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 As I read Psalm 31 aloud, I invite you to follow along with your own eyes.

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 And then to keep this open in front of you as we work through so that you can see the word of God, the verses,

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 and that the Spirit can minister to all of us because we trust it's his inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, powerful,

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 and all-sufficient word for you and me, his people.

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 Psalm 31.

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 To the chief musician.

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 A Psalm of David.

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 In you, O Lord, I put my trust.

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 Let me never be ashamed.

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 Deliver me in your righteousness.

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 Bow down your ear to hear me.

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 Deliver me speedily.

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 Be my rock of refuge, a fortress of defense to save me.

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 For you are my rock and my fortress.

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 Therefore, for your namesake, lead me and guide me.

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 Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me.

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 For you are my strength.

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 Into your hand I commit my spirit.

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 You have redeemed me.

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 You have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.

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 I have hated those who regarded useless idols.

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 But I will trust in the Lord.

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 I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy.

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 For you have considered my trouble.

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 And you have known my soul and adversities.

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 And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy.

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 You have set my feet in a wide place.

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 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble.

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 My eye wastes away with grief.

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 Yes, my soul and my body.

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 For my life is spent with grief.

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 And my years with sighing.

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 My strength fails because of my iniquity.

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 And my bones waste away.

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 I am a reproach among all my enemies.

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 But especially among my neighbors.

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 And I am repulsive to my acquaintances.

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 Those who see me outside flee from me.

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 I am forgotten like a dead man.

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 Out of mind.

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 I am like a broken vessel.

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 For I hear the slander of many.

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 Fear is on every side.

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 While they take counsel together against me.

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 They scheme to take away my life.

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 But as for me, I trust in you, O Lord.

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 I say you are my God.

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 My times are in your hand.

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 Deliver me from the hands of my enemies.

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 And from those who persecute me.

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 Make your face shine upon your servant.

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 Save me for your mercy's sake.

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 Do not let me be ashamed, O Lord.

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 For I have called upon you.

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 Let the wicked be ashamed.

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 Let them be silent in the grave.

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 Let the lying lips be put to silence.

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 Which speak insolent things proudly.

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 And contemptuously against the righteous.

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 O how great is your goodness.

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 Which you have laid up for those who fear you.

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 Which you have prepared for those who trust in you.

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 In the presence of the sons of men.

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 You shall hide them in the secret place of your presence.

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 From the plots of man.

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 You shall keep them secretly.

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 In a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

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 Blessed be the Lord.

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 For he has shown his marvelous kindness in a strong city.

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 For I said in my haste.

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 I am cut off before your eyes.

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 Nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications.

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 When I cried to you.

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 Oh love the Lord all you his saints.

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 For the Lord preserves the faithful.

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 And fully repays the proud person.

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 Be of good courage.

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 And he shall strengthen your heart.

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 All you who hope in the Lord.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Please be seated.

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 Oh Lord we thank you for your word.

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 That's living and active and sharp.

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 We pray that by the power of your Holy Spirit.

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 Your word will pierce into us Lord.

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 That you'll divide the innermost part of us.

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 That by cutting us open with your word Lord.

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 The seed of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 Will find good soil.

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 And that it will bear much fruit in our lives.

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 So that you will be glorified.

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 And your kind mercy will be made known to all.

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 Through the lives of your people.

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 Whom you've redeemed.

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 By your grace alone.

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 For your glory alone we ask.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well prayer is a window into a person's soul.

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 When a person's praying.

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 We get to hear through their words.

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 The thoughts.

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 The meditations.

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 The beliefs of their innermost being.

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 Even after suffering through a day of conflict with a loved one.

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 After our frustrations may have reached a boiling point with one another.

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 Isn't it true in our experience that.

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 If we can just hear.

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 One another pray.

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 The grace of God has a way of melting the ice.

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 Prayer brings us around the foot of the cross of Jesus.

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 And we see.

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 Our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Working like.

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 360 degrees.

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 Around his cross.

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 Because prayer.

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 It reveals our views of God.

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 It reveals our views of ourselves.

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 And of one another.

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 In the light of God's glory.

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 In prayer we can.

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 Confess our weakness.

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 In prayer we.

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 We confess our struggles.

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 And our fears.

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 But also through prayer.

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 We.

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 We find our hope.

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 We remind one another.

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 To trust in God.

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 Prayer is a window.

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 Into the soul.

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 Psalm 31.

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 Is not only.

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 What some have called.

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 An exquisite.

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 Masterpiece.

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 Of Hebrew poetry.

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 It's that.

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 But it's more.

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 Psalm 31.

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 Is a prayer.

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 It's the prayer of a king.

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 And we get to listen in.

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 By the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

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 These words that David prays to God.

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 Are recorded.

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 And preserved for us.

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 And we get a window.

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 Into the soul of this anointed man.

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 Who's really a shadow.

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 Of the anointed king.

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 Jesus Christ.

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 As we walk through this.

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 Psalm.

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 Verse by verse.

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 You'll get to hear.

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 One more time.

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 This king's fears.

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 And struggles.

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 The king's view of God.

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 View of himself.

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 And you'll be encouraged.

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 By what his trust.

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 And his hope.

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 Are anchored in.

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 So my encouragement is.

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 Hear the prayer.

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 Of this king.

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 And may God melt your heart.

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 My sermon title is.

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 What the king's prayer.

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 Reveals.

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 What the king's prayer.

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 Reveals.

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 And I'd like to point out.

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 Four glorious truths.

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 In this psalm.

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 Number one.

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 The king's prayer.

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 Reveals.

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 The grounds.

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 That God has laid.

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 For our pleas.

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 To him.

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 This king's prayer.

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 Reveals.

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 The grounds.

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 That God has laid down.

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 Upon which he'll accept.

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 Please.

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 Request.

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 From us.

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 In this psalm 31.

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 David's having to exercise faith.

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 He's trusting.

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 In what he cannot see.

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 Look at verse one.

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 In you oh Lord.

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 I put my trust.

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 God is spirit.

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 God is invisible.

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 But he puts his trust.

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 In the Lord.

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 And he says.

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 Let me never be ashamed.

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 There's a threat.

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 There's.

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 There's a very real threat.

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 That he will be ashamed.

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 According to what he can see.

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 That's his fear.

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 He's trapped.

