WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.780 So you look into the mirror of the Psalms and what do you see? You see yourself as you really are, which is in Jesus Christ. 00:00:08.419 --> 00:00:15.320 So the Psalms, they take us through all occasions of life. They meet us in the valley of the shadow of death. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:19.559 They're there with us in the greatest heights and successes of our lives. 00:00:20.179 --> 00:00:24.440 We can enter into them from anywhere in the experience of life. 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:30.460 Of sadness, sickness, happiness, joy, victory, defeat, we can enter into them. 00:00:30.780 --> 00:00:34.780 But no matter where we enter into them, they all run toward the same goal. 00:00:35.400 --> 00:00:37.700 They're all heading towards the same destination. 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:42.900 And that goal is the kingdom of God, life in the city of God. 00:00:42.900 --> 00:00:50.740 So for all their willingness to enter into the raw mess of crucified human life, they all aim at resurrection joy. 00:00:50.740 --> 00:00:59.340 And that's what we see, that resurrection joy is what we see as we come to Psalm 145 here at the end of the Psalter. 00:00:59.859 --> 00:01:06.040 So Psalm 145 is the end of the fifth and final book of Psalms. 00:01:06.099 --> 00:01:09.980 There's five books and Psalm 145 is at the end of the fifth book. 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:15.579 It transitions to the conclusion and the conclusion is Psalms 146 to 150. 00:01:15.579 --> 00:01:20.400 It's this hallelujah chorus where it just breaks out with joy and singing. 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:26.340 So when we come to Psalm 145, we're really coming to the climax of the whole thing. 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:31.159 And this Psalm has long been recognized as having a special status. 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:35.739 So it shows up more than any other Psalm in the Jewish prayer book. 00:01:35.739 --> 00:01:42.640 The Babylonian Talmud gave it this sort of creedal status that the rabbis would say, 00:01:42.919 --> 00:01:50.099 if anyone says this, recites this Psalm three times per day, they can know that they are a child of the world to come. 00:01:51.479 --> 00:01:53.840 So this is the climax of the Psalms. 00:01:54.259 --> 00:01:58.199 It's a special summary Psalm of what they're all about. 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:01.919 And let me show you a little bit why this is the case. 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.000 We'll just geek out for a second. 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:06.879 If you want more info on this, ask me later. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.020 But this is one of a few acrostic Psalms. 00:02:11.099 --> 00:02:15.920 So an acrostic is a Psalm where each verse starts with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:25.080 So what we're doing here as we go into this acrostic Psalm is we're being taken through the ABCs of God's goodness, of God's greatness. 00:02:25.699 --> 00:02:30.060 And the theme of the whole Psalm is there in verse one. 00:02:30.060 --> 00:02:34.099 It says, I will extol you, my God and my King. 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:43.120 This is one of the few places in the entire Psalter where God is not just called a king or the king, but he's called my king. 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:52.520 And if you dig a little bit deeper and you look at the structure of this Psalm, well, the middle of it is right there in verses 10 to 13. 00:02:53.340 --> 00:03:01.560 And the alphabet of that middle section, verses 10 to 13, the letters in Hebrew are Yod, Kaf, Lamed, Melek. 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:05.960 Which may not mean that much to you, but let me put it this way. 00:03:06.020 --> 00:03:08.539 If you, they spell my king backwards. 00:03:09.740 --> 00:03:21.319 It's a little nugget here to tell us this whole Psalm, like the whole Psalter, is designed to get the truth of God as king deep down into your heart. 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:24.020 So he's not only the king, but he's my king. 00:03:24.020 --> 00:03:30.820 So this Psalm wants to help us worship God as king in a deep and transformative way. 00:03:31.420 --> 00:03:35.400 And we're going to look at what it asks us to do to enter into that experience. 00:03:36.219 --> 00:03:38.120 I think it tells us to do three things. 00:03:38.260 --> 00:03:40.020 Number one, marvel at his greatness. 00:03:40.620 --> 00:03:42.480 Number two, rehearse his goodness. 00:03:43.060 --> 00:03:44.860 And number three, sing of his glory. 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:47.820 Let's look at each of those together briefly. 00:03:47.939 --> 00:03:48.700 First, let me pray. 00:03:48.699 --> 00:03:56.219 Father, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight. 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:58.280 Oh, Lord, our rock and our redeemer. 00:03:58.419 --> 00:04:03.099 Thank you for giving us the scripture and specifically the Psalms. 00:04:03.739 --> 00:04:12.839 They are the one portion more than any other that you've given to us so that we can address you and pour our lives into the mold of Christ. 00:04:12.959 --> 00:04:16.180 And we pray that we'd be blessed in the hearing of your word this evening. 00:04:16.300 --> 00:04:17.659 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:04:18.699 --> 00:04:19.180 Amen. 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:22.639 So here's the first thing that I see in this Psalm. 00:04:22.860 --> 00:04:24.819 Number one, marvel at his greatness. 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:27.620 Stand in awe of the king. 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:32.519 Let your mind and your heart be dazzled by his infinite splendor. 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:34.539 Look at verses one and two. 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:35.300 It's subtle here. 00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:40.419 The psalmist sets himself to blessing and praising God's name. 00:04:40.919 --> 00:04:47.319 He says, I will extol you, my God and king, and bless your name forever and ever. 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:51.779 He says, every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. 00:04:51.779 --> 00:04:56.919 And then in verse three, he mentions the name of God explicitly. 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:00.559 It's there as the Lord in all caps. 00:05:00.699 --> 00:05:03.359 It's Yahweh, the covenant name of God. 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:06.439 The great I am that I am. 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:10.840 The absolute, indefinable, self-existent one. 