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 New things are all very good, but I'm just giving Simon the license to interrupt me on

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 the basis that I'm likely to forget about the reading altogether.

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 So if he just jumps up in the middle of my sentence, you'll know why.

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 Okay, we're going to be looking at Psalm 9 and 10 this morning.

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 Just join with me in prayer for a moment.

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 Lord, our ears would be deaf to your word, except that your spirit opens them to hear

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 it, and that is my prayer now, Lord, for myself and for everyone here this morning.

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 Open our ears and bless the benefit of your word to our hearts and minds.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 All right, well, we make them every day, hundreds, thousands of them, decisions.

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 We make so many decisions every day.

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 Some decisions are big decisions, and we obviously know the process going through those.

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 But some decisions are actually really, really small, almost the product of habit, the things

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 we do just every day.

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 And we now sort of make those decisions and don't even realize we're making them.

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 But we're still acting on a process of thought.

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 It's just that we've lost touch with that particular thought at that particular moment in those

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 small decisions.

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 decisions.

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 So just to get you thinking this morning, what decisions will you make this week?

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 What decisions will you make this week?

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 What decisions will you make this week in your home?

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 As a parent?

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 As a husband?

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 As a wife?

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 As a child?

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 What decisions will you make as you walk out the front door in the morning, whether you're

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 going to school or work or going to sport or whatever it is you're going to do?

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 What decisions will you be anticipating and making during the day?

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 Your decisions will reflect what you think of at home, family life, employment, relationships,

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 security, happiness, work, success, and so on and so forth.

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 It will also involve making decisions about our culture and how you actually choose to engage

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 with it on a day-by-day basis.

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 Now, all of these decisions, and I say there are thousands of them, all of these decisions

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 are an overflow of our worldview.

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 Now, if you're not familiar with the term worldview, there's a bit more in the back of the bulletin,

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 the back article in the bulletin, a bit more detail about worldview.

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 But essentially, a worldview can be thought of like my glasses here.

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 It's a lens through which we see the world.

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 It's a lens through which we understand the world, we understand God, and we understand

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 our part in the world, our place in the world.

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 That's what a worldview is.

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 How you think about the world, how you engage with the world.

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 And that means that every single person here has a worldview.

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 But not every single person here actually knows they've got a worldview and is able to articulate

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 it.

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 But you will have one and you will act on it.

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 It will be the overflow of your thinking.

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 Now, Psalms 9 and 10 may be considered and described as worldview psalms.

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 Why?

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 Because they present two different ways of thinking about God.

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 Two different ways of thinking about the world and how we experience the world.

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 Two different ways of thinking about our place in the world in which brokenness and suffering,

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 injustice impacts us every single day.

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 We make a decision consciously or subconsciously about how we're going to react or respond to that suffering,

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 injustice, those experiences of the world every single day.

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 And Psalm 9 and 10 highlight the challenge that we face to have what I'm calling this morning

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 is having a thoroughly biblical worldview in which our thinking and actions are shaped by what is true about God,

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 rather than having our thinking and actions shaped by our circumstances and our personal experiences of life.

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 We'll come back to that in a little while.

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 But in the meantime, we're going to look at worldview option number one.

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 That is God and the world viewed through the eyes or the lens of faith.

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 And now Simon's going to read the first 12 verses of Psalm 9 for us.

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 Psalm chapter 9.

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 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart.

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 I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

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 I will be glad and exult in you.

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 I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

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 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.

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 For you have maintained my just cause.

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 You have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

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 You have rebuked the nations.

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 You have made the wicked perish.

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 You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

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 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins.

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 Their cities you rooted out.

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 The very memory of them has perished.

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 But the Lord sits enthroned forever.

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 He has established his throne for justice.

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 And he judges the world with righteousness.

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 He judges the peoples with uprightness.

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 The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed.

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 A stronghold in times of trouble.

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 And those who know your name put their trust in you.

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 For you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

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 Sing praises to the Lord who sits enthroned in Zion.

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 Tell among the peoples his deeds.

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 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them.

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 He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

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 The world viewed from the eyes or lens of faith begins with praise and thankfulness.

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 The focus of David from the very first word is on the Lord.

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 That is, it's the Lord that shapes David's thinking and actions on a daily basis as he engages with all the experiences of life.

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 His general orientation is thankfulness and praise.

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 Now, if you look at verses 1 and 2, there's nothing mechanical about this thanksgiving and praise.

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 It's not just some prayer he's reciting of.

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 It's a spontaneous overflow from the depth of his being.

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 The language there is very, very personal, very, very deep.

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 He recalls God's wonderful deeds.

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 That is, God's actions in the past dealing with and caring for his people.

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 But there's something even more profound, deeper than that in those first two verses.

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 David's so appreciative and aware of God's character, God's good deeds.

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 But David's actually delighting in the Lord himself.

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 His soul is overflowing with the beauty of the Lord himself.

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 In other words, David's starting point is that the Lord is truly satisfying.

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 The Lord is his delight.

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 The Lord is his treasure.

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 Just to be the Lord's person is sufficient for David.

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 The Lord is his source of joy and comfort and confidence and hope.

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 And therefore, worship is natural.

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 Worship is ascribing the supreme value to something.

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 And that's what David does to the Lord.

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 And from there, David actually sees his circumstances from God's perspective.

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 Verse 3 there.

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 David's well aware that he has many, many enemies.

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 But they're not his focus.

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 He's God's king, tasked by the Lord to rule his people in righteousness and truth and justice.

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 And that means inevitably that there will be conflict.

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 But the eye of faith in King David sees beyond his immediate circumstances to the great king whom he serves.

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 And in whose presence, verse 3, just the very presence of the Lord alone is enough to bring undone any enemy.

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 And when we think about it, there's something quite remarkable here.

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 Because King David was a hugely successful king.

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 He was a very, very powerful man.

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 Yet, if you read through these verses again, as Simon's just read them to us,

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 King David acknowledges that every detail of his story, he's actually down to God.

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 God's rescuing.

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 God's protection.

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 God's justice.

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 God's judgment.

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 God's purposes.

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 It's all there in those verses.

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 It's that that David knows through the eyes of faith.

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 It's that which keeps him in the present and guarantees his future and the future of God's people.

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 And then verses 9 to 12.

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 Not only that, but David leans into or rests in the Lord.

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 That is his general orientation.

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 Thankfulness and praise.

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 Seeing the circumstances from God's perspective and leaning into the Lord at every point.

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 Confidently and warmly knowing the Lord as the Most High.

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 It's a very, very lofty term.

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 The Most High.