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 And he's in need.

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 So he cries out in verse one.

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 Deliver me.

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 And he says.

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 Deliver me.

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 In your righteousness.

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 The basis for his faith.

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 His hope.

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 His trust.

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 It's in the character.

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 Of the Lord.

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 To put it another way.

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 He's praying.

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 Lord.

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 Because you are righteous.

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 Deliver me.

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 This is the ground.

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 God has laid.

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 To hear our.

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 Our pleas.

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 Because God is righteous.

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 Psalm 31.

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 Teaches God's people.

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 To trust.

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 That God does.

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 Care about you.

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 God does.

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 Draw near.

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 God does.

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 Hear it.

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 When we cry out.

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 To him.

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 That's what he prays.

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 Next in verse two.

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 Look at it.

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 Bow down your ear.

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 To me.

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 Deliver me.

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 Speedily.

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 In our Bible study.

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 One of our.

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 Our moms.

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 Pointed out.

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 It's like a parent.

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 You know.

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 The child.

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 Is crying.

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 The parent.

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 Draws near.

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 And bows the ear down.

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 Close to him.

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 To hear.

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 To show you.

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 I see you.

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 I hear you.

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 I care about you.

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 I'm near to you.

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 And his trust in God.

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 Is pictured now.

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 Next with.

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 With two images.

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 They're parallel.

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 One to another.

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 These are both.

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 Beautiful.

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 Powerful.

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 Encouraging pictures for us.

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 Even though we don't live in.

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 In the ancient.

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 Near east.

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 And we don't.

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 We don't have to deal with.

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 Siege warfare.

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 Which was brutal.

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 The two images.

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 Next are these.

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 Number one.

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 It's a rock.

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 Of refuge.

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 A rock.

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 Of refuge.

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 And number two.

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 What he calls.

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 A fortress.

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 Of defense.

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 To picture.

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 Rock of refuge.

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 You're visiting from Texas.

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 If you have time this afternoon.

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 You could get there.

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 I think it's in under.

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 90 minutes.

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 Down in El Paso County.

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 Paint.

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 Mines.

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 Regional park.

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 It's a regional park.

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 And you can go down.

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 And you can see where the erosion.

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 Maybe some of the ancient.

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 From the flood.

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 It's left these deep.

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 Caves and tunnels.

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 And created all these beautiful layers.

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 In the rock.

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 And you can just picture an army.

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 Trying to chase down a man.

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 Or his.

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 His army.

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 Scurrying away.

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 And finding.

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 Shelter.

00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:05.960
 Hiding.

00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:07.159
 In these rocks.

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 Of refuge.

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 Remember how David had to call these caves.

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 He had to call them home.

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 In Psalm 4.

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 He laid down his head.

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 To sleep at night.

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 While he's on the run.

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 And he's in hiding.

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 From King Saul.

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 Remember he had that fortress.

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 It was.

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 It was a natural fortress.

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 That God provided him.

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 Called En Gedi.

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 Down in southern part of Israel.

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 And that's where the Lord preserved him.

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 So a rock of refuge.

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 For David.

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 Brings all these.

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 Very real images.

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 Of survival.

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 And finding a place.

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 To hide himself.

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 When the blistering sun.

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 Is out there.

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 And it's scorching everything.

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 You can get in the shade.

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 You can find protection.

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 That's a rock of refuge.

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 The second one is the fortress.

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 Of defense.

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 We're so blessed.

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 We live in Colorado.

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 All these images of.

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 The.

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 Of Israel.

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 In ancient Israel.

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 We have them right here.

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 The best one for me.

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 Thinking of a.

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 This fortress of defense.

00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:06.659
 Would be like when you hike up.

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 To see a.

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 A fire lookout.

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 You know.

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 You'll go up a trail.

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 You'll.

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 You'll switch back and forth.

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 Some of them are above the.

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 The tree line.

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 See it's just up there.

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 In the middle of nowhere.

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 And.

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 And here's this little.

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 In our case.

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 It's just a little wooden cabin.

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 But the kingdoms.

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 In the ancient world.

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 Had these.

00:12:24.099 --> 00:12:24.339
 Fortresses.

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 These garrisons.

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 Put up on the.

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 The high points.

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 Where they can see.

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 In a long ways away.

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 So if one of the enemies.

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 Bring in all their troops.

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 And trying to flank us.

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 Or set up.

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 An attack.

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 We can get word back quickly.

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 And we can mobilize.

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 So you can picture this.

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 Man-made fortress.

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 These stones piled up.

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 Up.

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 Up on top of a hill.

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 And if the enemy were to try to get you there.

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 You have the high ground.

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 You can shoot arrows back down them.

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 And you can protect yourself.

00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:50.399
 From this fortress.

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 Of defense.

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 But the order in which David prays this.

00:12:55.139 --> 00:12:55.279
 It's.

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 It's different than what we would expect.

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 There's a unique repetition here.

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 In verses two and three.

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 Seems to be backwards.

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 First he says.

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 In verse two.

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 Be.

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 Be.

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 My rock of refuge.

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 Be.

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 A fortress.

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 Of defense.

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 For me.

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 So it sounds like he's asking God.

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 To become something new.

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 But notice.

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 The very next verse.

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 Part of this.

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 This.

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 Poetic parallelism.

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 In verse three.

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 He says.

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 Be those things.

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 For you are.

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 My rock.

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 And my fortress.

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 Why ask God.

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 To become.

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 Something that you.

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 Just claimed.

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 That God is.

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 I learned.

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 That.

00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:37.840
 When.

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 A weaker.

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 Party.

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 Is in a covenant relationship.

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 In a treaty.

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 The vassal servant.

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 In relationship.

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 To a more powerful.

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 Sovereign Lord.

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 You're appealing.

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 For protection.

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 You're appealing.

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 On this covenant.

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 This treaty.

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 That you have.

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 And you do it.

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 By reminding.

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 The powerful Lord.

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 Of their name.

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 Reminding them.

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 Of who they said.

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 They are.

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 In this covenant.

00:14:02.160 --> 00:14:02.680
 Relationship.

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 To you.

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 So this is a covenantal.

00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.220
 Prayer.

00:14:06.860 --> 00:14:07.820
 In verses two and three.

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 Isn't that beautiful?

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 The poet is saying here.

