WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.199 Psalm 28. 00:00:01.980 --> 00:00:02.980 Of David. 00:00:04.020 --> 00:00:06.400 To you, Lord, I call. 00:00:07.660 --> 00:00:08.720 You are my rock. 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:11.880 Do not turn a deaf ear to me, 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:14.060 for if you remain silent, 00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:17.160 I shall be like those who go down to the pit. 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:20.160 Hear my cry for mercy 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:22.120 as I call to you for help, 00:00:22.500 --> 00:00:24.179 as I lift up my hands 00:00:24.179 --> 00:00:26.019 towards your most holy place. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.280 Do not drag me away with the wicked, 00:00:30.060 --> 00:00:31.460 with those who do evil, 00:00:32.100 --> 00:00:34.060 who speak cordially with their neighbours 00:00:34.060 --> 00:00:36.179 but harbour malice in their hearts. 00:00:36.980 --> 00:00:38.320 We pay them for their deeds 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:39.939 and for their evil work. 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:42.579 We pay them for what their hands have done 00:00:42.579 --> 00:00:44.740 and bring back on them what they deserve. 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:47.219 Because they have no regard 00:00:47.219 --> 00:00:48.480 for the deeds of the Lord 00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:50.500 and what his hands have done, 00:00:51.060 --> 00:00:52.359 he will tear them down 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:54.320 and never build them up again. 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:56.740 Praise be to the Lord, 00:00:57.299 --> 00:00:59.159 for he has heard my cry for mercy. 00:01:00.020 --> 00:01:02.579 The Lord is my strength and my shield. 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:05.939 My heart trusts in him and he helps me. 00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:08.379 My heart leaps for joy 00:01:08.379 --> 00:01:10.659 and with my song I praise him. 00:01:11.540 --> 00:01:13.719 The Lord is the strength of his people, 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:17.060 a fortress of salvation for his anointed one. 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:20.359 Save your people and bless your inheritance. 00:01:21.260 --> 00:01:24.620 Be their shepherd and carry them forever. 00:01:24.620 --> 00:01:25.180 Amen. 00:01:26.180 --> 00:01:27.439 Ray, over to you. 00:01:31.859 --> 00:01:32.640 Hi everyone. 00:01:34.420 --> 00:01:35.160 Let's praise. 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:38.359 We ask God to help us to understand 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:40.180 and hear his word together tonight. 00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:43.280 Father, thank you for the opportunity we have 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:45.580 of hearing from your word. 00:01:45.580 --> 00:01:47.580 We thank you for that psalm of David. 00:01:48.900 --> 00:01:50.060 Speak to us, Lord. 00:01:50.600 --> 00:01:51.760 Make my words clear. 00:01:51.900 --> 00:01:53.280 Make all of our thoughts clear. 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.500 And will you please do your work in us this evening. 00:01:57.659 --> 00:01:58.480 In Jesus' name. 00:01:58.840 --> 00:01:59.120 Amen. 00:01:59.120 --> 00:01:59.260 Amen. 00:01:59.859 --> 00:01:59.859 00:02:01.859 --> 00:02:05.160 So this psalm is a prayer or song of David. 00:02:06.100 --> 00:02:07.120 And as it was read through, 00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:08.599 you've probably picked up there 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:11.420 that he is pouring out his heart to God, 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:13.000 his needy heart. 00:02:13.700 --> 00:02:16.240 He's expressing to God where he's at 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:17.719 at that particular moment. 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:20.780 So that's our starting point tonight. 00:02:21.859 --> 00:02:27.039 Where are you tonight in your experience with God? 00:02:28.460 --> 00:02:32.000 Does God, as it seems at the start of the psalm here, 00:02:32.060 --> 00:02:34.319 does God seem distant to you? 00:02:35.579 --> 00:02:37.199 Do you find it hard to pray? 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:41.479 Perhaps the joy that you think you should have 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:43.900 as a Christian, you just don't feel that. 00:02:43.979 --> 00:02:46.400 Or maybe you had it once, but it's kind of evaporated. 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:48.400 Is that your position tonight? 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:52.260 Or are you more like the end of the psalm? 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:55.599 You're assured that God is walking with you. 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:57.540 You're happy in that. 00:02:57.659 --> 00:02:59.219 You're rejoicing in his strength. 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:01.879 And you're giving thanks with a joyful heart. 