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 There is no greater appeal for David.

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 There's no greater power.

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 There's no greater comfort.

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 And David knows the Most High is the champion of truth, the champion of right, and the dispenser of justice and judgment.

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 And so David can rest in the Lord in whatever circumstances he faces.

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 The Lord is so powerful.

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 The Lord is so powerful.

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 His rule and purpose cannot be threatened.

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 But at the same time, the Lord is so invested in his people.

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 In the well-being of his people.

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 In the well-being of his people.

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 That he becomes that stronghold.

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 That safe refuge.

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 That place to hide.

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 The place to rest and be secure and calm in the midst of the mess of life.

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 The eyes of faith know that no matter the circumstance, the Lord will never abandon or forget his people.

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 No matter what circumstances appear to suggest.

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 Simon, you read the next section for it, please.

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 So chapter 9, 13 to 20.

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 Be gracious to me, O Lord.

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 See my affliction from those who hate me.

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 O you who lift me up from the gates of death.

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 That I may recount all your praises.

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 That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.

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 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made.

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 In the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

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 The Lord has made himself known.

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 He has executed judgment.

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 The wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.

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 Agion.

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 Salah.

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 The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

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 For the needy shall not always be forgotten.

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 And the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

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 Arise, O Lord.

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 Let not man prevail.

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 Let the nations be judged before you.

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 Put them in fear, O Lord.

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 Let the nations know that they are but men.

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 Salah.

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 Sometimes we have the notion that when we talk about seeing the world through the eyes of faith.

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 That we are sort of in denial of reality.

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 Well, Psalm 9 tells us that's not the case.

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 The eyes of faith do not mean denial of real and tough circumstances.

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 Because in verse 13, the tone changes almost jarring from verse 12 to verse 13.

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 Be gracious to me, O Lord.

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 See my affliction from those who hate me.

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 The first 12 verses you wouldn't even realize David was suffering particularly badly.

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 But here he is, verse 13.

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 He just pours out something of the depth of the impact he feels on a daily basis.

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 From his struggle against those who oppose his rule of righteousness and truth under the Lord's hand.

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 And seeing the world through the eyes of faith does not make King David immune to tough circumstances.

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 But it does shape his response to them.

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 That's a really important point.

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 He's not immune to them because of the eyes of faith.

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 But the eyes of faith shape his response in those tough circumstances.

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 And so the worship that was expressed in verses 1 to 12 as praise and thanks,

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 now I think is expressed in prayer.

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 Because David now spreads out his helplessness before the Lord.

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 Before the Lord's goodness and the Lord's grace.

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 And I think the tone here is really clear.

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 That David is honest, but he's not anxious in his circumstances.

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 He's very much aware of those who would try to bring him down for whatever reason.

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 But he's not overwhelmed by those who would try to bring him down for whatever reason.

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 Why?

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 Because of the eyes of faith.

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 He is convinced that no matter the circumstance, the Lord will have the final say.

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 The Lord will have the final say in each circumstance of his life.

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 And then there's a couple of really nice pictures in here.

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 In verse 13, David pictures the Lord as his lifter up.

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 Oh you who lift me up from the gates of death.

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 The Lord is his lifter up.

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 That is, he's confident that the Lord will take him from the gates of death, which is picture language.

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 Take him from the extreme danger where it looks as if his cause is just about to get snuffed out.

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 The Lord will actually transport him from that to, more picture language, the gates of Zion.

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 Zion was God's city, the place of the good life, the life under God.

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 The life of blessing and satisfaction and completeness.

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 The life of purity.

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 So David is confident the Lord would be his lifter up.

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 Literally transporting him from there to there in circumstances of life.

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 And just as surely, the picture has its other side.

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 Verses 15 through to 20.

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 The Lord, as the Lord is the lifter up of David, so David is confident the Lord will be the knocker down

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 of powerful, rebellious people and nations.

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 As he frustrates and ultimately destroys them with his just judgment.

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 And so there's a nice little play there on those two pictures.

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 The arrogant nations, arrogant, powerful people who think they can just do what they like in God's word.

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 They think they are the lifted up ones.

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 We're the ones above the rest.

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 But David can see past that and knows that those who think they're lifted up and then knock down God's people

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 will experience a great reversal.

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 It will be God's people ultimately who will be lifted up.

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 And those who arrogantly think themselves to be high will actually feel and experience God's judgment as he knocks them down.

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 And so the picture is very, very strong.

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 Having carelessly rejected the Most High in their arrogance.

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 And then, despising his beauty, despising his wonderful deeds.

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 Verse 19 and 20.

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 One day, those same people will crumble in fear

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 as God brings justice and judgment to them.

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 They've made terror their weapon.

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 And they'll end facing their own terrors of God's judgment.

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 Now, ready for worldview too.

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 Simon and I had a discussion before church.

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 Simon, and there's a good reason for it.

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 You can think about it.

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 Simon reckons Psalm 10 should come before Psalm 9.

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 But we'll go into that in a little while.

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 Yep, thanks, Simon.

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 Simon.

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 Psalm 10, verses 1 to 11.

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 Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?

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 Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

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 In arrogance, the wicked hotly pursue the poor.

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 Let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

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 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,

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 and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.

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 In the pride of his face, the wicked does not seek him.

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 All his thoughts are, there is no God.

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 His ways prosper at all times.

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 Your judgments are on high, out of his sight.

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 As for all his foes, he puffs at them.

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 He says in his heart,

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 I shall not be moved.

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 Throughout all generations, I shall not meet adversity.

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 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression.

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 Under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

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 He sits in ambush in the villages.

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 In hiding places, he murders the innocent.

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 His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

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 He lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket.

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 He lurks that he may seize the poor.

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 He seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

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 The helpless are crushed, sink down and fall by his might.

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 He says in his heart,

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 God has forgotten, yet has hidden his face.

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 He will never see it.

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 Talk about chalk and cheese.

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 Very, very different pictures there, aren't they?

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 Between Psalm 9 and Psalm 10.

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 Very different worldview.

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 It's part two of the psalm.

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 And one of the reasons I decided to connect it together,

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 most English versions and most commentators don't,

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 but there is some grammatical reasons like 9 and 10.

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 There's a certain acrostic thing.

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 Every two verses begins with a particular letter,

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 a sequential letter of the Hebrew alphabet,

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 and that runs through the two psalms.

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 And there's some other reasons why.

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 There's certainly at least part A and part B, I think.

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 At least that's my defense anyway.

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 Talk to me more about that if you want.

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 Getting into the text of Psalm 10,

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 then, it's a very different picture of God's world

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 from a very different starting point.