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 Act.

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 Like who you already promised.

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 To be.

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 God.

00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:19.800
 This appeal to God's covenant promises.

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 Is reinforced.

00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:23.100
 In the rest of verse three.

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 Therefore.

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 For your name's sake.

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 Lead me.

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 And guide me.

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 We can pray this way too.

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 These are the grounds.

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 God has laid.

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 For our pleas.

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 God has told us.

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 Here's who I am.

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 As your Lord.

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 This is my name.

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 I am.

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 Your rock of refuge.

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 I am.

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 Your fortress.

00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:45.799
 Of defense.

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 Pray to me.

00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:48.599
 Trusting.

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 That's who I am.

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 And that's who I will be.

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 For you now.

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 Think of the other.

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 People all around.

00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:56.959
 Israel.

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 They're building up.

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 Their own fortresses.

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 They're stacking up.

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 Stone walls.

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 They're taking over.

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 The garrisons.

00:15:05.139 --> 00:15:05.920
 Of other nations.

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 And David.

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 Now is calling the people.

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 Chief musician.

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 Get all the congregation.

00:15:11.680 --> 00:15:13.320
 To sing this truth.

00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.639
 Yahweh.

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 Is the true rock.

00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:17.580
 And the true fortress.

00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.840
 All these other things.

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 That the world.

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 Put their hope in.

00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:22.800
 They can be penetrated.

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 They can be destroyed.

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:27.120
 You can dig under those walls.

00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:28.980
 The Lord.

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 Is the only one.

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 That we can count on for safety.

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 In him alone.

00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:36.819
 Do we find our security.

00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:39.480
 The only true.

00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:40.679
 Unbreachable.

00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:41.639
 Fortress.

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 Is the invisible.

00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.500
 Covenant keeping God.

00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:47.220
 The basis of our faith.

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 The basis of our hope.

00:15:49.539 --> 00:15:50.319
 Our trust.

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 It's the character.

00:15:51.899 --> 00:15:53.360
 Of the Lord himself.

00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:57.100
 This psalm teaches us.

00:15:57.179 --> 00:15:58.059
 To remind God.

00:15:58.220 --> 00:16:00.019
 Of his covenant promises.

00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:01.139
 To us.

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 And to lift up our needs.

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 Our troubles.

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 Our cares.

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 And our fears.

00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:06.319
 In light of.

00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.360
 Who he is.

00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:09.919
 We can pray like David.

00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:10.699
 Lord.

00:16:10.819 --> 00:16:12.480
 Because you are righteous.

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:13.960
 Deliver us.

00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:15.379
 Lord.

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 You are caring.

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 You do draw near.

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 You do listen.

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 We can ask you.

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:21.019
 In that same way.

00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:21.399
 Father.

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 Bow your ear down to me.

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 Deliver me quickly.

00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:28.360
 Brothers and sisters.

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 Reflect.

00:16:32.060 --> 00:16:32.860
 This week.

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 Maybe even this morning.

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:36.879
 In the weakness of your flesh.

00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.600
 What do you.

00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:39.580
 Want to put.

00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:40.519
 Your hope in.

00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:42.200
 Instead of God.

00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:42.279
 If God.

00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.840
 If God leaves us to ourselves.

00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:46.440
 We are so frail.

00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:46.779
 Aren't we?

00:16:46.779 --> 00:16:50.959
 What do we want to put our security in.

00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:52.500
 Besides the Lord.

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 Remember the psalm.

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 We sing this.

00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:57.899
 This hymn.

00:16:58.819 --> 00:16:59.480
 That echoes.

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 The truth of this.

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.740
 Wonderful verse here.

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:04.799
 That my hope.

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.660
 Can be built on nothing.

00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:08.859
 Less than Jesus blood.

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:10.119
 And righteousness.

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:12.619
 Anything other than Christ himself.

00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:13.220
 Is less.

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 I dare not trust.

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 The sweetest frame.

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:18.579
 No matter how good it looks.

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 But wholly lean.

00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:21.420
 On Jesus name.

00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:22.940
 His oath.

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:24.100
 His covenant.

00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.360
 His blood.

00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:27.460
 Are what support you and me.

00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.980
 In the whelming flood.

00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.559
 When all around.

00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.740
 My soul gives way.

00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:32.839
 He then.

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 Is all.

00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:34.920
 My hope.

00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:35.960
 And stay.

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:38.960
 The king's prayer here.

00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:40.059
 Reveals the grounds.

00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:40.900
 God has laid.

00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:42.779
 For our.

00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:43.480
 Pleas.

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.180
 To him.

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:45.840
 His oath.

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.860
 His covenant.

00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:48.059
 His blood.

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.980
 We remind God.

00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:50.920
 Of what he's promised.

00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:52.299
 And we trust.

00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.720
 That he will be true.

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.440
 To his word.

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 The second glorious truth.

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:57.840
 We can learn.

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:59.759
 Is that the king's prayer here.

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 Reveals.

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:01.559
 The fierceness.

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.279
 Of the battle.

00:18:03.360 --> 00:18:05.140
 This is a song of lament.

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.960
 A song of trouble.

00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:08.759
 In the king's prayer.

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:10.259
 It reveals that.

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:12.500
 How fierce the battle is.

00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:13.860
 That this king.

00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:15.100
 Has to endure.

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.600
 In Psalm 31.

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:19.259
 David fears for his life.

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:21.299
 But who is he afraid of?

00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:23.180
 You're going to have to.

00:18:23.860 --> 00:18:25.039
 Jump around with me.

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:26.220
 For a few verses here.

00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:26.799
 Because I want to.

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 I want to try to make this clear.

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 I think it's very important.

00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:32.140
 Who are these enemies of David.

00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:33.960
 That are threatening his life.

00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:35.640
 Look at verse 11.

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.100
 He says.

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.779
 I am a reproach.

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:40.140
 Among all.

00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.400
 My enemies.

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.660
 Well think of Israel.

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.240
 Surrounded.

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 You've got the Phoenicians.

00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:45.880
 On the north.

00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.380
 You've got the Philistines.

00:18:47.380 --> 00:18:48.039
 On the south.

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.900
 You've got Egypt.

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 To the west.

00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:51.819
 And then you've got.

00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:52.740
 Those crazy.

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:53.920
 Amalekites.

