WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.179 for the summer. And if you have your Bible with you, I'll invite you to open it up to Psalm chapter 22. 00:00:07.179 --> 00:00:13.480 If you don't have your Bible with you, you can find one in the bottom of the seat in front of you there. 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:18.859 There won't be any words on the screen this morning, so it might be helpful to you to be able to follow along. 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:23.660 So Psalm chapter 22, and I'm going to read it for us this morning. 00:00:24.080 --> 00:00:29.980 We'll jump right into the message, and then after that we'll go straight into the Lord's table afterwards. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.019 So Psalm 22, for the director of music, to the tune of the dough of the morning, a Psalm of David. 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:53.240 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? 00:00:53.240 --> 00:01:02.219 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer. By night, but I find no rest. 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:09.480 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One. You are the one Israel praises. 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:16.299 And you, our ancestors, put their trust. They trusted, and you delivered them. 00:01:16.299 --> 00:01:22.459 To you, they cried out and were saved. And you, they trusted and were not put to shame. 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:26.979 But I am a worm, and not a man. 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:29.920 Scorned by everyone. 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:32.459 Despised by the people. 00:01:33.739 --> 00:01:36.179 All who see me, mock me. 00:01:37.060 --> 00:01:40.519 They hurl insults, shaking their heads. 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:44.019 He trusts in the Lord, they say. 00:01:44.699 --> 00:01:46.719 Let the Lord rescue him. 00:01:47.619 --> 00:01:49.899 Let him deliver him, since he delights in him. 00:01:52.679 --> 00:01:54.439 Yet you brought me out of the womb. 00:01:55.939 --> 00:01:58.920 You made me trust in you, even at my mother's breast. 00:02:00.259 --> 00:02:02.519 From birth, I was cast on you. 00:02:03.140 --> 00:02:05.439 From my mother's womb, you have been my God. 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:11.300 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help. 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:14.599 Many bulls surround me. 00:02:15.460 --> 00:02:18.400 Strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:21.460 Roaring lions that tear their prey. 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:24.259 Open their mouths wide against me. 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:28.979 I'm poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. 00:02:30.139 --> 00:02:31.979 My heart has turned to wax. 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:33.740 It has melted within me. 00:02:33.740 --> 00:02:39.340 My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:42.360 You lay me in the dust of death. 00:02:45.020 --> 00:02:46.379 Dogs surround me. 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:48.460 A pack of villains encircles me. 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:51.160 They pierce my hands and my feet. 00:02:52.480 --> 00:02:54.340 All my bones are on display. 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:57.860 People stare and gloat over me. 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:02.000 They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment. 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:06.259 But you, Lord, do not be far from me. 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:08.319 You are my strength. 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:10.780 Come quickly to help me. 00:03:11.699 --> 00:03:12.960 Deliver me from the sword. 00:03:13.620 --> 00:03:15.860 My precious life from the power of the dogs. 00:03:16.580 --> 00:03:18.460 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions. 00:03:18.979 --> 00:03:21.280 Save me from the horns of the wild oxen. 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:28.460 I will declare your name to my people. 00:03:29.060 --> 00:03:31.539 In the assembly, I will praise you. 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:35.360 You who fear the Lord, praise him. 00:03:36.060 --> 00:03:38.479 All you descendants of Jacob, honor him. 00:03:38.979 --> 00:03:41.659 Revere him, all you descendants of Israel. 00:03:41.659 --> 00:03:48.719 For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one. 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:53.579 He has not hidden his face from him, but has listened to his cry for help. 00:03:54.859 --> 00:03:59.159 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly. 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:03.379 Before those who fear you, I will fulfill my vows. 00:04:03.379 --> 00:04:06.340 The poor will eat and be satisfied. 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:09.199 Those who seek the Lord will praise him. 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:12.340 May your hearts live forever. 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:17.600 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord. 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:21.360 And all the families of the nations will bow down before him. 00:04:21.579 --> 00:04:23.719 For dominion belongs to the Lord. 00:04:24.100 --> 00:04:26.480 And he rules over the nations. 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:31.220 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship. 00:04:31.780 --> 00:04:35.379 All who go down to the dust will kneel before him. 00:04:35.900 --> 00:04:38.000 Those who cannot keep themselves alive. 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:40.300 Posterity will serve him. 00:04:41.200 --> 00:04:44.720 Future generations will be told about the Lord. 00:04:45.379 --> 00:04:47.560 They will proclaim his righteousness. 00:04:48.460 --> 00:04:51.000 Declaring to a people yet unborn. 00:04:52.140 --> 00:04:53.040 He has done it. 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:06.140 So we'll go back to the beginning of the psalm. 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:07.580 And we'll start there. 00:05:08.180 --> 00:05:11.259 We learn a little bit about the psalm in the superscription. 00:05:12.020 --> 00:05:13.560 This is a psalm of David. 00:05:14.200 --> 00:05:17.200 David lived about 3,000 years ago. 00:05:17.640 --> 00:05:20.420 About 1,000 years before Jesus was born. 00:05:21.520 --> 00:05:24.360 And this was a song that he wrote. 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:26.580 And then gave to the director of music. 00:05:26.580 --> 00:05:29.259 Probably to be used for worship in Israel. 00:05:30.060 --> 00:05:32.180 It even says the tune of the song. 00:05:32.420 --> 00:05:34.800 To the dough of the morning. 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:41.000 Unfortunately, the tune, the melody, the rhythm. 00:05:41.540 --> 00:05:43.879 All of that is lost to us today. 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:47.740 What we have though are the lyrics. 00:05:48.740 --> 00:05:51.840 And they are God's words as well as David's words. 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:56.979 And there's enough in the words alone to touch our hearts and our minds to the core. 00:05:58.099 --> 00:06:01.359 This psalm has two distinct parts to it, which I'm sure you notice. 00:06:02.159 --> 00:06:06.919 There's verses 1 down to 21, which is the lament part of the psalm. 00:06:06.979 --> 00:06:12.959 That's the part where David is pouring out his heart to God in the midst of his troubles. 00:06:13.239 --> 00:06:14.199 Asking for help. 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:21.439 And then there's the thanksgiving and worship part, which is the second part, 22 to 31. 00:06:21.599 --> 00:06:25.300 It's like the tone just changes after the deliverance has come. 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:28.740 And David can hardly keep it in. 00:06:28.819 --> 00:06:30.300 He just worships the Lord. 00:06:31.060 --> 00:06:34.659 And we'll get to that, Lord willing. 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:37.959 But let's start here at the beginning. 00:06:38.139 --> 00:06:40.120 Where does this song come from? 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:44.740 Well, songs usually come from the heart. 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:51.000 And this one comes from the deep anguish in the heart of David. 00:06:52.280 --> 00:06:53.360 My God. 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:55.120 My God. 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:57.540 Why have you forsaken me? 00:06:58.540 --> 00:07:01.360 Why are you so far from saving me? 00:07:01.980 --> 00:07:04.120 So far from my cries of anguish. 00:07:04.280 --> 00:07:07.680 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer. 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:09.480 By night. 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:12.060 But I find no rest. 00:07:13.939 --> 00:07:20.040 Do you feel the anguish and desperation in David's heart as he says these words? 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:23.780 He calls out to God and he basically asks him, 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:25.360 Why have you forgotten me? 00:07:26.660 --> 00:07:29.220 He feels as though God has abandoned him. 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:36.120 As if God is just so far away from the trouble that he is in. 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.120 And I have been praying. 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:40.879 And I have been asking again and again. 00:07:41.060 --> 00:07:41.860 Day after day. 00:07:41.980 --> 00:07:42.899 Night after night. 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:45.379 But why haven't you answered me? 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:50.500 I don't know what is going on in all your lives right now. 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:52.959 But if you are going through a really tough time right now. 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:55.860 These words are a comfort. 00:07:55.860 --> 00:07:59.360 In a world where men don't cry. 00:07:59.960 --> 00:08:06.040 And it's considered awkward to, even inappropriate, to ugly cry in front of others. 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:09.160 To let what's in here come out in front of people. 00:08:10.020 --> 00:08:12.860 David puts it on display for the whole nation. 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:14.800 I've been here. 00:08:16.020 --> 00:08:17.660 I've felt like this before. 00:08:19.660 --> 00:08:20.680 You're not alone. 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.280 David experienced it. 00:08:25.280 --> 00:08:26.160 Sleepless nights. 00:08:27.259 --> 00:08:28.879 Seemingly unanswered prayers. 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:35.620 Some people might look at this cry and think it almost inappropriate to speak to God this way. 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:36.340 Too intimate. 00:08:36.539 --> 00:08:37.100 Too personal. 00:08:37.299 --> 00:08:39.279 Except that it's right here in the Bible. 00:08:40.500 --> 00:08:43.680 We might wonder, is he accusing God of abandonment? 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:44.239 Or of abandonment? 00:08:45.239 --> 00:08:48.639 Or of ignoring him? 00:08:50.319 --> 00:08:52.059 And it kind of raises the question. 00:08:52.259 --> 00:08:55.259 Has God forsaken David in this moment? 