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 Do you need to read other Bibles?

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 Psalm 21, 21.

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 I will read it out loud.

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 It says,

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 To the Choir Master, a Psalm of David.

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 O Lord, in your strength the King rejoices,

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 and in your salvation how greatly he exalts.

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 You have given him his heart's desire

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 and have not withheld the request of his lips, Selah.

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 For you meet him with rich blessings.

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 You set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

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 He asked life of you and you gave it to him.

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 Length of days forever and ever.

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 His glory is great through your salvation.

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 Splendor and majesty you bestow on him.

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 For you make him most blessed forever.

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 You make him glad with the joy of your presence.

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 For the King trusts in the Lord.

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 And through the steadfast love of the Most High,

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 he shall not be moved.

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 Your hand will find out all your enemies.

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 Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

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 You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear.

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 The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath.

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 And fire will consume them.

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 You will destroy their descendants from the earth

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 and their offspring from among the children of man.

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 Though they plan evil against you,

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 though they devise mischief,

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 they will not succeed.

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 For you will put them to flight.

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 You will aim at their faces with your books.

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 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength.

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 We will sing and praise your power.

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 In the screw tape letters,

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 C.S. Lewis writes about how a senior devil

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 advises a junior devil on how to tempt a man.

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 And in one such dialogue,

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 the senior devil tells him to keep his subject,

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 his human being, focused on the past,

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 not on the past, on the future.

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 Because that's where nearly all vices come from.

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 So he says,

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 Nearly all vices are rooted in the future.

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 Gratitude looks to the past,

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 and love to the present.

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 Fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

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 We want a man haggrened by the future.

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 And this passage really,

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 this psalm speaks the truth of that,

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 because it teaches us

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 that by looking on the past at what God has done,

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 that fosters our present trust in him.

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 And it's that present trust in him

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 that enables us to have assurance

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 of God's deliverance in the future as well.

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 So, and so the main point of this psalm

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 is that we can trust in the Lord for salvation presently,

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 because of his steadfast love and strength.

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 So in verses 1 to 7,

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 we see how God in the past saved the faithful.

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 And then in verses 8 to 13,

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 we see how God will in future smite the wicked.

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 So let's read verses 1 to 7 first.

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 It's in verses 1 to 2, actually.

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 The whole verses 1 to 6

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 actually has a poetic parallel structure.

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 It's kind of a,

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 it has two sections in verses 1 to 6

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 that recount how God was faithful

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 and the reason why he was faithful.

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 So you can, let me show you that.

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 In verses 1 to 2, it begins,

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 Well, Lord, in your strength the king rejoices,

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 and in your salvation how greatly he exalts.

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 You have given him his heart's desire

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 and have not withheld the request of his lips.

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 Selah.

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 So God gave him salvation.

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 And the word could refer,

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 it's a pretty wide, you know, encompassing word

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 that can refer also to military victories.

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 That's probably the context of this psalm,

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 because he talks about the enemies,

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 and it's connected to Psalm 20.

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 And so the king, it seems,

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 had sought God's help

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 and asked him to preserve his life,

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 and God had gave him his heart's desire

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 and saved him.

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 So salvation is given.

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 And the reason for this gift of salvation from God

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 is verse 3.

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 For you meet him with rich blessings.

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 You set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

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 And because God looked upon him with favor,

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 God showed his blessing,

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 that's why the king was spared in battle,

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 experienced salvation.

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 And so that pattern of God giving salvation to him,

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 and then the reason for that,

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 which is God's blessing,

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 instead bestowing fine gold,

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 his glory on him,

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 that's repeated in verses 4 to 6.

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 So in verses 4 to 5,

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 he recounts again God's salvation.

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 He says,

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 He asked life of you,

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 you gave it to him,

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 length of days forever and ever.

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 His glory is great through your salvation,

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 splendor and majesty you bestow on him.

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 So recognize the word repeated.

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 Salvation is repeated.

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 The word to give is repeated.

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 So again,

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 it's God who gives salvation.

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 And then again,

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 the reason is given for that.

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 Verse 6,

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 You,

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 for,

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 you make him most blessed forever.

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 You make him glad with the joy of your presence.

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 And the word make,

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 here is the same word that's used

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 in verses 1,

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 verse 3,

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 which says,

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 set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

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 It's the same word.

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 And then again,

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 the word blessing is repeated,

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 verse 3 and verse 6.

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 So this shows,

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 the parallel pattern shows how God delivers

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 the king who is faithful to him

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 and requests his deliverance.

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 And then finally,

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 verse 1 and 6 together wrap up

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 and enclose this section together.

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 Because in the verse 1,

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 it said that the king rejoices

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 in God's salvation and strength.