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:17.680 And the psalmist calls us to recognize not only that the Lord is great in some relative sense, 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:20.720 but that he is great in an absolute sense. 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:24.519 That he's unsearchable, inexhaustible, and infinite. 00:05:25.139 --> 00:05:28.300 His greatness is unsearchable, it says in verse three. 00:05:30.379 --> 00:05:31.900 Unsearchable greatness. 00:05:33.980 --> 00:05:37.019 Plato, the philosopher, was known to have said, 00:05:37.319 --> 00:05:42.120 to know God is hard, but to describe him impossible. 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:46.340 To know God is hard, but to describe him impossible. 00:05:46.500 --> 00:05:51.540 But the church father, Gregory of Nazianza, says, no, Plato has it wrong. 00:05:53.060 --> 00:05:54.899 He says, it's more like this. 00:05:55.019 --> 00:06:01.280 To describe God is not possible, but to know him is even less possible. 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:03.560 What does he mean? 00:06:03.819 --> 00:06:08.000 In other words, Plato says, we have some sort of intuitive grasp of God. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:12.000 We already know him, and we just need to remember what we already know. 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:13.759 What's already there present to us. 00:06:15.259 --> 00:06:16.899 Even if we can't put it into words. 00:06:16.980 --> 00:06:22.339 And Gregory says, no, God transcends our system and our thoughts about him entirely. 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:26.839 And the only way we can know him is if he reveals himself to us. 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:31.519 And that's why throughout the Old Testament, when God shows up, 00:06:31.980 --> 00:06:34.779 he doesn't show up as an old familiar friend. 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:37.079 Hello, I haven't seen you in a while. 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:45.259 No, he shows up as a surprising and liberating and even frightening God. 00:06:46.699 --> 00:06:49.979 He's holy, and he has to veil himself in order to appear. 00:06:50.099 --> 00:06:52.039 So he shows up in a burning bush. 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:55.139 He appears through angels of various sorts. 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:59.919 In Exodus 33, when Moses asks to see God's face, God responds, 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:03.839 you cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live. 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:06.419 There's true knowledge of God. 00:07:06.459 --> 00:07:11.679 But what Gregory of Nazianzus was saying is that we have to recognize he always vastly exceeds us. 00:07:11.739 --> 00:07:14.399 We can never plumb the depths of his glory. 00:07:14.539 --> 00:07:16.519 His greatness is unsearchable. 00:07:17.339 --> 00:07:20.599 Even when he reveals himself, it's true and adequate. 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:26.300 But there's an infinite plenitude and depth to who he is. 00:07:26.500 --> 00:07:28.600 Why is this important to recognize? 00:07:28.960 --> 00:07:31.920 Is it just some esoteric, abstract point? 00:07:31.980 --> 00:07:35.420 I like esoteric and abstract points, so I could be guilty of that. 00:07:35.500 --> 00:07:38.460 But no, it's a key principle of worship. 00:07:38.459 --> 00:07:39.459 It's a key principle of worship. 00:07:39.459 --> 00:07:40.459 It's a key principle of worship. 00:07:40.459 --> 00:07:44.259 And it can rescue us from our bored and boring pragmatism. 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:50.939 See, to be pragmatic is to divine something's worth by its usefulness for achieving some other goal. 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:55.919 And this is America. 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:56.699 We are pragmatic. 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:57.759 This is what we do. 00:07:58.899 --> 00:08:03.959 And when this infects our Christianity, though, we can even start treating God as a means to an end. 00:08:04.379 --> 00:08:06.099 As a means to achieving some goal. 00:08:06.100 --> 00:08:10.360 So God's, the worth of being a Christian is that it provides ethical bearings. 00:08:11.060 --> 00:08:16.220 Or the worth of our faith is that the spiritual practices are therapeutic in some sense. 00:08:17.560 --> 00:08:19.820 Or that it gives us community. 00:08:20.820 --> 00:08:22.580 And these things are all true. 00:08:22.820 --> 00:08:23.220 Definitely. 00:08:24.320 --> 00:08:25.300 And they're goods. 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:31.020 But what the psalm calls us to, and what the Bible calls us to, by pointing out that God's greatness is unsearchable. 00:08:31.140 --> 00:08:33.860 That he's transcendently great. 00:08:33.860 --> 00:08:38.580 Is to say that God can never be reduced to a means to an end. 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:45.519 God is the end for which every other means was created. 00:08:46.379 --> 00:08:49.139 He is what we are seeking in everything else. 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:55.360 And the great irony of this is only when we stop seeking God as a means to an end. 00:08:55.740 --> 00:08:58.019 And seek him rather as the end to every means. 00:08:58.019 --> 00:09:02.899 Only then do we become the whole and healthy people that God created us to be. 00:09:05.139 --> 00:09:06.120 This is a call. 00:09:06.199 --> 00:09:08.019 The psalms are a call to worship God. 00:09:08.779 --> 00:09:10.819 To adore him for who he is. 00:09:11.379 --> 00:09:14.379 There is a lot for us to do as Christians. 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:16.100 There's a lot of things to get done. 00:09:16.299 --> 00:09:19.019 And there is a lot that Christianity does for us. 00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:24.019 But the end goal of the Christian faith is the vision of God. 00:09:25.079 --> 00:09:28.639 And if we're not learning that now to worship him. 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:30.500 To adore him. 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:33.000 What's this all for? 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:37.319 Everyone in this city really wants to accomplish something. 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:38.039 And that's great. 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:40.759 But you know what God cares about first and foremost? 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:43.120 Is that we delight in him. 00:09:44.340 --> 00:09:45.559 That we delight in him. 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:47.259 So the psalm calls us. 00:09:47.299 --> 00:09:48.439 We've camped out here for a minute. 00:09:48.539 --> 00:09:49.460 But the psalm calls us. 00:09:49.659 --> 00:09:50.980 Marvel at his greatness. 00:09:51.139 --> 00:09:51.899 At who he is. 