00:08:56.620 --> 00:08:58.879 Has God not been answering David's prayers? 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:02.500 And it kind of depends on your view of the Psalms. 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:07.399 And how this is both the word of man and the word of God at the same time. 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:09.919 We might come to some different conclusions. 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:12.479 Some will say that for these words to be true. 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:16.700 God really has forsaken David in this moment. 00:09:16.820 --> 00:09:18.180 Perhaps because he sinned. 00:09:18.259 --> 00:09:20.159 God really isn't answering his prayers. 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.399 Perhaps because he's done something. 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:26.940 And he needs to get right with God first. 00:09:28.180 --> 00:09:30.060 Others will say, no. 00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:33.899 These words are true in the sense of, 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:37.560 they're the thoughts that David really has in his heart. 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:43.519 They accurately describe the feelings that he has right now. 00:09:44.019 --> 00:09:46.399 And I think that's the right way to read this. 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:49.919 There are a lot of things said in the Psalms 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:53.000 that seem to convey the feeling truth, 00:09:53.500 --> 00:09:55.519 the inward thoughts of the individual, 00:09:55.899 --> 00:09:59.819 rather than the fact truth of the circumstance 00:09:59.819 --> 00:10:01.599 that that individual is in, 00:10:01.659 --> 00:10:04.000 or what's going on between him and God. 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:07.340 And this seems to be the conclusion that David comes to 00:10:07.340 --> 00:10:08.740 in the second part of the Psalm. 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:11.620 Just look with me quickly to verse 24. 00:10:12.740 --> 00:10:16.159 Here at verse 24, David is praising God. 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:18.940 He's worshiping God, celebrating him. 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:22.240 And then he starts calling on all the people of Israel 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:23.899 to join him in praise. 00:10:24.340 --> 00:10:24.879 And why? 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:27.039 David answers in verse 24. 00:10:27.259 --> 00:10:27.659 He says, 00:10:27.659 --> 00:10:40.899 It's as though David is saying, 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:43.039 how I felt earlier before, 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:46.759 before the answer to my prayers came, 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:48.579 it wasn't the reality. 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:51.199 You hadn't hidden your face from me. 00:10:51.259 --> 00:10:53.500 All along, you were watching me. 00:10:54.199 --> 00:10:55.620 You were listening to my prayers. 00:10:55.620 --> 00:10:57.919 You were seeing me, hearing me. 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:02.279 There's some powerful lessons here for us. 00:11:03.299 --> 00:11:05.299 And I think the first and most obvious one is, 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:07.720 don't be afraid, don't hesitate 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.159 to just pour out your heart to God. 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:13.980 To tell him what's going on in your heart, 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:16.700 how you're feeling, put words to it. 00:11:18.379 --> 00:11:21.580 God can handle us being real with him, 00:11:22.419 --> 00:11:23.519 raw with him. 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:26.340 That's lesson number one. 00:11:27.460 --> 00:11:30.559 Second, we have to know and we have to understand 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:33.600 that sometimes God's answer, 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:34.480 God's help, 00:11:35.139 --> 00:11:37.220 seems a long time in coming. 00:11:38.059 --> 00:11:39.600 Feels a long time in coming. 00:11:41.340 --> 00:11:43.960 God doesn't always give us what we ask for 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:45.379 when we want it, 00:11:45.439 --> 00:11:46.519 when we expect it. 00:11:47.379 --> 00:11:48.100 But third, 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:51.139 probably the most powerful lesson 00:11:51.139 --> 00:11:52.199 of this whole psalm, 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:54.980 God hasn't forgotten you. 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:58.779 He hasn't been hiding his face from you. 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:04.100 If you belong to God through faith in Jesus Christ, 00:12:04.220 --> 00:12:07.220 he does not despise or scorn you 00:12:07.220 --> 00:12:08.879 or the things that you're going through. 00:12:09.139 --> 00:12:10.980 He doesn't think light of those things. 00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:14.080 He doesn't turn his face away from you 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:15.419 when you're in the moment of trouble 00:12:15.419 --> 00:12:17.139 as if that's despicable. 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:17.819 That's despicable. 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:19.059 I don't want to look on that. 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:21.860 He sees everything that you're going through 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:25.620 and he hears every prayer that you pray. 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:27.419 He's watching 00:12:27.419 --> 00:12:29.740 and he has a purpose 00:12:29.740 --> 00:12:32.819 for those things in our lives. 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:35.039 For those who belong to God 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:36.860 through faith in his son Jesus, 00:12:37.179 --> 00:12:38.840 this promise holds true 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:40.199 and cannot be broken. 00:12:41.319 --> 00:12:43.519 Hebrews 13 verse 5, 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:45.960 Never will I leave you. 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:48.659 Never will I forsake you. 00:12:49.699 --> 00:12:52.539 It may feel sometimes like he has, 00:12:53.220 --> 00:12:55.000 but it's not true. 00:12:55.699 --> 00:12:56.439 He is there. 00:12:57.419 --> 00:12:58.079 He sees. 00:12:58.220 --> 00:12:58.720 He hears. 00:13:00.740 --> 00:13:02.059 Moving on from there, 00:13:03.059 --> 00:13:04.419 David goes on to reflect 00:13:04.419 --> 00:13:07.579 on how God has been faithful in the past. 00:13:07.659 --> 00:13:09.259 We see that in verses 3 to 5 00:13:09.259 --> 00:13:12.779 and we see more of that in verses 9 and 10. 00:13:12.779 --> 00:13:15.659 And I'm just going to skip over this. 00:13:15.740 --> 00:13:17.299 We don't have time for everything here, 00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:19.779 but basically he thinks about 00:13:19.779 --> 00:13:22.559 how God has answered the prayers of his ancestors 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:24.240 and they trusted in him 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:26.039 and God delivered them. 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:28.980 But there's kind of that conflicted tone. 00:13:30.439 --> 00:13:31.919 You did that for them, 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:33.899 but what about me? 00:13:35.079 --> 00:13:36.459 Why not my prayers? 00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:39.220 In verses 9 and 10, 00:13:39.300 --> 00:13:41.560 it's reflecting back on his birth. 00:13:42.700 --> 00:13:44.440 God, you're right there with me 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:45.780 from the time I was born. 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:49.040 You've been with me all along through my life, 00:13:49.160 --> 00:13:51.379 but it's as though he's asking, 00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:52.460 where are you now? 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:54.960 As I face death, 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:56.379 as I come to the end, 00:13:56.460 --> 00:13:57.700 it seems, of my life. 00:13:57.700 --> 00:14:04.580 Some people simply don't understand 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:06.500 the deep anguish of soul 00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:11.480 that can come from much suffering and hardship, 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:14.640 from relationship breakdowns, 00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:17.400 chronic health troubles, 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:19.520 from stresses and pressures 00:14:19.520 --> 00:14:20.960 too numerous to count, 00:14:21.660 --> 00:14:22.840 from traumatic things 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:24.860 that have been witnessed or experienced, 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:27.300 or from devastating loss. 00:14:29.340 --> 00:14:30.580 Sometimes people will say, 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:31.560 well, just look back 00:14:31.560 --> 00:14:33.600 at how God has been faithful in the past. 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:36.220 And usually they mean well. 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:39.720 Sometimes that does work. 00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:42.419 That gets our eyes off of how we're feeling 00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:43.159 and onto God, 00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:44.360 and it changes how we feel, 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:46.000 but sometimes it's not always true. 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.580 Try as we may, 00:14:49.060 --> 00:14:50.320 we end up here with David 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:53.420 wondering why God seems to be treating me 00:14:53.419 --> 00:14:54.939 differently from others. 00:14:55.839 --> 00:14:58.559 Why God seems to be treating me differently now 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:02.199 compared to how he did earlier in my life. 00:15:05.219 --> 00:15:06.779 Let's talk about the trouble 00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:08.219 that David is in for a moment. 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:12.559 David describes it here in verses 6 to 8 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:14.579 and further on as well. 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.479 He says, 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:17.500 But I am a worm 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:18.700 and not a man, 00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:20.960 scorned by everyone, 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:23.080 despised by the people. 00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:25.259 All who see me 00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:26.180 mock me. 00:15:26.920 --> 00:15:28.360 They hurl insults, 00:15:28.680 --> 00:15:29.700 shaking their heads. 00:15:31.680 --> 00:15:33.960 What's causing all this anguish of soul? 00:15:35.420 --> 00:15:38.300 It's the way that people are treating David. 