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 It's a picture shaped primarily by circumstance

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 or by the experience of God's world.

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 Shaped by injustice and godliness,

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 godlessness rather,

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 and shaped by how things appear to be

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 as we look at them immediately.

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 And again, drawing the parallels,

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 the orientation as we move into Psalm 10

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 is not praise and thanksgiving,

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 as we saw in Psalm 9,

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 but it's accusation,

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 it's disappointment,

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 it's frustration,

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 all of which is directed at the Lord.

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 Why?

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 Because starting with the circumstances,

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 it just feels and seems like

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 the Lord has abandoned them.

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 Worse, verses 3 through to 10.

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 Far worse.

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 It feels like the Lord has surrendered his world

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 to the powerful schemes of godless,

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 self-made people to do what they please.

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 And indeed, that is what they do.

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 They do what they please,

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 with whomever they please,

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 when they please.

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 That's the picture of Psalm 10.

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 And it's a very, very despairing,

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 heavy picture, isn't it?

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 People who arrogantly act as if they are God,

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 people who are convinced

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 that they will only ever answer to themselves

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 and their own selfish desires.

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 And so, from there,

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 they take it that they can ruthlessly exploit

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 anybody that comes within their reach.

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 It's a pretty horrible picture.

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 And yet, it's one that's so familiar,

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 isn't it, Tess?

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 Even worse, verse 5.

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 In their godlessness,

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 and their godlessness is so obvious,

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 they seem to thrive.

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 They actually have come to believe

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 their own propaganda

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 that success breeds success,

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 and that they are, in fact, unstoppable.

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 And again, you only have to listen to the news

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 to hear some of the most powerful,

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 influential people and corporations in the world

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 who maybe wouldn't say that

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 because it sounds too crude to say it openly,

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 but that's obviously what oozes out of them.

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 We will do what we want to do

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 because we have the power

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 and the influence and the money to do it

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 and the position.

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 And as you go through the detail,

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 I don't have too much time to stop on all the detail,

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 but I just want to summarize

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 some of those later verses in that first section by this.

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 Verbally, they're predators.

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 That is, one of the key tools

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 is to use words.

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 Whatever words necessary

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 to bully, intimidate,

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 and knock people down

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 or knock them into line

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 so that they will do

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 what these powerful, godless people

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 want them to do.

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 And practically,

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 they're predators also.

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 The language here

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 is of the most ruthless,

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 consuming,

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 and dismissing of people

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 as just commodities.

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 Those who are poor

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 and helpless

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 and oppressed,

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 disadvantaged,

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 well,

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 obviously,

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 they're not lifted up.

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 People like ourselves,

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 they're just to be used

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 and discarded.

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 More fool them.

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 It's the dog-eat-dog

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 attitude of our culture,

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 of our world,

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 isn't it?

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 It's so,

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 so horrible.

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 These oppressed,

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 poor people,

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 they're not,

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 it doesn't ever occur

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 to these ruthless,

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 wealthy,

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 thriving people

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 that they should stop

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 and help them

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 show compassion.

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 They're just there

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 to be treated,

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 consumed,

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 discarded

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 without either

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 compassion or mercy.

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 And as verse 11

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 takes us then,

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 he says in his heart,

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 God has forgotten.

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 He has hidden his face,

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 he will never see it.

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 So once again,

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 you see,

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 their worldview

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 reflects what they think

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 about God

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 and what they think

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 about themselves

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 and what they think

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 about the world

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 in which they exist

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 and operate in.

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 They're convinced

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 that they are God-like.

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 They've pushed

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 the real God

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 or any thought of God

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 into the background

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 and they've now

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 stepped into the foreground

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 as God-like figures

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 themselves.

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 And from there,

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.840
 they try and convince

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.440
 themselves

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 that God

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 does not exist.

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 So there's an interesting

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.900
 play and dialogue there.

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 Earlier in the psalm,

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.480
 it says,

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.120
 you know,

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:12.060
 there is no God

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 but then the inner dialogue,

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.600
 which is verse 11,

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:16.640
 isn't quite so self-assured.

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 In all their godlessness,

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.340
 they still have to work

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:24.200
 to keep calm

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.880
 on the inside,

00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:26.020
 convincing themselves

00:26:26.020 --> 00:26:27.380
 that there is no God

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:28.860
 or if there is a God,

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:30.240
 verse 11,

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:32.220
 then probably hasn't noticed

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:33.280
 or he's forgotten

00:26:33.280 --> 00:26:34.600
 or he just isn't interested

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 and we will get away with it.

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 Amen.

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:37.980
 Amen.

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.460
 Amen.

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.580
 Amen.

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:38.980
 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:26:39.060 --> 00:26:39.580
 Amen.

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:39.980
 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:26:40.580 --> 00:26:40.600
 Amen.

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:40.980
 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:41.600
 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:46.880
 Amen.

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.400
 Do you see the thinking?

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:50.100
 Even if God exists

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.860
 and they're trying

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.560
 to convince themselves

00:26:51.560 --> 00:26:52.220
 that God doesn't

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.759
 but even if God does exist,

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.240
 their thinking is this,

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:57.000
 that since God

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.320
 has not acted against me

00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:58.980
 thus far,

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:03.060
 then I can have confidence

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:04.740
 he will not act against me

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.620
 in the future.

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.380
 I.e.,

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:09.160
 I might just sneak this in,

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.080
 I might just pull it off,

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:11.020
 I might get away with it,

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:12.320
 I might actually be able

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:13.540
 to run life like this

00:27:13.540 --> 00:27:15.440
 and not have any consequences.

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:20.220
 why would he think that?