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:54.700 Stand in awe of the king. 00:09:55.580 --> 00:09:58.700 Be dazzled by his infinite splendor. 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:06.340 Of course, worshiping God as king is not just fathoming his sheer greatness. 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:12.420 In fact, his greatness only becomes known to us in what he does for us. 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:13.899 In his saving acts. 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:16.920 Where he shares his greatness with us. 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:18.480 And so this leads to the second thing. 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:21.960 And that is, we need to rehearse his goodness. 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:24.940 Rehearse his goodness. 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:28.300 To have our hearts formed by the saving things he has done. 00:10:28.420 --> 00:10:31.580 Know his gracious acts as they relate to us. 00:10:32.280 --> 00:10:35.240 This is where the psalmist spends the bulk of his time. 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:36.639 He says in verse 4. 00:10:37.620 --> 00:10:40.860 One generation shall commend your works to another. 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:43.700 And shall declare your mighty acts. 00:10:44.580 --> 00:10:46.299 In verses 5 and 7. 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:47.820 You can glance over that and see. 00:10:48.019 --> 00:10:51.440 He focuses our attention on wondrous works. 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:53.360 Awesome deeds. 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:54.799 Abundant goodness. 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:57.159 And the establishment of righteousness. 00:10:58.500 --> 00:11:01.500 And the point that's being made here. 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:04.799 Is that this great God is not just distant or hidden from us. 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:07.439 But that he steps into our lives. 00:11:07.439 --> 00:11:09.319 And he acts on our behalf. 00:11:09.819 --> 00:11:11.479 He takes all of his power. 00:11:11.579 --> 00:11:12.359 His infinite greatness. 00:11:12.539 --> 00:11:14.139 And he puts it to work. 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:16.620 For the sake of his people. 00:11:17.439 --> 00:11:19.099 And in verses 8 and 9. 00:11:19.419 --> 00:11:21.759 We see what this means. 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:22.779 More specifically. 00:11:23.319 --> 00:11:24.319 It's mercy. 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:25.879 It's mercy. 00:11:26.740 --> 00:11:28.500 He restrains his anger. 00:11:28.579 --> 00:11:30.159 He shows steadfast love. 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:31.539 Look at verses 8. 00:11:31.539 --> 00:11:33.419 The Lord is gracious and merciful. 00:11:33.419 --> 00:11:34.399 Slow to anger. 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:35.279 And abounding. 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:37.120 In steadfast love. 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:39.219 Or look down to verse 14. 00:11:39.379 --> 00:11:39.839 And following. 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:41.659 He upholds those who are falling. 00:11:41.959 --> 00:11:44.240 He raises up those who are bowed down. 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:46.559 He provides for the needs of his creatures. 00:11:46.699 --> 00:11:48.899 He's kind in everything he does. 00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:51.740 He's near to those who call on him. 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:52.980 He saves. 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:54.779 Rather than destroys. 00:11:54.779 --> 00:12:01.459 I don't have any particularly profound way to say this. 00:12:01.579 --> 00:12:03.500 But I just want to say it simply. 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:08.199 The infinitely great God loves you. 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:11.139 He loves us. 00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:15.399 He loves us not just because we're strong and successful. 00:12:15.659 --> 00:12:18.319 He loves sinners and failures. 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:22.180 He shows mercy to us. 00:12:22.920 --> 00:12:26.400 And he doesn't just show mercy to us begrudgingly. 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.220 As I too often do. 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:30.700 Micah. 00:12:30.860 --> 00:12:31.580 The book of Micah. 00:12:31.700 --> 00:12:33.040 Chapter 7 verse 18. 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.240 It says the Lord delights to show mercy. 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:37.700 The prayer of preparation. 00:12:37.940 --> 00:12:41.600 Or the prayer of humble access that we pray each week before the Eucharist. 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:45.560 It says that his nature is always to have mercy. 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:50.779 Showing mercy is God's thing. 00:12:51.739 --> 00:12:52.779 This is his thing. 00:12:53.119 --> 00:12:56.459 It is his thing to save people from difficult situations. 00:12:56.579 --> 00:12:58.179 To rescue them. 00:12:58.579 --> 00:13:00.299 To provide for our needs. 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:02.899 He acts mercifully on his people. 00:13:03.239 --> 00:13:04.379 For his people. 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:06.039 Again and again throughout the Old Testament. 00:13:06.319 --> 00:13:08.299 He keeps acting in mercy. 00:13:08.699 --> 00:13:09.659 Time and time again. 00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:11.239 They keep failing. 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:12.439 And he lifts them up. 00:13:12.959 --> 00:13:14.299 And it's this story. 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.159 Over and over. 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:16.559 For God's unfailing mercy. 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:21.219 And it's all a picture of what he does once and for all in Jesus Christ. 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:24.139 See from all eternity. 00:13:24.139 --> 00:13:25.799 God the Holy Trinity. 00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:26.379 Father. 00:13:26.719 --> 00:13:27.199 Son. 00:13:27.319 --> 00:13:28.179 And Holy Spirit. 00:13:29.439 --> 00:13:33.519 Willed to share the infinite plenitude of his life with us in Jesus. 00:13:34.339 --> 00:13:36.659 And we couldn't ascend to the heights. 00:13:37.259 --> 00:13:38.659 To share that reality. 00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:39.480 Because we're creatures. 00:13:39.699 --> 00:13:40.539 And because we're sinners. 00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:42.459 So what does he do? 