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.639 According to David, 00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.659 they're treating him 00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:43.139 in a way that makes him feel 00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:44.639 like he's less than human. 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:48.039 When David says, 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:48.820 I'm a worm, 00:15:48.940 --> 00:15:49.960 I think he simply means, 00:15:50.060 --> 00:15:51.580 I'm like a despised thing 00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:53.039 in their eyes. 00:15:53.800 --> 00:15:54.379 Subhuman. 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:56.500 They don't even treat me 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:57.899 with that most basic dignity 00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:59.980 and respect that we all deserve. 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:03.360 And what are they doing to him? 00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:05.259 They're mocking him. 00:16:05.920 --> 00:16:07.180 They're insulting him. 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:09.139 They're shaking their heads. 00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:12.019 Who is this? 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:13.060 This is the people, 00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.960 according to David. 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:15.300 It's all who see me. 00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:19.180 This probably took place 00:16:19.180 --> 00:16:20.840 before David became king. 00:16:20.920 --> 00:16:22.000 There was a time where 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:23.620 King Saul poisoned 00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:25.800 the minds of everyone 00:16:25.800 --> 00:16:27.280 in the nation against David. 00:16:27.420 --> 00:16:28.600 He was spreading slander 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.360 about David. 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:31.500 David couldn't go anywhere 00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:33.080 without feeling like 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:34.120 he was in trouble, 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:35.820 like people were spying on him 00:16:35.820 --> 00:16:36.600 out to get him. 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:41.180 And David gives an example 00:16:41.180 --> 00:16:41.960 in verse 8 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:43.259 of the kind of things 00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:44.300 that they're saying about him. 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.560 He trusts in the Lord. 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:47.300 Let the Lord rescue him. 00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:49.120 Let the Lord deliver him 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:50.659 since the Lord delights in him. 00:16:51.940 --> 00:16:53.460 So whoever these people are, 00:16:53.540 --> 00:16:55.100 it's like they see David's trouble, 00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:58.060 but they're not sympathetic at all 00:16:58.060 --> 00:16:59.420 to his circumstance. 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:01.660 They aren't going to do anything 00:17:01.660 --> 00:17:02.180 to help him. 00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:03.040 Just leave him. 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:04.720 If God wants to rescue him, 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.740 then let God do it. 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.880 After all, 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:09.120 he trusts in God. 00:17:11.100 --> 00:17:12.519 They mock his faith 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:13.339 in the Lord. 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:15.720 Not only that, 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.360 but they mock 00:17:16.360 --> 00:17:17.880 the Lord's delight in David. 00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:19.539 Let the Lord deliver him 00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:21.640 since he delights in him. 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.440 If I had to guess, 00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:25.640 I would think that these mockers 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.620 probably knew about 00:17:26.620 --> 00:17:28.440 how David had been chosen 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.039 by God 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.420 to be the next king of Israel. 00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:32.920 Somehow the word leaked out. 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:34.000 Jonathan knew of it. 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:34.519 Saul, 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:36.180 the current king, 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:37.240 came to know of it. 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.460 And the whole people 00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:40.319 all over started to know about this. 00:17:43.099 --> 00:17:44.359 He's the favored one. 00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:46.099 He's the one in whom God delights. 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:47.500 The one God has chosen 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:49.460 to be his king. 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:51.079 But here, 00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:52.559 they're mocking him about it. 00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:55.839 They're making fun of that 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:58.880 while David is running around 00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.519 desperately 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:01.539 just trying to stay alive. 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:06.700 In verses 12 to 18, 00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.440 David describes, 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:10.399 he goes on some more 00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:11.839 with this 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:13.859 just talk and description 00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:14.960 of what his trouble is. 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.559 Verse 12, 00:18:15.659 --> 00:18:15.940 he says, 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:17.200 Many bulls surround me. 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:18.720 Strong bulls of Bashan 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:20.119 encircle me. 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.839 I guess the bulls 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.940 from the region of Bashan 00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.599 were known to be 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.240 the fattest 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:25.720 and largest cattle 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.879 in all Israel. 00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:29.059 And David piles 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:30.059 on the metaphors here. 00:18:30.139 --> 00:18:31.440 He uses three different kinds 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:32.220 of animals. 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:34.379 Strong bulls, 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.379 roaring lions 00:18:36.379 --> 00:18:37.559 that tear their prey, 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.759 open their mouths 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.740 wide against me. 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:40.519 Verse 13. 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.700 And then in verse 16, 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:45.139 Dogs surround me. 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:47.159 All of these referring 00:18:47.159 --> 00:18:48.659 to the same group of people. 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.480 And in verse 16, 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.859 he describes them as men. 00:18:52.919 --> 00:18:53.639 He says, 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.740 A pack of villains 00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.819 encircles me. 00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:58.859 The reason David, 00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.220 I think, 00:18:59.299 --> 00:18:59.980 describes them 00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.980 using these three different 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.819 kinds of animals. 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.179 I mean, 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.980 this is a song. 00:19:03.139 --> 00:19:04.039 This is poetry. 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.899 This is full of metaphor. 00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:08.159 This is how things feel. 00:19:08.679 --> 00:19:08.859 I mean, 00:19:08.919 --> 00:19:09.720 think about each one 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.379 of these animals. 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.700 They're dangerous. 00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.740 Think about the last time 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.439 you saw somebody 00:19:15.439 --> 00:19:16.359 trying to ride a bull 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:17.939 on TV 00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:19.679 or at a rodeo. 00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:20.339 I mean, 00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:21.439 those things are dangerous. 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.960 And here David's saying, 00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:25.579 I feel like I'm surrounded. 00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:27.159 By many of them. 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:28.960 Like they're encircling me. 00:19:29.399 --> 00:19:30.899 Like I'm about to be trampled. 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:32.079 Gored. 00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:36.000 Like lions that are roaring at me. 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.980 All around me. 00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:39.000 Ready to tear their prey. 00:19:39.659 --> 00:19:41.059 Ready to rip me to shreds. 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.799 Or like dogs. 00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.919 Hunting in a pack. 00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.679 Closing in on me. 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:52.299 Ready to gnaw into me 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:54.919 and thirsty for my blood. 00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:59.099 And in the midst of this, 00:19:59.179 --> 00:20:00.200 we get more from David 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:01.419 about how he feels. 00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:03.639 Verse 14. 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.500 He says, 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:06.079 I'm poured out like water 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:07.579 and all my bones 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:08.379 are out of joint. 