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 It's good to be with you, to worship with you.

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 We look forward to this every Sunday.

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 And we are in a new series in the Lament Psalms for the next few weeks.

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 So if you have a Bible, please turn to Psalm 77.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 We'd love to bring a copy over to you that you can have, you can use.

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 Psalms are pretty much right in the middle of the book.

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 If you're not familiar with your Bibles, just open it up.

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 Right around to the middle and it should be there in Psalm 77.

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 You might be wondering why we're doing this series.

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 There are many kinds of Psalms.

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 There's 150 of them.

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 There's different kinds like Royal Psalms and Wisdom Psalms and Thanksgiving Songs and Psalms.

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 And you might wonder, why are we focusing on the Lament Psalms?

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 Because I think someone asked me that question.

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 One of you guys, I forget who it was.

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 And the Lament Psalms, surprisingly, constitute the largest section of the Psalter.

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 There are more Lament Psalms in the Psalms than any other kind of Psalms.

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 And they're there for a reason.

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 They help us in the midst of our suffering and struggles to turn to God rather than to turn away from Him, withdraw from Him.

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 And over the years in our church, we have had people suffer many things.

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 We have had a woman who grieved the loss of her mother.

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 Another woman who was grieving the loss of her father.

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 We have had people, couples, who are just mourning the fact that they couldn't have kids, infertility, or suffered miscarriages.

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 We have had a mom who was mourning just the choices, life choices of a wayward son.

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 We have had couples just dealing with the pain of a rapidly disintegrating marriage.

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 We've had people who have felt rejected and perhaps even disowned by their parents.

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 And all of these are really difficult things to go through in life.

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 And when you're facing suffering, I think what helps you to deal with it well is whether you know how to turn to God in the midst of it

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 and cry out to God in the midst of that pain or whether you kind of shell up, hold up, and withdraw from that.

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 And the Lament Psalms are supposed to help us to do that.

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 I think one reason why we have a hard time with the idea of lament as Christians is because we have been taught, and rightly so,

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 but in many places that we should be rejoicing.

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 And we are taught that we should rejoice in our suffering.

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 And that's biblical.

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 It says in Romans 5, 3,

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 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

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 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

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 And hope does not put us to shame because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

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 So we are supposed to rejoice even in our suffering.

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 So doesn't that mean we shouldn't lament?

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 We shouldn't cry out to God about our pain and suffering?

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 Well, the answer is yes and no, because we are supposed to cry out to God.

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 In 2 Corinthians 6, 10, after describing all the travails that he and his ministry partners have gone through,

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 Paul tells the Corinthian church that he was sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.

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 So those two things are not mutually exclusive.

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 We are sorrowful on the one hand because we experience real pain,

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 because we live in a broken and sinful world, and we are hurting inside,

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 and so we are sorrowful.

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 And yet, because we believe in the sovereign God,

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 who does work things, all things, for his glory and good,

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 we can rejoice, we can have hope.

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 We often talk about the fact that Jesus brought the kingdom of God.

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 The kingdom of God has been inaugurated.

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 It's begun already.

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 It's coming.

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 And yet, it's not fully here yet.

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 It's already, but not yet.

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 And lament psalms help us to bridge that gap between the already and the not yet,

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 where you have the pain of the present,

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 but the promises of God for the future.

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 And lament helps us to bridge that gap.

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 I want to recommend to you, before we get started with this new series,

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 a book by Mark Rogop called, you know, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy.

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 If you're in the middle of going through some difficult times in your life,

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 that's a book that I highly recommend to you,

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 and I'll be pulling some quotes from there as well as we go through this sermon.

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 Let me pray now for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Father, you alone know everything that these dear brothers and sisters and visitors are feeling and going through.

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 And you do see.

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 You see their pain and you see their tears.

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 As we open up your word in Psalm 77 this morning,

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 please draw near to us.

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 Comfort your precious saints with the truths of your word.

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 Lift up their gaze from themselves and from their pain unto you, Lord God.

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 And fill them with hope,

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 with faith,

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 with love.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are willing and able,

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 please stand for the reading of God's word.

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 Psalm 77.

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 Psalm 77.

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 To the choir master,

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 according to Jeduthin,

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 a psalm of Asaph.

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 I cry aloud to God,

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 aloud to God,

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 and he will hear me.

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 In the day of my trouble,

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 I seek the Lord.

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 In the night,

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 my hand is stretched out without wearying.

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 My soul refuses to be comforted.

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 When I remember God,

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 I moan.

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 When I meditate,

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 my spirit faints.

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 Selah.

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 You hold my eyelids open.

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 I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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 I consider the days of old,

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 the years long ago.

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 I said,

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 let me remember my song in the night.

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 Let me meditate in my heart.

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 Then my spirit made a diligent search.

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 Will the Lord spurn forever

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 and never again be favorable?

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 Has His steadfast love forever ceased?

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 Are His promises at an end for all time?

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 Has God forgotten to be gracious?

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 Has He in anger shut up His compassion?

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 Selah.

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 Then I said,

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 I will appeal to this.

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 To the years of the right hand of the Most High.

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 I will remember the deeds of the Lord.

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 Yes, I will remember your wonders of old.

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 I will ponder all your work

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 and meditate on your mighty deeds.

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 Your way, O God, is holy.

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 What God is great like our God?

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 You are the God who works wonders.

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 You have made known your might among the peoples.

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 You, with your arm, redeemed your people,

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 the children of Jacob and Joseph.

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 Selah.

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 When the waters saw you, O God,

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 when the waters saw you,

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 they were afraid.

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 Indeed, the deep trembled.

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 The clouds poured out water.

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 The skies gave forth thunder.

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 Your arrows flashed on every side.

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 The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind.

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 Your lightnings lighted up the world.

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 The earth trembled and shook.

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 Your way was through the sea.

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 Your path through the great waters.

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 Yet your footprints were unseen.

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 You led your people like a flock

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 by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 The main point of this psalm,

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 as I think I have to display here for you,

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 is that in the times of trouble,

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 in the day of trouble,

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 we should remember God.

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 And we should turn to him

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 and remember the redemption of the days of old.

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 And I have two main points I want to emphasize.

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 One is to seek the Lord in the day of trouble.

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 And then secondly,

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 to remember the Lord in the days of old.

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 This psalm, like many psalms in the Psalter,

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 begins with the subtitle.

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 Those are just the small print words

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 at the top of the psalm.

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 It says,

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 To the choir master,

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 according to Jeduthun,

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 a psalm of Asaph.

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 People debate the meaning of this subtitle,

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 and it's difficult to be certain.

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 But here are a few things that we do know.

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 Jeduthun was a Levite,

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 and one of the three masters of music

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 appointed by David in 1 Chronicles 16.

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 His specific God-given task

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 was to lead in giving thanks to the Lord with music.

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 1 Chronicles 16.42 tells us

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 that Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals

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 for the music and instruments for sacred song.

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 So the phrase, a psalm of,

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 and then the phrase, a psalm of Asaph,

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 most likely means that this was a psalm written by Asaph.

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 Psalm 50 and Psalm 73 to 80,

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 inclusively, are all attributed to Asaph in this manner.

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 The most frequent attribution in the Psalter

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 is a psalm of David,

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 and we know for a fact that David wrote a number of psalms.

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 He's described as the sweet psalmist of Israel

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 in 2 Samuel 23.1.

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 And so, likely, if that means psalms written by David,

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 a psalm of Asaph probably means a psalm written by Asaph.

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 We do have confirmation in 2 Chronicles 29.30

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 that Asaph did write some psalms,

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 since it says that Hezekiah the king

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 and the officials commanded the Levites

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 to sing praises to the Lord

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 with the words of David and of Asaph the seer.

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 So Asaph had a prophetic gift,

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 and he had a musical gift,

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 and he composed songs.

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 He was also a Levite

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 and was appointed by King David

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 in 1 Chronicles 6.39

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 to serve as one of the choir leaders.