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.860
 well as I said before either

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:23.820
 because God has forgotten

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:25.360
 that's a view of God

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:28.720
 or because God has

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:30.560
 overlooked sinful

00:27:30.560 --> 00:27:32.620
 rebellious actions and that's a

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:34.240
 particular world view of God

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:36.360
 or

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:38.680
 because as per the starting thought

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:40.720
 the Lord is deliberately

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:42.759
 disinterested in what is happening

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:44.259
 in his world and that also

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.740
 is a world view thought

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:50.279
 because that person

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:52.299
 will then live

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:54.440
 in the light of what he thinks about God

00:27:54.440 --> 00:28:02.500
 Psalm 10

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.559
 verse 12 to the end

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:06.299
 Arise

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.940
 O Lord

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:09.420
 O God lift up your hand

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:11.440
 forget not the afflicted

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:15.019
 why does the wicked

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:16.660
 renounce God and say in his heart

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:18.160
 you will not call to account

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:21.360
 but you do see

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:23.039
 for you note

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.240
 mischief and vexation

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:26.360
 that you may take it into your hands

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:28.380
 to you the helpless

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:29.259
 commits himself

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:31.220
 you have been the helper

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.200
 of the fatherless

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:36.059
 break the arm of the wicked

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.819
 and evildoer

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:39.039
 call his wickedness to account

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:40.100
 till you find none

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:42.819
 the Lord is king

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:44.059
 forever and ever

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.819
 the nations perish

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.640
 from his land

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:48.720
 O Lord

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.960
 you hear the desire

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.740
 of the afflicted

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:52.299
 you will strengthen

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.980
 their heart

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:54.259
 you will incline

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.860
 your ear

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.680
 to do justice

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.600
 to the fatherless

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.240
 and the oppressed

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.759
 so that man

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.779
 who is of the earth

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:01.140
 may strike terror

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.920
 no more

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:04.840
 as per

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:06.240
 psalm 9

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.200
 so

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.120
 we

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:09.320
 have a prayer

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:10.420
 to conclude

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.160
 the psalm

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:14.520
 and the prayer

00:29:14.520 --> 00:29:15.460
 I think reflects

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.940
 the heading

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.620
 if you're following

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.160
 on the sheet

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.100
 the prayer reflects

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:19.340
 the fact that

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:21.780
 the eyes of circumstance

00:29:21.780 --> 00:29:24.259
 ultimately need faith

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:29.060
 see because

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:29.980
 ultimately people

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:31.420
 cannot live in a world

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:33.299
 like I've just described

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:34.779
 in Psalm 10

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:36.220
 verses 1 to 11

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:38.539
 we ultimately

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:40.099
 cannot live in a world

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.539
 in which

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:42.079
 all we see

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.200
 is all there is

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:45.579
 it would just be

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.440
 too heartbreaking

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.200
 and depressing

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.660
 to view our world

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.019
 like that

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:52.700
 we recognize evil

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.319
 you don't have to be

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.759
 a Christian

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.720
 to recognize evil

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:56.779
 we recognize

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.759
 exploitation

00:29:57.759 --> 00:30:00.759
 we long

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.880
 for powerful

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:03.140
 and self

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.860
 powerful

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.720
 self-interested

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.160
 people

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:06.460
 to be called

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.279
 to account

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:10.500
 for their

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.680
 terrible actions

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:13.620
 we long

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.400
 for justice

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.100
 to prevail

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:22.200
 we long

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.759
 for a great

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.259
 reversal

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.000
 in our world

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.440
 don't we

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.960
 we long

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.580
 for a world

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:27.820
 that we can see

00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:29.240
 governed by love

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.600
 and care

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.680
 and compassion

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.779
 and truth

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:36.900
 we long

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.700
 for a ruler

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.880
 who will be

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.920
 powerful enough

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.920
 to be in control

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:43.000
 and yet

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.920
 personal enough

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.680
 to be caring

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:46.160
 and compassionate

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.840
 and merciful

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:50.779
 my friends

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.599
 when we confront

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:53.279
 the experience

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:54.439
 or the circumstances

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:55.119
 of this life

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.079
 essentially

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.539
 what we're

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.459
 longing for

00:30:57.459 --> 00:30:59.439
 is for the

00:30:59.439 --> 00:30:59.879
 Lord

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:01.099
 to be king

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.000
 in his world

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:08.960
 and I think

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.400
 that's what the

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:09.660
 prayer

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.720
 verses 12

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.339
 through to 18

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:11.700
 is

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:13.339
 as in

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.980
 Psalm 9

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.500
 the prayer

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.759
 there

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.880
 it's a prayer

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.440
 for God

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.099
 to act

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:18.079
 in line

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.779
 with his

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.259
 character

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.160
 act

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.579
 Lord

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.259
 rise

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.640
 act

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.619
 in justice

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:26.240
 and righteousness

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:28.200
 and compassion

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:29.599
 and truth

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:32.200
 call to account

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:33.819
 that which is evil

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:37.480
 my friends

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:39.180
 the eyes of faith

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.980
 are necessary

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:41.779
 to confront

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.779
 the experiences

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.359
 of life

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.220
 the circumstances

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.779
 of life

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.839
 pushes

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:47.299
 almost in desperation

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.079
 at times

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:50.480
 to develop

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.559
 the eyes of faith

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:58.960
 the reality

00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:00.799
 of God

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.720
 in his world

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:04.119
 then exposes

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.960
 the nonsense

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.019
 of

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:07.099
 rebellion

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:08.359
 without consequences

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:11.679
 and we're told

00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:12.759
 in these verses

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:14.639
 God does

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.519
 see everything

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.859
 not only does he see it

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.639
 there's actually more

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.259
 picture language

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.179
 it's as if God

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.440
 is there

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.559
 with his board

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.720
 taking notes

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.539
 on every part

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:22.960
 of evil

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.740
 every act

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.159
 of evil

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:26.059
 he sees it

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:27.000
 and he notes it

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:31.139
 and he will

00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:32.039
 call to account

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:33.039
 in his way

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:34.299
 and in his time

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.200
 he will

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:37.519
 reverse the wrongs

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.299
 perpetrated

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.740
 on his despised

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.119
 people

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:41.319
 and the idea

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.079
 there of breaking

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.960
 someone's arm

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:44.000
 that's picture language

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.859
 for the culture

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.179
 of the day

00:32:45.179 --> 00:32:45.740
 in other words

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.419
 it is

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:47.859
 break down

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:49.480
 or render

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.099
 neutral

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:51.259
 their power

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:52.000
 it's the right

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:53.879
 arm of power

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.219
 that's been

00:32:54.219 --> 00:32:54.879
 pictured there

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:58.279
 he will break

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.039
 the power

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.939
 and influence

00:32:59.939 --> 00:33:01.279
 of all

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.039
 who reject

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.759
 the Lord

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:04.139
 and act

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.639
 as if they

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.079
 are God

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:10.419
 and as we saw

00:33:10.419 --> 00:33:11.319
 in Psalm 9

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:13.079
 there will be

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:14.819
 a great reversal

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:17.379
 those who

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.000
 currently

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.619
 appear

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.480
 despised

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.220
 and abandoned

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:23.099
 will experience

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.799
 the blessing

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.839
 of being lifted

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.159
 up

00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:26.319
 the blessing

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:27.299
 and joy

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.919
 of God's

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.759
 wonderful deeds

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.399
 being applied

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:29.939
 to them

00:33:29.939 --> 00:33:30.740
 and for them

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:32.599
 and those

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:33.619
 who currently

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:34.720
 use terror

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:36.939
 in godlessness

00:33:36.939 --> 00:33:37.720
 and ruthlessness

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.779
 who use terror

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.460
 to build their

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.039
 lifestyle

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:42.659
 will finally

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.299
 experience

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.940
 the terror

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:45.019
 themselves

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.819
 but the terror

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.899
 of God's

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.319
 judgment

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:50.779
 in the upshot

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.680
 both Psalms

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:53.359
 is that those

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.200
 who step over

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.879
 the boundary

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:56.220
 of humanness

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.480
 who step over

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.859
 the boundary

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.920
 and start to act

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.659
 as though they are

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.079
 God

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:01.019
 and that they can do