00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:54.779
 Just seeming to be.

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 Everywhere.

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 In the shadows.

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 His enemies.

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 These other nations.

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 Are all around.

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 And they worship idols.

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 But that's not really.

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 The emphasis on verse 11.

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 Let's keep reading.

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 He also says.

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 I am a reproach.

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 Notice the emphasis.

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 I'm a reproach.

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 Especially.

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 Among my neighbors.

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 Within the visible domain.

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 Of God's kingdom.

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 On earth.

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 Within Israel.

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 I am repulsive.

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 To my acquaintances.

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 Those who see me outside.

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 The word for word.

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 Is those who see me on the streets.

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 The streets of Jerusalem.

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 The streets of Israel.

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 They flee.

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 From me.

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 He says.

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 But I.

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 I know why.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 Here's the reason.

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 I have hated those.

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 Who regard useless idols.

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 The king has denounced.

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 The worship of.

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 Of false gods.

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 No.

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 Not within the.

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 The domain of God.

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 This cannot happen.

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 He's denounced it.

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 He's hated those.

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 Who have brought.

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 Idolatry.

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 Into the kingdom of God.

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 The phrase here.

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 Is.

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 Idol.

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 Keepers.

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 I have hated.

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 Idol.

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 Keepers.

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 And then the contrast.

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 Comes with the rest of verse 6.

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 But.

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 He says.

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 I trust.

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 In the Lord.

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 I trust.

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 Those are the only two options.

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 You either trust.

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 In a.

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 A demon.

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 Idol.

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 You're an.

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 An idol keeper.

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 Putting your trust in that.

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 Creaturely invention.

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 Or you're putting your trust.

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 In the creator.

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 There's no two alternatives.

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 There's no other alternatives.

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 Besides those two.

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 Because the king.

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 God's anointed.

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 Servant.

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 Here.

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 He trusts the Lord.

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 Instead of idols.

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 He's hated by those.

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 Who are keeping those idols.

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 Both inside the kingdom.

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 And outside the kingdom.

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 The ones inside the.

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 The borders of Israel.

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 Are supposed to.

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 Trust in the Lord.

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 But yet they're harboring.

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 These pet idols.

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 And worshiping them.

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 In their hearts.

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 Instead.

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 His neighbors.

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 Within the.

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 The same walls.

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 Are secretly.

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 Worshiping.

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 Demons.

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 Rather than the holy God.

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 And how is it.

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 That these.

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 Idol keepers.

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 Attack.

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 God's anointed king.

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 Look at verse 13.

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 I hear the slander.

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 Of many.

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 What's that like?

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 Fear.

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 Is on every side.

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 While they take counsel.

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 Against me.

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 They scheme.

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 To take.

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 My life.

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 Away.

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 Those who keep demons.

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 Hate.

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 God's.

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 Servants.

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 Can you put yourself there.

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 Scheming.

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 To end your life.

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 Slander.

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 Fear.

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 On every side.

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 Like their.

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 Walls are closing in on him.

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 And.

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 So.

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 David's.

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 And.

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 So.

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 David's.

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 Confession.

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 Later on.

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 Is.

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 Understandable.

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 Take your eyes down.

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 To verse 22.

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 I have said.

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 In my haste.

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 I am cut off.

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 From before.

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 Your eyes.

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 David's.

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 Miserable.

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 He feels so trapped.

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 He says.

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 Look at verse 12.

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 He says.

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 I am forgotten.

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 Like a dead man.

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 Out of mind.

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 It's like I don't even exist anymore.

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 I'm like a broken vessel.

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 Everything I thought was my life.

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 Like this clay jar up here.

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 Has been.

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 Smashed down on the rocks.

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 I have no life.

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 And in that moment.

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 The Lord ministers to him.

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 Look at verse 22 again.

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 Nevertheless.

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 You heard.

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 The voice.

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 Of my supplication.

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 When I.

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 Cried.

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 To you.

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 He felt like God.

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 Had cut him off.

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 He felt like.

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 God didn't see him anymore.

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 And by the end of the psalm.

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 He bears witness.

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 You heard me.

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 When I cried.

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 I asked Lord.

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 Bend your ear down.

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 And you did hear my prayer.

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 Part of his cry.

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 Is for justice.

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 Look at verse 17.

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 Lord this evil.

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 These.

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 Idol worshipers.

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 It's horrible.

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 How long are you going to let it.

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 Keep going like this.

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 In verse 17.

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 He says.

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 Do not.

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 Let me.

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 Be ashamed.

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 O Lord.

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 For I have called.

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 Upon you.

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 Let the wicked be ashamed.

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 Let them be silent.

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 In the grave.

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 Let the lying lips.

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 Be put to silence.

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 Which speak.

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 Insolent things.

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 Proudly.

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 And contemptuously.

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 Against.

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 The righteous.

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 Father.

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 Deal with it.

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 I can't defend myself anymore.

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 A wise pastor.

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 A wise pastor.

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 This was.

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 This was a while back.

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 But I remember his words.

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 He was going through something difficult in their church.

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 I didn't even know the details exactly of the situation.

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 And he reflected back on.

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 On 25 years of ministry.

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 He says.

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 What happens in churches.

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 And in Christian relationships.

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 Is that.

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 You open up the word of God.

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 You read the word of God.

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 God.

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 The Holy Spirit communicates.

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 A spiritual truth.

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 And the spirit.

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 Uses his word.

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 To topple down.

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 An idol.

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 That's what God does.

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 He says.

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 Even if you.

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 Communicate.

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 God's truth.

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 In the most.

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 Loving way.

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 When that truth.

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 Threatens.

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 Another person's idol.

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 The demon.

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 Behind that idol.

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 Will cause that person.

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 To want.

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 To kill you.

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 Verse.

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 Psalm 20.

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 Psalm 31.

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 Teaches us.

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 The intensity.

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 The fierceness.

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 Of the battle.

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 It's matters of life and death.

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 And some of you have loved ones.

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 God's put you in their life.

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 To speak a word of truth.

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 In a loving way.

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 But behind that truth.

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 Behind that simple.

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 Bible verse.

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 There is a spiritual.

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 Battle going on.

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 And it's fierce.

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 And there will be casualties.

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 We will feel it.

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 We will suffer.

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 We will also be weak.