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 So a possible interpretation of the subtitle

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 is that this is a technical musical note

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 intended for the choir master,

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 who is to play this psalm written by Asaph

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 according to the arrangement or tune by Jeduthin.

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 So it's fascinating.

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 It's a fascinating kind of detail,

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 insight into the history of Israel

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 and their corporate worship,

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 but it also reveals God's will for us

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 because He wants us to sing to Him.

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 As the psalm of lament teaches us,

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 He wants us to sing

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 even in the midst of our pain,

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 even in the midst of our suffering,

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 even if that means singing through tears.

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 The longest book of the Bible is the psalms,

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 and the psalms is literally

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 a collection of psalms.

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 God put music,

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 complete with musical notations,

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 into the written Word of God

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 because that's how important it is

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 for in the life of God's people

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 to sing, to sing to God.

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 So I want to thank our music ministry team

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 who did an excellent job leading us today.

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 Thanks Wes for leading that team.

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 And as we start to move

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 to the main body of the psalm,

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 the first thing that pops out immediately

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 is the frequent use

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 of the first person singular pronoun,

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 I.

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 Look through, scan the psalm,

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 and you'll see,

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 I cry aloud to God.

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 I seek the Lord.

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 I remember God.

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 I moan.

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 I meditate.

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 I am so troubled.

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 There are, of course,

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 times of corporate

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 or communal lament, mourning.

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 But this psalm,

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 even though it was used

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 in corporate worship,

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 is a deeply personal psalm.

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 It invites you and me

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 to bring your own trouble

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 and my own trouble

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 to God personally in lament.

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 Pain and suffering

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 can have an isolating effect.

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 When you're experiencing

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 deep sorrow and grief,

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 and some of you guys I know

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 have experienced this,

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 normal social interactions

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 are very difficult.

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 Hey, how are you doing?

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 I'm fine.

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 How about you?

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 The smiles

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 and the small talk

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 can all have

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 an alienating effect.

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 And it can feel like

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 no one else in the world

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 really understands

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 what you're going through.

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 In such times,

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 you can be surrounded by people

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 and yet be lonely.

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 And for that reason,

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 it can be easy to withdraw

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 from community

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 and become insular.

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 But when you feel like an island,

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 when you feel that

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 there's a vast chasm

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 between your pain

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 and others' ability

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 to empathize,

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 there is something you can do

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 and this is the first step

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 of lament,

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 to turn to God.

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 It says in verse 2,

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 In the day of my trouble,

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 I seek the Lord.

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 People turn to various things

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 when they are in trouble.

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 How would you complete

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 that sentence?

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 Not how you think

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 you should complete that sentence.

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 How would you complete

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 that sentence?

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 Just looking at your life

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 and how you have lived.

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 In the day of my trouble,

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 I seek fill in the blank.

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 What's your first impulse

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 when you're in trouble?

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 When you're hurting?

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 What or whom do you turn to

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 to rescue you?

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 Do you seek to escape

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 into a fantasy world

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 through TV shows

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 or YouTube

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 or ESPN

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 or social media?

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 Do you try to numb

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 your pain

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 with substances

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 like nicotine

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 or marijuana

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 or alcohol?

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 Do you try to

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 turn to your husband

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 or your wife,

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 your mom

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 or your best friend?

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 Maybe you don't turn

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 to anyone else.

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 Maybe you just turn inward

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 and isolate

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 and shut down.

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 Maybe you become

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 despairing

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 and suicidal.

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 The first step

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 of lament

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 is not to turn inward

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 onto ourselves

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 or to turn to

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 other people

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 or things

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 but to turn

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 to God.

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 That's the first step

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 of lament.

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 To seek the Lord

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 in the days of trouble.

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 In the days of my trouble,

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 I seek the Lord.

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 After turning

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 to the Lord,

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 the second step

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 of lament

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 is to groan

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 to God.

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 To cry out.

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 And we're going to

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 talk in more detail

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 about these specific steps

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 over the coming

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 four or five weeks.

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 And so the second step

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 is to groan to God

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 and cry out to Him.

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 Verse 1 says,

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 I cry aloud to God.

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 Aloud to God

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 and He will hear me.

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 A more literal translation

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 of that would be

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 my voice cries out to God.

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 My voice to God

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 and He will hear me.

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 Asaph is not silent

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 in the midst of his pain.

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 He gives voice

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 to his pain

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 and he cries aloud to God.

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 And the repetition

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 of that phrase,

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 aloud to God,

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 aloud to God,

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 conveys Asaph's

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 deep feeling

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 and just this outpouring

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 of his heart

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 and his desperate desire

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 to be heard by God.

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 He's so desperate

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 to be heard by God,

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 he says here

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 that he cries out

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 day and night.

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 He says in verse 2,

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 In the day of my trouble,

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 I seek the Lord.

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 In the night,

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 my hand is stretched out

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 without wearying.

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 Stretching out

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 one's hands to God

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 is a common posture

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 of prayer like this

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 or like this

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 that we see throughout Scripture.

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 It is a physical expression

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 of neediness and longing,

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 that desperation.

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 Similar to how some of us

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 raise our hands

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 when we are singing

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 worship songs,

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 day and night,

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 the psalmist is reaching out

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 for God,

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 seeking the Lord in prayer.

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 And yet,

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 he says at the end

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 of verse 2,

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 my soul refuses

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 to be comforted.

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 I would be lying to you

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 if I told you

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 that the moment

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 you turn to God

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 in prayer,

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 all your sorrows

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 and hurts

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 will just melt away.

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 The Bible is too real

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 to give us

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 that kind of pat answers

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 and sanitized formulas.

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 The psalmist is honest.

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 He is crying aloud to God

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 and seeking the Lord

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 day and night.

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 He is stretching out

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 his hand in prayer

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 and yet he says,

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 my soul refuses

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 to be comforted.

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 His soul is dejected

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 and he is inconsolable.

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 I hope this is a comfort

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 to those of you

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 who have experienced this.

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 In the midst of deep pain,

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 sometimes your soul

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 refuses to be comforted.

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 That doesn't mean

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 that you are less

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 of a Christian.

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 That doesn't mean

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 that you didn't pray correctly.

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 And that doesn't mean

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 that God has abandoned you.

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 It just means

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 that you are in

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 a lot of pain.

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 But,

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 and this is very important,

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 you must not,

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 for that reason,

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 stop praying.

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 Telling yourself

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 that it is no use.

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 Look at what Asaph does

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 in verses 3-4.

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 He continues

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 to turn to God

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 even when his soul

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 refuses to be comforted.

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 When I remember God,

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 I moan.

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 When I meditate,

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 my spirit faints.

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 Selah.

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 You hold my eyelids open.

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 I am so troubled

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 that I cannot speak.

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 Remembering God

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 should be a delight

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 and meditating

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 on God's work

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 should be strengthening

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 for us.

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 But because the psalmist

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 is so enmeshed

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 in his present trouble,

00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:46.099
 thinking about God

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 makes him moan.

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 It makes his spirit faint.

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 No matter how hard he tries,

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 he cannot make sense

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 of his present circumstances.

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 He does not see

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 how God can be acting

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 for his good

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 in his present situation.

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 So he is losing sleep.

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 And he says,

00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.640
 his eyelids are held open.

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 He is at a loss for words.

00:19:10.560 --> 00:19:10.720
 He says,

00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.600
 I cannot speak.

00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:13.640
 His words become

00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:15.340
 this inarticulate moan.

00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:16.200
 He is too weary

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:17.080
 even to speak.

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 Like that feeling

00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:20.519
 when you feel something

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:22.220
 stuck inside your heart

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.160
 and when you just have

00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:24.240
 that lump coming up

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.339
 in your throat

00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:26.360
 and sometimes words

00:19:26.360 --> 00:19:27.339
 can't quite express

00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:27.940
 your pain.

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 So you just cry

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 and you groan.

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 But that's better

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:37.980
 than silent despair.