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:11.079 My heart has turned to wax. 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:14.059 It is melted within me. 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.799 Again, 00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:18.639 we have to remember 00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.799 that this is poetry. 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:21.779 I think we know it 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:23.039 when we hear some of these words, 00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:24.279 but maybe we're not sure. 00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.359 David is not telling us 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:27.700 that his blood pumping muscle 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:29.559 has actually turned to wax. 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:31.000 This is metaphor. 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.859 He's saying, 00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.579 my courage, 00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:34.519 my confidence, 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.960 it's melting away. 00:20:36.659 --> 00:20:37.680 I'm afraid. 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.419 It's melting away 00:20:39.419 --> 00:20:40.139 just like, 00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:41.799 just like wax 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.779 does before a flame. 00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:47.099 Similarly, 00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:48.579 with his bones 00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.480 being out of joint, 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:50.799 being poured out like water, 00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:51.920 these are all metaphors 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:53.480 describing how he feels. 00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.000 Now, 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.440 some of these 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.779 aren't as easy to understand. 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:57.539 There's a huge gap here 00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.180 in culture. 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:00.059 There's a huge gap in time. 00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:01.160 And then there's a huge gap 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.700 in language. 00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.099 And so, 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.859 some of these things 00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.559 we kind of wonder, 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:05.099 what exactly does he mean 00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:07.480 with these metaphors? 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:09.799 But all of them describe 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:11.519 the anguish, 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.519 the fear, 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.420 the emptiness, 00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.460 the dryness 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.579 that David feels. 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.960 At the end of verse 15, 00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.319 he says, 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:22.339 you lay me in the dust of death. 00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:25.240 Like God, 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:27.500 in your sovereign working of things, 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.700 you've brought me to the end. 00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.240 This is it. 00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.620 The writing's on the wall. 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:36.839 And David goes on. 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.399 We see a little more of this 00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:39.919 in verses 17 and 18. 00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.980 David describes 00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:42.839 just how exposed he feels. 00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:45.939 All my bones are on display. 00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:49.220 People stare and gloat over me. 00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:51.359 They divide my clothes among them 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:53.079 and cast lots for my garment. 00:21:55.439 --> 00:21:56.579 Again, metaphor. 00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:59.199 Like a man who has been stripped 00:21:59.199 --> 00:22:00.559 naked of his clothes, 00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:01.500 I feel exposed. 00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:03.019 Everybody's staring at me 00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.619 with contempt 00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.679 everywhere I go. 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:08.699 There was one time 00:22:08.699 --> 00:22:10.220 a guy who helped David out 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.659 when he was fleeing from Saul. 00:22:12.959 --> 00:22:13.980 He was a priest. 00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:16.299 And a whole lot of priests 00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.379 were killed 00:22:17.379 --> 00:22:19.759 because of that one act of kindness. 00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.500 So you have to know 00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.859 that David was considered 00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:23.819 an untouchable. 00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.859 You don't have anything 00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.639 to do with him 00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:27.679 or else you'll be in big trouble 00:22:27.679 --> 00:22:28.439 with Saul here. 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:31.139 Now we don't know for sure, 00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:34.240 but possibly Saul had put out bounties, 00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.400 hired mercenaries 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.920 to help go after him. 00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.840 That's kind of the sense 00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:42.400 we maybe get with verse 18 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.860 that there's a competition 00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.640 almost here. 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:47.220 We want to get his clothes. 00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:49.180 We want to have the spoils. 00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:51.000 The clothes were often considered 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:54.860 the spoils of killing someone, 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.700 getting them. 00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:58.580 And this is the infamous 00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:59.400 son of Jesse. 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:01.540 Now some people 00:23:01.540 --> 00:23:02.460 have a difficult time 00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.920 reading this 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.900 as a real situation 00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.840 of David's life. 00:23:06.280 --> 00:23:07.660 So they might suggest 00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.320 that well David 00:23:08.320 --> 00:23:09.880 didn't actually go through 00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.480 any of this. 00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.400 He was just kind of 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.500 speaking about Jesus 00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.380 by the Spirit 00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.840 and didn't really know 00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:17.620 what he was talking about. 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.680 I don't think that's right. 00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:21.120 I think even though 00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:22.019 it's difficult maybe 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:23.140 to imagine how 00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:25.620 this could have been 00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:26.460 David's song, 00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:27.240 David's cry 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:29.519 in the midst of his story 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:31.140 or we might not know 00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:32.759 what time of his life 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.599 this points to. 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.279 I think the key here though 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.460 is realizing that David 00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:38.259 is speaking with poetic language. 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.120 He's speaking with metaphor. 00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:41.620 He's not actually surrounded 00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.940 by canines. 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:45.059 His enemies are human. 00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.400 They're closing in on him 00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.460 like a pack of dogs 00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.420 surround their prey. 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.859 He's probably not tied up 00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.920 for execution 00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:53.279 and naked 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.579 with every bone on display. 00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.919 I mean we have to read this 00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:57.299 for the kind of writing 00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.019 that it is. 00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.879 It's poetry. 00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:00.659 He's feeling utterly exposed. 00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:02.740 People are looking at him 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.919 with the same kind of content 00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.839 that they would look at 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.579 a naked criminal 00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:07.240 that's being led off 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.039 to execution. 