functioning the same way. 00:08:04.580 --> 00:08:07.600 In the hymn book, David, most likely for a lot of them, 00:08:07.820 --> 00:08:10.400 has come through and has arranged them for us. 00:08:10.640 --> 00:08:13.860 He's placed them in specific places in a liturgical order 00:08:13.860 --> 00:08:15.800 so that when we take Psalm 21, 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:17.160 the first thing that we want to do 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:19.379 is we want to start looking around it to see, 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:22.699 okay, what else is happening here in these other Psalms? 00:08:22.840 --> 00:08:24.699 Will that help me understand this one? 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:25.980 And when we get to Psalm 21, 00:08:26.259 --> 00:08:27.860 it's essential that we do that 00:08:27.860 --> 00:08:30.439 because as we find in verses one and two, 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:32.360 there's this bridge that connects us 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:34.120 directly to Psalm 20. 00:08:34.539 --> 00:08:36.500 They are meant to be together 00:08:36.500 --> 00:08:42.379 because together they present a continuous story 00:08:42.379 --> 00:08:44.899 of God's messianic king. 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:49.820 It covers his suffering and then his salvation. 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:53.679 Then it covers the establishment of his throne 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:56.299 and then the final judgment of his enemies. 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:01.960 Here, David underscores the king's response 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:03.660 to God's salvation, 00:09:04.100 --> 00:09:06.420 which was focused on in Psalm 20. 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:10.259 Having been delivered from his suffering, 00:09:10.860 --> 00:09:13.960 the king rejoices in the Lord's strength. 00:09:14.280 --> 00:09:18.600 He exalts in God's salvation. 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:22.920 This word exalt is such a helpful one. 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:31.039 It refers to a feeling or an expression of elation. 00:09:32.219 --> 00:09:34.059 It's joyful triumph. 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:37.979 It sets the tone for the psalm. 00:09:38.079 --> 00:09:40.860 It sets the tone for what God's people are to do 00:09:40.860 --> 00:09:41.659 when they sing it. 00:09:41.899 --> 00:09:43.879 We are to observe God's strength 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:46.259 and how he has worked in our salvation 00:09:46.259 --> 00:09:51.019 and then exalt in his great power to save. 00:09:51.019 --> 00:09:56.000 Expression of elation, joy, triumph. 00:09:56.100 --> 00:09:58.220 That's the tone of the psalm. 00:09:59.460 --> 00:10:01.120 And then we're reminded in verse two 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:04.639 that this was the heart's desire 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:06.899 and earnest prayer of the king. 00:10:07.819 --> 00:10:09.879 Now this connects us back to Psalm 20 as well. 00:10:10.199 --> 00:10:12.379 Just look back at Psalm 20 in verse four. 00:10:13.299 --> 00:10:14.659 Part of the prayer, 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:17.960 the blessing that the people were praying 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:18.819 about this king, 00:10:18.820 --> 00:10:21.820 may he grant you your heart's desire 00:10:21.820 --> 00:10:23.660 and fulfill all your plans. 00:10:24.780 --> 00:10:25.680 Verse five, 00:10:25.940 --> 00:10:28.980 may the Lord fulfill all your petitions. 00:10:29.160 --> 00:10:32.020 That's the prayer that the people are praying for the king. 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:34.379 And now we get to Psalm 21 00:10:34.379 --> 00:10:35.780 and immediately David says, 00:10:35.900 --> 00:10:39.100 the king now responds to God's salvation. 00:10:40.100 --> 00:10:42.060 And he responds by saying, 00:10:42.780 --> 00:10:45.020 you have given me my heart's desire. 00:10:45.019 --> 00:10:48.379 You fulfilled my petitions. 00:10:49.439 --> 00:10:52.199 Now what was it that the king petitioned God to do? 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:56.220 His petitions weren't about material wealth 00:10:56.220 --> 00:10:58.159 or earthly power. 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:02.740 Instead, he sought the salvation of his people 00:11:02.740 --> 00:11:06.519 through his own suffering and deliverance. 00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:09.419 God the Father heard his prayer 00:11:09.419 --> 00:11:11.860 and gave him his heart's desire. 00:11:11.860 --> 00:11:14.560 And then we get to the end of verse two 00:11:14.560 --> 00:11:16.879 and we have that common liturgical term, 00:11:17.220 --> 00:11:18.220 that Selah. 00:11:19.060 --> 00:11:20.899 What does the Selah cause us to do? 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:22.600 It wants us, 00:11:22.700 --> 00:11:24.940 it's instructing us to stop for a second. 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:27.120 It's instructing us to pause 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:31.039 and just consider what's been said. 00:11:32.820 --> 00:11:35.379 What is it that David wants us to meditate upon? 00:11:36.440 --> 00:11:40.000 Who is this king who rejoices in God's strength 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:41.720 and exalts in God's salvation? 00:11:43.179 --> 00:11:45.179 And we must, in our meditation, 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:49.240 realize that this psalm is not about David. 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:52.519 He doesn't sing of himself here. 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:57.879 No, this psalm is about the future Davidic king 00:11:57.879 --> 00:12:00.799 and Messiah promised in God's covenant. 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:04.960 The king through whom God would defeat all his enemies 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:08.120 and bring an eternal kingdom that will have no end. 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:11.840 This psalm is about Jesus. 00:12:13.280 --> 00:12:18.560 Jesus, the one who leads us in worship of God's strength. 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:22.800 The one who suffered and was raised for our salvation. 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:26.259 Now David and the Israelites, 00:12:26.540 --> 00:12:29.139 they can only sing this in anticipation 00:12:29.139 --> 00:12:31.519 of what God would do. 00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:33.540 That's not the case for us. 00:12:33.539 --> 00:12:37.000 We sing and pray the psalm in reflection 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:41.019 on what God has already done. 00:12:41.740 --> 00:12:44.219 But I want you to notice the way the language 00:12:44.219 --> 00:12:46.159 is given to us here. 00:12:48.319 --> 00:12:50.179 So confident is David 00:12:50.179 --> 00:12:52.719 and the people who join him in this praise. 