WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.500 Psalm 119 verses 121 to 128. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.679 And teach me your statutes. 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:35.500 I am your servant. 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:39.600 Give me understanding that I may know your testimony. 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:43.519 It is time for the Lord to act. 00:00:44.219 --> 00:00:46.399 For your law has been broken. 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:52.400 Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold. 00:00:53.939 --> 00:00:56.679 Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right. 00:00:56.679 --> 00:01:00.079 I hate every false way. 00:01:01.259 --> 00:01:02.659 That's the word of the Lord. 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:12.319 When someone, when there's a powerless person that's being oppressed by people, 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:17.019 they often appeal to those in authority and power, right? 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:18.780 To rulers to give them justice. 00:01:20.060 --> 00:01:25.500 And that's kind of a similar situation here 00:01:25.500 --> 00:01:29.560 where the psalmist feels that he's being oppressed 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:32.579 and is now going to God seeking justice. 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:36.460 And so twice, in verse 121 and 122, 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:38.460 he mentions the word oppressed. 00:01:38.980 --> 00:01:40.560 He says, I've done what is just and right. 00:01:40.659 --> 00:01:42.519 Do not lead me to my oppressors. 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:44.819 Give your servant a pledge of good. 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:46.859 Let not the insolent oppress me. 00:01:46.859 --> 00:01:52.760 And the word oppressed, it usually means to exploit. 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:55.980 It's often used in context throughout the Old Testament 00:01:55.980 --> 00:02:01.000 to refer to exploiting someone that, for example, the poor, 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:06.159 who is unable to repay a debt, for example, and exploiting them. 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.400 So it's used in that context, in that kind of light, 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:13.800 in Leviticus 19.13, Deuteronomy 24.14, 1 Samuel 12.3. 00:02:15.019 --> 00:02:19.199 And so that seems to be, so he's using that as a metaphor 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:23.180 to talk about how he's being wronged, treated unjustly. 00:02:23.219 --> 00:02:25.539 He's being exploited wrongly by evildoers. 00:02:25.539 --> 00:02:32.060 And now he continues that kind of imagery when he says, 00:02:32.299 --> 00:02:34.799 he prays to God in verse 122, 00:02:34.899 --> 00:02:37.019 give your servant a pledge of good. 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:41.000 So the expression to give a pledge of good 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:44.079 literally means to stand surety for someone. 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.599 So to basically, in modern terms, 00:02:48.699 --> 00:02:50.780 be a cosigner of a debt, 00:02:50.899 --> 00:02:53.759 to take responsibility for payment 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:55.879 for someone that can't repay a debt, right? 00:02:55.939 --> 00:02:57.560 So he's continuing that same imagery. 00:02:57.739 --> 00:02:59.759 He's saying, the evildoers are oppressing me, 00:02:59.799 --> 00:03:00.899 they're exploiting me. 00:03:01.419 --> 00:03:03.560 And so give your servant a pledge of good. 00:03:03.679 --> 00:03:05.719 Be, stand surety for me. 00:03:05.979 --> 00:03:08.479 Take responsibility for me, for my debt, 00:03:08.539 --> 00:03:09.780 and pay for me. 00:03:09.979 --> 00:03:12.180 And basically, he's asking for justice. 00:03:13.899 --> 00:03:17.019 And the reason why the psalmist can cry out to God 00:03:17.019 --> 00:03:21.479 this boldly is because he says in verse 121, 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:24.479 I have done what is just and right. 00:03:24.959 --> 00:03:27.299 He believes that he has lived with integrity. 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:28.599 He has lived to please God. 00:03:28.679 --> 00:03:30.359 He has done what is just and right. 00:03:30.899 --> 00:03:32.399 And because it is just and right, 00:03:32.459 --> 00:03:33.519 he says in verse 123, 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:35.919 my eyes long for your salvation 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:39.560 and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise. 00:03:39.699 --> 00:03:41.539 So the word right in verse 121 00:03:41.539 --> 00:03:43.479 and the word righteous in verse 123 00:03:44.019 --> 00:03:47.459 are different forms of the exact same Hebrew word. 