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.859 In verse 16 00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.539 David says 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:13.619 they pierce my hands 00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.439 and my feet. 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.859 And again here 00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.759 some people look at this 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.659 and they just go straight 00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:18.299 to the cross. 00:24:18.419 --> 00:24:19.099 They assume that this 00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:21.079 can't have any possible reality 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.099 in the life of David. 00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:23.659 But again 00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.379 it's probably 00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.759 that we're just so familiar 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.659 with the fulfillment 00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:28.779 and how this was done 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.439 to Jesus 00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:32.119 that we take that meaning 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:33.119 and we push it back 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:34.019 into the text. 00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.559 Now certainly 00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.519 God intended 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.399 to foreshadow 00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:39.000 and speak of the way 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.259 that his son would die. 00:24:40.939 --> 00:24:42.459 There's no doubt about that. 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:45.459 But there's other possibilities here 00:24:45.459 --> 00:24:46.219 for how this 00:24:46.219 --> 00:24:47.819 had some meaning 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.839 in the life of David. 00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:49.559 We might look down 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.219 to verse 20 00:24:50.219 --> 00:24:50.939 where David says 00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:52.320 deliver me from the sword. 00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:54.320 Perhaps some of these men 00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:56.180 that were on the prowl 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.759 for David 00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.640 looking for him 00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.440 chasing him 00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.200 hunting him 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.720 we don't know 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.759 maybe David even had 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.440 some skirmishes 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.220 with some of them 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.220 and had been wounded 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.900 on occasion 00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:06.539 and just barely escaped 00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.259 with his life. 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:10.640 Or another possibility 00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:12.160 David describes 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:13.620 them like animals 00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:15.779 with teeth 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:17.220 lions 00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:18.860 eager to tear the prey. 00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.500 Verse 16 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.859 dogs surround me 00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.799 a pack of villains 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.559 encircles me 00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.759 they pierce my hands 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.380 and my feet 00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.240 pierce with what? 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.420 With their teeth 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.160 perhaps. 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:30.180 That these men 00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.599 are just 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:32.839 eager to bite 00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.819 hand and foot 00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:35.259 ready to devour him 00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:37.740 possibly that David 00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.319 was wounded 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.019 on occasion. 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.740 So these are 00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.880 utterly desperate times 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.339 for David. 00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.140 He feels as though 00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:48.019 his end is near 00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:49.619 and 00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:52.440 God hasn't been 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.460 answering his prayers. 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.139 What does David do 00:25:56.139 --> 00:25:57.039 in the midst of all this? 00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.940 He just keeps on 00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.920 calling out to God. 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.319 He keeps on 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:02.059 asking for God's 00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.700 deliverance. 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.039 Verse 19 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.680 But you 00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.200 Lord 00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.200 do not be far 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.680 from me. 00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.440 You are my strength 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.220 come quickly 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.839 to help me 00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.539 deliver me 00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.240 from the sword 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.980 my precious life 00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.680 from the power 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.460 of the dogs. 00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:16.640 This is one of 00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.559 the biggest themes 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.380 in all the Psalms. 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.460 Whenever we're in trouble 00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.799 what should we do? 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.779 Call out to God. 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.900 Ask for his help. 00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:27.680 Now we come to 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.480 the second part 00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.319 part two. 00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:31.240 In verse 22 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:32.440 the tone of this 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.940 whole thing 00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.660 just changes 00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.340 instantly. 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.440 I will declare 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.319 your name 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.840 to my people. 00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.700 In the assembly 00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:42.160 I will praise you. 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:46.019 David is not 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.900 lamenting anymore. 00:26:47.060 --> 00:26:47.540 He is in 00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:48.320 worship mode 00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:48.820 now. 00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.100 I'm going to 00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.940 tell everybody 00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.920 about my God. 00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:52.620 I'm going to 00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.420 praise him 00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:54.920 before everybody. 00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.420 And then in 00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.000 verse 23 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.880 he starts calling 00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.660 on everyone 00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.279 to worship 00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.680 the Lord 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.180 with him. 00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.300 I love that. 00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.980 You who fear 00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.420 the Lord 00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.420 praise him. 00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.000 And we're just 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.460 kind of left 00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.240 wondering at this 00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.860 point what just 00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.440 happened here? 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.299 what changed 00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.360 so drastically? 00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:15.160 One minute 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.880 David's crying 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.420 out to God 00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.299 for deliverance 00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.920 from imminent 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.420 death 00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.759 and the next 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.320 minute he's 00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:20.779 the worship 00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.320 leader of 00:27:21.320 --> 00:27:21.940 all Israel. 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.539 That's actually 00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.500 the story of 00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.019 David in a 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.340 nutshell. 00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.440 Something massive 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.080 changed. 