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 Like David.

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 And confess.

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 Oh Lord.

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 I feel like you don't even see me.

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 Like I'm cut off.

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 The battle.

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 Is ferocious.

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 of the net which they have secretly laid for me,

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 for you are my strength.

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.839
 I have no strength of my own.

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 And then to rest in God,

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:39.359
 rest in his power, not our own,

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:42.220
 and entrust yourself to him.

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 I learned that this was a common prayer at bedtime

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:51.420
 when you're going to bed in ancient Israel

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:55.480
 to say those words or something similar in verse 5.

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.599
 You know, we have Psalm 4a.

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:02.920
 Lay me down to sleep in peace,

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 for thou, Lord, only will make me dwell in safety.

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:08.259
 And in verse 5 of Psalm 31,

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:14.200
 into your hands I commend my spirit as I go to sleep.

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 I'm vulnerable, I'm resting.

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 You know the number of my days.

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:22.440
 My spirit is in your hands, not my own,

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.059
 and I can fall asleep.

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 Into your hands I commit my spirit.

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 The verb here is to entrust my spirit

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:33.720
 to the hands of God.

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 I give you charge over my innermost being.

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:41.539
 Lord, I'm placing my soul in your care.

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:44.500
 To you, I send my spirit,

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:47.220
 and I rest in faith.

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 What he says the rest of verse 5.

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 You have redeemed me,

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 O Lord, God of truth.

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:56.299
 The source of my confidence

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.960
 is the word of God.

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 God is the God of truth.

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 He has spoken the promise of redemption,

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:05.240
 and I commend my spirit.

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:07.420
 I rest myself in him,

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:10.579
 even in the fierceness of the battle.

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:12.920
 Even if by laying down to sleep,

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.819
 I'm most vulnerable,

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.759
 I could never wake up.

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.279
 In David's case,

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:20.000
 a spear could pierce him in the night.

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:23.500
 And we learn to trust the Lord

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:25.880
 in the fierceness of the battle as well.

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:28.599
 When all around my soul gives way,

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.980
 we can testify,

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:33.160
 He then is all my hope and stay.

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:36.759
 On Christ, the solid ground, I stand.

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:39.680
 And on Christ, the solid ground, I can rest.

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:42.279
 The King's Prayer reveals

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:44.059
 the fierceness of the battle.

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:47.339
 The third glorious truth

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.940
 is that the King's Prayer reveals

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:51.880
 the great cost of his victory.

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:54.759
 The King's Prayer reveals next

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:58.099
 the great cost of his victory.

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:03.299
 David is not the hero of Psalm 31.

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:06.220
 He confesses in verse 9,

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:09.539
 Have mercy on me, O Lord,

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.700
 for I am in trouble.

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:13.620
 My eye wastes away with grief,

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:16.079
 yes, my soul and my body,

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:19.039
 for my life is spent with grief,

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:21.940
 my years with sighing,

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:25.720
 my strength fails because of my iniquity,

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:29.059
 and my bones waste away.

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:34.680
 David's describing his inner man

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.900
 and his outer man,

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.279
 thin,

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:39.400
 wasting away.

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:43.960
 He needs the Lord to show him mercy.

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.680
 He's run out.

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:48.059
 His tank is totally dry.

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:50.640
 I'm in trouble, he says.

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:55.200
 And my eyes are full of tears and grief.

00:29:57.420 --> 00:30:00.980
 The Lord humbled me again this week,

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:03.800
 and it hit me heavy yesterday,

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:05.759
 working through this psalm.

00:30:07.020 --> 00:30:08.640
 The Lord convicted me

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:12.940
 that my heart is bent on keeping idols.

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:14.720
 I have idols.

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:17.019
 I have idols I thought would no longer tempt me,

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:20.600
 but God, as a loving, gracious Father,

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:24.140
 scared me in a good way.

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:28.500
 It's like I'm sensing this truth

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:30.100
 from my loving Father.

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.820
 Jason,

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:34.640
 if I stop holding you near me

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.920
 for one moment,

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:39.180
 you will covet things of this world

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.420
 until you drown in them.

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:42.700
 You are weak.

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:45.340
 You're an idol keeper,

00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:46.480
 naturally.

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:49.720
 And you deserve my justice

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.960
 and my wrath.

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:53.840
 Without me, you are wicked.

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:58.279
 And if you love any idol more than me,

00:30:58.800 --> 00:31:00.920
 or try to bring an idol alongside me,

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:04.380
 your guilt and your filth

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:06.300
 will be exposed.

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:09.059
 You deserve to be put to shame.

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:12.680
 As I read Psalm 31,

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:16.819
 I realized I am one of those idol keepers.

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:19.220
 And that's what I deserve.

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:22.200
 It's the wrath of the righteous king

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:24.159
 poured out on me.

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:29.000
 So the response for idol keepers

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.579
 like me and like you,

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.240
 it's in verse 10.

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:35.579
 We need to confess to the Lord God,

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:37.740
 my strength fails

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:40.400
 because of my iniquity.

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:43.559
 Have mercy on me, Lord.

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:46.380
 My own strength fails

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:48.220
 because of my iniquity.

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:51.120
 Because we're idol keepers,

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:53.640
 ones who would hate God's servants

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.980
 if we were left to ourselves,

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:58.220
 we can't pray Psalm 31

00:31:58.220 --> 00:32:00.799
 perfectly for ourselves.

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:03.519
 There's only one person

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:06.019
 who could pray Psalm 31

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:07.159
 in innocence,

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.359
 in righteousness.

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:11.240
 Who is it alone

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.680
 who trusts in God

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.759
 with all his heart,

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.960
 all his soul,

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.240
 all his mind,

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.419
 and his strength,

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:19.480
 who has no iniquity

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:21.099
 that he needs to confess,

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:24.359
 no mercy he needs to receive.

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:28.539
 It's only our Lord Jesus Christ

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.779
 who is righteous.

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:32.619
 Think of Psalm 31

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:35.259
 from the lips of King Jesus.

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.940
 It's our Lord Jesus Christ

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:40.099
 who stands against idols

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:41.740
 by his own strength.

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.899
 Only Jesus Christ

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.599
 has the power

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:46.559
 to demolish the idols

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.319
 of our hearts.