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 Again, this is,

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:43.279
 I mentioned to you,

00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:44.259
 Mark Vrogop,

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.019
 his book,

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:46.019
 Dark Claws and Deep Mercy,

00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:46.680
 he says this,

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 giving God

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.460
 the silent treatment

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:51.140
 is the ultimate

00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:51.779
 manifestation

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:53.100
 of unbelief.

00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:56.180
 Despair lives

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:57.220
 under the hopeless

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.720
 resignation

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:59.080
 that God doesn't care,

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:01.360
 that he doesn't hear

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:03.140
 and nothing is ever

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:03.980
 going to change.

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:06.519
 People who believe this

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.400
 stop praying.

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.940
 They give up.

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:11.580
 So even when you feel

00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.900
 like you're not praying well,

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.240
 even when you feel like

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.960
 all you can do

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.740
 is just stretch out

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.299
 your hand to God

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.220
 and groan

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:18.299
 and moan

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.720
 and cry in the presence

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.200
 of God.

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:21.240
 That's better

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:22.420
 than despair

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:24.000
 because it takes faith

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.940
 to groan to God.

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.759
 Because in your pain

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.680
 you're coming to God

00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:28.980
 and saying,

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:30.440
 God, this is really hard.

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:32.480
 God, this is really painful

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:33.339
 and I don't know

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:34.799
 if I can handle it anymore.

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.279
 But you're still

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.480
 coming to God

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.660
 and bringing that to Him.

00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:40.700
 You're talking to Him.

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.460
 That's better.

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.180
 So groan.

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:49.200
 And look at how boldly

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.099
 the psalmist voices

00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:50.779
 his complaint

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.740
 in verses 7 and 9.

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.759
 This is the third step

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.319
 of lament.

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:55.039
 Appealing to God

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:56.519
 on the basis

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.359
 of His character

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:58.740
 and His promises

00:20:58.740 --> 00:21:00.480
 or calling God

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.140
 to account.

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.279
 He says,

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.160
 Will the Lord

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.180
 spurn forever?

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.880
 Never again be favorable?

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:08.120
 Has His steadfast love

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:09.039
 forever ceased?

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.480
 Are His promises

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.180
 at an end

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.960
 for all time?

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.920
 Has God forgotten

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.840
 to be gracious?

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.660
 Has He in anger

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:19.039
 shut up His compassion?

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.120
 Asaph is here

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:23.360
 just getting messy

00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:23.860
 with God.

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:27.000
 He's asking hard questions

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:28.019
 and expressing

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:29.120
 his doubts openly.

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.660
 He's calling God

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.180
 to account.

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.120
 He's trying to

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:33.200
 arouse God

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.980
 into action.

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:37.200
 Sometimes I think

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:38.300
 Christians don't pray

00:21:38.300 --> 00:21:39.180
 when they are suffering,

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 when they are struggling

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.560
 with their faith

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.159
 because they feel

00:21:42.159 --> 00:21:43.139
 that it is wrong

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:44.059
 to express

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:45.220
 these kinds of sentiments.

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 But these are not

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.099
 false,

00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:49.079
 intrusive thoughts

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.759
 that we're supposed

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.480
 to suppress.

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.399
 Of course,

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:54.159
 it's not objectively true

00:21:54.159 --> 00:21:55.659
 that God's steadfast love

00:21:55.659 --> 00:21:56.500
 has forever ceased.

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.379
 It has not.

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.779
 However,

00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:01.240
 it truly describes

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:03.139
 our subjective feeling

00:22:03.139 --> 00:22:03.839
 in the midst

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.599
 of intense

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.799
 personal struggle.

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:08.179
 So it's honest.

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.960
 And it's better

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.539
 to voice

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.220
 that doubt,

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.980
 that complaint,

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.200
 that groaning to God

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.599
 than to remain silent.

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:18.259
 Our healing process

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:19.179
 will be stunted

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 if we don't express

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.039
 honestly our doubts

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:23.079
 and questions to God.

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.259
 19th century

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:26.019
 Scottish pastor

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.940
 Alexander McLaren

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:28.159
 comments on this psalm

00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:28.599
 this way,

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.279
 quote,

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:31.200
 he faces with trembling

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:32.899
 the terrible possibilities.

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.879
 And his doubts

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.639
 are better put

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.659
 into plain speech

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.259
 than lying

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.919
 diffused

00:22:37.919 --> 00:22:38.759
 and darkening

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.960
 like poisonous

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.440
 mists

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.179
 in his heart.

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:42.779
 A thought,

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:42.799
 a thought,

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:44.080
 be it good or bad,

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.480
 can be dealt with

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.140
 when it is made

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.680
 articulate.

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.980
 So the end

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.779
 of the despondent

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 half of the psalm

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.940
 is marked

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.640
 by the bringing

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:53.200
 to distinct speech

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.380
 of the suspicions

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.299
 which floated

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.279
 in the singer's mind

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.700
 and made him miserable.

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 when the thoughts

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:02.080
 are made articulate

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:03.299
 it can be dealt with.

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.360
 If we never express

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:05.900
 our questions

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.340
 and doubts

00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:06.740
 to God

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:08.039
 those doubts

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.799
 will lie

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.900
 diffused

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.799
 and darkening

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.600
 like poisonous

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.840
 mists in our hearts.

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 But once we air out

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:15.680
 those doubts

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.460
 in open prayer

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.460
 when we turn

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.340
 to God with them

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:19.759
 they can be dealt with.

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.200
 The voicing

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.880
 of these doubts

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.640
 mark the end

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.440
 of the dejected

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.580
 half of this psalm

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 and it transitions us

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.720
 to the more hopeful

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:28.160
 half of the psalm.

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.640
 Why?

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.319
 Because God

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 answers us

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.759
 when we speak

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.500
 to him honestly

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.500
 with earnest questions.

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.539
 Notice that

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.359
 verses 7 and 9

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:37.859
 are alluding

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 to the revelation

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.440
 of God's character

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.519
 in Exodus 34,

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.279
 6 to 7.

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 The Lord,

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 the Lord,

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 a God merciful

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 and gracious

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:46.740
 slow to anger

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 and abounding

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 in steadfast love

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 and faithfulness

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 keeping steadfast love

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 for thousands

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 forgiving iniquity

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 and transgression

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 and sin.

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 So he's appealing

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:58.039
 to these characteristics

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:59.039
 that God himself

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 has revealed himself

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.980
 as.

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 Will the Lord

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.480
 spurn forever

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.379
 and never again

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.039
 be favorable?

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.679
 Asaph is appealing

00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:08.099
 to God,

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.480
 God,

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.399
 you said,

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:11.079
 you said,

00:24:11.179 --> 00:24:11.480
 God,

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.220
 you forgive

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.039
 iniquity

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 and transgression

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 and sin

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 but will you

00:24:15.439 --> 00:24:16.279
 not spurn me

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.639
 forever?

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.659
 You said

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.099
 that you will

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.700
 regard me

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.439
 with favor.

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:22.200
 Will you never

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.419
 again be favorable?

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.339
 God,

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.000
 you said

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.539
 you keep

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.339
 steadfast love

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 for thousands

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 but has your

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.079
 steadfast love

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:31.019
 forever ceased?

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.519
 The word

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.259
 steadfast love

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 translates that

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.559
 Hebrew word

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 that combines

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:35.740
 the idea

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.279
 of love

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.200
 and loyalty.

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 But God,

00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:39.539
 have you ceased

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.159
 to be loyal?

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.299
 Is your

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.159
 steadfast love

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.720
 no longer

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.559
 steadfast

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.599
 but fickle

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 and fleeting?

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 Are you breaking

00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:48.720
 your promises,

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.099
 God?

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.179
 God,

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:52.339
 God,

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:52.959
 you said

00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:53.339
 you are a

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:54.019
 God merciful

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.599
 and gracious,

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.619
 slow to anger

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:57.079
 but have you

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.559
 forgotten

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.480
 to be gracious?

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.559
 God,

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.079
 will you

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.199
 never again

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:03.839
 be favorable?

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.319
 Have you

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.839
 forgotten?