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.799
 whatever they like

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.420
 in God's world

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.079
 with impunity

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:04.379
 including rejecting

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:04.680
 God

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.799
 they will be

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.360
 forced

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:07.039
 in another

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.680
 great reversal

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:09.440
 to recognize

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.039
 that they are

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.860
 oh so human

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.940
 and that God

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.920
 is oh so God

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:19.700
 they will be

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.200
 forced to

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:20.559
 recognize

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.420
 that in fact

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.579
 they are

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.000
 what they have

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.700
 always been

00:34:23.700 --> 00:34:25.500
 God's creatures

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:27.519
 living under

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.159
 the authority

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:29.860
 of the creator

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:31.800
 and answering

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.380
 to him

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:34.500
 well

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.099
 just let me

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.820
 make a couple

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.739
 of lines

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.380
 of application

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.739
 here

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.639
 and I'm done

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:38.880
 then

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:40.440
 the main

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.139
 line of application

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.659
 is this

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:43.599
 that for us

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.039
 as Christians

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.719
 we need to be

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.119
 careful

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:46.679
 not to be

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.500
 theoretically

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:49.099
 engaged with

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.480
 the world

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.119
 view of Psalm

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.559
 9

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:52.619
 but operating

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.340
 practically

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:54.599
 in the world

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.199
 view of Psalm

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.579
 10

00:34:55.579 --> 00:35:01.639
 as Christians

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.719
 it's quite easy

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.059
 for us

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.599
 and especially

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.460
 in this congregation

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.019
 because this is

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.500
 the language

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.159
 of this congregation

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:07.059
 it's quite easy

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.519
 and common

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.159
 for us to say

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:09.779
 God is sovereign

00:35:09.779 --> 00:35:10.420
 that he is in

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:11.059
 control of

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.920
 every circumstance

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.860
 of this life

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:16.039
 but then

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.739
 practically

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:18.960
 we can be

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.719
 frustrated with

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.039
 God

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:21.000
 because he's

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.099
 not acting

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.960
 to call to

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.539
 account as we

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.179
 think he should

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.779
 and when we

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:25.279
 think he should

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:27.000
 we can become

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:28.219
 fixated on

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.860
 evil and

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.519
 injustice

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:31.019
 exploitation

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:32.059
 stuff we

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.880
 observe and

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.659
 experience from

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.420
 individuals or

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.019
 from governments

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.679
 or whenever

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.639
 in political

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.659
 social economic

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:39.139
 religious decisions