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:49.240
 Only Jesus Christ

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:50.779
 could endure the fear

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:52.779
 of demons on every side,

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.519
 taking counsel together

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:56.279
 through evil men,

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.319
 Romans and Greeks,

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:59.460
 and Jews alike,

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.939
 inside and outside of Israel.

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:03.859
 Only Jesus Christ

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.839
 was strong enough

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:06.279
 to have the vessel

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.279
 of his body

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:09.559
 broken like a clay pot,

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:11.659
 to feel cut off

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:13.539
 from before God's eyes,

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:15.919
 forgotten like a dead man.

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:18.319
 Only Jesus Christ

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.939
 could lay down his life

00:33:19.939 --> 00:33:20.439
 willingly

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:22.299
 in order to take it up again.

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.359
 Only Jesus Christ

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.460
 could trust God

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:27.180
 in the fullness of faith

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:29.680
 and recite these very promises

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:31.340
 from Psalm 31.

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.799
 It's the prayer of the true King

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.860
 revealing the great cost

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:38.200
 of his victory.

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:41.279
 We read in Luke 23, 46

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:43.920
 how our Lord Jesus Christ

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:45.059
 cried out

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.819
 in a loud voice

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:48.960
 verse 5

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:50.839
 of Psalm 31.

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.160
 O Lord,

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.759
 into thy hands

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.779
 I commend

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.879
 my spirit.

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:58.220
 And then he breathed

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:59.240
 his last.

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.559
 Do you see what this

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.259
 reveals?

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.240
 The King Jesus

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.940
 was meditating

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:07.519
 on the words

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.840
 in Psalm 31

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.840
 as he hung

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.680
 from the cross.

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:12.019
 A song

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:13.079
 of lament,

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.840
 of anguish,

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.180
 of suffering.

00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:18.740
 Directing his prayers

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.340
 to God,

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:21.340
 trusting in God's character

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:23.440
 with perfect faith

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.880
 according to his human nature.

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:27.400
 Our Lord Jesus Christ

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:27.860
 could pray

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.559
 Psalm 31

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:30.200
 from the cross

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:31.660
 trusting

00:34:31.660 --> 00:34:33.860
 it has happened,

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:35.180
 it is being accomplished,

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:37.100
 it is God's decree.

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:40.119
 You have redeemed me

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.819
 O Lord God of truth.

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.719
 I trust in you.

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.599
 Your word is truth.

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:47.039
 Your covenant promises

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:49.259
 you will keep.

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:52.000
 Our Lord Jesus Christ

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.420
 could trust the promise

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.219
 in verse 7.

00:34:54.339 --> 00:34:54.860
 Look at that.

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:57.199
 Picture Jesus hanging.

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.940
 The words didn't make it

00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:00.219
 out of his mouth

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:01.420
 but in his mind,

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.059
 in his heart.

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.099
 Verse 7,

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:04.139
 And I will be glad

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:05.819
 and will rejoice

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:07.019
 in your mercy

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:08.440
 for you have considered

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.139
 my troubles.

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.579
 You have known

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.719
 my soul

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:13.099
 in adversities.

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:15.279
 The Father knows

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:15.759
 the Son

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.460
 in his suffering.

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.319
 You have not

00:35:18.319 --> 00:35:19.519
 shut me up

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.480
 into the hand

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.019
 of the enemy.

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.119
 You have

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:23.339
 set my feet

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:24.619
 in a wide

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.480
 place.

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:29.059
 But as for me,

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.539
 look at verse 14.

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.480
 In the words

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.980
 of Jesus

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:34.000
 from the cross,

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.480
 As for me,

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:37.599
 I trust in you,

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.340
 O Lord.

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.440
 I say,

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.599
 you are my God.

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.019
 My times

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.760
 are in your hand.

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:46.360
 I will die,

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:48.039
 but my death

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.300
 will be a great victory.

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:52.260
 Even through my death,

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.340
 you will still

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:54.019
 deliver me

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.800
 from the hands

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.960
 of my enemies

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:57.300
 who persecute me.

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.840
 Think of our Lord Jesus

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:01.159
 trusting the promise

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:02.159
 of verse 16.

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.879
 Lord,

00:36:02.879 --> 00:36:05.139
 now the sky

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.980
 has turned dark.

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.739
 My body

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.719
 is covered in blood.

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.619
 I'm bearing

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.719
 the sin

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.699
 of my people.

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.679
 And I'm receiving

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:17.399
 your wrath

00:36:17.399 --> 00:36:18.619
 on my body.

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.940
 But verse 16

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.639
 is the hope.

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:25.539
 Make your face

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:27.199
 shine upon

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:28.439
 your servant.

00:36:30.359 --> 00:36:31.139
 Save me

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:33.480
 for your mercy's sake.

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.559
 Our Lord Jesus

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.480
 does not need

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.539
 the Father's mercy,

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.619
 but those

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:39.539
 He's redeeming

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:41.179
 need the Father's mercy.

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:43.359
 And that's the promise

00:36:43.359 --> 00:36:44.799
 God the Father,

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.679
 God the Son,

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:46.500
 and God the Spirit

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.599
 accomplish.

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:51.039
 Securing the mercy

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.639
 of God

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.919
 through His servant,

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.819
 Jesus Christ,

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:55.559
 so that His face

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.400
 will shine

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.720
 on God's people

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:59.660
 who are found

00:36:59.660 --> 00:37:00.180
 in Jesus.

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.820
 The victory

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:04.019
 belongs to the Lord.

00:37:05.120 --> 00:37:05.760
 Our redemption

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:07.200
 has been secured.

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.559
 When darkness

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:11.559
 veils His loving face,

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:13.300
 we can rest

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:14.300
 on His same

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:16.220
 unchanging grace.

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.840
 The King's prayer

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:19.500
 reveals

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:21.420
 the great cost

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.920
 of His victory.

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:25.160
 The fourth

00:37:25.160 --> 00:37:25.640
 and final

00:37:25.640 --> 00:37:26.360
 glorious truth

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.920
 for today

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:29.300
 is that the King's prayer

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:30.440
 reveals the great

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.019
 reward

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:32.440
 of His suffering.

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:34.019
 The King's prayer

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:35.140
 reveals the great

00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:35.640
 reward

00:37:35.640 --> 00:37:37.039
 of His sufferings.

