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 Please take your Bibles and open them up to Psalm chapter 35 this morning.

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! Psalm chapter 35. We're continuing on with our series this summer, walking our way through the Psalms.

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 And we found our way to Psalm 35.

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 And so when you found that, if you would, let's please stand in honor of the reading of God's Word this morning.

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 David writes,

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 Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me.

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 Fight against those who fight against me.

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 Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help.

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 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers.

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 Say to my soul, I am your salvation.

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 Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek my life.

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 Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me.

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 Let them be like chaff before the wind with the angel of the Lord driving them away.

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 Let their way be dark and slippery with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

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 For without cause they hid their net for me.

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 Without cause they dug a pit for my life.

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 Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it.

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 And let the net that he has hid ensnare him.

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 Let him fall into it to his destruction.

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 Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, exalting in his salvation.

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 All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like you?

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 Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him.

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 The poor and needy from him who robs him.

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 Malicious witnesses rise up.

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 They ask me of things that I do not know.

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 They repay me evil for good.

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 My soul is bereft.

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 But I, when they were sick, I wore sackcloth.

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 I afflicted myself with fasting.

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 I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.

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 I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother.

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 As one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.

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 But at my stumbling, they rejoiced and gathered.

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 They gathered together against me.

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 Wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing.

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 Like profane mockers at a feast, they gnash at me with their teeth.

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 How long, O Lord, will you look on?

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 Rescue me from their destruction.

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 My precious life from the lions.

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 I will thank you and the great congregation.

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 And the mighty throng, I will praise you.

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 Let not those who rejoice over me, who are wrongfully my foes.

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 And let not those who wink the eye, who hate me without cause.

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 For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land,

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 they devise words of deceit.

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 They open wide their mouths against me and they say,

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 Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen it.

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 You have seen, O Lord.

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 Be not silent.

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 O Lord, be not far from me.

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 Awake.

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 Rouse yourself for my vindication,

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 for my cause, my Lord, my God.

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 Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,

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 according to your righteousness.

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 And let them not rejoice over me.

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 Let them not say in their hearts, Aha!

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 Our hearts desire.

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 Let them not say we have swallowed them up.

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 Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether,

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 who rejoice at my calamity.

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 Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor,

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 who magnify themselves against me.

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 Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad

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 and say evermore,

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 Great is the Lord who delights in the welfare of his servant.

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 Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness

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 and of your praise all the day long.

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 The grass withers, the flower fades,

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 but the word of our God endures forever.

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 Would you pray with me once more?

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 Our Father, as we prepare to hear from you,

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 from your word this morning,

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 we ask, would you empower the preaching of your word by your spirit?

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 And would it bear much fruit in the hearts of all who hear this morning?

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Twelve years ago in Brooklyn, New York,

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 Larry Thompson was at his home when he heard a knock on his door.

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 And to his surprise, when he opened it up,

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 he saw police officers and emergency workers.

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 They were there to inspect and also to provide medical care

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 for his one-week-old daughter,

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 who, according to their sources, had been severely abused.

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 What Larry didn't know was that a mentally ill relative

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 had mistaken diaper rash for abuse

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 and had alerted the authorities.

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 To make matters worse, when he opened the door

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 and simply asked what was going on

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 and whether or not they had a warrant to enter his home,

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 the officers then aggressively forced their way in.

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 They tackled him to the ground.

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 They handcuffed him.

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 They arrested him.

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 And they threw him into jail.

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 Now, of course, the medical exams very quickly,

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 immediately proved that Larry was innocent.

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 No abuse had taken place.

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 But to cover their own tracks,

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 the officers then charged Larry

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 with obstructing governmental administration

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 as well as resisting arrest.

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 Larry spent three days in jail.

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 And then it took three months for the case

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 to reach the courts,

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 by which time the prosecution dropped the case

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 because they had no case to make.

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 Everyone knew that Larry was innocent.

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 But even so, in cases like this,

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 the social impact remains.

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 His name had been smeared.

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 His reputation was ruined.

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 So what did Larry do?

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 Well, he decided to turn around

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 and instead sue the officers

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 for malicious prosecution.

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 He appealed to the Court of Justice

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 to right this wrong

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 and bring consequences on those

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 who had borne false witness against him.

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 And now this process lasted eight years.

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 As court after court after court

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 rejected Larry's case

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 until finally in 2022,

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 Larry Thompson stood before

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 the Supreme Court of the United States

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 and in a landmark decision,

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 the Supreme Court ruled in Larry's favor,

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 clearing the legal hurdles

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 so that he could finally receive justice.

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 I wonder,

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 have you ever been wrongfully accused?

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 Have you ever had someone speak lies about you?