00:12:53.139 --> 00:12:56.279 So confident are they in God's promise 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.839 that they sing of this future Messiah 00:12:58.839 --> 00:13:00.620 in the past tense. 00:13:01.459 --> 00:13:02.139 Do you see that? 00:13:02.139 --> 00:13:03.480 Verse 1. 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:07.259 Oh Lord, in your strength the king rejoices 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:10.500 and in your salvation how greatly he exalts. 00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:12.419 You've given him his heart's desire. 00:13:12.779 --> 00:13:14.500 You've not withheld the request of his lips. 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:15.799 You've already done it, God. 00:13:16.319 --> 00:13:20.159 Except, historically, he had not already done it. 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:22.899 What is this telling us? 00:13:24.419 --> 00:13:25.759 Well, at the end of Psalm 20, 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:29.879 David was reminding the people to trust the Lord's promise. 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:33.819 And here he's giving them a song to indicate that trust. 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:39.159 They sing of God's promise as if it's already been fulfilled. 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:43.379 Why then do we so often, 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:46.779 who are more blessed than they, 00:13:47.699 --> 00:13:49.860 to know how all the pieces fit together 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:52.319 in a way that they did not know? 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:57.500 Why is it that we so often would sing a song like this 00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:59.680 or pray through a psalm like this 00:13:59.680 --> 00:14:01.140 with a sense of anxiety 00:14:01.140 --> 00:14:02.760 or doubt 00:14:02.760 --> 00:14:04.860 or even apathy? 00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:08.379 It's instructing us, isn't it? 00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:11.200 Now, at the end, 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:15.039 all of God's people are called to join in the king's praise here. 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:18.220 But there's two motivations for worship that are expressed. 00:14:18.460 --> 00:14:22.120 First, why should we worship God for his strength? 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:24.820 Let's see what the psalm has to say about it. 00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:26.940 First, in the Lord's strength, 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:28.600 the king is established. 00:14:29.500 --> 00:14:31.000 In the Lord's strength, 00:14:31.800 --> 00:14:33.600 the king is established. 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:35.620 Look at verses 3-7. 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:38.220 For you meet him with rich blessings. 00:14:39.060 --> 00:14:41.820 You set a crown of fine gold upon his head. 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:44.320 He asked life of you. 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:45.899 You gave it to him. 00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:48.879 Length of days, forever and ever. 00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:52.399 His glory is great through your salvation. 00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:56.240 Splendor and majesty you bestow on him. 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:59.200 For you make him most blessed forever. 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:01.300 You make him glad 00:15:01.300 --> 00:15:03.360 with the joy of your presence. 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:06.100 For the king trusts in the Lord. 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:09.900 And through the steadfast love of the Most High, 00:15:10.660 --> 00:15:13.000 he shall not be moved. 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:17.600 Now, again, let's hold Psalm 20 and Psalm 21 together. 00:15:17.800 --> 00:15:19.440 How are they functioning together? 00:15:20.660 --> 00:15:23.120 When Psalm 20, it's given to the choir master 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:27.379 so that the people would remember and trust God's promises. 00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:30.919 Psalm 21 is given to the choir master 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:35.700 to acknowledge that God is mighty to fulfill those promises. 00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:41.000 And as we've seen repeatedly throughout the Psalms, 00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:43.200 God's covenants with Israel, 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:45.179 particularly his covenant with David, 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:47.820 is the foundation of the song. 00:15:47.820 --> 00:15:51.240 And what was the Davidic covenant all about? 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:54.860 It was fundamentally about an eternal king 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:58.660 through whom God would bless his people forever and ever. 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:02.400 2 Samuel 7, verses 12 and 13. 00:16:02.660 --> 00:16:04.720 This is part of the covenant God makes. 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:06.440 This is God saying this to David. 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:08.600 When your days are fulfilled 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:11.280 and you lie down with your fathers, 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.440 that's important. 00:16:12.640 --> 00:16:13.640 We can't forget that. 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:15.020 David died. 00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:17.640 He did not live forever. 00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:21.220 When you lie down with your fathers, 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:24.340 I will raise up your offspring after you 00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:26.240 who shall come from your body 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:28.340 and I will establish his kingdom. 00:16:28.900 --> 00:16:31.160 He shall build a house for my name 00:16:31.160 --> 00:16:35.700 and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 00:16:37.780 --> 00:16:39.640 God's covenant faithfulness 00:16:39.640 --> 00:16:43.220 is what anchors this Psalm. 00:16:44.920 --> 00:16:46.840 And the allusion to the covenant 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:48.800 is unmistakable in verse 7. 