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:51.180 And so there's a connection there. 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:53.580 Because the psalmist has done what is right, 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:57.439 it's right of God to fulfill his promise 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:58.620 and to deliver him 00:03:58.620 --> 00:04:01.980 because the psalmist has done according to God's commands. 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:03.480 And so he says, 00:04:04.920 --> 00:04:05.840 and not just, 00:04:06.200 --> 00:04:07.500 and he has done what is right 00:04:07.500 --> 00:04:10.080 as God's servant. 00:04:10.580 --> 00:04:13.840 That word is repeated three times in this passage. 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:15.740 Verse 122, 00:04:15.819 --> 00:04:17.620 give your servant the pleasure of good. 00:04:18.019 --> 00:04:19.040 Verse 124, 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:20.280 deal with your servant 00:04:20.280 --> 00:04:21.980 according to your steadfast love 00:04:21.980 --> 00:04:23.040 and teach me your statutes. 00:04:23.500 --> 00:04:24.100 And then 125, 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:25.519 I am your servant. 00:04:25.840 --> 00:04:26.740 Give me understanding 00:04:26.740 --> 00:04:28.120 that I may know your testimony. 00:04:28.780 --> 00:04:29.879 So he's saying, 00:04:30.019 --> 00:04:31.240 I belong to you, Lord. 00:04:31.579 --> 00:04:33.000 I am yours. 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:34.699 You owe me. 00:04:35.459 --> 00:04:37.300 You are responsible for me. 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:39.920 So I'm being exploited in this situation. 00:04:40.259 --> 00:04:40.680 Please, 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:42.439 as I am your servant, 00:04:42.500 --> 00:04:43.180 I belong to you. 00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:44.220 So be my surety. 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:46.560 Stand surety for me 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:48.019 and deliver me. 00:04:49.100 --> 00:04:51.120 And as he's doing that, 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:52.340 as he's praying that, 00:04:52.860 --> 00:04:54.720 he's not just consumed 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:56.960 with just being delivered from his own, 00:04:57.439 --> 00:04:59.139 the oppression that he's facing. 00:04:59.699 --> 00:05:00.860 Even though he says 00:05:00.860 --> 00:05:02.660 he has done what is just and right, 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:04.340 he's lived according to God's commands, 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:05.840 he's not complacent. 00:05:05.899 --> 00:05:06.740 He doesn't stop there. 00:05:06.819 --> 00:05:07.120 He says, 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:08.000 and he asks, 00:05:08.220 --> 00:05:09.399 praise God to give him 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:10.720 further understanding 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:12.720 to teach him more and more of his words 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:13.780 so that he can live even more 00:05:13.780 --> 00:05:15.300 in accordance with God's will. 00:05:15.440 --> 00:05:16.280 So that's what he prays 00:05:16.280 --> 00:05:17.520 in 124 and 125. 00:05:18.460 --> 00:05:19.520 Teach me your statues. 00:05:19.820 --> 00:05:20.520 I am your servant. 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:22.000 Give me understanding 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.160 that I may know your testimonies. 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:25.900 I think this kind of highlights 00:05:25.900 --> 00:05:27.760 the fact that the more we learn 00:05:27.760 --> 00:05:29.900 and learn God's word, 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:32.200 the more we dive deeply into God's word, 00:05:32.580 --> 00:05:33.320 the more we learn 00:05:33.320 --> 00:05:34.880 that it really is unfathomable. 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:36.520 No one can plumb its death, right? 00:05:36.960 --> 00:05:37.600 And likewise, 00:05:37.820 --> 00:05:39.000 the more we obey God, 00:05:39.080 --> 00:05:40.780 the more we become like God, 00:05:41.200 --> 00:05:42.340 the more we realize 00:05:42.340 --> 00:05:43.560 how lacking we are, 00:05:43.620 --> 00:05:44.740 how unholy we are, 00:05:44.820 --> 00:05:45.800 how selfish we are, 00:05:45.820 --> 00:05:46.940 how sinful we are, right? 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:48.420 So it's kind of a paradox. 00:05:49.019 --> 00:05:50.899 There's a Puritan prayer 00:05:50.899 --> 00:05:52.719 that we've used in the past 00:05:52.719 --> 00:05:53.779 as a confession of sin 00:05:53.779 --> 00:05:54.300 in our church. 00:05:54.719 --> 00:05:56.339 It's entitled Paradox. 