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:43.720 What does he do? 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:44.860 He condescends. 00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:45.620 He condescends. 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:47.759 He comes down to our level in Jesus. 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:49.860 He becomes human. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:50.779 And in his death. 00:13:50.940 --> 00:13:52.899 He overcomes godlessness. 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:56.120 So that we can be sons and daughters of God. 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:59.580 You might say. 00:13:59.580 --> 00:14:00.259 Okay. 00:14:00.259 --> 00:14:01.860 We know that. 00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:03.779 We go to church. 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:04.320 The advent. 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:06.080 It's the basic gospel message. 00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:07.399 We know these things. 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:10.320 Do we really know them? 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:12.940 Do we really know them? 00:14:13.460 --> 00:14:14.639 In our epistle today. 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:16.759 We read a prayer from. 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:18.379 From. 00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:20.019 That Paul wrote to the Ephesians. 00:14:20.179 --> 00:14:22.519 And the book of Ephesians is really interesting. 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:22.939 Because it's. 00:14:23.059 --> 00:14:24.980 It's the one epistle. 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:26.220 As far as I can tell. 00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:27.939 Where there are no problems mentioned. 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:30.379 You know. 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.639 Paul's writing this letter. 00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:32.939 And it's not like Corinth. 00:14:33.019 --> 00:14:33.899 He's just telling them. 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:34.059 But. 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:35.019 But yet. 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:36.819 Even though we don't know of any problems. 00:14:36.819 --> 00:14:37.299 They had. 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.559 Paul's prayer for them. 00:14:38.899 --> 00:14:39.679 Is still. 00:14:39.819 --> 00:14:40.919 That they might be transformed. 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:42.159 So that they might quote. 00:14:42.219 --> 00:14:44.799 Know the immeasurable greatness of God's power. 00:14:44.899 --> 00:14:46.639 That they might have the eyes. 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:48.379 Of their hearts enlightened. 00:14:49.319 --> 00:14:49.759 Not. 00:14:49.939 --> 00:14:52.879 He wants them not just to know the gospel message in theory. 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.879 Or as a grand story out there. 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:57.879 He wants them to know it in such a way. 00:14:57.939 --> 00:14:58.759 As it defines. 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:00.899 The way that they see the world. 00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:02.959 The way that they think about things. 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:04.259 The way that they feel. 00:15:04.579 --> 00:15:06.120 That it becomes this filter. 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:09.279 Through which they engage the world. 00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:10.620 He wants them to. 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:12.639 Experience God's salvation. 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:14.539 In the context of their daily lives. 00:15:16.339 --> 00:15:18.479 Don't you want that in a fresh way? 00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.659 I do. 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:21.639 I need that. 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:22.620 I need that. 00:15:24.959 --> 00:15:26.299 I want to know. 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.839 God's gracious acts. 00:15:28.099 --> 00:15:29.199 Intimately and personally. 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:30.939 I want to. 00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:32.259 Rehearse. 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:34.179 His goodness toward me. 00:15:38.079 --> 00:15:39.039 Paul's prayer. 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.779 In Ephesians. 00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:42.439 Is that the spirit would do that work. 00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.980 And it is a work of the spirit. 00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:44.159 But. 00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:46.079 Is there something I can do. 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:46.899 To get the spirit. 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:48.480 To enlighten the eyes of my heart. 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:50.399 To make. 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:51.980 This transformation. 00:15:52.699 --> 00:15:53.839 Happen in my life. 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:54.759 Well. 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:55.720 It is the spirit. 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.280 It is the spirit's work. 00:15:56.280 --> 00:15:58.200 But there is one thing we can do. 00:15:58.600 --> 00:15:59.420 More than one. 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:00.519 But there's one big thing. 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:02.300 This is the third point. 00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:04.000 And it's simple. 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.060 Sing. 00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:06.780 Sing. 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:08.660 Sing of his glorious kingdom. 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:10.820 Put the words of the psalmist. 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:12.000 On your lips. 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:12.680 In prayers. 00:16:13.180 --> 00:16:13.940 And in songs. 00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:14.060 Songs. 00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:16.700 It's easy to forget. 00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:18.640 When you're studying this psalm. 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:20.740 And geeking out on acrostic stuff. 00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:22.860 That this was never meant to be analyzed. 