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:39.639
 and policy

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.300
 we're seeing it

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.840
 all the time

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.460
 and sometimes

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.280
 we can get so

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:43.360
 fixated on it

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:44.860
 that it drags us

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.400
 into Psalm

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:46.019
 10 world

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.280
 view

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:51.219
 we get sucked

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:52.119
 into struggling

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.780
 against these

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.719
 things as though

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:55.119
 we are on our

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:56.119
 own as though

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:57.059
 if it's not

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.699
 for us then

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.480
 these things

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.320
 won't be called

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.880
 to account and

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.360
 won't be dealt

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.700
 with

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:03.260
 we get

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.980
 frustrated that

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.600
 the ungodly

00:36:04.600 --> 00:36:05.440
 are thriving

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:07.220
 we start to

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:08.280
 fear the impact

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.680
 of their

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:09.580
 ruthless

00:36:09.580 --> 00:36:10.340
 determination

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.940
 to squeeze

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.640
 God out of

00:36:11.640 --> 00:36:12.140
 his world

00:36:12.140 --> 00:36:14.780
 we sense

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.240
 that we need

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.940
 to get active

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:17.000
 and frenetic

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.940
 about curtailing

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.700
 their wickedness

00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.720
 and trying to

00:36:19.720 --> 00:36:20.320
 bring them down

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.780
 before they

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.539
 destroy everything

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:23.400
 that puts us

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.880
 in Psalm

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.580
 10 world

00:36:24.580 --> 00:36:24.900
 view

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:27.039
 at a practical

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.480
 level

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:33.679
 all the

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:33.980
 while

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.599
 deep in

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.099
 our hearts

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.480
 those sorts

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.300
 of thoughts

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:38.719
 are producing

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.460
 decisions

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:42.019
 that shape

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.539
 our view

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:43.019
 of God

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:46.659
 again

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.219
 since he

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:47.679
 hasn't

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:49.079
 knocked down

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.699
 ungodly

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:50.059
 people

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.920
 I know

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.340
 lots of

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.639
 Christians

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.179
 then start

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.820
 to harbor

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.260
 thoughts

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.519
 well

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.280
 that must

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:55.519
 mean

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.940
 since he

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.280
 hasn't

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.579
 done it

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.000
 by now

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.460
 that must

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:57.719
 mean

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.279
 either

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:58.659
 he's

00:36:58.659 --> 00:37:00.079
 not there

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:01.759
 or

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:02.559
 that he's

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.059
 unable

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.480
 that he

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.799
 doesn't

00:37:03.799 --> 00:37:04.139
 have enough

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.500
 power

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.500
 or

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:05.940
 that he

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.199
 doesn't

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.579
 want to

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:06.860
 that is

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.000
 he's

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.480
 not good

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:09.199
 or that

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:09.519
 he's just

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.840
 totally

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.460
 disinterested

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:12.219
 doesn't

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.559
 care

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:14.179
 do you

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:14.440
 see how

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.860
 those sort

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.059
 of things

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.779
 start to

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.319
 frame

00:37:16.319 --> 00:37:17.059
 our thoughts

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.719
 of God

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.900
 deep down

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:20.179
 now we

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.420
 can have

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.860
 those thoughts

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.219
 and still

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:21.920
 on a Sunday

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.239
 morning

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:22.860
 turn up

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.420
 all nice

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.819
 and shiny

00:37:23.819 --> 00:37:24.119
 and sit

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.480
 down here

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.980
 and say

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.199
 isn't it

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.460
 wonderful

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.980
 that God's

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.320
 sovereign

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:31.320
 straddling

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:32.940
 two worldviews

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:36.199
 sometimes

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.740
 I think

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.559
 and this is

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.360
 all I don't

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.639
 think

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.440
 let me be

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:39.920
 more honest

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.760
 sometimes

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.280
 I find

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.619
 myself

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:41.940
 even

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:43.000
 being jealous

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:44.220
 of the

00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:44.679
 thriving

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.460
 nature

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.880
 of the

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.460
 ungodly

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:51.460
 jealous

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.860
 of their

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.400
 success

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:53.360
 jealous

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:53.720
 of their

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:54.300
 prosperity

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:55.079
 jealous

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.440
 of their

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:55.940
 indulgent

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.400
 lifestyle

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.039
 just wishing

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.119
 if I had

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.480
 money to

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:58.679
 have a

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:58.940
 holiday

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.360
 like that

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.740
 if I had

00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:00.099
 money to

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.559
 buy that

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.960
 if I had

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.260
 money to

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.500
 have a

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.720
 house

00:38:01.720 --> 00:38:02.400
 like that

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.619
 you see

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.000
 the world

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.440
 view I mean

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:11.260
 and from

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.599
 there we

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:11.980
 start to

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.280
 think that

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:12.780
 practically

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.200
 we're on

00:38:13.200 --> 00:38:13.559
 our own

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:14.599
 we need

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:14.960
 to take

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.539
 matters into

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:15.880
 our own

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.340
 hands

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:17.760
 we are

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.300
 on our

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:18.659
 own to

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:18.940
 make the

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.579
 best of

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.300
 life in

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.780
 reaction

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.179
 against

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.559
 evil

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:23.980
 we might

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.340
 then even

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.900
 find ourselves

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.480
 taking up

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:26.420
 ungodly

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:27.059
 strategies

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:29.519
 to improve

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.920
 our lot

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:31.500
 so as

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.039
 Christians we

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.559
 find ourselves

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.000
 starting to

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:34.360
 fight like

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.300
 non-Christians

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.760
 we want to

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.340
 fight and

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:37.119
 win arguments

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:38.019
 we want to

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.680
 prove our

00:38:38.680 --> 00:38:39.460
 point we

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:39.760
 want to

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:40.519
 better those

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:41.099
 who oppose

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.519
 us

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:46.559
 we want to

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.139
 protest a

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.639
 desire for

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:48.180
 justice

00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:49.700
 but as I've

00:38:49.700 --> 00:38:50.240
 experienced in

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:50.900
 my life too

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.780
 often that

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:53.400
 protest of

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:54.000
 justice is

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.380
 actually a

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:55.420
 desire for

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:56.099
 revenge

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:57.639
 I want

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.099
 somebody to

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.780
 pay for the

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.260
 hurt they've

00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.820
 inflicted on

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:08.940
 and ultimately

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:10.680
 we get

00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:11.360
 dragged into

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:12.280
 that Psalm

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:13.500
 10 worldview

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.660
 and then we

00:39:14.660 --> 00:39:15.320
 find ourselves

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.559
 going down the

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.160
 pathway of

00:39:17.160 --> 00:39:18.360
 self-vindication

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:20.800
 self-protection

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:22.480
 self-sufficiency

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:24.039
 and ultimately

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.800
 I think the

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.220
 end of that

00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:26.180
 road is an

00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:26.700
 attempt at

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:27.580
 self-salvation

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:30.579
 and that is

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:31.719
 a reactionary

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:33.319
 fear-based

00:39:33.319 --> 00:39:33.940
 living

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:35.699
 with God

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:36.299
 pushed into

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:36.900
 the background

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.539
 most of the

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:38.639
 week except

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:40.159
 perhaps when we

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.819
 express our

00:39:40.819 --> 00:39:41.420
 anger and

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:42.199
 frustration at

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.579
 Adam in

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:42.860
 prayer

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:47.420
 or as I

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.840
 say when we

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.779
 come to church

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:49.319
 on Sunday

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:50.440
 and piously

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:51.059
 say in

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.559
 terms of

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:52.340
 Psalm 9

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:54.240
 praise God

00:39:54.240 --> 00:39:54.600
 for his

00:39:54.600 --> 00:39:54.820
 sovereign

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.300
 control

00:39:55.300 --> 00:40:02.480
 it's a real

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.180
 trap for us

00:40:03.180 --> 00:40:03.700
 we need to be

00:40:03.700 --> 00:40:04.220
 real careful

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:04.900
 about it

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.620
 well secondly

00:40:05.620 --> 00:40:06.120
 and much more

00:40:06.120 --> 00:40:06.440
 briefly

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:08.220
 just this point

00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:08.519
 here

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:09.320
 remember

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:10.660
 that the

00:40:10.660 --> 00:40:11.320
 Lord never

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:12.440
 forgets

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:13.200
 sin or

00:40:13.200 --> 00:40:13.679
 rebellion

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:15.440
 but is

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.860
 always

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.380
 keen

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.380
 to

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.800
 graciously

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.360
 forgive

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:24.000
 I agree

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:28.380
 the gospel

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:28.960
 of Jesus

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:33.139
 is God's

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.860
 brilliant

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.840
 demonstration

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:36.659
 of his

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.200
 righteousness

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:38.340
 in justice

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:39.440
 and judgment

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:44.780
 God does

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.740
 not forget

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.460
 about sin

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:49.860
 not even

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:51.220
 one rebellious

00:40:51.220 --> 00:40:52.480
 thought will

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.179
 be overlooked

00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:54.220
 ignored or

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:54.760
 forgotten by

00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:55.159
 the Lord

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:58.820
 nor has he

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.380
 forgotten his

00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:00.320
 troubled helpless