00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:02.879 Where are you tonight? 00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:04.439 That's where we're starting. 00:03:05.700 --> 00:03:07.280 But I want us all to realize 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.500 that both of those experiences 00:03:09.500 --> 00:03:12.400 can be true of the Christian tonight. 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:16.300 And in fact, it was David's experience 00:03:16.300 --> 00:03:18.380 both of those experiences 00:03:18.380 --> 00:03:20.280 just in this one psalm. 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:23.020 So we're going to delve into that 00:03:23.020 --> 00:03:24.660 and see if we can explore that a bit more. 00:03:25.480 --> 00:03:27.980 We first of all see David's despair 00:03:27.980 --> 00:03:29.920 in verses one to two. 00:03:30.920 --> 00:03:32.620 David here is expressing, 00:03:33.060 --> 00:03:33.980 above everything, 00:03:34.160 --> 00:03:36.540 he's expressing his need of God. 00:03:37.200 --> 00:03:39.000 Let me read those verses to you. 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:41.639 To you, Lord, I call. 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:43.539 You are my rock. 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:46.759 Do not turn a deaf ear to me, 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:48.620 for if you remain silent, 00:03:49.300 --> 00:03:51.740 I will be like those who go down to the pit. 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:54.659 Hear my cry for mercy 00:03:54.659 --> 00:03:56.740 as I call to you for help, 00:03:57.199 --> 00:03:58.580 as I lift up my hands 00:03:58.580 --> 00:04:00.840 towards your most holy place. 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:04.039 So David here is desperate. 00:04:04.180 --> 00:04:05.780 You can get from the tone of this 00:04:05.780 --> 00:04:07.500 that he's calling out to God 00:04:07.500 --> 00:04:08.539 from his desperation. 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:10.740 He is pleading with the Lord 00:04:10.740 --> 00:04:11.580 to hear him. 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:13.599 Verse one, he says, 00:04:13.699 --> 00:04:15.099 to you, Lord, I call. 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:17.220 Do not turn a deaf ear to me. 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:18.519 Verse two, 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:20.379 hear my cry for mercy 00:04:20.379 --> 00:04:21.959 as I call to you to help. 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:25.220 Help me as I lift up my hands 00:04:25.220 --> 00:04:26.839 to your dwelling place. 00:04:28.420 --> 00:04:30.100 What's at stake here for David? 00:04:30.100 --> 00:04:30.180 David. 00:04:31.620 --> 00:04:32.240 He's saying, 00:04:32.379 --> 00:04:33.500 if you remain silent, 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:34.939 I should be like those 00:04:34.939 --> 00:04:36.280 who go down to the pit. 00:04:37.180 --> 00:04:37.960 In other words, 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:39.100 it's as if I was dead, 00:04:39.260 --> 00:04:40.100 as if I'm a goner. 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:42.320 No hope 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:44.400 if you remain silent. 00:04:45.400 --> 00:04:46.740 So he needs to hear God 00:04:46.740 --> 00:04:47.939 answering his prayer 00:04:47.939 --> 00:04:49.500 and he's praying 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:51.560 from a point of weakness. 00:04:52.300 --> 00:04:53.040 He's praying, 00:04:53.280 --> 00:04:54.740 feeling his great need. 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:58.140 If that happens to be 00:04:58.140 --> 00:04:59.200 where you are tonight, 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:01.199 then you are in a good place. 00:05:02.019 --> 00:05:03.219 I say that because 00:05:03.219 --> 00:05:05.339 when we feel our weakness, 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:08.159 we are then open to God 00:05:08.159 --> 00:05:09.759 and what he has for us. 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:11.959 And he is able to deal with us. 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:13.839 If we're coming in strength, 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.079 then, you know, 00:05:17.139 --> 00:05:19.060 it can be from a point of pride, 00:05:19.180 --> 00:05:19.599 can't it? 00:05:20.899 --> 00:05:22.319 Praying from a point of weakness 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:23.839 is a good place to start 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:26.259 because we then throw ourselves 00:05:26.259 --> 00:05:27.259 on God's mercy. 00:05:27.259 --> 00:05:29.439 And as we see later on 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:30.219 in this psalm, 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:32.560 God becomes our strength. 00:05:34.420 --> 00:05:35.740 So he's pleading with God 00:05:35.740 --> 00:05:36.399 to hear him. 