00:16:22.860 --> 00:16:24.680 Or read with objectivity. 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:26.520 At least ultimately. 00:16:26.640 --> 00:16:27.960 The words are given. 00:16:28.140 --> 00:16:29.980 In order that you might make them your own. 00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:32.780 There's songs to be sung. 00:16:33.280 --> 00:16:34.180 And there's this. 00:16:34.880 --> 00:16:36.380 Centrifugal force to this song. 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:37.780 This outward force to it. 00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:38.200 So look. 00:16:38.520 --> 00:16:39.300 Just briefly. 00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:40.439 In verses 1 and 2. 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:43.579 It starts out with this lone psalmist. 00:16:43.939 --> 00:16:44.899 Praising God. 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:45.859 The Davidic figure. 00:16:45.939 --> 00:16:46.919 The type of Christ. 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:49.459 Then you skip to verse 10. 00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:52.199 And he invites the saints. 00:16:52.199 --> 00:16:53.059 Into the song. 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:54.120 For the second verse. 00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:56.639 And then you go down. 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:58.959 And it ends in verse 21. 00:16:59.079 --> 00:17:00.659 With this opening to all. 00:17:01.459 --> 00:17:04.059 Let all flesh bless his holy name. 00:17:04.159 --> 00:17:05.180 Forever and ever. 00:17:06.399 --> 00:17:07.480 And this kind of. 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:09.079 This ending with this opening. 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.220 Leads to the. 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:12.059 The last five psalms. 00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:14.119 Which are full of this command. 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:14.839 Praise. 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:15.680 Praise. 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:16.440 Sing. 00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:17.180 Sing. 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:17.960 Sing. 00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:22.980 I'm not sure. 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:25.200 But I almost get the impression. 00:17:25.919 --> 00:17:29.180 That the Bible actually wants us to sing. 00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:34.019 To make singing a significant part of our spiritual lives. 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:37.700 I almost get the impression that singing might be important. 00:17:37.700 --> 00:17:39.440 That maybe it actually does something. 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:42.519 That we can't just marvel intellectually. 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:47.140 We can't just rehearse the greatness of God in detached terms. 00:17:47.140 --> 00:17:49.720 That we really have to sing it into us. 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:53.940 For most people throughout the world. 00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:56.640 That's probably painfully obvious. 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:57.740 The value of singing. 00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:59.880 But I tend to. 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:04.980 I think we tend to have a bit of a left-brained view of things. 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:08.559 I don't know if it's cultural or hangover of modernism or what. 00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:12.960 But so let me just try to convince you that singing really does something. 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.500 A few points. 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.140 Number one. 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.519 The Bible tells you to do it. 00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:17.539 Okay. 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.839 Throughout scripture. 00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:23.160 The work of the spirit is often accomplished through music. 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:28.640 So a lot of scholars or traditionally think. 00:18:28.860 --> 00:18:29.080 Well hey. 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:30.940 When did David start writing psalms? 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:33.980 He started writing them in 1 Samuel 16. 00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:35.800 When the spirit came upon him. 00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:37.960 So he could write this music. 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:41.180 To help soothe the tormented king Saul. 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:45.460 In Ephesians 5. 00:18:45.560 --> 00:18:47.580 We're encouraged to be filled with the spirit. 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:50.320 And what comes as we see that? 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:51.500 The next phrase. 00:18:51.899 --> 00:18:52.899 Be filled with the spirit. 00:18:52.899 --> 00:18:56.319 Singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. 00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:59.559 Singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord. 00:19:00.659 --> 00:19:02.720 So the Bible tells you to do it. 00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:04.379 That should be good enough for you. 00:19:04.439 --> 00:19:07.899 But here is a theological argument. 00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:10.919 The great theologian Jonathan Edwards. 00:19:11.419 --> 00:19:15.019 Says that singing is the closest we can get. 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:18.500 To the eternal kingdom of God. 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:21.319 Because God himself. 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.539 The Holy Trinity. 00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:25.140 Is the supreme harmony of all. 00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:27.240 He says the supreme harmony of all. 00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:28.960 Bringing together one in three. 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:30.380 And three in one difference. 00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:32.279 In ultimate unity. 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:34.319 And the singing community. 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:36.220 Edwards thinks. 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:38.420 Brings together this diversity in unity. 