00:16:48.800 --> 00:16:50.320 Just set your eyes on it again. 00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:54.280 It is through the steadfast love of the Most High. 00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:58.660 An oft-repeated reference to God's covenant faithfulness. 00:16:59.259 --> 00:17:00.320 It's through that 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.420 that the king will be established. 00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:07.140 Now, just put it all together in your mind. 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:09.280 What's the covenant? 00:17:09.280 --> 00:17:11.660 David, after you, 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:14.640 I'm going to raise up your offspring 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:18.280 and he will be a king unlike any other king. 00:17:18.800 --> 00:17:22.060 I'm going to give him a kingdom that lasts forever. 00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:25.440 Now, David, in Psalm 20, 00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:29.339 tells Israel and leads them to trust that promise. 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:32.079 And now, in Psalm 21, 00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:34.359 he says God will fulfill it. 00:17:34.419 --> 00:17:36.440 He's powerful to fulfill it. 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:38.000 He will do what? 00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:41.440 He will establish his king. 00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:43.139 That's what this is about. 00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:47.340 The joy of the king and his people, 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:51.880 it rests entirely on their faith in God's character, 00:17:52.080 --> 00:17:53.259 his steadfast love, 00:17:54.020 --> 00:17:58.340 and in his power to do what he promised he would do. 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.280 The king trusts in the Lord, 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:04.820 therefore we should too. 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:07.040 And here again, 00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:10.380 faith in God is fundamental to our worship. 00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:14.280 Those who trust in his steadfast love 00:18:14.280 --> 00:18:16.700 will, with the king, 00:18:17.540 --> 00:18:20.100 exult in God's great salvation. 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:24.200 Now, how is God's blessings of the king displayed? 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:27.480 How is it that the establishment of this king 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:29.260 is described in the text? 00:18:29.620 --> 00:18:30.760 Let's just walk through it. 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:34.100 He meets him with rich blessings. 00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:36.620 Now, that's going to stand in stark contrast 00:18:36.620 --> 00:18:39.320 to what will come next in the next section 00:18:39.320 --> 00:18:40.140 in God's enemies. 00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:43.280 They are not met with rich blessings. 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:44.480 They are met with destruction. 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:47.620 But the king and his people, 00:18:48.560 --> 00:18:50.040 oh, they're met with rich blessings. 00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:53.920 God places a crown of fine gold upon his head. 00:18:54.040 --> 00:18:55.700 That's an image we're meant to see 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:57.180 of kingship, royalty. 00:18:58.560 --> 00:19:00.060 In answer to the king's prayer, 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:03.800 God gives him life forever and ever. 00:19:04.100 --> 00:19:04.880 Remember the covenant. 00:19:05.360 --> 00:19:06.040 It's fulfilled. 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:09.299 He clothes the king in glory, 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:12.099 splendor, and majesty. 00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:16.220 He is called the most blessed forever. 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:19.720 And as we understand that term in the scriptures, 00:19:19.899 --> 00:19:22.319 we understand that the blessing of the king 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:25.700 overflows into blessing for his people 00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:28.200 so that the king and its people 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:30.700 are welcomed into the presence of God, 00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.960 not for judgment, 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:35.640 but with joy and gladness, peace. 00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:40.440 All of this blessing, according to verse 5, 00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:42.240 comes through what? 00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:44.539 God's salvation. 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:49.639 How was God's salvation described in Psalm 20? 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:53.579 It was described through suffering and resurrection. 00:19:55.379 --> 00:19:58.019 The king is exalted to a glorious throne 00:19:58.019 --> 00:20:02.039 through his suffering and subsequent glory. 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:07.519 In God's power, the king is thus established. 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:11.379 David, looking ahead in anticipation 00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:15.440 to what God will do in the person of Christ, 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:19.240 leads all of God's people to praise and worship 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:22.259 the strength of God to establish his king 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:24.440 and bring his people great salvation. 00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:28.879 Now, we know this psalm isn't about David 00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:32.259 because David did not receive the blessings 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.660 enumerated in the psalm. 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:36.420 These are too great for David. 00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:40.580 There is a sense in which his life 00:20:40.580 --> 00:20:42.480 foreshadowed his future son, 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:44.860 but the king whose throne is established 00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:46.880 in this song is not David. 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:48.680 It is the future Messiah. 