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:38.039 But as we read on, 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:39.560 verses three to five, 00:05:40.060 --> 00:05:41.659 we see that he's particularly 00:05:41.659 --> 00:05:44.039 troubled by the behavior 00:05:44.039 --> 00:05:44.740 of the wicked. 00:05:45.539 --> 00:05:47.180 So he has his issues 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:48.800 with whether God is hearing him, 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:50.399 but particularly, 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:52.759 his troubles revolving around 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:54.279 the attitude 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:55.019 and the presence 00:05:55.019 --> 00:05:55.599 of the wicked. 00:05:56.719 --> 00:05:58.279 Verse three to five. 00:05:58.379 --> 00:05:59.719 Let me read that for you. 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:01.339 Do not drag me away 00:06:01.339 --> 00:06:01.920 with the wicked, 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:03.180 with those who do evil, 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:04.579 who speak cordially 00:06:04.579 --> 00:06:05.420 with their neighbors, 00:06:05.579 --> 00:06:06.539 but harbor malice 00:06:06.539 --> 00:06:07.379 in their hearts. 00:06:08.500 --> 00:06:09.920 Repay them for their deeds 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:11.259 and for their evil work. 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:12.719 Repay them for what 00:06:12.719 --> 00:06:13.699 their hands have done 00:06:13.699 --> 00:06:15.360 and bring back on them 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:16.360 what they deserve. 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:19.600 Because they have no regard 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:20.939 for the deeds of the Lord 00:06:20.939 --> 00:06:22.879 and what his hands have done, 00:06:23.420 --> 00:06:24.740 he will tear them down 00:06:24.740 --> 00:06:27.259 and never build them up again. 00:06:28.540 --> 00:06:30.319 So this is what David is saying. 00:06:30.460 --> 00:06:31.100 Follow with me. 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:31.780 Verse three. 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:32.879 They're hypocrites. 00:06:34.220 --> 00:06:35.400 They're speaking cordially 00:06:35.400 --> 00:06:36.199 with their neighbor, 00:06:36.340 --> 00:06:37.199 but in their hearts 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:37.960 is malice, 00:06:38.580 --> 00:06:40.100 pretending to be friends, 00:06:40.819 --> 00:06:42.620 but actually getting evil. 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:44.460 Verse five. 00:06:44.460 --> 00:06:45.480 They've got no regard 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:46.240 for the Lord. 00:06:47.020 --> 00:06:47.680 And if you look at 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:49.040 what verse five says there, 00:06:49.139 --> 00:06:50.800 it's no regard for evil 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:52.000 for what the Lord does 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:54.780 or no regard 00:06:54.780 --> 00:06:56.420 for what the Lord has made. 00:06:56.960 --> 00:06:58.180 Perhaps for David, 00:06:58.379 --> 00:07:00.199 perhaps people around David. 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:01.680 No regard for what 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:02.480 the Lord has made. 00:07:03.420 --> 00:07:04.800 He's so concerned here 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:05.920 for the honor of the Lord 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:07.740 that this is grieving him. 00:07:07.840 --> 00:07:09.120 This is getting to his heart. 00:07:09.220 --> 00:07:11.060 This is causing him anguish. 00:07:12.540 --> 00:07:13.660 So he asked God 00:07:13.660 --> 00:07:15.060 to give them what they deserve. 00:07:15.060 --> 00:07:16.740 So he puts it like this, 00:07:17.180 --> 00:07:18.220 according to the work 00:07:18.220 --> 00:07:19.040 of their hands. 00:07:20.699 --> 00:07:23.360 David here stresses 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:24.480 that he doesn't want 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:25.740 to be counted with them. 00:07:26.280 --> 00:07:28.819 He wants to be held separate 00:07:28.819 --> 00:07:30.240 from the wicked 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:32.079 and from the judgment 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:33.000 that they deserve. 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:35.139 So he asks in verse three, 00:07:35.860 --> 00:07:36.899 do not drag me away 00:07:36.899 --> 00:07:37.500 with the wicked. 00:07:39.500 --> 00:07:40.480 It's not so much 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:41.519 the fear of death, 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:43.459 but it's more the disgrace 00:07:43.459 --> 00:07:45.180 that being dragged away 00:07:45.180 --> 00:07:46.319 with the wicked would be. 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:48.120 He wants to walk with God. 00:07:48.220 --> 00:07:49.120 He wants to be separate 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:50.699 from the wicked people. 