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.359
 God,

00:25:06.419 --> 00:25:06.699
 you said

00:25:06.699 --> 00:25:06.939
 you are

00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:08.139
 slow to anger

00:25:08.139 --> 00:25:09.619
 but has your

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.539
 anger flared up

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.339
 suddenly to me?

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.159
 Have you

00:25:13.159 --> 00:25:13.879
 shut up

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.679
 your compassion?

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.439
 That word

00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:16.919
 compassion,

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.399
 if you remember

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.379
 from Exodus 34,

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.440
 is the word,

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.420
 same word

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.920
 that's translated

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.580
 in Exodus 34,

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.620
 6 as merciful.

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.000
 It's a word

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.440
 that comes

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.060
 from the Hebrew

00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:26.100
 word for womb.

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:28.380
 It captures

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.020
 the tender

00:25:29.020 --> 00:25:30.300
 and embracing

00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:31.900
 womb-like love

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.620
 of a mother

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.660
 toward her children.

00:25:35.020 --> 00:25:35.180
 God,

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.740
 instead of

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.640
 opening up

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.440
 your womb-like

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:38.720
 compassion to me

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.880
 as your child,

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:40.620
 have you

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.220
 shut up

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.000
 that compassion

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:43.000
 within you?

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.260
 These are

00:25:45.260 --> 00:25:45.940
 some hard-hitting

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.440
 questions.

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:49.880
 heart-wrenching

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.360
 questions.

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.780
 You need

00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:53.600
 to voice

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.380
 these questions

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:54.840
 to God

00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:56.980
 because when

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.600
 you do that,

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.360
 you're inviting

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.440
 God to address

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.020
 your doubts.

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.720
 We're appealing

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.200
 to God

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.800
 to answer

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.520
 on the basis

00:26:03.520 --> 00:26:04.500
 of His character.

00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:07.140
 This is not

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.920
 who you said

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.280
 you are,

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.560
 God.

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.900
 It's only then

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:12.160
 that we do that

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.740
 that the dark

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.440
 clouds start

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.920
 to break.

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:17.019
 And that brings

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.380
 me to my

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.880
 second point.

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.720
 Remember the

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.680
 Lord of the

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.620
 days of old.

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.340
 There's a

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:23.100
 contrast in this

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.800
 psalm between

00:26:23.800 --> 00:26:24.720
 the day of

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.220
 my trouble,

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:25.720
 remember that

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.360
 from verse 2,

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:28.000
 and the days

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.740
 of old

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.820
 in verse 5,

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.680
 and the wonders

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.160
 of old

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:32.000
 in verse 11.

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.680
 Instead of

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.480
 wallowing in

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.400
 self-pity

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.420
 and fixating

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.019
 only on the

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.640
 day of my

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.060
 trouble,

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.380
 Asaph chooses

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.000
 to remember

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.120
 God's redemptive

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.840
 acts from

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.860
 the days of

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.300
 old.

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.240
 This is the

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.759
 trouble with

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.680
 us humans

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.140
 sometimes.

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.380
 We have

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.740
 recency bias,

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.200
 which is a

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.039
 cognitive bias

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:53.000
 that favors

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.580
 recent events

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:55.860
 over historic

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.320
 events.

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:58.100
 We tend to

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.660
 give the

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.560
 greatest weight

00:26:59.560 --> 00:27:00.080
 to our

00:27:00.080 --> 00:27:01.160
 most recent

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.140
 experience,

00:27:02.560 --> 00:27:03.000
 and forget

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.600
 all about

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.259
 the past

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.180
 experiences.

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:08.019
 So when

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.800
 trouble hits

00:27:08.800 --> 00:27:09.160
 us,

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.440
 we can let

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.100
 it warp

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:11.759
 our view

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.180
 of God

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.560
 and make

00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:13.039
 us forget

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.800
 all about

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.720
 how faithful

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.279
 God has

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.599
 been,

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:16.240
 and how

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.480
 he has

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.899
 proved

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.139
 his

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.480
 goodness

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.799
 and

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.299
 faithfulness

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.759
 over

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.619
 and over

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.079
 again

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.720
 to us.

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.139
 But we

00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:23.460
 need to

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:23.899
 resist

00:27:23.899 --> 00:27:24.440
 that

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.960
 tendency.

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.279
 Asaph

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.659
 says in

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.159
 verses 10

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:27.579
 to 12,

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.099
 then I said,

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.339
 I will

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.019
 appeal to

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.379
 this,

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.019
 to the

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.440
 ears of

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.819
 the right

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.259
 hand of

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.659
 the Most

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.000
 High.

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:32.819
 I will

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.379
 remember

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:34.000
 the deeds

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.279
 of the

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.460
 Lord.

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:34.839
 Yes,

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.279
 I will

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.859
 remember

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.639
 your wonders

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.200
 of old.

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:37.899
 I will

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.779
 ponder all

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.299
 your work

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.899
 and meditate

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.539
 on your

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.279
 mighty deeds.

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.700
 The word

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.079
 meditate

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.619
 in verse

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.500
 12 was

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.980
 already used

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.639
 twice before

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.000
 in verses

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.740
 3 and 6.

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:47.740
 And the word

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.359
 remember

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.279
 repeated twice

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.619
 here in

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.139
 verse 11

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:50.899
 already occurred

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.339
 two more

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.779
 times in

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.359
 verses 3

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.980
 and 6

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.980
 as well.

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.039
 So these

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.920
 are key words

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:57.500
 that tell us

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.000
 the main

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.480
 point,

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.079
 the main

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.619
 teaching of

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.119
 this psalm.

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.480
 How can

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.079
 we maintain

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.299
 hope when

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.680
 our life

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.319
 seems hopeless?

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.420
 Scripture's

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.799
 simple yet

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:09.200
 profound answer

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.519
 to that

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.960
 question

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:11.019
 is to

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.700
 remember

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.180
 God

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:13.580
 and meditate

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.500
 on his

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.940
 works.

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.080
 Remember

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.559
 from verse

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.140
 3 that

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.980
 this didn't

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.440
 seem to

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.360
 be working

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.900
 for Asaph

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.319
 at first.

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.620
 He said,

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:22.940
 when I

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.340
 remember

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:23.799
 God,

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.980
 I moan.

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.799
 When I

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.140
 meditate,

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.700
 my spirit

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.360
 faints.

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.539
 At first,

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.039
 remembering

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.779
 God only

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.259
 made him

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.680
 moan in

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.180
 pain and

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.640
 struggle.

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.620
 Meditating

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.120
 on God's

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.480
 word only

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.840
 made him

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.319
 faint.

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.259
 But Asaph

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.100
 didn't stop

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.460
 there and

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.819
 that's the

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.000
 key.

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.880
 He continued.

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.660
 He kept

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.259
 on groaning

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.940
 and he

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.600
 kept on

00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.320
 appealing to

00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:41.580
 God.

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.180
 And with

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.759
 time and

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.340
 perseverance,

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.320
 he could

00:28:44.320 --> 00:28:45.400
 finally see

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.100
 the silver

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:46.720
 lining in

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.240
 the clouds,

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.800
 the sunlight

00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:49.740
 creeping in

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.140
 and the

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.940
 clouds starting

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.440
 to break.

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:51.900
 And this

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.540
 brings us

00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:52.880
 to the

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.640
 fourth step

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.220
 of lament.

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.060
 Remembering.

00:28:57.840 --> 00:28:58.400
 Remembering

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.160
 God's goodness

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.240
 and faithfulness.

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:02.040
 And it's

00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:02.440
 important to

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.820
 note that you

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.779
 can't short

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.460
 circuit this

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.160
 process and

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.560
 just go

00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:06.460
 straight to

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.500
 remembering.

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.759
 especially in

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.400
 deep suffering

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.880
 and pain.