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.940 It's Jesus. 00:20:51.300 --> 00:20:54.940 The one who, after wearing a crown of thorns, 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:58.180 is crowned with glory and eternal life. 00:20:58.940 --> 00:21:01.800 The one on whom God has bestowed splendor 00:21:01.800 --> 00:21:04.800 and majesty with a name that is above every name. 00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:09.080 The one who, according to the writer of Hebrews, 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:12.279 after making purifications for sins, 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:16.080 sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high, 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:19.320 having become as much superior to angels 00:21:19.320 --> 00:21:21.039 as the name he has inherited, 00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:23.200 is more excellent than theirs. 00:21:24.060 --> 00:21:26.000 What's the writer of Hebrews referencing? 00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:28.640 The exaltation of the king. 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:32.060 All through the New Testament, 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:34.980 the scriptures speak of the exalted king 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:37.200 who, after suffering for our sins, 00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:39.320 is blessed forever by the Father. 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:42.880 Of course, one of our favorites is Philippians 2. 00:21:44.320 --> 00:21:46.060 Being found in human form, 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.759 Jesus humbled himself 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:52.000 by becoming obedient to the point of death, 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:54.119 even death on a cross. 00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:59.359 Therefore, God has highly exalted him 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:02.440 and bestowed on him the name 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.960 that is above every name, 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:06.119 so that at the name of Jesus, 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:08.859 every knee should bow in heaven 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:10.500 and on earth and under the earth, 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.759 and every tongue confess 00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:14.299 that Jesus Christ is Lord 00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:16.200 to the glory of God the Father. 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:19.240 What is it that Paul and the writer of Hebrews 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.360 is picking up on? 00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.640 The king. 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:23.039 It's king language. 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:25.680 Through his suffering and resurrection, 00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:28.080 God exalts his king. 00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:31.140 He places Jesus and bestows on him 00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:32.799 a glory that is above the glory 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:34.580 of all other people. 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.900 He's our king. 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:41.539 Why are we to praise God's power? 00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:44.519 Because in the Lord's strength 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:46.940 and through his saving work, 00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:50.420 the throne of King Jesus is established, 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:53.119 and the blessings of King Jesus 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:56.379 will overflow to all who trust in him. 00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:59.200 That's why we should join the king 00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.980 in his praise. 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:02.319 But there's a second part to this. 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.519 In the Lord's strength, 00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:07.240 the king's enemies are defeated. 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.660 In the Lord's strength, 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.519 the king's enemies are defeated. 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:13.579 Look at verses 8 to 12. 00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:18.119 Your hand will find out all your enemies. 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:22.939 Your right hand will find out those who hate you. 00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:27.059 You will make them a blazing oven when you appear. 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:30.639 The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath. 00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:32.679 Fire will consume them. 00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:37.139 You will destroy their descendants from the earth 00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:39.939 and their offspring from among the children of men, 00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:43.120 though they plan evil against you. 00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.880 Though they devise mischief, 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.900 they will not succeed, 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:49.440 for you will put them to flight. 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.539 You will aim at their faces 00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:53.240 with your bows. 00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:55.059 In the Lord's strength, 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:57.120 the king's enemies are defeated. 00:23:57.119 --> 00:24:01.179 Now there's a noticeable shift in audience 00:24:01.179 --> 00:24:02.399 at this point in the psalm. 00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:05.679 Notice in verses 3 to 7, 00:24:06.479 --> 00:24:09.079 the attention is directed to the Lord himself, 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:12.319 the Lord who establishes his king. 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:14.199 But in verses 8 to 12, 00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:17.000 it's directed toward the king. 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:21.180 Now that God has established his king, 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:25.059 he empowers him to rule his kingdom, 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.299 defeating all of his enemies. 