00:07:50.699 --> 00:07:53.539 He doesn't want to suffer 00:07:53.539 --> 00:07:54.800 the same fate as them. 00:07:57.139 --> 00:07:59.819 So the mood again 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:01.399 starts to change slightly 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:02.560 in verse five. 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:04.699 There seems to be 00:08:04.699 --> 00:08:06.339 some kind of resolution coming. 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:10.039 He realizes that really 00:08:10.039 --> 00:08:11.419 he doesn't have to worry 00:08:11.419 --> 00:08:12.159 about the wicked. 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:14.379 So he asks God, 00:08:16.379 --> 00:08:17.740 he knows that God 00:08:17.740 --> 00:08:18.819 will bring them to judgment. 00:08:18.819 --> 00:08:20.740 He doesn't seek revenge. 00:08:21.740 --> 00:08:22.659 He knows he can just 00:08:22.659 --> 00:08:23.620 leave that with God. 00:08:24.939 --> 00:08:25.800 God's justice 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:28.439 is assured in this case. 00:08:29.379 --> 00:08:30.439 This new perspective 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:32.600 is the turning point 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:33.399 of the psalm. 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:34.460 And from now on, 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:36.299 we see a different language. 00:08:37.100 --> 00:08:38.340 From verse six onwards, 00:08:38.500 --> 00:08:39.799 it changes quite radically. 00:08:42.379 --> 00:08:43.799 So we can learn 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:44.659 from David here 00:08:44.659 --> 00:08:45.960 that it is actually right 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:46.879 to be troubled 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:48.600 by wickedness around us. 00:08:48.820 --> 00:08:50.140 That's not a bad thing. 00:08:51.980 --> 00:08:54.120 To actually be sad 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:55.760 when we see some of these things 00:08:55.760 --> 00:08:56.460 on the news 00:08:56.460 --> 00:08:57.360 and it should cause us 00:08:57.360 --> 00:08:57.900 to pray 00:08:57.900 --> 00:08:59.240 for the wars 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:00.040 that are going on 00:09:00.040 --> 00:09:01.379 and the various troubles. 00:09:02.379 --> 00:09:04.320 For the persecuted church 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:07.820 or injustice 00:09:07.820 --> 00:09:09.000 that we see around us. 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:10.180 Or perhaps it's been 00:09:10.180 --> 00:09:13.700 committed to us, 00:09:13.860 --> 00:09:15.320 being poured on us, 00:09:15.380 --> 00:09:16.420 injustice to us. 00:09:16.419 --> 00:09:18.099 We don't have to worry 00:09:18.099 --> 00:09:19.159 about those things. 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:20.759 The God of justice 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:23.759 will do things 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:24.939 as he should. 00:09:25.740 --> 00:09:26.860 He will bring judgment 00:09:26.860 --> 00:09:28.079 at the right time. 00:09:28.939 --> 00:09:30.139 And it is for us 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:30.939 to trust him 00:09:30.939 --> 00:09:31.919 and to leave it 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:32.639 in his hands. 00:09:33.419 --> 00:09:34.179 And now we see 00:09:34.179 --> 00:09:34.879 verse six, 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:36.099 David starts to 00:09:36.099 --> 00:09:37.659 address this trust. 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:39.000 He starts to speak 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:40.240 of this trust he has. 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:42.000 Verses six and seven. 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:43.399 Praise be to the Lord 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:44.919 for he has heard 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:46.220 my cry for mercy. 00:09:47.100 --> 00:09:48.220 The Lord is my strength 00:09:48.220 --> 00:09:48.840 and my shield. 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:50.279 My heart trusts in him 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:51.620 and he helps me. 00:09:51.940 --> 00:09:53.360 My heart leaps for joy. 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:55.720 And with my song 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:56.940 I praise him. 00:09:58.399 --> 00:09:59.100 So verse seven, 00:09:59.179 --> 00:09:59.740 this language 00:09:59.740 --> 00:10:00.679 and the tone 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:01.779 completely changes. 00:10:01.779 --> 00:10:03.879 The Lord is my strength 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:04.620 and shield. 00:10:04.620 --> 00:10:06.860 from a desperate 00:10:06.860 --> 00:10:08.080 calling for help 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:10.440 in verses one and two. 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:15.679 He has assurance 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:17.100 and a heartfelt praise 00:10:17.100 --> 00:10:17.659 to God. 