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.940
 When you

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.820
 try to give

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.880
 people counsel,

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.660
 give grieving

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.300
 people some

00:29:15.300 --> 00:29:15.880
 counsel and

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.259
 comfort,

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.240
 if you go

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.019
 straight to

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.480
 remembering,

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:21.340
 without encouraging

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:22.060
 to turn to

00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:22.700
 God, without

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.220
 encouraging to

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.320
 groan to God

00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:24.680
 in the midst

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.200
 of their pain,

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.640
 and without

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.600
 appealing to

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.440
 God honestly

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.080
 from that

00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:28.820
 place of

00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:29.340
 pain and

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:29.960
 suffering and

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.360
 doubt and

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:30.820
 questions,

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.180
 that's when

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.480
 you come

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.060
 across as

00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:33.500
 you're giving

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.279
 pat answers.

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:37.720
 like Job's

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:39.200
 friends that

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.740
 Job described

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.379
 as miserable

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:41.099
 comforters,

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:46.259
 miserable

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.779
 physicians.

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.339
 So you

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.660
 can't

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.220
 short circuit

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.539
 lament,

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.500
 but you

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.259
 also cannot

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.180
 skip this

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:54.099
 step of

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.539
 remembering.

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.200
 The lament

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.920
 psalms in

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:58.019
 scripture always

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.799
 have a

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.539
 turning point.

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:00.680
 They provide

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.259
 time and

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.000
 space for the

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.480
 expression of

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:02.899
 grief and

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.200
 sorrow,

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.799
 doubts and

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.139
 questions,

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.520
 but they

00:30:04.520 --> 00:30:05.320
 don't let

00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:05.960
 you wallow

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.660
 there permanently.

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.440
 There's always

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.180
 a turning point

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.600
 in the psalm,

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.180
 usually with

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.920
 transitional words

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:12.340
 like but or

00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:13.600
 yet, where

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.640
 doubt starts to

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.220
 give way to

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.920
 hope and

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.200
 faith.

00:30:16.280 --> 00:30:16.800
 And here in

00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:17.420
 Psalm 77,

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.240
 it's the word

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.480
 then in

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.100
 verse 10.

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.420
 As Christians,

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:23.220
 we must situate

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.040
 the day of my

00:30:24.040 --> 00:30:24.920
 trouble in the

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:26.340
 days of old

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:27.420
 and the wonders

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.240
 of old.

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.320
 We must not

00:30:29.320 --> 00:30:30.100
 let the present

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.980
 day of trouble

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:32.100
 make us forget

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.920
 the faithfulness

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.320
 of God,

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.839
 demonstrated in

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.559
 its redemptive

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.039
 deeds of the

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.379
 past.

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:39.259
 It is no

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.000
 surprise then

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.740
 that verse

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:42.539
 11 is the

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.419
 first time in

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.000
 this psalm where

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.980
 Asaph uses the

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:46.119
 personal name for

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.399
 God.

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:49.159
 Notice that the

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.960
 word Lord in

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.839
 verse 11 is in

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.439
 all caps.

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.259
 That's a reverent

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.159
 way that the

00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:54.200
 Bible translators

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:57.000
 translate the

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.980
 name of God

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.740
 that's revealed

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.879
 in Exodus 3,

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:01.260
 Yehovah or

00:31:01.260 --> 00:31:01.800
 Yahweh.

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:04.180
 Up to this

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.120
 point, the

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.920
 psalmist has

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.420
 referred to

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.880
 God more

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.840
 generically as

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:09.340
 God or as

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:10.260
 Lord, which

00:31:10.260 --> 00:31:10.840
 in lowercase

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.340
 just means

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:11.920
 Master.

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.100
 Even the

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.760
 term most

00:31:14.760 --> 00:31:15.400
 high in

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.020
 verse 10 is

00:31:16.020 --> 00:31:16.680
 not a specific

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.520
 name for God

00:31:17.520 --> 00:31:18.420
 but uses a

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.260
 generic word

00:31:19.260 --> 00:31:19.960
 for God in

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.200
 Hebrew.

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.760
 But it's

00:31:21.760 --> 00:31:22.940
 precisely at

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.900
 the moment when

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.340
 the psalmist

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:25.360
 remembers that

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:26.000
 God is not

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.580
 just some

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:27.500
 God, some

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.840
 abstract reality

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.279
 or some

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.980
 impersonal

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.980
 force but

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.679
 that he is

00:31:31.679 --> 00:31:32.759
 his God.

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.720
 The God

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.480
 whom he knows

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.279
 personally and

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.019
 by whom he is

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:38.199
 known personally.

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.720
 Yahweh who

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.720
 revealed himself

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.599
 to God's people

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.619
 throughout history

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.699
 and specifically

00:31:43.699 --> 00:31:44.699
 intervened and

00:31:44.699 --> 00:31:45.639
 saved his people

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.639
 time and time

00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:47.139
 again.

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.559
 It's precisely

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.679
 at that moment

00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:51.480
 of the psalm

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.919
 that he turns

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.859
 from despair

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:55.639
 to hope

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.720
 and faith

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.699
 filled remembrance.

00:31:58.839 --> 00:32:01.240
 And when

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.720
 the psalmist

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.459
 starts to do

00:32:02.459 --> 00:32:02.919
 this,

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.679
 something

00:32:03.679 --> 00:32:04.319
 remarkable

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.939
 happens.

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:06.419
 Up to this

00:32:06.419 --> 00:32:06.959
 point, remember

00:32:06.959 --> 00:32:07.459
 the psalmist

00:32:07.459 --> 00:32:07.799
 has been

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.339
 predominantly

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.959
 using the

00:32:08.959 --> 00:32:09.480
 first person

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.980
 singular

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:11.000
 pronouns.

00:32:11.199 --> 00:32:11.819
 I did

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.259
 this and

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.779
 I did

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.159
 that and

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.759
 I feel

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.119
 this.

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.799
 But as

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.240
 soon as

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.539
 he starts

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.059
 remembering

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.699
 God

00:32:16.699 --> 00:32:17.619
 personally

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.539
 and his

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.199
 mighty deeds

00:32:19.199 --> 00:32:19.740
 of old,

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.539
 his focus

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.199
 shifts from

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.659
 looking at

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:22.099
 and pitting

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.079
 himself to

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.819
 beholding and

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.740
 exalting God.

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.159
 His language

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:26.879
 shifts from

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.320
 the first

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:28.100
 person to

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:28.840
 the second

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.300
 person.

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.220
 Look at

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.840
 verses 13

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.420
 to 15.

00:32:33.080 --> 00:32:33.900
 Your way,

00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:34.500
 O God,

00:32:34.560 --> 00:32:35.260
 is holy.

00:32:36.040 --> 00:32:36.680
 What God

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.320
 is great

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:37.960
 like our

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.400
 God?

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.800
 You are

00:32:39.800 --> 00:32:40.260
 the God

00:32:40.260 --> 00:32:40.780
 who works

00:32:40.780 --> 00:32:41.240
 wonders.

00:32:41.760 --> 00:32:42.540
 You have

00:32:42.540 --> 00:32:43.100
 made known

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:43.900
 your might

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.500
 among the

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.900
 peoples.

00:32:45.260 --> 00:32:46.060
 You with

00:32:46.060 --> 00:32:46.900
 your arm

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.440
 redeemed

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.400
 your people,

00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:49.240
 the children

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.840
 of Jacob

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.700
 and Joseph.

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:51.780
 Selah.

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:54.200
 note the

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.879
 powerful

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.440
 repetition

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.259
 in verse

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.899
 13.

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.960
 You with

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:59.059
 your arm

00:32:59.059 --> 00:33:00.059
 redeemed

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:01.000
 your

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.980
 people.

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.879
 You

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:06.019
 belong

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.619
 to God

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.319
 and he

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.899
 redeems

00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.740
 you because

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.160
 you are

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:10.240
 his

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:12.399
 with his

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:13.039
 mighty arm.

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.259
 Notice

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.960
 the first

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.980
 instance of

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.359
 the first

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.980
 person plural

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.500
 pronoun in

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.059
 verse 13.

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.680
 What God

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.060
 is great

00:33:21.060 --> 00:33:22.039
 like our

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.600
 God?