00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:32.180 We're reminded here of the unity that exists 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:34.940 between the Lord and his anointed king, 00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:37.380 a oneness of judgment 00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:40.480 that we saw first in Psalm 2. 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:44.319 Just flip over a couple of pages to Psalm 2. 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:46.639 I want you to see and remember what it says. 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:56.579 Psalm 2, look at verse 2. 00:24:58.399 --> 00:25:00.419 The kings of the earth set themselves, 00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:02.559 the rulers take counsel together 00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.639 against the Lord 00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:05.939 and against his anointed, 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.220 his anointed king. 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.980 Verse 4, 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:12.579 he who sits in the heavens laughs at them. 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:14.839 The Lord holds them in derision. 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:17.339 Then he will speak to them in his wrath 00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:19.299 and terrify them in his fury, 00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:20.099 saying this, 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.359 as for me, 00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:23.659 I have set my king on Zion, 00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:25.439 my holy hill. 00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:26.539 What does he mean? 00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:29.699 He looks at his enemies and he says, 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.619 my king will take care of you. 00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.480 Verse 9, 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.980 speaking to the king, 00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.699 the Lord says, 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:38.960 you shall break them with a rod of iron 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.279 and dash them in pieces 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.379 like a potter's vessel. 00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.860 Verse 12, 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.000 kiss the son, 00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:45.080 he says to the enemies, 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:47.560 lest he be angry 00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:49.400 and you perish in the way 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:51.540 for his wrath is quickly kindled. 00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:54.760 Blessed are all who take refuge in him instead. 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.880 And we get to Psalm 21 00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:58.020 and what is it that we find? 00:25:58.380 --> 00:26:00.400 David's drawing on that same idea. 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:03.820 Now that the Lord has established his king, 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:05.640 he will empower his king 00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:07.140 to judge the earth. 00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:10.820 Christopher Ashe said, 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:13.600 just as opposition to the Messiah 00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:15.540 is opposition to God, 00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:18.100 so judgment by the Messiah 00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:20.000 is the judgment of God. 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.720 There is a oneness 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:23.520 showing forth here 00:26:23.520 --> 00:26:24.440 between the Lord 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.800 and his anointed. 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.980 What is it speaking of? 00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:32.279 This final, 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.940 decisive day of judgment 00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:35.700 is the focus here. 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:40.099 It's not judgment in general. 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:43.259 It's the final judgment 00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.360 that's in view. 00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:49.659 Just as those who trust the Lord 00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:51.419 receive eternal life 00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.179 through his king, 00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.779 those who set themselves 00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.819 against the Lord 00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:58.039 receive eternal punishment 00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.699 through the king. 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.639 There's an allusion here 00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:05.299 to the second coming of Christ. 00:27:05.459 --> 00:27:06.459 It's in verse 9. 00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:09.079 When he appears, 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.039 David says, 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:12.340 the king will consume 00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:14.539 all of God's enemies 00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.640 in the fullness 00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:17.660 of God's wrath. 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:21.160 We have this language echoed 00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:23.160 in 2 Thessalonians. 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:25.980 Chapter 1, verses 7 and 10. 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.440 Paul says, 00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.380 the Lord Jesus 00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:31.180 will be revealed from heaven. 00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.180 In other words, 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:33.480 when he appears, 00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.579 he will be revealed from heaven. 