00:37:39.140 --> 00:37:39.800
 Well,

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.320
 if these were

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:41.580
 the thoughts

00:37:41.580 --> 00:37:42.620
 on the mind

00:37:42.620 --> 00:37:43.240
 of our Lord

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:44.240
 on the cross,

00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:46.240
 did it happen?

00:37:47.660 --> 00:37:48.660
 Did He experience

00:37:48.660 --> 00:37:49.380
 going from

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.820
 fear on every side,

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.559
 closing in,

00:37:51.700 --> 00:37:52.539
 suffocating Him,

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:54.000
 the crushing weight

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:56.219
 of the wrath

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.779
 of God

00:37:56.779 --> 00:37:58.699
 and go from there

00:37:58.699 --> 00:38:00.179
 to having His feet

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:01.619
 now put in a wide

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.159
 place,

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.719
 set firm,

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:06.380
 not hanging by the nails,

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.639
 but standing,

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.980
 victorious?

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:11.059
 Did God's face

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:12.019
 shine upon

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.820
 our Lord Jesus,

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:14.320
 the only worthy

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:14.800
 servant?

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.460
 Think of how

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.139
 our Lord Jesus

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:19.019
 could proclaim

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:20.199
 the rest of the

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.939
 verses of this

00:38:20.939 --> 00:38:21.399
 psalm,

00:38:21.899 --> 00:38:22.639
 bearing witness

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.739
 to us from heaven

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:25.719
 for all His army

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.599
 on earth

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.179
 to hear

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:28.199
 and believe

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:29.519
 and be encouraged.

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:32.199
 Think of verse 19

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:32.839
 from the lips

00:38:32.839 --> 00:38:33.419
 of Jesus.

00:38:34.379 --> 00:38:34.579
 Oh,

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.379
 how great

00:38:35.379 --> 00:38:36.379
 is Your goodness,

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:36.859
 God,

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:37.960
 which You have

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.779
 laid up

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.759
 for those

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.779
 who fear You.

00:38:42.859 --> 00:38:43.659
 He's gone

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.299
 before us.

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:45.460
 He's the front

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.500
 runner of our faith,

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.340
 and He turns

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:48.039
 back around

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:49.159
 and praises God.

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.239
 How great

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:51.119
 is God's goodness,

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.519
 which He has

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.159
 stored up

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:54.000
 for all

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.659
 who will follow

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.380
 in my path

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.639
 and fear the Lord,

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.179
 which You have

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:59.239
 prepared for those

00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:00.679
 who trust in You

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.840
 in the presence

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:03.079
 of the sons

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:04.099
 of men.

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:06.260
 From heaven,

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:06.840
 He's saying,

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:08.019
 you who are in the

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.780
 presence of men

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.219
 on earth,

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.480
 the Lord is good

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.860
 and He has prepared

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:14.800
 great rewards

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.920
 for You.

00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:18.500
 And how will they

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.620
 know on earth

00:39:19.620 --> 00:39:21.300
 until He returns

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.960
 for His own?

00:39:23.120 --> 00:39:23.800
 How will we

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:25.260
 trust this witness

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:26.400
 from Christ?

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:29.320
 In verse 20,

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.400
 we have this promise

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:31.060
 that I believe

00:39:31.060 --> 00:39:31.980
 it's for the church.

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:33.200
 Look at verse 20.

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:35.100
 God shall hide them.

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.460
 These are the ones

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.220
 who fear God

00:39:37.220 --> 00:39:37.980
 who are in the presence

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:39.320
 of men on earth.

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:41.320
 God shall hide them

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:42.840
 in the secret place

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:44.200
 of Your presence

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:45.399
 from the plots

00:39:45.399 --> 00:39:45.859
 of man.

00:39:46.379 --> 00:39:47.460
 God shall keep them

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.559
 secretly

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.719
 in a shelter

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:51.759
 from strife

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:52.559
 of tongues.

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:55.219
 The Lord will give

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:56.219
 His people shelter

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:57.579
 from this world.

00:39:58.779 --> 00:40:00.439
 He will protect

00:40:00.439 --> 00:40:01.539
 His soldiers

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:02.159
 on earth

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:03.159
 with His very own

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.839
 presence.

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:05.899
 He describes

00:40:05.899 --> 00:40:06.960
 this shelter,

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:07.759
 this pavilion

00:40:07.759 --> 00:40:09.759
 as a spiritual

00:40:09.759 --> 00:40:10.939
 mystery.

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.439
 It's hidden

00:40:12.439 --> 00:40:13.000
 to the eyes

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.420
 of the world.

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.340
 They can't see it.

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:16.099
 It's not visible.

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:18.239
 It's disguised

00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:18.719
 and the world

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.719
 will overlook it.

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.940
 This reminded me

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:25.179
 of 2 Corinthians 4.

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:27.119
 Paul writes

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:28.260
 that we commended

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:28.940
 ourselves to

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:30.039
 everyone's conscience

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:31.380
 in the sight of God

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:33.000
 and our gospel

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:34.420
 was proclaimed

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:36.000
 as an open

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:36.860
 statement

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:38.079
 of the truth.

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.099
 The gospel

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.579
 is preached

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.059
 clearly

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:41.460
 for all to hear.

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:42.819
 But listen to

00:40:42.819 --> 00:40:43.480
 what Paul writes

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:43.759
 next,

00:40:43.819 --> 00:40:44.779
 2 Corinthians 4.

00:40:44.779 --> 00:40:45.159
 3.

00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:46.860
 Even if our gospel

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:48.059
 is veiled,

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.159
 it is veiled

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:49.860
 to those who are

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.319
 perishing.

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:51.440
 In their case,

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.440
 the God of this world

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:53.920
 has blinded the minds

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.819
 of the unbelievers

00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:55.779
 to keep them

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:56.819
 from seeing the light

00:40:56.819 --> 00:40:57.440
 of the gospel

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.440
 of the glory

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:59.400
 of Jesus Christ

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:01.159
 who is the image

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:02.099
 of God.

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.179
 This is that

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:05.460
 secret pavilion,

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:07.079
 that hidden shelter.

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:09.179
 How is it

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:09.659
 that the Lord

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:10.519
 disguises

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.659
 His presence

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:13.259
 among His people

00:41:13.259 --> 00:41:14.420
 in this world?