00:05:57.259 --> 00:05:58.420 And it goes this way. 00:05:58.500 --> 00:05:58.639 It says, 00:05:58.800 --> 00:05:59.920 O changeless God, 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:01.959 under the conviction of your spirit, 00:06:02.060 --> 00:06:03.839 we learn that the more we do, 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:04.899 the worse we are. 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:06.459 The more we know you, 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:07.300 the less we know. 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:09.060 The more holiness we have, 00:06:09.100 --> 00:06:10.240 the more sinful we are. 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:11.439 The more we love, 00:06:11.500 --> 00:06:12.779 the more there is to love. 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:14.480 And the psalmist, 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:16.220 as someone who does 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:17.420 what is just and right, 00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:19.500 knows that there's more 00:06:19.500 --> 00:06:20.060 to be learned. 00:06:20.200 --> 00:06:21.240 Teach me your statutes. 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:22.600 Give me understanding 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:23.280 that I may know 00:06:23.280 --> 00:06:24.560 your testimonies. 00:06:25.700 --> 00:06:27.300 And when God comes 00:06:27.300 --> 00:06:28.379 to his deliverance, 00:06:28.420 --> 00:06:29.340 it won't just be 00:06:29.340 --> 00:06:31.040 giving him 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:32.720 what is due to him, 00:06:32.819 --> 00:06:34.460 giving him his right, 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:35.759 but it will also be 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:36.960 in the punishing 00:06:36.960 --> 00:06:38.000 of evildoers, right? 00:06:38.100 --> 00:06:38.560 So that's why 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:40.460 verse 126 says, 00:06:40.540 --> 00:06:41.939 It is time for the Lord 00:06:41.939 --> 00:06:42.520 to act, 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:43.759 for your law 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:45.139 has been broken. 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:47.319 And God's going 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:48.500 to punish evildoers 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:49.500 and reward the righteous. 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:51.279 And therefore, 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:52.399 he concludes 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:54.379 in verses 127 and 128 00:06:54.379 --> 00:06:56.620 with two therefore sentences. 00:06:57.399 --> 00:06:57.699 Therefore, 00:06:57.980 --> 00:06:59.219 I love your commandments 00:06:59.219 --> 00:07:00.399 and above gold, 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:01.740 above fine gold. 00:07:03.939 --> 00:07:05.719 That's an often used 00:07:05.719 --> 00:07:07.019 imagery, right? 00:07:07.159 --> 00:07:07.339 I mean, 00:07:07.459 --> 00:07:08.779 I think even just 00:07:08.779 --> 00:07:09.699 in the psalms 00:07:09.699 --> 00:07:10.539 that we've been going through 00:07:10.539 --> 00:07:11.019 on Wednesday, 00:07:11.180 --> 00:07:11.759 we've seen that 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:12.839 multiple times, right? 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:13.839 That God's word 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:14.500 is more precious 00:07:14.500 --> 00:07:15.099 than gold, 00:07:15.219 --> 00:07:16.519 even fine gold, right? 00:07:16.619 --> 00:07:18.279 And often it's described 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:19.119 as sweeter than honey, 00:07:19.219 --> 00:07:20.299 than honey from the honeycomb, 00:07:20.379 --> 00:07:20.519 right? 00:07:21.799 --> 00:07:23.739 And if you think about it, 00:07:23.739 --> 00:07:24.500 that's a really profound 00:07:24.500 --> 00:07:25.179 thing to say 00:07:25.179 --> 00:07:27.000 because how many people 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:28.139 in our world, 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:29.399 in our society, 00:07:30.179 --> 00:07:30.539 I mean, 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:32.519 sacrifice their integrity, 00:07:33.099 --> 00:07:34.679 sacrifice their friends, 00:07:34.939 --> 00:07:36.099 sacrifice their family, 00:07:36.299 --> 00:07:37.839 sacrifice their own health 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:39.959 to get wealthy, right? 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:41.919 they value wealth. 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:43.219 So many people live 00:07:43.219 --> 00:07:43.799 for monies, 00:07:43.979 --> 00:07:45.000 live for fine gold. 