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.660
 Prior to

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:24.940
 this it

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.279
 was all

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.960
 I's and

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.539
 my's and

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.080
 me's but

00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:27.560
 as soon as

00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:27.900
 the psalmist

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.420
 shifts that

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.460
 focus from

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.759
 the trouble

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.519
 he is in

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.620
 to who

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.500
 God is

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.840
 and what

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.360
 he has

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:33.680
 done,

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.539
 he remembers

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.259
 that this

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.820
 God is so

00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.299
 much bigger

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.860
 than just

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.799
 his God.

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.100
 He is

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:40.100
 our God.

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.620
 When you

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.039
 in your

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.960
 pain have

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.440
 a hard

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.240
 time remembering

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.700
 the goodness

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.480
 and faithfulness

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.920
 of God,

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.740
 let the

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.440
 other saints

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.240
 remind you.

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:52.259
 the times

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.740
 of struggle

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.039
 are the

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.339
 times when

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.720
 you need

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:55.299
 the community

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.660
 of God's

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.099
 people the

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.579
 most.

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.400
 Just like

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:58.960
 when you're

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.740
 sick and

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.259
 you least

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.640
 want to

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:00.940
 eat is

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.180
 when you

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.700
 most need

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.019
 to eat

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.359
 healthy

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:02.819
 foods.

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.420
 When you

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:05.019
 feel like

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.380
 you want

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.819
 to withdraw

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.500
 and isolate

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.039
 and hunker

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.359
 down,

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.880
 that's

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.800
 precisely when

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.000
 you need

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.260
 to draw

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.840
 near to

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.239
 the saints

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.599
 of God,

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.400
 come together

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.900
 with God's

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.619
 people and

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.079
 let them

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.780
 remind you

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.079
 so that

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.360
 you can

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.579
 say along

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.099
 with them

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.900
 what God

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.460
 is great

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.420
 like our

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.099
 God.

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.699
 What God

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.299
 created the

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.819
 cosmos

00:34:23.819 --> 00:34:24.920
 with the

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.360
 word of

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.799
 his mouth

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.340
 like our

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.699
 God.

00:34:27.799 --> 00:34:28.679
 What God

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.639
 chose us

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.319
 before the

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:30.960
 foundation of

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.360
 the world

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.960
 to belong

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.380
 to him

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.619
 and to

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.039
 be like

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.219
 him.

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.179
 What God

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:36.019
 justifies

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.599
 sinners

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.900
 like our

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.259
 God.

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:40.199
 What God

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:41.139
 adopts his

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.840
 people as

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.440
 his own

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.019
 children

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:44.139
 like our

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.480
 God.

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.920
 what God

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.579
 is gracious

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.420
 and generous

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.280
 and merciful

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:49.559
 and compassionate

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.460
 like our

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.900
 God.

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:52.179
 There is

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:53.280
 no one

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:53.780
 like our

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.099
 God.

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.360
 There is

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.940
 no God

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.500
 but him.

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.639
 Then in

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.260
 verses 16

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:01.719
 to 20,

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.619
 the psalmist

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.320
 remembers the

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.820
 climactic

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.460
 instance of

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.699
 God's

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.039
 redemption

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.760
 in Israel's

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.360
 history up

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.599
 to that

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.940
 point.

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.019
 In the

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.280
 Exodus,

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.940
 he writes,

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:10.760
 when the

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.480
 water saw

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.699
 you,

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.119
 O God,

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.519
 when the

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.300
 water saw

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:13.519
 you,

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:13.860
 they were

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.579
 afraid.

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.579
 Indeed,

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.240
 the deep

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:17.019
 trembled.

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.300
 The clouds

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.900
 poured out

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.160
 water.

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:19.680
 The skies

00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:20.320
 gave forth

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.680
 thunder.

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.160
 Your arrows

00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:21.800
 flashed on

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.420
 every side.

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.240
 The crash

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.500
 of your

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.039
 thunder was

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.340
 in the

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.800
 whirlwind.

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.019
 Your

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.539
 lightnings

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.039
 lighted up

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.500
 the world.

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.280
 The earth

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:27.860
 trembled

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.380
 and shook.

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.240
 Your way

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.640
 was through

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:30.079
 the sea.

00:35:30.180 --> 00:35:30.820
 Your path

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.400
 through the

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.079
 great waters.

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:32.440
 Yet your

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.800
 footprints

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.700
 were unseen.

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.960
 You led

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.420
 your people

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.099
 like a flock

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.700
 by the hand

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.140
 of Moses

00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:37.880
 and Aaron.

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.579
 This is a

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.019
 beautifully

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:41.099
 poetic way

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.860
 to conclude

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.740
 this psalm.

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.699
 Remember how

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.059
 I mentioned

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.399
 to you

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:44.899
 that verse

00:35:44.899 --> 00:35:45.939
 one where

00:35:45.939 --> 00:35:46.139
 he says,

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.539
 I cry

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.219
 aloud to

00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:47.459
 God,

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.199
 aloud to

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.459
 God.

00:35:48.459 --> 00:35:49.059
 In Hebrew

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.619
 it's literally

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.799
 my voice

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:51.899
 cries out to

00:35:51.899 --> 00:35:52.039
 God.

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.939
 My voice

00:35:52.939 --> 00:35:53.619
 to God.

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.459
 Well,

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:54.719
 if you

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.139
 translate

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.959
 verses 17

00:35:55.959 --> 00:35:56.619
 to 18

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.539
 more literally,

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.399
 it would

00:35:58.399 --> 00:35:58.639
 read,

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.259
 the clouds

00:35:59.259 --> 00:35:59.819
 poured out

00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.079
 water,

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.839
 the skies

00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:01.799
 gave forth

00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:02.480
 voice.

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.879
 Your arrow

00:36:03.879 --> 00:36:04.559
 flashed on

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.099
 every side.

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.940
 The voice

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.379
 of your

00:36:06.379 --> 00:36:06.799
 thunder

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.299
 was in

00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:07.980
 the whirlwind.

00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:08.519
 Your

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.079
 lightnings

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.500
 lighted up

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.879
 the world.

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.339
 The earth

00:36:10.339 --> 00:36:10.839
 trembled

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:11.339
 and shook.

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.539
 Because the

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.039
 Hebrew word

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.559
 for thunder

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.159
 and crash

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.619
 is the same

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:14.920
 word that

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.599
 means voice

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.059
 in verse

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.359
 one.

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.960
 Similarly,

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.379
 in verse

00:36:18.379 --> 00:36:18.759
 two,

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.559
 the psalmist

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.199
 mentioned that

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.739
 he stretched

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.079
 out his

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.619
 hand to

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:21.900
 God.

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:22.579
 And here

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.839
 in verse

00:36:22.839 --> 00:36:23.139
 20,

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.500
 we are told

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.839
 that God

00:36:23.839 --> 00:36:24.239
 led his

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.759
 people like

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.079
 a flock

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.379
 by the

00:36:25.379 --> 00:36:25.839
 hand of

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:26.440
 Moses and

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.719
 Aaron.

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.939
 the same

00:36:27.939 --> 00:36:28.239
 word,

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:28.639
 hand.

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.179
 And in

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.579
 addition to

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:29.679
 that,

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:29.959
 we saw

00:36:29.959 --> 00:36:30.259
 in verse

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:30.480
 10,

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:30.819
 how God

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.219
 delivered

00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:31.679
 with his

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.679
 right hand.

00:36:33.359 --> 00:36:33.539
 And in

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.099
 verse 15,

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:34.339
 that he

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:34.659
 redeemed

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:34.980
 his people

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.559
 with his

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.219
 arm.

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.480
 So these

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.079
 closing

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.859
 verses of

00:36:38.859 --> 00:36:39.299
 the psalm

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.759
 are a

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:40.459
 rejoinder,

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.799
 an answer

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.419
 from God

00:36:42.419 --> 00:36:42.779
 to the

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:43.319
 psalmist's

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:44.139
 desperate cry

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.419
 in the

00:36:44.419 --> 00:36:44.719
 opening

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.239
 verses.