00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.240 And David 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.940 hints at it 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.840 in verse 24. 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.200 Why praise him? 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.120 Why honor him? 00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.220 Why revere God? 00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.360 Why am I now 00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:38.299 eager to declare 00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.460 the name of my 00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.440 God to everyone? 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:42.360 For he has not 00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.320 despised or 00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:44.019 scorned the 00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.100 suffering of 00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.759 the afflicted 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:45.980 one. 00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.740 He has not 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.299 hidden his 00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.039 face from him 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.220 but has listened 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.860 to his cry 00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.900 for help. 00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.559 This is like 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.039 the pinnacle 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.880 moment of the 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.240 psalm. 00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.720 God did 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.680 deliver David 00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.920 from all his 00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.240 troubles. 00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.799 He answered 00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.640 David's prayers. 00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.360 His enemies 00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.100 didn't get the 00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.740 best of him 00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.559 after all. 00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.559 They closed 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:06.920 in, 00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:08.759 perhaps even 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.420 wounded him. 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.579 They taunted 00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:10.819 him. 00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.359 They gloated 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:11.980 over him. 00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:12.859 But David 00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.539 cried out to 00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.460 God and 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.259 God answered. 00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.299 And it was 00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:17.000 then that David 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.839 realized this 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.259 truth. 00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.000 All along 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.420 God had not 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.140 forgotten him. 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.480 God had made 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.299 that promise 00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.500 right from the 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.920 beginning when he 00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.579 was anointed. 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.200 He would be 00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.519 king. 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.400 God had not 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.160 forsaken him. 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.680 He wasn't 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.619 hiding his face 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.099 from him. 00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:35.939 And David's 00:28:35.939 --> 00:28:36.539 suffering was 00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.859 itself precious 00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:39.659 and meaningful 00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:41.159 and had a 00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.559 purpose. 00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.139 Now David 00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:44.819 doesn't tell us 00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.359 about that 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.480 great deliverance 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.839 but the 00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.619 historical books 00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.119 of the Bible 00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.459 do. 00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.419 They tell how 00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:50.099 God rescued 00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:50.879 David time 00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.359 and time 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.719 and time 00:28:51.719 --> 00:28:52.240 again from 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.719 all his 00:28:52.719 --> 00:28:53.199 enemies in 00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:53.539 Israel, 00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:55.039 later establishing 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.480 him as king 00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.359 on Israel's 00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:57.639 throne. 00:28:58.219 --> 00:28:58.559 And you can 00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.199 read about that 00:28:59.199 --> 00:28:59.959 in 1 and 2 00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:00.459 Samuel. 00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:00.859 He did 00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.679 indeed become 00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:02.159 the worship 00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:03.219 leader of the 00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.920 nation so to 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.240 speak. 00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.860 In the second 00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.420 part of the 00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.259 psalm here from 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.680 verses 25 to 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:12.440 31 we hear 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.240 David just 00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:15.360 praising and 00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:16.180 worshiping with 00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.860 all his heart 00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:18.140 declaring the 00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.920 worthiness of 00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:19.240 God. 00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.380 And there's so 00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.059 much in here I 00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.440 think we're going 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.000 to have to skip 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.680 over some of 00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:26.220 it but what we 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.120 notice is that 00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:28.360 it's as though 00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:30.339 David says me 00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.299 praising you right 00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.920 now is not 00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.339 enough. 00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.599 You're worthy 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.299 of more. 00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:36.099 In fact 00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:37.759 generation after 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.980 generation they're 00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.659 going to declare 00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:40.839 your praise, 00:29:41.419 --> 00:29:42.139 your righteousness. 00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.399 See that in 00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:43.799 31. 00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.500 Future generations 00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.500 will be told about 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.959 the Lord. 00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.759 They will proclaim 00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.679 his righteousness 00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:49.480 declaring to 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.879 people that 00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.559 haven't even been 00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.799 born what he 00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.359 has done. 00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.779 There's this 00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.379 expansion. 00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.439 It can't just be 00:29:55.439 --> 00:29:56.079 here and now. 00:29:56.199 --> 00:29:56.879 It's got to be 00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:58.419 down the line 00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:59.179 into the future. 00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.339 He is worthy 00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:01.159 of worship 00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:02.459 forever. 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.319 Generation to 00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.839 generation. 00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.599 And then we also 00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.599 see this expansion 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.599 of you know 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.179 it's not just 00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.699 going to be 00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:10.379 worship here 00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:11.500 in Israel. 