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:19.039 How does he get there? 00:10:20.259 --> 00:10:21.740 We've seen in verse five 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:22.679 that he leaves 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:24.240 the wicked to God. 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:25.879 He's not going to stress 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:26.519 about that. 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:27.580 He trusts God 00:10:27.580 --> 00:10:28.680 to do what is right. 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:30.659 But now he also 00:10:30.659 --> 00:10:31.419 has assurance 00:10:31.419 --> 00:10:32.479 in verse six 00:10:32.479 --> 00:10:34.759 that God has in fact 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:35.979 heard his cry 00:10:35.979 --> 00:10:36.899 for mercy. 00:10:37.939 --> 00:10:38.839 What's changed? 00:10:40.079 --> 00:10:40.579 Certainly 00:10:40.579 --> 00:10:41.359 probably, 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:42.319 yes, 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:43.819 certainly not his circumstances. 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:46.319 But his trust in God 00:10:46.319 --> 00:10:47.059 has changed 00:10:47.059 --> 00:10:48.279 because now he knows 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:48.979 for sure 00:10:48.979 --> 00:10:50.639 that God has heard. 00:10:51.699 --> 00:10:52.500 And this is an 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:54.279 exercise of faith. 00:10:54.839 --> 00:10:55.679 It's not suddenly 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:56.459 that something else 00:10:56.459 --> 00:10:57.000 has happened. 00:10:57.799 --> 00:10:58.419 But he 00:10:58.419 --> 00:10:59.659 casts his faith 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:00.259 completely 00:11:00.259 --> 00:11:01.559 on the Lord 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:03.279 and he aligns 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:03.959 his heart 00:11:03.959 --> 00:11:04.699 with the Lord. 00:11:04.860 --> 00:11:05.659 What do I mean 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:06.219 by that? 00:11:06.599 --> 00:11:07.259 Verse seven, 00:11:07.599 --> 00:11:08.120 read this, 00:11:08.459 --> 00:11:09.240 heart comes up 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:10.159 twice there. 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:11.579 My heart trusts 00:11:11.579 --> 00:11:12.079 in him. 00:11:12.599 --> 00:11:13.379 My heart leaps 00:11:13.379 --> 00:11:13.919 for joy. 00:11:14.439 --> 00:11:15.039 So he's still 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:15.959 got a heart cry 00:11:15.959 --> 00:11:17.599 but this time 00:11:17.599 --> 00:11:18.719 it's no longer 00:11:18.719 --> 00:11:19.819 a desperate try 00:11:19.819 --> 00:11:21.219 but one of trust. 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:22.639 In verse two 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:23.240 he's asking 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:24.059 hear my cry 00:11:24.059 --> 00:11:26.299 for mercy. 00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:28.079 Now in verse six, 00:11:28.419 --> 00:11:29.259 he has heard 00:11:29.259 --> 00:11:29.779 my cry 00:11:29.779 --> 00:11:30.379 for mercy. 00:11:31.579 --> 00:11:32.559 What was a prayer 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:33.079 to the Lord 00:11:33.079 --> 00:11:33.860 in verse two 00:11:33.860 --> 00:11:34.439 is now 00:11:34.439 --> 00:11:35.679 a declaration 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:36.620 of faith 00:11:36.620 --> 00:11:37.120 that God 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:37.879 has heard him 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:39.899 and his response 00:11:39.899 --> 00:11:41.299 is to sing out. 00:11:41.839 --> 00:11:42.419 His heart 00:11:42.419 --> 00:11:43.179 sings out. 00:11:44.459 --> 00:11:45.439 So he hasn't 00:11:45.439 --> 00:11:46.279 seen a resolution 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:47.199 to his problems 00:11:47.199 --> 00:11:49.399 but what he does 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:50.099 see now 00:11:50.099 --> 00:11:51.559 is the Lord 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:52.339 is his strength 00:11:52.339 --> 00:11:53.000 and shield. 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:54.139 The Lord 00:11:54.139 --> 00:11:54.959 is his helper. 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:56.379 the Lord 00:11:56.379 --> 00:11:57.720 is the source 00:11:57.720 --> 00:11:58.519 of his joyful 00:11:58.519 --> 00:11:59.180 praise. 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:00.519 He trusts 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:00.940 that the Lord 00:12:00.940 --> 00:12:01.480 has heard his 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:01.960 prayer not 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:02.680 because he now 00:12:02.680 --> 00:12:03.580 of what he 00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:04.220 feels 00:12:04.220 --> 00:12:05.660 but because 00:12:05.660 --> 00:12:06.620 of who God 00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:07.379 is. 