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.659
 As Asaph

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.619
 raises his

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.339
 voice to

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:49.839
 God in

00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:50.139
 the day

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.419
 of his

00:36:50.419 --> 00:36:50.739
 trouble,

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.739
 he remembers

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:52.519
 God's

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.980
 voice speaking

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.559
 from those

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.000
 days of

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.339
 old.

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.500
 As the

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.860
 psalmist

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.360
 stretches

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.900
 forth his

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.260
 hand in

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:58.739
 desperate

00:36:58.739 --> 00:36:59.679
 longing for

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.079
 God,

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.440
 he remembers

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.059
 how God

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.739
 stretched out

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.260
 his hand

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:03.960
 to redeem

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.539
 his people

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.059
 and rescue

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:06.039
 them from

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.599
 their day

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.039
 of trouble

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.440
 in those

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.059
 days of

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.500
 old.

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:09.960
 So,

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.360
 brothers and

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.679
 sisters,

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.320
 in our

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.940
 remembrance

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.780
 of God,

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:13.900
 in our

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.320
 remembrance

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.699
 of his

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.260
 redemptive

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:15.800
 deeds of

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.019
 old,

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.579
 God is

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.059
 stretching

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.619
 out his

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.059
 hand to

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:19.199
 grab hold

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:19.539
 of you

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.840
 in the

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.300
 mire of

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:20.460
 your

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.840
 suffering

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.400
 and pain.

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.840
 God

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:23.480
 answers

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.539
 your cries

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.059
 of lament

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:26.099
 with his

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.860
 voice when

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.500
 you remember

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.480
 his faithfulness

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.400
 in his

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.759
 word.

00:37:32.299 --> 00:37:33.099
 And I

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.739
 love the

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.579
 perspective of

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:35.279
 verse 16.

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.000
 When the

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:38.039
 waters saw

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.360
 you,

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.880
 oh God,

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.019
 when the

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.739
 waters saw

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:40.880
 you,

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.259
 they were

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:41.880
 afraid.

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:43.860
 Indeed,

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.299
 the deep

00:37:44.299 --> 00:37:44.880
 trembled.

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.579
 It's a

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:47.279
 very effective

00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:48.139
 use of

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:49.119
 personification,

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.279
 which is a

00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:50.960
 poetic device

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.599
 where you give

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.980
 human attributes

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:54.000
 to non-human

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:56.179
 objects or

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:56.719
 non-human

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:58.079
 things like

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.460
 water.

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.639
 Waters cannot

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.579
 see anything.

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.340
 Waters cannot

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:04.340
 be afraid or

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.840
 tremble.

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:05.960
 And yet,

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.800
 that's how the

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.880
 psalmist describes

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.699
 the splitting and

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.480
 crossing of the

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.920
 Red Sea in

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.559
 Exodus 14.

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:11.940
 And this is a

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:13.260
 remarkably faith-filled

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:14.139
 perspective,

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:16.119
 filled with faith,

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:16.740
 looking back

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:18.099
 retroactively from

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:19.179
 what happened in

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.860
 Exodus 14.

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:20.780
 Because if you

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.300
 go back and

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.940
 actually look at

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.480
 the original

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.059
 narrative in

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.699
 Exodus 14,

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:25.679
 and you read

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.119
 what happened

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.420
 there,

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:27.699
 it doesn't

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.079
 say the

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.699
 waters were

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:29.119
 afraid.

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:33.260
 With the

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:34.019
 impassable

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.780
 Red Sea

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:35.420
 ahead of

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:35.679
 them,

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.480
 and then

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.920
 the rampaging

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.500
 elite

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.099
 Egyptian

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:39.760
 army

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:42.079
 right on

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.440
 their heels

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.079
 behind them,

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.000
 it says

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.639
 in Exodus

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:45.980
 14.

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.820
 The people

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.860
 of Israel

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:49.139
 feared

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.260
 greatly.

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:54.179
 But Asaph

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.599
 is here

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.280
 helping us

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:55.980
 to see

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:57.139
 that situation

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.760
 in history

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.940
 and by

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.380
 extension,

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.260
 our current

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.760
 troubles,

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:02.059
 not with our

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.519
 eyes,

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:03.000
 but with

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.579
 faith.

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.800
 The waters

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.980
 saw God

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.740
 and then the

00:39:07.740 --> 00:39:08.380
 waters were

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:09.320
 afraid and it

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.940
 trembled.

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:13.159
 Whatever it is

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:13.699
 that makes you

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.360
 tremble with

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:14.960
 fear,

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.559
 insert that

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:16.980
 thing

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:18.300
 into verse

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:18.820
 16,

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.380
 in the

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.800
 place of

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.120
 the word

00:39:20.120 --> 00:39:20.660
 waters.

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.360
 Instead of

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:23.880
 staring at

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.200
 the trouble

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:24.780
 from your

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.380
 perspective,

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:26.320
 try seeing

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:26.600
 it from

00:39:26.600 --> 00:39:27.100
 God's

00:39:27.100 --> 00:39:27.640
 perspective

00:39:27.640 --> 00:39:28.059
 because it's

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.720
 not God

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:29.019
 who is

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.360
 trembling,

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.519
 it's your

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.300
 waters that

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.780
 are trembling.

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.500
 Your job

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:35.920
 trouble

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:37.680
 sees God

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.180
 and is

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:38.700
 afraid

00:39:38.700 --> 00:39:40.000
 and it

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.840
 trembles.

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:42.920
 Your relational

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.400
 trouble

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:44.480
 sees God

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.019
 and it's

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.680
 afraid

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:47.019
 and it

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.779
 trembles

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.279
 in your

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:49.399
 mental health

00:39:49.399 --> 00:39:49.980
 issues.

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.419
 See God

00:39:51.419 --> 00:39:51.799
 and is

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:52.399
 afraid

00:39:52.399 --> 00:39:53.819
 and it

00:39:53.819 --> 00:39:54.539
 trembles

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:55.440
 your besetting

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:56.139
 sins.

00:39:56.759 --> 00:39:57.500
 See God

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:57.899
 and it

00:39:57.899 --> 00:39:58.819
 afraid

00:39:58.819 --> 00:39:59.299
 and it

00:39:59.299 --> 00:40:00.119
 trembles

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:01.000
 so don't

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.440
 let your

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.980
 pain

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.919
 and sorrow

00:40:02.919 --> 00:40:03.759
 blind you

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.059
 to the

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.599
 presence of

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.059
 God.

00:40:06.399 --> 00:40:07.039
 He is

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.539
 in your

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:07.960
 life.

00:40:08.379 --> 00:40:08.719
 Bring him

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.319
 back into

00:40:09.319 --> 00:40:09.819
 the picture

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.339
 and lift

00:40:10.339 --> 00:40:10.759
 up your

00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:11.159
 gaze

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.699
 onto

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:12.199
 him.

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:15.679
 Looking

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:16.259
 back on

00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:16.919
 the crossing

00:40:16.919 --> 00:40:17.659
 of the

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:18.199
 Red Sea,

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.019
 Paul says

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.739
 in 1 Corinthians

00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:20.159
 10,

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:21.359
 1-2,

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:21.759
 that the

00:40:21.759 --> 00:40:22.079
 Israelites

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.899
 all passed

00:40:22.899 --> 00:40:23.299
 through the

00:40:23.299 --> 00:40:24.259
 sea and

00:40:24.259 --> 00:40:24.699
 all were

00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:25.159
 baptized

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:25.719
 into

00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:26.139
 Moses

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.559
 in the

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:26.939
 cloud

00:40:26.939 --> 00:40:27.319
 and in

00:40:27.319 --> 00:40:27.699
 the sea.

00:40:28.939 --> 00:40:29.579
 Paul is

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.119
 making a

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.399
 biblical

00:40:30.399 --> 00:40:31.079
 theological

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.779
 connection

00:40:31.779 --> 00:40:32.519
 here between

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:33.319
 Israel's

00:40:33.319 --> 00:40:33.759
 crossing of

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.079
 the Red

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.859
 Sea and

00:40:34.859 --> 00:40:35.019
 the

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.500
 Christian

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.599
 going under

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:36.960
 the water

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.359
 and coming

00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:37.719
 out in

00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:38.179
 baptism.