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:16.739
 It's disguised

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:17.559
 in the simplicity

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.480
 of our worship.

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:21.099
 As His people,

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:21.960
 we meet up

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:23.619
 in a rented

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:24.360
 school gym.

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.599
 We sing

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.960
 simple songs

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:29.319
 that visitors

00:41:29.319 --> 00:41:29.900
 who don't know

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.360
 the Lord

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:31.400
 think are foolish.

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:33.019
 We proclaim

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.659
 a gospel

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:35.059
 that this world

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:36.079
 thinks is ridiculous.

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.799
 They'll mock it.

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:39.900
 We read

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:41.039
 from the Bible.

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.940
 We preach.

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:44.719
 We pray together.

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:46.519
 We baptize.

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.219
 We share

00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:48.039
 in the Lord's Supper.

00:41:49.259 --> 00:41:49.799
 And in these

00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:51.279
 simple ordinances

00:41:51.279 --> 00:41:51.880
 that the Lord

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:52.759
 has given us,

00:41:53.779 --> 00:41:54.139
 we are

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:56.599
 this meeting place,

00:41:56.719 --> 00:41:57.279
 this tent

00:41:57.279 --> 00:41:59.159
 where God protects us

00:41:59.159 --> 00:42:00.000
 with His very own

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.500
 presence

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:01.659
 in the presence

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:03.059
 of our enemies.

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:06.400
 One day,

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:08.880
 we have this

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.679
 glorious promise

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:11.079
 in verse 21.

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.779
 The strong city

00:42:13.779 --> 00:42:14.320
 of heaven

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:16.679
 will be revealed.

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.519
 Blessed be the Lord,

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:20.860
 He has shown me

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:22.119
 His marvelous kindness

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:24.639
 in a strong city.

00:42:25.259 --> 00:42:26.559
 You hear how this king

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:28.079
 started off hiding

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.940
 in the rocks

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.860
 of refuge

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:31.860
 in these outposts

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:32.880
 on the mountaintops,

00:42:33.140 --> 00:42:34.320
 but now He's

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:35.980
 in a strong city.

00:42:37.240 --> 00:42:38.320
 It's heavenly Zion,

00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:39.740
 the new Jerusalem,

00:42:40.240 --> 00:42:41.140
 that will soon

00:42:41.140 --> 00:42:42.240
 come to earth.

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:45.120
 We trust by faith.

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:46.039
 Now,

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.260
 soon,

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:48.340
 it will be by sight.

00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:51.160
 We behold,

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:52.200
 our king has gone

00:42:52.200 --> 00:42:52.900
 before us.

00:42:53.740 --> 00:42:54.700
 He keeps us secure

00:42:54.700 --> 00:42:55.120
 still.

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:57.900
 And how do we respond?

00:42:59.779 --> 00:43:00.699
 He tells us

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:01.480
 how to respond

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:02.880
 in the last two verses.

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:05.880
 This king has been praying

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:07.000
 throughout this whole psalm.

00:43:07.839 --> 00:43:08.819
 Now he's not directing

00:43:08.819 --> 00:43:09.960
 his words to the Lord.

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:11.159
 He's speaking

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:12.759
 to the congregation.

00:43:13.219 --> 00:43:13.639
 He's speaking

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:14.339
 to the army.

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:15.839
 Oh,

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:17.400
 love the Lord,

00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:18.839
 all you His saints,

00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:20.099
 for the Lord

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.940
 preserves

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.639
 the faithful

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:23.400
 and fully repays

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:24.319
 the proud person.

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:26.019
 Be of good courage

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:27.820
 and He shall strengthen

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:28.980
 your heart,

00:43:29.660 --> 00:43:30.300
 all you

00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:31.220
 who hope

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:32.180
 in the Lord.

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:35.940
 Our king's prayer

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.500
 reveals

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:38.380
 that the Lord

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:40.120
 is our only

00:43:40.120 --> 00:43:40.920
 refuge.

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:43.519
 And this prayer

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:44.260
 reveals that

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:44.880
 the reward

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:45.780
 of His suffering

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:46.700
 is to rule

00:43:46.700 --> 00:43:47.519
 with His people,

00:43:47.640 --> 00:43:48.380
 with you and me,

00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:49.500
 forevermore.

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:51.440
 And this is our strength.

00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:53.220
 The king calls you

00:43:53.220 --> 00:43:53.600
 and me,

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.779
 put your hope

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.759
 in the Lord.

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:57.699
 Be of good courage.

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:59.039
 And the promise

00:43:59.039 --> 00:43:59.940
 is that God

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:00.980
 will strengthen

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:02.039
 your heart.

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:04.059
 Let's thank the Lord

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.599
 for being

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:05.559
 our rock,

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.519
 our refuge,

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:08.239
 and ask Him

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:08.940
 to help us

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:10.000
 as we trust in Him.

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.679
 Oh, Lord,

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:12.339
 we praise You.

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:15.059
 We thank You

00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:16.159
 that Jesus Christ

00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:17.739
 won the victory

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:18.839
 that we could never win.

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:20.159
 He secured

00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:20.819
 the reward

00:44:20.819 --> 00:44:22.019
 that we don't deserve.

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:23.280
 We thank You

00:44:23.280 --> 00:44:24.019
 that we can run

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:25.139
 to Jesus Christ.

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:27.420
 He is our mighty fortress.

00:44:28.199 --> 00:44:29.239
 He is our solid

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:30.940
 rock of refuge.

00:44:31.719 --> 00:44:32.659
 Help us to hide

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:33.320
 in Him, Lord.

00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:35.099
 We pray that You

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.920
 will preserve us

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.599
 in the fierce

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:37.659
 spiritual battle.

00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:39.480
 We pray that You

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:40.460
 will protect us, Lord,

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:41.079
 keep our feet

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:41.780
 from stumbling.

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.280
 We are weak.

00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:44.099
 We are thin.

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:46.159
 We pray that You

00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:46.679
 will continue

00:44:46.679 --> 00:44:47.719
 to be our strength,

00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:49.920
 continue to supply us,

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:50.180
 Lord,

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:51.079
 our needs

00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:52.039
 as we walk with You.

00:44:52.559 --> 00:44:53.780
 For Your glory we ask.

00:44:54.240 --> 00:44:54.519
 Amen.