00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.039 It's got to be 00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.759 bigger than that. 00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:14.919 One day the whole 00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:16.059 world is going to 00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:17.939 praise the Lord. 00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.500 All the ends of 00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:19.819 the earth, 00:30:19.939 --> 00:30:20.740 verse 27, 00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.559 will remember 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.399 and turn to the 00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.099 Lord and all the 00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.899 families of the 00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:25.319 nations will bow 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.179 down before him 00:30:26.179 --> 00:30:26.980 for dominion 00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.859 belongs to the 00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:29.539 Lord and he 00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:31.839 rules over the 00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.379 nations. 00:30:36.479 --> 00:30:37.259 This is how 00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.139 worthy God is 00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.639 of worship. 00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:40.039 He's the king 00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.639 says David. 00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.379 He's ruler of 00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:42.119 the whole world. 00:30:43.479 --> 00:30:44.240 He really does 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:47.319 deliver those who 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.859 look to him, 00:30:47.959 --> 00:30:48.699 those who seek 00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:49.019 him. 00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:50.579 He brings them 00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.799 through to that 00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.539 place where they 00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.119 praise him. 00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.240 They give him 00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.679 glory. 00:30:54.679 --> 00:30:54.740 Glory. 00:30:54.740 --> 00:31:00.980 We're going to 00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.200 turn now to the 00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.839 Lord's table. 00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.519 Probably some of 00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:04.900 you are wondering 00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.539 well how come you 00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.279 haven't said a word 00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.359 about Jesus yet in 00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.740 this psalm? 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.519 This is the Jesus 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.099 psalm. 00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.099 Well I've been 00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:11.160 leaving it for last. 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.900 We want to hear 00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:14.759 this from David's 00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.279 perspective. 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.960 But one of the 00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.920 most cherished 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.720 things about this 00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.400 psalm is really 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:21.819 the way that it 00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:23.120 points, it speaks 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:24.319 to the coming 00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:25.399 son of David 00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:26.639 down the line 00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:28.079 a thousand years 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.479 later. 00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:30.379 And it's amazing 00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:32.259 if you've ever 00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:34.639 looked at this 00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.459 psalm before 00:31:35.459 --> 00:31:36.219 or seen this 00:31:36.219 --> 00:31:37.199 I mean you know 00:31:37.199 --> 00:31:38.339 the ways that it 00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.159 points to Christ. 00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.879 Verse 1 00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:41.500 My God, my God 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.239 why have you 00:31:42.239 --> 00:31:42.919 forsaken me? 00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.459 These were the 00:31:43.459 --> 00:31:44.299 very words that 00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.739 Jesus cried when 00:31:45.739 --> 00:31:46.319 he was on the 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.799 cross. 00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:49.239 That's a whole 00:31:49.239 --> 00:31:51.159 five or ten 00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:52.059 minutes right there 00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.740 just thinking 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.539 about what 00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.339 that meant. 00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.679 That some of 00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:56.539 these kinds of 00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.740 emotional realities 00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.700 were present in 00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.619 the very heart of 00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.500 Christ as he 00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.720 suffered in anguish 00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.500 on the cross. 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.599 Or we could look 00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.700 at verse 8 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:09.579 and the taunts 00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:11.519 that were being 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.879 made, the insults 00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:14.519 that they made 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.759 against David. 00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.700 Matthew 27 00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.779 verses 41 00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:21.079 in the same way 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.920 the chief priests 00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.599 the teachers of 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.139 the law and the 00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:24.099 elders mocked 00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.639 Jesus. 00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:26.259 Verse 43 00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.519 He trusts in 00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.920 God. 00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:29.099 Let God rescue 00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.879 him now if he 00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.420 wants him. 00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.440 For he said I'm 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.259 the son of God. 00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.279 It's amazing 00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:35.079 a thousand years 00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.759 later they 00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.819 fulfilled the 00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:38.000 very same 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.180 almost the same 00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.460 words they used 00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.440 to insult 00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.240 to mock 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.940 Jesus 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.819 the son of 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.180 David 00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:46.319 the son of 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.619 God 00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:48.399 as he was 00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:48.759 suffering. 00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.479 And there are 00:32:51.479 --> 00:32:52.359 many more. 00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.000 David describes 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.500 how he was 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.139 encircled. 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.099 There they were 00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:58.139 circled around 00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.859 him at the 00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.319 cross 00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:01.339 taunting him 00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:02.019 mocking him 00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.939 threatening him. 00:33:04.219 --> 00:33:04.799 David talks 00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.739 in verse 15 00:33:05.739 --> 00:33:06.659 he says you lay 00:33:06.659 --> 00:33:07.419 me in the dust 00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:08.000 of death. 00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:09.919 For David it 00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:10.479 was imminent 00:33:10.479 --> 00:33:11.000 death. 00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:12.459 For Jesus it 00:33:12.459 --> 00:33:13.000 went beyond 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.319 that. 00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.299 It was the 00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.639 ultimate. 00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.239 He really 00:33:15.239 --> 00:33:15.659 was. 00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:17.739 Laid in the 00:33:17.739 --> 00:33:18.219 dust of 00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:18.559 death. 00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.919 He died 00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:22.279 at the 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.759 hands of 00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.279 his enemies. 00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:25.159 All my 00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:25.619 bones are 00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:26.319 on display. 