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:47.019 But the psalmist is saying, 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:47.259 no, 00:07:47.339 --> 00:07:48.479 I love your commandments 00:07:48.479 --> 00:07:49.399 above gold, 00:07:49.500 --> 00:07:50.259 above fine gold. 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:51.739 That's a really high praise. 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:52.120 It's saying, 00:07:52.219 --> 00:07:53.359 I value this. 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:55.039 I cherish God's word. 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:55.560 I want to live 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:56.419 in accordance with it. 00:07:57.839 --> 00:07:58.799 And not only that, 00:07:58.799 --> 00:07:59.000 he says, 00:07:59.079 --> 00:07:59.439 therefore, 00:07:59.719 --> 00:08:00.159 verse 120, 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:01.879 I consider all your precepts 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:02.599 to be right. 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:07.160 I hate every false way. 00:08:07.860 --> 00:08:09.860 He considers all of God's precepts 00:08:09.860 --> 00:08:10.300 to be right. 00:08:10.420 --> 00:08:11.920 He doesn't presume 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.060 to put himself above God's word, 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:14.780 to judge it, 00:08:14.840 --> 00:08:16.879 to determine right for himself, 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:17.939 to say, 00:08:18.020 --> 00:08:19.360 whatever I deem right, 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:20.680 whatever seems right to me 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:21.060 is right. 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:21.400 He says, 00:08:21.460 --> 00:08:21.640 no, 00:08:21.740 --> 00:08:23.620 I consider all your precepts 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:24.320 to be right. 00:08:24.900 --> 00:08:25.800 He seeks to live 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:26.460 in accordance with God's word. 00:08:26.500 --> 00:08:26.700 He says, 00:08:26.740 --> 00:08:28.100 I hate every false way. 00:08:28.780 --> 00:08:30.020 Notice the contrast 00:08:30.019 --> 00:08:32.659 between 27 and 128. 00:08:32.980 --> 00:08:33.059 He says, 00:08:33.100 --> 00:08:34.240 I love your commandments. 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:35.419 And then he says, 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:37.220 I hate every false way. 00:08:37.860 --> 00:08:39.259 That love-hate dichotomy, 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:40.379 you really can't have one 00:08:40.379 --> 00:08:41.079 without the other. 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:42.259 You can't say, 00:08:42.539 --> 00:08:43.740 I love God's commandments 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:44.939 and then say, 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:45.299 well, 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:47.059 I condone 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:49.019 false evil ways. 00:08:49.439 --> 00:08:50.480 To condone 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:51.740 false evil ways 00:08:51.740 --> 00:08:53.199 is to spurn righteousness, 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:54.480 is to spurn 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:55.139 God's commandments. 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:56.519 You can't have one 00:08:56.519 --> 00:08:57.120 without the other. 00:08:57.279 --> 00:08:58.500 To love God's commandments, 00:08:58.740 --> 00:08:59.819 you need to hate 00:08:59.820 --> 00:09:01.280 evil doing. 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:02.280 You have to hate sin. 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:03.920 And the only way 00:09:03.920 --> 00:09:04.600 to hate sin 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:05.820 is to love God's commandments 00:09:05.820 --> 00:09:06.440 and to do it. 00:09:07.020 --> 00:09:07.560 So that's what, 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:08.960 that's the dichotomy 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:09.660 that you see there. 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:11.680 And, 00:09:11.800 --> 00:09:12.379 and, 00:09:13.379 --> 00:09:13.980 having gone through 00:09:13.980 --> 00:09:15.300 the entire stanza, 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.560 we're left with the, 00:09:18.940 --> 00:09:20.240 with the realization 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:21.540 that, 00:09:22.420 --> 00:09:23.640 though relatively speaking, 00:09:23.760 --> 00:09:24.440 maybe in some ways 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:25.500 we have lived justly 00:09:25.500 --> 00:09:26.060 and righteously 00:09:26.060 --> 00:09:27.040 as the psalmist claims 00:09:27.040 --> 00:09:28.760 to have in truth 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:29.759 according to, 00:09:30.100 --> 00:09:31.080 in light of God's 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:32.580 ultimate perfect standards, 00:09:32.980 --> 00:09:33.740 all of us 00:09:33.740 --> 00:09:34.740 have broken God's law, 00:09:34.819 --> 00:09:35.039 right? 