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 And now in verse 6,

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 it says the king is glad

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 with the joy of God's presence.

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 Again,

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 the same words.

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 So that's the,

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 and the reason why

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 the anointed king rejoices in God,

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 he's able to rejoice in God's salvation.

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 And all of that is given in Psalm,

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 in verse 7.

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 For the king trusts in the Lord

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 and through the steadfast love

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 of the Most High,

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 he shall not be moved.

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 It's only those who trust in the Lord

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 that experience God's deliverance

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 and salvation.

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 And that's the basis.

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 And the basis for the trust,

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 this trust of the psalmist

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 is God's steadfast love.

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 So he says,

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 through the steadfast love

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 of the Most High,

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 the king shall not be moved.

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 And I think those two things

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 are vitally connected.

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 Because if God's love

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 is not constant,

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 steadfast,

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 if his love is fickle

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 and changing,

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 then we can't trust in him

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 all the time.

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 But because his love

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 is constant,

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 steadfast,

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 we can trust in him.

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 It's not dependent

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 or contingent

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 on how we're doing

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 or how the world is going.

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 But because God's love

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 is steadfast,

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 we can always trust in him.

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 So that's how God

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 saved his faithful

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 in the past.

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 But God will smite the wicked.

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 So it's by remembering

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 and trusting in the Lord

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 on the basis

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 of his steadfast love

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 that we can be assured

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 of how God will deliver

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 in the future.

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 That's what we see

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 in verses 8 to 12.

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 Your hand will find out

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 all your enemies.

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 Your right hand

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 will find out

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 those who hate you.

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 You will make them

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 as a blazing oven

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 when you appear.

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 The Lord will swallow them up

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 in his wrath

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 and fire will consume them.

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 You will destroy

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 their descendants

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 from the earth

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 and their offspring

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 from among the children

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 of men.

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 Though they plan evil

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 against you,

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 though they devise mischief,

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 they will not succeed.

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 For you will put them

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 to flight.

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 You will aim

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 at their faces

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 with your bows.

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 These kind of verses

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 are a little bit

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 discomforting, right?

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 It's kind of,

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 you think,

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 wow, that sounds

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 pretty violent.

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 He's going to, you know,

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 put them to flight

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 and aim at their faces

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 with his bows.

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 This is God's deliverance.

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 And these kind of passages

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 remind us that God,

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 that this ferocity of his,

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 ferocity of his anger

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 toward evil, right?

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 He really is a just God.

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 He really is a holy God.

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 And he hates evil

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 and he hates sin.

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 And he will meet them

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 with fiery

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 and unrelenting judgment.

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 But notice that this is

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 in the future tense, right?

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 This kind of deliverance

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 doesn't happen now,

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 but it will happen.

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 So David has not yet seen

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 God's judgment of the wicked

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 in this kind of complete way.

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 But the fact that God's been

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 faithful to him in the past

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 and the fact that he now trusts

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 in him in the present

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 is what assures him

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 that the enemies will

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 in the end be judged.

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 And at this point,

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 you might wonder

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 what this psalm has to do

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 with us, right?

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 What does this have to do

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 with me?

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 It was about David.

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 We're not kings

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 and we're not in

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 physical warfare

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 against any of God's enemies.

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 and verse 4

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 kind of insinuates

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 toward a reality

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 that goes beyond

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 the life of David

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 because it says

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 that God granted him

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 life and length of days

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 forever and ever.

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 And the language

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 forever and ever

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 can't refer to,

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 you know,

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 David's immortality

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 because David died.

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 And the Bible

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 nowhere promises,

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 you know,

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 immortality in the flesh.

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 It promises

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 spiritual eternal life

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 and resurrection

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 in the end

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 but not immortality

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 in the flesh.

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 And so the language

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 actually reflects

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 the covenant promises

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 that God made

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 to King David

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 in 2 Samuel 7

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 verses 12 to 16.

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 God promised to David,

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 when your days

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 are fulfilled

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 and you lie down

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 with your fathers,

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 I will raise up

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 your offspring after you

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 who shall come

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 from your body

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 and I will establish

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 his kingdom.

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 He shall build a house

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 for my name

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 and I will establish

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 the throne of his kingdom

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 forever.

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 And I will be with him

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 to him a father

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 and he shall be

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 to me a son.

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 When he commits iniquity

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 I will discipline him

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 with the rod of men,

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 with the stripes

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 of the sons of men.

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 But my steadfast love

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 will not depart from him.

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 As I took it from Saul

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 whom I put away

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 from before you.

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 And your house

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 and your kingdom

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 shall be made sure

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 forever before me.

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 Your throne shall be

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 established forever.

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 Right?