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:01.260
 fatherless people

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:03.179
 the great

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.900
 reversal

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:05.320
 prayed for

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:06.200
 in Psalm 9

00:41:06.200 --> 00:41:06.840
 and 10

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:08.159
 has already

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:09.039
 become reality

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.519
 in the death

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.059
 and resurrection

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.639
 of Jesus

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.759
 in John

00:41:11.759 --> 00:41:12.400
 chapter 5

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:12.860
 verse 20

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.159
 60

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.500
 30

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:14.480
 it speaks

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:15.039
 along those

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.320
 lines

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:16.320
 God has

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:17.059
 already had

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.719
 the last

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.259
 word

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:19.239
 in his

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.500
 world

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.139
 the word

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:20.759
 of judgment

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:21.880
 on sin

00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:23.960
 all judgment

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.539
 has been put

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:25.119
 into the hands

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.619
 of Jesus

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:26.980
 and in a real

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.440
 sense has

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:28.099
 already been

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:28.719
 completed through

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:29.380
 Christ's death

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.039
 and resurrection

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:32.679
 and therefore

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:33.179
 Christ's

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:33.619
 resurrection

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:35.079
 is proof

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:36.699
 that Jesus

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.219
 is who he

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:37.759
 says he is

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:39.280
 and that

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:40.480
 God has

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.240
 done what

00:41:41.240 --> 00:41:41.480
 he said

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:41.700
 he would

00:41:41.700 --> 00:41:41.960
 do

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:47.560
 in terms

00:41:47.560 --> 00:41:48.240
 of judgment

00:41:48.240 --> 00:41:51.820
 now

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:53.240
 two ways

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:53.660
 to apply

00:41:53.660 --> 00:41:53.920
 that

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:54.240
 and then

00:41:54.240 --> 00:41:54.880
 I'm done

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:55.800
 for each

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:56.360
 Christian here

00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:56.880
 this morning

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:59.000
 there's a

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.960
 wonderful freedom

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.700
 and assurance

00:42:00.700 --> 00:42:01.900
 in knowing

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:02.340
 that Psalm

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:03.000
 9 and 10

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.480
 has already

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:04.160
 been fulfilled

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:04.920
 the prayer

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.239
 of Psalm

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:05.719
 9 and 10

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:06.039
 has been

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.399
 fulfilled

00:42:06.399 --> 00:42:07.139
 in Jesus

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:10.480
 if you

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:11.299
 as a believer

00:42:11.299 --> 00:42:11.759
 here this

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.119
 morning

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:13.719
 if your heart

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:14.460
 is genuinely

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:15.299
 oriented to

00:42:15.299 --> 00:42:16.259
 living faithfully

00:42:16.259 --> 00:42:17.039
 and confidently

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.899
 under the rule

00:42:17.899 --> 00:42:18.259
 of King

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:18.639
 Jesus

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:20.559
 then

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:22.279
 regardless

00:42:22.279 --> 00:42:22.779
 of how

00:42:22.779 --> 00:42:24.059
 inconsistently

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.859
 you have

00:42:24.859 --> 00:42:25.399
 applied your

00:42:25.399 --> 00:42:26.059
 eyes of faith

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:26.440
 to your

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.119
 circumstances

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:29.179
 regardless of

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.719
 that you can

00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:30.339
 be sure

00:42:30.339 --> 00:42:31.559
 that you will

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:32.179
 only experience

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:33.039
 God's care

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.679
 and protection

00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:34.259
 and blessing

00:42:34.259 --> 00:42:35.639
 even in the

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:36.019
 midst of

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.359
 suffering

00:42:36.359 --> 00:42:38.379
 that is what

00:42:38.379 --> 00:42:38.799
 the gospel

00:42:38.799 --> 00:42:39.259
 promises

00:42:39.259 --> 00:42:40.579
 and achieves

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.019
 for us

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:42.819
 now

00:42:42.819 --> 00:42:44.299
 if you're

00:42:44.299 --> 00:42:44.739
 someone here

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:45.299
 this morning

00:42:45.299 --> 00:42:46.379
 who has not

00:42:46.379 --> 00:42:47.059
 yet bowed

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:47.639
 to Jesus

00:42:47.639 --> 00:42:50.619
 then can I

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:51.219
 just plead

00:42:51.219 --> 00:42:51.579
 with you

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:53.079
 don't ignore

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.980
 your inner

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.639
 dialogue

00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:55.639
 this morning

00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:59.619
 don't just

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:00.179
 keep on

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:00.440
 going

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:00.719
 thinking

00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:01.019
 well

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:01.759
 okay

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:02.960
 God

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:03.400
 hasn't

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:04.080
 knocked

00:43:04.080 --> 00:43:04.500
 me down

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:04.980
 thus far

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.440
 in life

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:06.600
 therefore

00:43:06.600 --> 00:43:08.240
 maybe

00:43:08.240 --> 00:43:08.680
 everything's

00:43:08.680 --> 00:43:09.000
 okay

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:10.440
 or

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:11.440
 I hope

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.200
 that God

00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:12.560
 that might

00:43:12.560 --> 00:43:12.840
 be out

00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:12.980
 there

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.300
 will just

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:13.700
 leave me

00:43:13.700 --> 00:43:13.940
 alone

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.220
 to do

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:14.560
 my own

00:43:14.560 --> 00:43:14.860
 thing

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:21.560
 don't

00:43:21.560 --> 00:43:22.520
 allow

00:43:22.520 --> 00:43:22.840
 yourself

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.240
 even to

00:43:23.240 --> 00:43:23.780
 contemplate

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:24.060
 that you

00:43:24.060 --> 00:43:24.760
 can continue

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:25.220
 a life

00:43:25.220 --> 00:43:25.880
 of autonomy

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:26.980
 or living

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.700
 independently

00:43:27.700 --> 00:43:28.320
 from God

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:29.000
 pushing God

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:29.320
 into the

00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:29.680
 background

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:30.319
 and just

00:43:30.319 --> 00:43:30.679
 running

00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:31.440
 life as

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:31.819
 you want

00:43:31.819 --> 00:43:31.919
 to

00:43:31.919 --> 00:43:32.159
 as if

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.319
 you

00:43:32.319 --> 00:43:32.699
 yourself

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.139
 were God

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:34.000
 don't

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.379
 think

00:43:34.379 --> 00:43:34.719
 you can

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:35.199
 do that

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:35.519
 and get

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:35.739
 away

00:43:35.739 --> 00:43:36.159
 with it

00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:39.639
 you will

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:40.019
 never

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.699
 forget