00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.779 I think 00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.359 David meant 00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:29.379 it poetically 00:33:29.379 --> 00:33:30.519 metaphorically 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.279 describing his 00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.619 feelings but 00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.299 it was true 00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.139 for Jesus. 00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:34.979 They stripped 00:33:34.979 --> 00:33:35.500 him of his 00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.819 clothes and 00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.579 put him up 00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.399 high where 00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:39.079 everybody could 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.599 see him. 00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.099 He hung 00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.759 there naked. 00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.519 He bore 00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.799 the scorn and 00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.579 the gloating of 00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:44.899 people. 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.759 They stared at 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.079 him with 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.559 contempt. 00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.899 Just like 00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.219 here in 00:33:48.219 --> 00:33:48.779 the psalm. 00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.759 And they 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.339 pierced my 00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.859 hands and 00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.139 feet. 00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.539 The one 00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.039 we're probably 00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.779 most familiar 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.199 with. 00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.779 A thousand 00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.579 years earlier 00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.719 God declared 00:33:59.719 --> 00:34:00.559 the locations 00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.259 on his 00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.000 body where 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.399 he would 00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:03.019 receive the 00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.500 wounds. 00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:08.900 It's 00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.699 amazing how 00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:12.480 this psalm 00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.299 foreshadows 00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:14.960 the ultimate 00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.019 suffering. 00:34:16.419 --> 00:34:17.439 The suffering 00:34:17.439 --> 00:34:18.419 of the son 00:34:18.419 --> 00:34:18.939 of David. 00:34:19.359 --> 00:34:20.419 The one who 00:34:20.419 --> 00:34:21.579 died to 00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.439 rescue us 00:34:22.439 --> 00:34:23.779 from our 00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.519 guilt and 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.939 from our 00:34:24.939 --> 00:34:25.359 sins. 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.719 David 00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:30.519 found out 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:32.500 when God 00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.239 finally did 00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.839 answer his 00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:35.519 prayer that 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.879 he is 00:34:35.879 --> 00:34:36.279 faithful. 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.940 he hadn't 00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.480 forsaken 00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.800 him. 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.580 He was 00:34:38.580 --> 00:34:39.019 delivered. 00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:41.060 For Jesus 00:34:41.060 --> 00:34:41.720 it went a little 00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.260 bit different. 00:34:43.120 --> 00:34:43.440 He was 00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.180 delivered too 00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:45.360 but not from 00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.740 death. 00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.160 Through 00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:47.860 death. 00:34:48.560 --> 00:34:49.880 He died and 00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:51.000 then was raised 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:52.080 back to life 00:34:52.080 --> 00:34:52.680 from the dead 00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:54.740 and he will be 00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.780 the king of this 00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.420 great kingdom 00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:58.200 that David 00:34:58.200 --> 00:35:00.040 declares and 00:35:00.040 --> 00:35:00.700 speaks of 00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:01.500 when he 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.980 returns. 00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:03.740 there will 00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:04.159 come that 00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.260 moment when 00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.159 every knee 00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.719 will bow 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.559 every tongue 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.280 will confess 00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:09.400 that Jesus 00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:10.039 is Lord 00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:11.400 to the glory 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.840 of God 00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.380 the Father. 00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.659 So as we 00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.260 come again to 00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:17.000 the table this 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:18.099 morning I 00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.380 want to 00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.820 encourage you 00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.280 to take a 00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.780 few moments 00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:21.340 to talk to 00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:22.119 God in the 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:23.019 quietness of 00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.440 your heart 00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:25.320 to reflect on 00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:26.179 that suffering 00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.699 that anguish 00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:30.199 that he went 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:31.320 through for 00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.619 you. 00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:34.240 confess your 00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.719 sins to 00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:34.980 him. 00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:37.179 Marvel at 00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.960 his plan of 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.860 salvation that 00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.480 over a 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.179 thousand years 00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:41.420 before he was 00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.159 already thinking 00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.940 about doing it 00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.360 for you. 00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.800 After a few 00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.300 minutes of 00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.840 quiet we'll 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:49.900 have Dave 00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.360 and Rod 00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.840 come and pass 00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.159 out the 00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:53.659 elements and 00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.420 if you are 00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.159 here and you 00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.980 are trusting in 00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.940 Jesus as the 00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.800 afflicted one 00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:59.460 who suffered 00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.480 for you 00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.880 then please 00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.559 partake with 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.179 us in 00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.579 remembering 00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.079 Christ's 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.340 death. 00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:04.940 We'll wait 00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.559 until everybody 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.019 has been 00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:07.179 served and 00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.440 then we'll 00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.039 eat and 00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.460 we'll drink 00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.780 together in 00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.159 unison. 00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:17.259 or 00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.259 ilippo 00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:18.839 and 00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:48.820 Thank you. 00:36:48.840 --> 00:37:18.820 Thank you. 00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:48.820 Thank you. 00:37:48.840 --> 00:38:18.820 Thank you. 00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:48.820 Thank you. 00:38:48.840 --> 00:39:18.820 Thank you. 00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:20.820 Thank you. 00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:22.820 Thank you. 00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:26.820 Thank you. 00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:30.820 Thank you. 00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:37.519 Let's eat and drink together again in remembrance of the love of Jesus, which took him to the cross for us.