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:09.580 It's a bit 00:12:09.580 --> 00:12:10.080 like what we 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:10.360 were hearing 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:10.860 this morning 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:11.340 actually 00:12:11.340 --> 00:12:12.100 that 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:15.280 our mind 00:12:15.280 --> 00:12:15.780 is what 00:12:15.780 --> 00:12:16.340 drives the 00:12:16.340 --> 00:12:17.200 change in us. 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:18.379 When our mind 00:12:18.379 --> 00:12:19.060 is fixed on 00:12:19.060 --> 00:12:19.600 the Lord 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:21.379 then our 00:12:21.379 --> 00:12:21.700 hearts 00:12:21.700 --> 00:12:22.259 change. 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:26.639 The final 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:27.080 two 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.159 verses here 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:29.700 are a 00:12:29.700 --> 00:12:30.180 conclusion 00:12:30.180 --> 00:12:30.639 to the 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:31.019 prayer 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:32.639 conclusion 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:33.580 to David's 00:12:33.580 --> 00:12:33.899 prayer 00:12:33.899 --> 00:12:34.279 and they're 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:34.639 a prayer 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:35.159 for God's 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:35.560 people. 00:12:36.680 --> 00:12:37.139 We see 00:12:37.139 --> 00:12:37.560 that God 00:12:37.560 --> 00:12:38.080 has answered 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:38.639 David's 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:38.899 prayer 00:12:38.899 --> 00:12:39.440 had shown 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:40.040 that David 00:12:40.040 --> 00:12:40.620 strengthened 00:12:40.620 --> 00:12:41.139 shield 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flows through 00:13:02.580 --> 00:13:03.539 the anointed 00:13:03.539 --> 00:13:04.100 king. 00:13:05.560 --> 00:13:06.600 Now you've 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:07.580 probably from 00:13:07.580 --> 00:13:08.220 other psalms 00:13:08.220 --> 00:13:08.740 we've looked 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:10.120 at already 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:11.279 seen where 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:11.860 we're going 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:12.440 with that 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:13.600 that Jesus 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:14.139 is our 00:13:14.139 --> 00:13:14.580 anointed 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:15.120 king 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:16.539 our blessings 00:13:16.539 --> 00:13:17.300 flow through 00:13:17.300 --> 00:13:18.279 him and 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:18.799 David is 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:19.199 just a 00:13:19.199 --> 00:13:19.679 reflection 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:20.019 he's 00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:20.319 looking 00:13:20.319 --> 00:13:20.919 forward 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:22.659 to that. 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:23.519 So verses 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:24.000 8 and 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:24.240 9 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:24.600 blessing 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:24.919 through 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:25.120 the 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:25.419 king 00:13:25.419 --> 00:13:26.939 the 00:13:26.939 --> 00:13:27.299 Lord 00:13:27.299 --> 00:13:27.639 is 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:27.839 the 00:13:27.839 --> 00:13:28.279 strength 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:28.480 of 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:28.659 his 00:13:28.659 --> 00:13:29.100 people 00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:30.299 a 00:13:30.299 --> 00:13:30.679 fortress 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:30.939 of 00:13:30.939 --> 00:13:31.439 salvation 00:13:31.439 --> 00:13:31.699 for 00:13:31.699 --> 00:13:31.879 his 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:32.259 anointed 00:13:32.259 --> 00:13:32.659 one 00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:33.659 save 00:13:33.659 --> 00:13:33.860 your 00:13:33.860 --> 00:13:34.159 people 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:34.319 and 00:13:34.319 --> 00:13:34.539 bless 00:13:34.539 --> 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00:15:04.759 but we 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:05.279 can imagine 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:05.599 that as 00:15:05.599 --> 00:15:06.099 he faced 00:15:06.099 --> 00:15:06.599 death 00:15:06.599 --> 00:15:07.120 the words 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:07.620 of this 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:08.419 psalm 00:15:08.419 --> 00:15:08.979 became 00:15:08.979 --> 00:15:10.299 starker 00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:10.719 to him 00:15:10.719 --> 00:15:11.039 in their 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:11.599 reality 00:15:11.599 --> 00:15:15.479 we see 00:15:15.479 --> 00:15:15.879 there in 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:16.219 verses 00:15:16.219 --> 00:15:17.000 one and 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:17.379 two 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:22.019 that God 00:15:22.019 --> 00:15:22.719 is silent 00:15:22.719 --> 00:15:23.479 or David 00:15:23.479 --> 00:15:24.419 feels that 00:15:24.419 --> 00:15:25.019 God is 00:15:25.019 --> 00:15:25.759 silent to 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:26.000 him 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:27.819 this was 00:15:27.819 --> 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00:17:34.059 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.059 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.059 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.059 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.059 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.059 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.059 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:50.740 He's now interceding. 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:54.500 Because of his death, he prays for us, 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:57.039 as David prayed there in verse 9, 00:17:58.180 --> 00:18:01.480 who prayed for God's people to be saved and to be shepherded 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.980 and to be carried forever. 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.000 Now that is Jesus' prayer for us. 00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:09.299 So just to conclude, 00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:12.240 the blessings that belong to Christ 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:15.840 because of his death for us are now ours. 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:19.220 We know that because of Jesus, 00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:22.940 we needn't doubt as David did. 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:26.819 God answers our prayers because of Jesus. 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:32.620 Because of Jesus, God's justice is satisfied completely. 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:38.900 Because of Jesus, the Lord Almighty is our strength and shield. 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:44.259 And because of Jesus, our hearts can leap for joy 00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:47.900 as we consider who he is and what he's done for us. 00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:54.720 And may God help us to feel some of that joy as we reflect on him. 00:18:55.540 --> 00:18:58.000 Can I just pray and then hand back to Steve? 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:04.759 Father, we want to thank you so much for this psalm. 00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:08.240 We want to thank you particularly for how it shows us our Lord Jesus. 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:17.859 And how he satisfied your will, your justice so completely. 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:23.099 He was prepared to be dragged away with the sinners for us. 00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:27.639 Thank you that all we have is because of him. 00:19:28.639 --> 00:19:35.519 And we pray that, Lord, we will live joyfully in response to his death for us. 00:19:36.459 --> 00:19:37.559 In his name. 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.799 Amen. 00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:38.940 Amen. 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.740 Amen. 00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:49.399 If you'd grab your Bible again, turn with me to Isaiah 52, page 741. 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:51.599 741. 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:58.559 I'm going to read this to us as we come to share the Lord's Supper together. 00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:06.759 That race shown us, hasn't he, just how brilliant it is what the Lord Jesus has done for us. 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:17.399 That he went through the rejection of Psalm 28 so that we could rejoice in him and not be likewise rejected. 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:22.660 And that's the theme that Isaiah 52 and 53 pick up really famously. 00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:29.800 And as we prepare our hearts to come to share the Lord's Supper together, perhaps you can reflect on these words as we read them. 00:20:30.860 --> 00:20:33.380 Thank the Lord that he has done this for you. 00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:38.140 Pray that the Lord would draw near to you as we share bread and wine. 