00:09:35.259 --> 00:09:36.779 And it says in verse 126, 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:37.860 it is time 00:09:37.860 --> 00:09:39.200 for the Lord to act 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:40.340 for your law 00:09:40.340 --> 00:09:41.319 has been broken. 00:09:41.779 --> 00:09:42.720 That should leave us 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:43.480 trembling in fear 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:44.639 because we have 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:45.480 broken God's law. 00:09:45.939 --> 00:09:46.939 And it is time 00:09:46.939 --> 00:09:48.100 for the Lord God 00:09:48.100 --> 00:09:48.759 to act, 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:50.340 to bring justice, 00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:52.139 to punish evil doers. 00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:53.819 That's our plight. 00:09:53.820 --> 00:09:54.700 And, 00:09:54.700 --> 00:09:54.820 and, 00:09:54.820 --> 00:09:55.800 and that's where 00:09:55.800 --> 00:09:57.280 this psalm really points 00:09:57.280 --> 00:09:58.180 to its fulfillment 00:09:58.180 --> 00:09:58.740 in Jesus. 00:09:59.340 --> 00:10:01.060 It says over and over again, 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:02.200 describes a servant 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:02.940 who does right, 00:10:03.100 --> 00:10:04.260 servant who is just, 00:10:04.420 --> 00:10:05.500 servant of God 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:05.760 who, 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:06.620 who has done 00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:07.240 what is right. 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:08.020 And, 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:09.080 and that really points 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:09.879 to the servant 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:10.520 of the Lord 00:10:10.520 --> 00:10:12.420 that Isaiah prophesies 00:10:12.420 --> 00:10:13.860 about over and over again. 00:10:14.379 --> 00:10:15.840 The servant of the Lord 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:17.420 will come to do right, 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:18.780 to bring justice, 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:20.660 as it says in Isaiah 42, 00:10:20.659 --> 00:10:20.839 2, 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:21.120 1, 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:22.620 Behold my servant 00:10:22.620 --> 00:10:23.539 whom I uphold, 00:10:23.659 --> 00:10:24.639 my chosen in whom 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:25.500 my soul delights. 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:27.360 I put my spirit upon him. 00:10:27.419 --> 00:10:28.199 He will bring forth 00:10:28.199 --> 00:10:29.539 justice to the nations. 00:10:30.299 --> 00:10:32.000 Then Jesus is described 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:32.860 over and over again 00:10:32.860 --> 00:10:33.779 throughout the New Testament 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:34.980 as a fulfillment 00:10:34.980 --> 00:10:36.259 of this servant of the Lord 00:10:36.259 --> 00:10:37.539 that Isaiah prophesies about. 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:38.159 And, 00:10:38.299 --> 00:10:38.439 of course, 00:10:38.500 --> 00:10:39.459 the classic passage 00:10:39.459 --> 00:10:40.639 that we're all familiar with, 00:10:40.719 --> 00:10:41.600 Isaiah 53, 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:43.379 verses 4 to 11, 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:44.279 it says this about 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:45.100 the servant of the Lord. 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:47.339 Surely he has borne our griefs 00:10:47.339 --> 00:10:48.699 and carried our sorrows, 00:10:49.059 --> 00:10:50.199 yet we esteemed him 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:50.759 stricken, 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:52.000 smitten by God, 00:10:52.060 --> 00:10:52.740 and afflicted. 00:10:53.180 --> 00:10:54.500 But he was pierced 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:55.780 for our transgressions. 00:10:56.100 --> 00:10:57.040 He was crushed 00:10:57.040 --> 00:10:58.640 for our iniquities. 00:10:59.220 --> 00:11:01.180 Upon him was the chastisement 00:11:01.180 --> 00:11:02.640 that brought us peace, 00:11:02.820 --> 00:11:04.180 and with his wounds 00:11:04.180 --> 00:11:04.940 we are healed. 