00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:37.599 with his mighty angels 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:40.079 in a flaming fire 00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:42.559 inflicting vengeance 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:44.740 on those who do not know God 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:47.079 and on those who do not obey 00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.960 the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:52.179 They will suffer the punishment 00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:54.240 of eternal destruction 00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:56.939 away from the presence of the Lord 00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:59.579 and from the glory of his might 00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:02.559 when he comes on that day. 00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.939 The parallels there are striking, 00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.419 aren't they? 00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.639 Psalm 21, 00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.299 2 Thessalonians 1, 00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.139 what are they speaking of? 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.559 That final day of judgment. 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.460 The king will return. 00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.480 And when he returns, 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.779 he will return 00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:18.919 in a consuming fire, 00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:21.220 pouring forth vengeance 00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:23.240 and the wrath of God 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:26.039 on all who are against God 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:28.259 and do not obey the gospel of Jesus. 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.919 And what will their suffering be? 00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:33.519 Eternal destruction. 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:37.799 Whereas in the first part of the psalm, 00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:39.619 the king and his people 00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:41.339 are glad and rejoice 00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:42.680 in the presence of God. 00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:44.819 In the second part of the psalm, 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:46.420 those who do not belong 00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.759 to the king by faith 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:49.960 are facing the wrath of God. 00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.420 They are expelled 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:53.019 from the presence of God, 00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:55.180 according to Paul. 00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:59.539 Three truths are then expressed 00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.980 in this section 00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:02.079 about Christ's judgment 00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.700 of his enemies. 00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.460 First, 00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:07.240 we see that the enemies of Christ 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:09.200 will not escape. 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.220 They will not escape. 00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.039 Look at verse 8. 00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:16.680 Speaking to the king now, 00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:18.740 your hand will find out 00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:20.180 all your enemies. 00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:23.160 Your right hand will find out 00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:26.039 those who hate you. 00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:29.140 No matter how hard they try, 00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:31.039 the unbelieving will not be able 00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:33.799 to hide on the day of God's wrath. 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:37.339 And that's not just a matter 00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.700 of physical location. 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:41.399 Hiding from the physical presence 00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:41.960 of the king 00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:44.039 as if they could run into the caves 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.200 and cry for the rocks 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.200 to fall over them 00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:48.220 and hide them from the king, 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:50.180 as the New Testament tells us 00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.680 they will do. 00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:53.039 It won't work. 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.319 He'll find them out. 00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:56.079 But that's not all this means. 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:58.799 This is also a matter 00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:00.259 of the heart. 00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.980 God's enemies will not be able 00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:05.159 to fool him 00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:06.839 in the day of judgment. 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:10.279 In the strength of the Lord, 00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:12.639 nothing is hidden from his sight, 00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:15.220 including the true nature 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.500 of your heart. 00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:18.639 He will find it out. 00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:22.059 No one else may find it out 00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:23.519 on the day of judgment. 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:25.899 He will find it out. 