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:45.680 And as I finish reading that, we're going to have just a time of open prayer where anyone may pray and thank the Lord for what he's done for us. 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:48.620 Let's thank the Lord for this bread and wine before we share it together. 00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.340 But let me pick it up. 00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:51.200 Verse 13 of Isaiah 52. 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:54.720 See, my servant will act wisely. 00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:58.940 He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. 00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:08.680 Just as there were many who were appalled at him, his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness. 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:15.380 So he will sprinkle many nations and kings will shut their mouths because of him. 00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:21.840 For what they were not told, they will see and what they have not heard, they will understand. 00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:27.600 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:33.099 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, like a root out of dry ground. 00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:38.959 He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance so that we should desire him. 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:46.399 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering and familiar with pain. 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:52.019 Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised and we held him in low esteem. 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:57.920 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering. 00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:03.139 Yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him and afflicted. 00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:05.579 But he was pierced for our transgressions. 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:07.660 He was crushed for our iniquities. 00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:14.480 The punishment that brought us peace was on him and by his wounds we are healed. 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:18.240 We all like sheep have gone astray. 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:21.799 Each of us has turned to our own way. 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:25.879 And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:29.180 He was oppressed and afflicted. 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:31.000 Yet he did not open his mouth. 00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:33.440 He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. 00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:38.180 And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:41.700 By oppression and judgment he was taken away. 00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:44.720 Yet he of his generation protested. 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:47.700 He was cut off from the land of the living. 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:50.359 For the transgression of my people he was punished. 00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:54.819 He was assigned a grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death. 00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:58.299 Though he had done no violence nor was any deceit in his mouth. 00:22:58.299 --> 00:23:05.779 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer. 00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:12.740 Though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days. 00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:16.359 And the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:20.500 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied. 00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:24.460 By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many. 00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:26.660 He will bear their iniquities. 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:30.580 Therefore, I will give him a portion among the great. 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:33.000 He will divide the spoils with the strong. 00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:35.400 Because he poured out his life unto death. 00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:37.800 And was numbered with the transgressors. 00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:40.120 For he bore the sin of many. 00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:44.080 And made intercession for the transgressors. 00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.060 Amen. 00:23:46.060 --> 00:23:46.259 Amen. 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.259 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.259