00:40:39.399 --> 00:40:39.960
 The

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.599
 nation of

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:40.960
 Israel

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:41.939
 escaped

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.260
 their

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:42.539
 slave

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:42.880
 masters

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:43.260
 and were

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:43.780
 reborn

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:44.179
 in a

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:44.460
 way

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:45.240
 through

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:45.500
 the

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.840
 crossing

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.039
 of

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.159
 the

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:46.320
 Red

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.579
 Sea.

00:40:47.220 --> 00:40:47.519
 Similarly,

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.019
 Christian

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.420
 baptism

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.179
 represents

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.480
 the

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.099
 breaking

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:50.840
 once and

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:51.360
 for all

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:51.860
 of our

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:52.539
 slavery to

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:52.900
 sin and

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.220
 death.

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.639
 Romans 6,

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:55.320
 1-4 has

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:55.760
 this to say

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:55.960
 about

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.320
 baptism.

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:56.760
 What shall

00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:57.200
 we say

00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:57.380
 then?

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.579
 Are we

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.059
 to continue

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.559
 in sin

00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:59.079
 that grace

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.659
 may abound?

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.639
 By no

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.159
 means.

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:02.119
 How can

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.400
 we who

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:02.960
 died to

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.380
 sin still

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:03.740
 live in

00:41:03.740 --> 00:41:03.960
 it?

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:04.820
 Do you

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:05.200
 not know

00:41:05.200 --> 00:41:05.579
 that all

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:05.880
 of us

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.039
 who have

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.619
 been baptized

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.720
 into Christ

00:41:07.720 --> 00:41:08.260
 Jesus were

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:09.340
 baptized into

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:10.139
 his death?

00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:11.059
 We were

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.320
 with him

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:12.840
 by baptism

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.440
 into death

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:13.900
 in order

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.300
 that just

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:14.720
 as Christ

00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:15.400
 was raised

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.019
 from the

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.380
 dead by

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:16.760
 the glory

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.019
 of the

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.320
 Father,

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.119
 we too

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.920
 might walk

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.300
 in the

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:19.800
 newness

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:20.460
 of life.

00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:23.880
 Beloved

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.940
 saints,

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:27.980
 beloved

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:28.679
 child of

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:28.960
 God,

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.559
 are you

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:30.920
 weighed

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:32.059
 down this

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.599
 morning by

00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:33.760
 guilt and

00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:34.139
 shame?

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:39.059
 Are you

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.760
 despairing

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:40.039
 that you

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.619
 can ever

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:41.400
 be forgiven

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:42.619
 of your

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.079
 sins?

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.460
 That you

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:45.059
 can ever

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.740
 be delivered

00:41:45.740 --> 00:41:46.860
 from your

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.180
 sinful

00:41:47.180 --> 00:41:47.760
 patterns?

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:49.519
 Let your

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:50.680
 sins behold

00:41:50.680 --> 00:41:51.720
 the cross

00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:52.180
 of Jesus

00:41:52.180 --> 00:41:52.840
 Christ and

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:53.180
 let it

00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:54.460
 fear and

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:55.099
 tremble.

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:59.019
 Because

00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:00.039
 Jesus paid

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.579
 for it.

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:02.280
 He died

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:02.760
 so he

00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:03.320
 no longer

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:03.900
 has a

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.519
 claim on

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:05.099
 your life

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:05.860
 and you

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.160
 can be

00:42:06.160 --> 00:42:06.579
 free.

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:07.980
 You can

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:08.400
 no longer

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:08.780
 be a

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:09.280
 slave to

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.500
 sin.

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:13.680
 the

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:14.099
 resurrection

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.840
 power of

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.720
 Jesus is

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:16.639
 available to

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:17.500
 you by the

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:17.920
 Spirit of

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:20.320
 God so

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.519
 that you

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:21.019
 can walk

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.280
 in the

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:21.700
 newness of

00:42:21.700 --> 00:42:22.059
 life.

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.500
 So let's

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:26.680
 join Asaph in

00:42:26.680 --> 00:42:27.099
 this song.

00:42:27.180 --> 00:42:27.400
 Let us

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:28.720
 remember the

00:42:28.720 --> 00:42:29.519
 deeds of the

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:29.760
 Lord.

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:31.220
 Yes, let us

00:42:31.220 --> 00:42:32.380
 remember his

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:33.320
 wonders of

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:33.760
 old.

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.500
 Let us

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:35.619
 ponder all

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.400
 his work

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:37.160
 and meditate

00:42:37.160 --> 00:42:38.099
 on his

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:39.039
 mighty deeds.

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:40.559
 your way,

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:41.320
 O God,

00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:41.960
 is holy.

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:43.840
 What God

00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:45.400
 is great

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:46.719
 like our

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:47.139
 God?

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:49.800
 What God

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:51.500
 is great

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:53.279
 like our

00:42:53.279 --> 00:42:54.340
 God?

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:57.119
 Let's pray.

00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:00.480
 Yes, Lord,

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:01.059
 no,

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:02.779
 God is

00:43:02.779 --> 00:43:03.199
 great

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:04.500
 like you,

00:43:04.779 --> 00:43:04.980
 Lord.

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:08.860
 there is

00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:09.559
 no one

00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:10.940
 like you

00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.500
 who is

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.740
 merciful

00:43:12.740 --> 00:43:13.619
 and

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:14.280
 compassionate,

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:17.880
 abounding

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:18.840
 in steadfast

00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:19.460
 love and

00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:20.280
 faithfulness,

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.340
 forgiving

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.119
 wickedness,

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:23.780
 rebellion,

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:25.059
 and sin.

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:28.960
 there is

00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:29.559
 no God

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:30.159
 who rules

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.820
 the cosmos

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:32.980
 and yet

00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:34.119
 takes interest

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:35.259
 in our

00:43:35.259 --> 00:43:36.420
 puny lives,

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:37.480
 in the

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:38.139
 details of

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:38.820
 our lives,

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:40.440
 and hears

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:41.079
 our every

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:41.619
 groan.

00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:43.920
 There is

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.679
 no God

00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:45.619
 like you,

00:43:45.820 --> 00:43:46.019
 O Lord

00:43:46.019 --> 00:43:46.400
 God,

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:49.659
 who draws

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:50.279
 near to

00:43:50.279 --> 00:43:50.799
 us and

00:43:50.799 --> 00:43:51.539
 hears us

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:52.239
 and answers

00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:52.980
 our prayers.

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:57.300
 there is

00:43:57.300 --> 00:43:58.000
 no God

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:59.260
 like you,

00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:00.519
 Lord God,

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:04.019
 who sent

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.599
 his only

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:05.019
 son,

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:06.980
 who took

00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:07.659
 on human

00:44:07.659 --> 00:44:08.260
 flesh that

00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:08.539
 he might

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:09.139
 know our

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:09.760
 infirmities

00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:10.199
 and know

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:10.840
 our weaknesses

00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:11.340
 and be able

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:12.019
 to empathize

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.579
 with us

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:14.159
 and carried

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:14.940
 our sin

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:16.300
 and died

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:16.619
 in our

00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:17.059
 place.

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:21.559
 And because

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:22.019
 of that,

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:23.119
 you alone

00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:23.679
 are God.

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:25.480
 You alone,

00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:25.780
 God,

00:44:25.860 --> 00:44:26.340
 deserve our

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:26.679
 worship.

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:27.539
 You alone,

00:44:27.659 --> 00:44:27.860
 God,

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.559
 deserve our

00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:29.119
 lives'

00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:30.719
 sacrifice

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:31.559
 of praise.

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.239
 Help us

00:44:37.239 --> 00:44:37.659
 to fix

00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:38.059
 our eyes

00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:38.639
 upon you.

00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:43.900
 In Jesus'

00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:44.320
 name,

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.239
 we pray.

00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:46.239
 Amen.

00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:46.400
 Amen.