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:28.980 That's why the warning 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.619 is so striking by Jesus 00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.919 in the Gospel of Luke. 00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:34.099 Many will say to me on that day, 00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:35.139 on that final day, 00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.299 Lord, Lord, 00:30:36.679 --> 00:30:38.799 have we not done many wonderful things 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.480 in your name? 00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:41.039 And I will say to them, 00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:42.059 depart from me, 00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:43.299 you workers of iniquity. 00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:44.879 I never knew you. 00:30:48.199 --> 00:30:49.599 They will not escape, 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.679 neither physically 00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:53.220 nor spiritually. 00:30:53.699 --> 00:30:54.699 He knows your heart. 00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:56.059 Don't think you can fool him. 00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:57.079 You can't. 00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.179 Second, 00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.619 they will not survive. 00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.919 They will not survive. 00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.399 Verse 10, 00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:07.259 you will destroy 00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.919 their descendants 00:31:08.919 --> 00:31:09.779 from the earth 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:11.659 and their offspring 00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:13.419 from among the children of men. 00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.819 This is not so much 00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:17.519 a reference to physical children, 00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.440 but to those 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:21.220 who share their spiritual identity 00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:23.500 as enemies of the king, 00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.400 the unbelieving, 00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:26.440 the nations and the kings 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.220 of Psalm 2 00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.319 that set themselves 00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:29.980 in rebellion against God 00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.759 and his anointed 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:32.660 and against his gospel. 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:36.420 No one will slip through the cracks, 00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.119 in other words. 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:39.660 No one will be forgotten 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.680 in the judgment, 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:43.220 in the strength of the Lord. 00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.720 Third, 00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:45.259 all unbelievers 00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:47.480 will be destroyed. 00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.360 Third, 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.880 they will not succeed. 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.880 They will not succeed. 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:55.079 Verses 11 and 12, 00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:57.220 though they plan evil against you, 00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:59.579 though they devise mischief, 00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:01.799 they will not succeed. 00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.500 Instead, 00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:05.779 you will put them to flight. 00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.980 You will aim at their faces 00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.839 with your bows. 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:11.959 Here we're reminded 00:32:11.959 --> 00:32:12.959 that God's enemies 00:32:12.959 --> 00:32:14.019 are truly guilty. 00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.019 They plan evil. 00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:18.019 They devise mischief. 00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.199 What does that look like? 00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:21.199 Sometimes it's blatant 00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:22.039 and obvious. 00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:23.759 Other times, 00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.959 it really just boils down 00:32:24.959 --> 00:32:26.639 to a rejection of God 00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.319 and his gospel. 00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:32.519 They are set against God 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.159 and his king, 00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:35.579 caught in their own 00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.519 foolish rebellion. 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:40.079 And even as this deception 00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:42.259 is exposed to them 00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.660 and they understand 00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:45.319 the reality of the judgment 00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:46.879 and their guilt before God, 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:48.299 we know what they will do 00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:49.740 is harden their hearts 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.599 even further 00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:52.160 and they will rage 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.039 against the king. 00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:56.639 But they will not succeed 00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:59.400 in the strength of the Lord. 00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:02.440 Jesus will win victory 00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:04.879 over every enemy. 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:08.480 Now this section, 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.759 it's sobering, 00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:14.059 serves as a warning 00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:16.579 for everyone to examine 00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.240 their hearts 00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.180 to see if they are 00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:19.119 on the Lord's side. 00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:22.539 And it would be unfaithful 00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.799 for us not to take a moment 00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.879 and just pause 00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:26.700 and consider that question. 