00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.779 In a profound way. 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:41.460 That nothing else does. 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.259 He says. 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:45.619 When I would form in my mind. 00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:47.119 An idea of a society. 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:48.900 In the highest degree happy. 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:51.960 I think of them as expressing their love. 00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:53.259 Their joy. 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:55.720 And the inward concord and harmony. 00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:57.779 And spiritual beauty of their souls. 00:19:57.940 --> 00:20:00.119 By sweetly singing to each other. 00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:03.379 Something heavenly. 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:05.660 About singing. 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:08.400 And if that's not enough. 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:08.960 The Bible. 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.180 And theology. 00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.500 Well. 00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:13.120 Even scientific research. 00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:14.220 Has verified. 00:20:14.600 --> 00:20:16.660 That there's something powerful. 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.740 And transformative. 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:20.380 About singing in general. 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.880 And especially. 00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.700 Singing together. 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:26.140 And one of the things. 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:27.360 That the studies I looked at. 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.779 Said that's so encouraging. 00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.960 Is they went out of their way. 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.400 To emphasize. 00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.640 Even when the music. 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:34.259 Is of mediocre quality. 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.240 Now. 00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:38.320 You don't have mediocre quality music. 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:38.700 Here. 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.639 But. 00:20:40.439 --> 00:20:41.500 Anything I do. 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.899 In my car. 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.799 Is very mediocre. 00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.359 And so. 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:46.259 That encourages me. 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:47.799 But if singing. 00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:49.279 Is therapeutic. 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:50.439 And satisfying. 00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.200 And transformative. 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:51.740 In general. 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.799 How much more. 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.960 When we. 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.019 Sing. 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.119 Of Christ. 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.879 And his gospel. 00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.839 As the psalms. 00:20:58.919 --> 00:20:59.619 Teach us to do. 00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.779 So here's the application. 00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.299 For you. 00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.220 Sing. 00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.819 Make singing. 00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:07.039 A significant part. 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:08.019 Of your personal. 00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:09.039 Devotional life. 00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:10.799 Make it part of your core group. 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.880 If you're a core group leader. 00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:14.339 Come and engage church. 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.900 With excitement. 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:18.039 In this discipline. 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.620 Of singing. 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.279 You know. 00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:21.299 I used. 00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:22.160 At my. 00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.360 The old church. 00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:23.799 That I was at. 00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.559 In Australia. 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.980 There were. 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.980 There was a guy. 00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.279 That would. 00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:27.279 Wait outside. 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:28.299 During the singing. 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:30.180 And then he would come in. 00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:31.240 Just to hear the sermon. 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.920 Take the Lord's Supper. 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.840 And then he would leave. 00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:35.279 Before we started singing again. 00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:36.920 And. 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.560 I just. 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.240 Always thought. 00:21:39.300 --> 00:21:40.259 That was so sad. 00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:40.500 Like. 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:40.920 He. 00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.560 He thinks. 00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.120 The singing. 00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.960 Is just sort of. 00:21:43.060 --> 00:21:43.740 Window dressing. 00:21:45.060 --> 00:21:45.720 The singing. 00:21:45.820 --> 00:21:46.340 Is not just. 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:46.880 Window dressing. 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.480 It's how we. 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:49.019 We get the gospel. 