00:11:05.660 --> 00:11:07.000 All we like sheep 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:07.940 have gone astray. 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:09.379 We have turned everyone 00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:10.820 to his own way, 00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:13.000 and the Lord has laid on him 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:14.259 the iniquity of us all. 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:16.440 He was oppressed, 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:19.379 just like the psalmist 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:19.919 is saying here. 00:11:20.179 --> 00:11:21.419 He was oppressed, 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:23.240 he was afflicted, 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:25.320 yet he opened not his mouth. 00:11:25.580 --> 00:11:27.019 Like a lamb that is led 00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:27.799 to the slaughter, 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:28.860 and like a sheep 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:29.960 that before it shears 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:30.439 is silent, 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:31.879 so he opened not his mouth. 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:34.419 By oppression and judgment 00:11:34.419 --> 00:11:35.539 he was taken away. 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:37.559 Out of the anguish 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:38.299 of his soul 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:39.080 he shall see 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:40.080 and be satisfied. 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:41.700 By his knowledge 00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:42.659 shall the righteous one, 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:43.460 my servant, 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:45.600 make many to be 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:46.539 accounted righteous, 00:11:46.539 --> 00:11:48.519 and he shall bear 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:49.839 their iniquities. 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.159 So Jesus really fulfills 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:53.079 this servant, 00:11:53.500 --> 00:11:55.819 this servant that's here 00:11:55.819 --> 00:11:58.839 in our stanza, 00:11:59.019 --> 00:12:01.079 Psalm 119, 121-128. 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:02.240 He was oppressed, 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:03.819 like the psalmist, 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:05.199 but he was oppressed 00:12:05.199 --> 00:12:06.860 and he did not get justice 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:09.559 because he should have been, 00:12:09.740 --> 00:12:11.299 he should have triumphed, 00:12:11.299 --> 00:12:11.839 he should have been, 00:12:12.179 --> 00:12:13.240 he should have experienced victory 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:14.299 and triumph and glory 00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:15.439 while during his time on earth, 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:17.760 but instead he was oppressed, 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:19.200 instead he was killed 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:19.920 on the cross 00:12:19.920 --> 00:12:21.920 because he was standing in 00:12:21.920 --> 00:12:22.780 for us 00:12:22.780 --> 00:12:23.720 who deserved, 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:25.340 who had broken God's laws, 00:12:25.460 --> 00:12:26.680 but he was standing in for us. 00:12:27.020 --> 00:12:28.300 He died in our place, 00:12:28.400 --> 00:12:29.780 crucified for our sins 00:12:29.780 --> 00:12:31.180 so that his righteousness 00:12:31.180 --> 00:12:32.900 can be imputed to us 00:12:32.900 --> 00:12:34.100 and the privileges 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:35.400 that he alone deserves 00:12:35.400 --> 00:12:37.720 can be enjoyed by us. 00:12:38.420 --> 00:12:39.220 And so it's because 00:12:39.220 --> 00:12:40.300 of what Jesus has done 00:12:40.300 --> 00:12:41.500 in fulfilling this psalm 00:12:41.500 --> 00:12:42.800 that we now can really apply 00:12:42.800 --> 00:12:43.360 this psalm 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:44.480 to our own lives. 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:46.080 And cry out to God 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:46.740 and pray to God 00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:47.440 in the same way 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:48.759 as the psalmist does here. 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:49.759 Thank you. 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:50.759 Thank you.