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 So that's the promise

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 that's in view

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 in this song.

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 Right?

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 That God's going to

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 establish David's throne

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 forever.

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 So this talk about

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 life forevermore

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 is referring to the fact

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 that God's sustaining

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 the kingdom

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 that he built.

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 That he is going to be

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 faithful to this

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 covenant promise

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 and that's what he's doing

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 in preserving David.

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 And so if this

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 and this promise

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 to David

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 of course ultimately

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 is fulfilled

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 in Jesus

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 even though it

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 immediately refers

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 to Solomon

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 his son

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 it ultimately

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 refers to Jesus

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 who is the fulfillment

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 of this covenant promise

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 because that's why

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 he's described

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 as the son of David

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 in Luke 1

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 32-33

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 the angels foretelling

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 the birth of Jesus

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 says he will be great

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 and will be called

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 the son of the most high

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 and the Lord God

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 will give to him

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 the throne of his father

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 David

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 and he will reign

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 over the house

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 of Jacob forever

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 and of his kingdom

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 there will be no end.

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 So that's

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 Jesus is the one

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 that fulfills that

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 promise.

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 So then the Psalm 21

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 that not only does it

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 speak of David's

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 military victory

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 and triumph over

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 his enemies

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 but also of our

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 salvation from

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 sin and death

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 because that's

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 what it ultimately

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 points to

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 Jesus

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 the victory that

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 Jesus accomplished

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 for us.

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 And so then

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 likewise for us

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 we need to trust

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 in the Lord

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 for our salvation

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 because of his

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 steadfast love

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 and strength.

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 And that means

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 our basis

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 for his

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 trust in him

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 has to be

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 his steadfast love

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 right

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 not our performance

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 and not

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 how we're doing

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 not our righteousness

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 but Christ's righteousness

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 and that's why

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 there's an emphasis

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 in this Psalm

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 of the strength

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 of the Lord

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 the might

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 strength

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 in verse 1

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 and verse 13

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 it begins

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 and ends

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 with an invocation

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 of

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 O Lord

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 in your strength

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 right

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 if we look

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 around us

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 right

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 humanity

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 is always

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 seeking salvation

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 for itself

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 right

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 and

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 people

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 in education

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 right

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 will hear this

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 all the time

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 that they'll say

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 education is the goal

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 that's the solution

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 that's what's

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 going to accomplish

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 salvation

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 for us

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 educate enough people

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 about inequality

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 you know

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 racial inequality

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 gender inequality

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 income inequality

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 then we can save

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 ourselves

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 and establish

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 salvation on earth

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 right

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 or

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 they'll say

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 science is the solution

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 right

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 if we can only

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 progress enough

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 in our scientific

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 knowledge

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 then we can find

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 solutions to all

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 our problems

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 it says

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 money is the solution

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 right

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 if only we can

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 boost the worldwide

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 economy

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 and generate

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 enough growth

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 and enough

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 money

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 then all the

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 social ills

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 will fade

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 away

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 but the truth

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 is there's not

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 the strength

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 in us

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 to save

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 ourselves

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 because all

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 of human

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 ingenuity

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 and industry

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 and goodwill

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 are not enough

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 to eradicate

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 the core evil

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 in all of us

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 which is sin

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 which is at the

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 basis

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 the foundation

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 of all social

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 ills

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 and only God

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 has the strength

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 to save us

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 from that

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 and that's what

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 he did

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 by sending

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 his son

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 Jesus Christ

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 to die

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 for our sins

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 and rise

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 and rise

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 victoriously

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 from the dead

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 and because

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 he has done

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 that

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 when we trust

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 in Jesus

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 we can be assured

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 of life forever

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 more

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 as this king

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 was

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 and we can be

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 assured of our

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 future deliverance

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 and of the

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 judgment of the

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 wicked

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 and of all evil

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 in the world

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 and so

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 that's the display

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 of God's ultimate

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 strength

00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:02.100
 that's in Jesus

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 and so we need to

00:14:02.860 --> 00:14:03.659
 trust in the Lord

00:14:03.659 --> 00:14:04.399
 for salvation

00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:05.459
 because of his

00:14:05.459 --> 00:14:05.980
 strength

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 and the

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 steadfast love

00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:08.500
 he displays

00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:10.059
 in Jesus

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 so with that

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 let's

00:14:12.179 --> 00:14:13.720
 turn to the Lord

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 in prayer

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 and come to him

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 with all our

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 weaknesses

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 and failures

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 and sins

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 I'm going to sing

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 Mighty to Save

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 first

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 Lord

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 services

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 not

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 to

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 join

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 in

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 God

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 night

00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:55.360
 soon

00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:57.959
 night

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 night

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 little

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 night

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 night