00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:29.119 Are you on the Lord's side? 00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:31.420 Do you belong to the king 00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:34.019 or are you set against him? 00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:37.839 But then we must remember 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:40.559 that these statements 00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:41.900 are made in the context 00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.759 of celebration. 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:45.279 What is the tone 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.220 that was set for us 00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.180 in verse 1? 00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.700 Joy, 00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.799 exaltation, 00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.879 the expression of elation. 00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.519 And that includes 00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.319 this section. 00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:58.099 What is it calling us to do? 00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:00.039 With King Jesus, 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.399 all of his people 00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:02.359 are being called 00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:04.180 to rejoice in the fact 00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:06.480 that God will be victorious 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:08.239 over every enemy. 00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.679 Which on one hand 00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:12.279 is difficult for us to do 00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:13.980 because we recognize 00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:15.239 that some of those enemies 00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:16.500 are people we love. 00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:20.759 We're reminded even then 00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:21.980 is the heart of God. 00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:23.239 He does not delight 00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.960 in the destruction 00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.579 of the wicked 00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:26.320 even though it is right. 00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:30.480 And yet, 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:33.080 we can still rejoice 00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:35.280 that God is victorious. 00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:38.420 That none of our enemies 00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.559 or Jesus' enemies 00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.500 will remain. 00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.360 His kingdom 00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:44.460 will be a perfect kingdom. 00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.500 No rebellion. 00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:48.340 No sin. 00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:50.740 No hardness of heart. 00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:53.179 all joy 00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:55.039 and joy 00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.759 in the strength 00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.419 of the Lord 00:34:56.419 --> 00:34:58.739 who through his king 00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:00.939 defeats all his enemies. 00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:04.259 Then we get to the final verse. 00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.799 It wraps all up for us 00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:06.379 in 13. 00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.699 Be exalted, 00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:10.139 O Lord, 00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.819 in your strength. 00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:13.819 We now are included. 00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.779 First person plural. 00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:19.380 We will sing 00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:21.240 and praise 00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:22.980 your power. 00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:25.240 Isn't that what the psalm 00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:26.200 is teaching us to do? 00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:28.700 All who follow Jesus 00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:30.140 are called to join him 00:35:30.140 --> 00:35:31.640 in his praise. 00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.780 With our king, 00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.560 we rejoice 00:35:34.560 --> 00:35:35.660 in God's strength 00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:37.700 to fulfill his promises 00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:39.460 and we exult 00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.540 in the salvation 00:35:40.540 --> 00:35:41.920 of Christ 00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:43.600 which he has won 00:35:43.600 --> 00:35:44.460 for his people. 00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:46.059 for all 00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.780 who will trust 00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.360 in him 00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.840 and therefore 00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:50.019 by faith 00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:51.880 let us sing 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:53.380 and praise 00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:55.220 the glorious power 00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:57.099 of our mighty God 00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:59.059 for the Lord 00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.800 himself 00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:01.539 is our salvation.