00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:42.179
 or ignore

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:43.299
 your rebellion

00:43:43.299 --> 00:43:43.839
 your sin

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:49.240
 in fact

00:43:49.240 --> 00:43:50.740
 he knows

00:43:50.740 --> 00:43:51.120
 it far

00:43:51.120 --> 00:43:51.400
 better

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:51.780
 than you

00:43:51.780 --> 00:43:52.000
 do

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:55.480
 you might

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:55.920
 think you're

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:56.480
 this bad

00:43:56.480 --> 00:43:57.940
 but the Lord

00:43:57.940 --> 00:43:58.460
 knows you're

00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:59.039
 this bad

00:43:59.039 --> 00:44:01.200
 this guilty

00:44:01.200 --> 00:44:01.519
 before

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:04.000
 so the Lord

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.500
 will never

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:04.940
 forget

00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:05.420
 your sin

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:05.840
 and that's

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.199
 a much

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:06.440
 bigger

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:06.820
 problem

00:44:06.820 --> 00:44:07.440
 you even

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:07.980
 realize

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:10.639
 but equally

00:44:10.639 --> 00:44:11.139
 true of the

00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:11.320
 Lord

00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:11.920
 he will

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:12.840
 graciously

00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:13.460
 forgive

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.039
 your sin

00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:16.579
 if you

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:17.000
 give up

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:17.559
 your autonomy

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.159
 and your

00:44:18.159 --> 00:44:18.599
 rebellion

00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:19.639
 if you

00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:20.139
 come to

00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:20.340
 him

00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:21.679
 asking for

00:44:21.679 --> 00:44:22.139
 grace

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:23.139
 and mercy

00:44:23.139 --> 00:44:23.840
 and forgiveness

00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:24.340
 then he

00:44:24.340 --> 00:44:24.780
 promises

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:25.559
 that he

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:25.980
 will give

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:26.579
 that grace

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:27.139
 and mercy

00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:27.639
 and forgiveness

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:28.280
 and he

00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:28.780
 will never

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:29.199
 ever

00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:29.739
 count your

00:44:29.739 --> 00:44:30.199
 sin against

00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:30.480
 you

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:36.760
 in his

00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:37.099
 sovereign

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:37.480
 grace

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:37.940
 and because

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:38.440
 he's got

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:39.039
 the sovereign

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:39.539
 power to

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:39.880
 do so

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:40.219
 he will

00:44:40.219 --> 00:44:40.639
 give you

00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:41.119
 a fresh

00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:41.579
 start

00:44:41.579 --> 00:44:42.719
 into a

00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:43.039
 wonderful

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:43.579
 new life

00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:44.059
 of blessing

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:44.619
 and security

00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:46.519
 so

00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:47.539
 back to my

00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:47.980
 first

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:48.980
 sentence

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:49.400
 this morning

00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:51.099
 what

00:44:51.099 --> 00:44:51.679
 decisions

00:44:51.679 --> 00:44:52.059
 will you

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:52.320
 make

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:52.820
 this week

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:57.199
 what

00:44:57.199 --> 00:44:57.900
 thinking

00:44:57.900 --> 00:44:58.340
 about

00:44:58.340 --> 00:44:58.740
 God

00:44:58.740 --> 00:44:59.280
 and yourself

00:44:59.280 --> 00:44:59.980
 will

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:00.340
 govern

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:00.860
 where you

00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:01.200
 go from

00:45:01.200 --> 00:45:01.440
 here

00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:02.460
 and how

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:02.620
 you

00:45:02.620 --> 00:45:02.800
 enter

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:02.980
 the

00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:03.180
 week

00:45:03.180 --> 00:45:04.079
 I'm

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.320
 speaking

00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:04.519
 now

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:04.880
 both to

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.280
 Christians

00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:05.760
 and those

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:06.059
 who aren't

00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:06.320
 yet

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:07.240
 believers

00:45:07.240 --> 00:45:13.840
 pray with me

00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:14.620
 again

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:22.000
 Lord

00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:22.480
 we easily

00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:23.179
 find ourselves

00:45:23.179 --> 00:45:23.799
 torn

00:45:23.799 --> 00:45:26.460
 between what

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:27.019
 we say

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:28.400
 and actually

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:28.719
 what

00:45:28.719 --> 00:45:30.159
 captures

00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:30.779
 our hearts

00:45:30.779 --> 00:45:33.940
 Lord

00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:34.219
 we

00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:35.299
 sometimes

00:45:35.299 --> 00:45:36.019
 find ourselves

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.519
 as I say

00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:37.380
 theoretically

00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:38.179
 in Psalm 9

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:38.719
 confident

00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:40.000
 in your

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:40.359
 sovereign

00:45:40.359 --> 00:45:41.119
 purposes

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:41.980
 and control

00:45:41.980 --> 00:45:42.239
 of your

00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:42.480
 world

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:42.820
 and yet

00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:44.639
 practically

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:44.960
 Lord

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.760
 find ourselves

00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:46.579
 so fearful

00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:48.179
 of what we

00:45:48.179 --> 00:45:48.599
 observe

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:49.059
 and what we

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.500
 experience

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:50.119
 around us

00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:52.380
 help us

00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:52.900
 Lord to

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:55.260
 re-engage

00:45:55.260 --> 00:45:55.860
 with you

00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:56.639
 so that our

00:45:56.639 --> 00:45:57.480
 theory is

00:45:57.480 --> 00:45:58.460
 actually a

00:45:58.460 --> 00:45:58.980
 demonstrated

00:45:58.980 --> 00:45:59.559
 reality

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:00.740
 we find a

00:46:00.740 --> 00:46:01.099
 freedom

00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:02.260
 and a peace

00:46:02.260 --> 00:46:02.900
 and a calm

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:04.740
 to trust you

00:46:04.740 --> 00:46:05.820
 to lean into you

00:46:05.820 --> 00:46:06.760
 that you might be

00:46:06.760 --> 00:46:07.579
 our stronghold

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:08.460
 our refuge

00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:09.599
 in times of

00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:09.900
 trouble

00:46:09.900 --> 00:46:11.880
 Amen

00:46:11.880 --> 00:46:17.559
 Amen

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:18.780
 Amen

00:46:18.780 --> 00:46:18.840
 Amen

00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:20.460
 Amen

00:46:20.460 --> 00:46:20.940
 Amen

00:46:20.940 --> 00:46:21.780
 Amen

00:46:21.780 --> 00:46:23.099
 Amen

00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:23.660
 Amen

00:46:23.660 --> 00:46:24.280
 Amen

00:46:24.420 --> 00:46:25.820
 Amen

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:26.059
 Amen

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:30.760
 Amen

00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:30.860
 Amen

00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:31.940
 Amen

00:46:31.940 --> 00:46:32.920
 Amen

00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:33.260
 Amen

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:34.760
 Amen

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:34.780
 Amen

00:46:34.780 --> 00:46:35.519
 Amen

00:46:35.519 --> 00:46:35.800
 Amen

00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:36.460
 Amen

00:46:36.539 --> 00:46:36.860
 Amen

00:46:36.860 --> 00:46:38.200
 Amen

00:46:38.200 --> 00:46:38.800
 Amen

00:46:38.800 --> 00:46:39.960
 Amen

00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:40.599
 Amen

00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:40.780
 Amen

00:46:40.780 --> 00:46:41.119
 Amen

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.780
 Amen