00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.880 Into our heart. 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:51.100 It's why it's so central. 00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:52.420 It's why we have a song book. 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.940 The center of the Bible. 00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:56.420 There were other people. 00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.779 That just came for the singing. 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.680 And didn't. 00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.860 And would leave for the sermon. 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.380 And. 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.300 That was probably my fault. 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:02.600 But. 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:05.360 So sing. 00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.320 Of God's glory. 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:08.000 Put the words of praise. 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.800 On your lips. 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:09.920 Literally. 00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.740 You know. 00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:11.240 I. 00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.740 My wife Annie. 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.560 And I were married. 00:22:16.560 --> 00:22:16.920 For. 00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:18.320 Almost 10 years. 00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:19.080 Without children. 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.080 And we. 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.200 Went from zero. 00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:22.160 To three children. 00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:24.380 In the space of three months. 00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:24.740 Foster. 00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:26.360 A sibling set of foster children. 00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.320 And. 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.539 I. 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.240 I didn't know. 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.279 How much work it would be. 00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:31.860 And how busy the mornings would be. 00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:35.139 And so it's really hard to get as much time to pray. 00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:36.679 And to read my Bible. 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.339 And to have my. 00:22:37.459 --> 00:22:37.699 You know. 00:22:38.939 --> 00:22:39.279 And. 00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:42.199 I've had to really. 00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:42.839 Sort of. 00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:44.079 Look to music. 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.899 To help me connect with God. 00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.299 In. 00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.839 In ways. 00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:46.859 In ways. 00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.639 Where I don't have. 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:49.500 As much time as I'd love. 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.579 And it's a great discipline. 00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:53.519 To put it on in the car. 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.359 And the other thing is. 00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.000 Is. 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.899 The kids. 00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.960 We try to read them. 00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.680 You know. 00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:58.879 The. 00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.059 The. 00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.759 The older ones. 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.400 We try to read them. 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.140 Bible stories. 00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.539 And. 00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.200 I'm not sure. 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.099 Any of it's taking. 00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.559 But they know. 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.279 The songs. 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.359 That they're learning at church. 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:07.339 And they know the songs. 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.839 We play. 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.440 For them in the morning. 00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.539 And so. 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.579 I would really encourage you. 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:12.879 You know. 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.680 If you're not already. 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.359 Using music. 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:18.420 As a spiritual discipline. 00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.019 And a tool. 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.319 Then. 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.920 Then do. 00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.819 Lean into that. 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.640 So. 00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:23.839 In. 00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.500 In closing. 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.099 Let me just. 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.379 Encourage you. 00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:26.960 Think about. 00:23:27.320 --> 00:23:28.460 As far as the church. 00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:29.320 Think about the role. 00:23:29.320 --> 00:23:30.200 That songs play. 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:32.020 In every patriotic expression. 00:23:32.020 --> 00:23:32.540 We have. 00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.040 You know. 00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:34.920 There's never been. 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.200 A political revolution. 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.520 Without music. 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:39.040 For that revolution. 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.720 Armies. 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.940 March off the battle. 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.840 With songs. 00:23:44.540 --> 00:23:45.220 And so. 00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:46.180 Ask yourself. 00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:46.860 You know. 00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.260 Singing. 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.000 And marveling. 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.000 At God's glory. 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.060 It does not seem. 00:23:50.060 --> 00:23:51.280 Like a very productive thing. 00:23:51.280 --> 00:23:51.640 To do. 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:51.880 But. 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.980 Ask yourself. 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.320 If. 00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:54.580 Marveling. 00:23:54.580 --> 00:23:55.380 At God's greatness. 00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.900 And goodness. 00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.380 Through song. 00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.019 Might actually. 00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.720 Make the church. 00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:58.440 More. 00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.080 Not less. 00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.580 Active. 00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.360 For the advance. 00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.140 Of God's kingdom. 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.019 I think it might. 00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.420 And so. 00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.640 We're going to. 00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.540 Close. 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.340 By singing. 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.940 A hymn. 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.120 It's. 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.060 Written by. 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.160 The 19th century. 00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:12.840 Englishman. 00:24:13.040 --> 00:24:13.820 Robert Grant. 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.360 Robert Grant. 00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.120 Was the son. 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.720 Of a member. 00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.920 Of the Clapham sect. 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.720 And he was. 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.360 Himself. 00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.280 A Christian lawyer. 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.300 He was a politician. 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.940 Dedicated. 00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:24.180 To social reform. 00:24:24.780 --> 00:24:25.880 And Christian mission. 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.860 He served. 00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.540 In parliament. 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.600 He. 00:24:29.320 --> 00:24:29.720 Passionately. 00:24:30.040 --> 00:24:30.400 Fought. 00:24:30.520 --> 00:24:31.340 To emancipate. 00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.360 England's Jews. 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.240 He served. 00:24:34.280 --> 00:24:34.820 In all sorts. 00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.220 Of high. 00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.480 Government posts. 00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.900 And in the midst. 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:39.580 Of all of his busyness. 00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:42.460 And his activism. 00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.680 For the kingdom of God. 00:24:43.800 --> 00:24:44.580 He found. 00:24:44.780 --> 00:24:45.900 Time for praise. 00:24:46.560 --> 00:24:47.420 He prays. 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.760 In fact. 00:24:47.760 --> 00:24:48.480 He wrote. 00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:49.200 Hymns. 00:24:49.260 --> 00:24:49.720 And I think. 00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.720 If we were to ask him. 00:24:50.780 --> 00:24:51.160 He would say. 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.960 It's not that he found. 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.800 Time for praise. 00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:54.180 It's that his praise. 00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:54.980 Fueled. 00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.759 His life. 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.660 And the things. 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.820 He was able to accomplish. 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.720 For the kingdom of God. 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.060 And so. 00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:02.040 He wrote. 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.220 One of the best hymns. 00:25:03.320 --> 00:25:04.279 In the English language. 00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.779 Oh. 00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.820 Worship the king. 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.400 One of my favorites. 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.660 And. 00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:10.000 It wasn't inspired. 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.180 By Psalm 145. 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.460 But. 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.160 It. 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.420 It. 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.259 Suits it. 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.980 Really well. 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.259 So. 00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.119 I'm going to. 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.400 Have Dan come up. 00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.900 And. 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.539 He's going to. 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.140 Help us. 00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.039 Sing this. 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.500 Or at least. 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.480 A couple of verses. 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.720 Oh. 00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.099 No.