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 Have you ever been betrayed

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 by someone that you trusted?

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 Have you ever needed justice

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 and not been sure how to get it

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 or even where to turn to find it?

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 Where should God's people seek justice?

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 In our passage this morning,

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 Psalm 35,

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 King David is dealing with a similar situation.

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 Here in Psalm 35,

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 King David is dealing with false accusations.

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 He is dealing with betrayal of loved ones.

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 He is dealing with gross injustice.

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 And in light of his suffering,

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 he bypasses all human courts

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 and he takes his case all the way up to the top.

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 He brings his case and makes his plea

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 before the judge of all the universe.

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 And in doing so,

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 he shows us how we can respond

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 to injustice that we face as well.

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 The comfort that we share with David

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 is that because our God is just

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 and he cares deeply about justice,

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 we can call on him to act justly.

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 Let's take a look.

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 And we'll see the psalm this morning in three parts.

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 This will be our outline.

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 If you're taking notes,

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 this will help you to follow along.

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 We see the plea of the accused king

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 in verses 1 through 10.

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 We see the problem of the accused king

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 in verses 11 through 18.

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 And we see the praise of the accused king

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 in verses 19 through 28.

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 First, let's take a look at verses 1 through 10.

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 Here we see the plea of the accused king.

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 Look, they're starting in verse 1.

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 Now, we don't know the exact circumstances here.

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 We don't know exactly what's going on,

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 but it must be fairly intense.

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 You notice David frames this whole situation

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 with wartime language.

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 In verse 1,

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 he calls upon the Lord to contend

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 with those who contend against me,

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 fight against those who fight against me.

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 Now, you know, David is a warrior himself.

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 He's strong.

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 He's experienced in battle.

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 He's capable of handling these sort of violent interactions

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 in his own strength.

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 But you notice he doesn't take matters

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 into his own hands here.

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 Rather, he calls upon the Lord

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 to go to war against his enemies.

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 He wants God to be his defense.

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 In verse 2, he says,

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 take hold of shield and buckler

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 and rise for my help.

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 This is David asking God to protect him

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 on all sides from all types of attacks.

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 In the ancient world,

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 a warrior would use different types of shields

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 for different purposes.

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 In the sanah,

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 that's the shield here in verse 2,

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 that's for long-range defense.

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 This type of shield is a full body,

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 a massive shield is made of wood

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 and is covered up in leather.

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 And a warrior would anchor this shield down to the ground

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 and then hide behind it

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 so that he would be totally protected head to toe

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 from flaming arrows

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 that the enemy would shoot from a distance.

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 This is long-range defense.

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 The buckler, on the other hand,

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 that's probably what you think of

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 when you think of a shield.

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 It's a smaller shield.

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 It's rounded.

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 It's more mobile.

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 You strap it on your arm.

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 You carry it with you into battle.

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 And you use the buckler

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 to keep you safe from close-range attacks

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 like the dagger

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 or like the sword.

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 David's using this military language here

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 to call upon the Lord

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 to be his total defense

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 from attacks from afar

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 as well as attacks at close range.

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 Be my defense.

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 But it's not only a defensive prayer, is it?

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 He also prays that

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 God would go on the attack.

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 Verse 3.

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 God, draw the spear and the javelin

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 against my pursuers.

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 Say to my soul,

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 I'm your salvation.

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 Tell me you've got my back.

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 Tell me that you're going to defend me

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 and destroy my enemies.

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 Assure me that you're going to take care of this for me.

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 He wants his enemies to be shamed and dishonored.

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 He wants those who devise evil against him

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 to be turned back and disappointed.

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 Let them blow away like dust,

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 like chaff in the wind.

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 In fact, God, let the angel of the Lord

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 chase them away down a dark and a slippery path.

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 David prays that his enemy would be

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 held back in verse 2,

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 turned back in verse 4,

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 and driven back in verses 5 and 6.

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 And he calls upon God to do it.

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 In fact, he calls for a sort of

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 cosmic justice here.

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 Some people call it karma, right?

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 We know better.

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 He calls on God to bring their own schemes

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 back onto their own head.

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 He doesn't just want relief.

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 He wants a full reversal here.

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 He wants their sin to find them out.

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 Verse 7.

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 He says,

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 Isn't it interesting?

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 Goliath was beheaded by his own sword.

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 Haman was hung in the gallows

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 that he had prepared for Mordecai.

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 Pharaoh, after he orders the Hebrews

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 to be drowned in the Nile,

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 well, guess what?

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 Now his entire army is eventually

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 drowned in the Red Sea.

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 The officials who came up with the law

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 to have Daniel thrown into the lion's den,

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 guess what?

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 They are eventually thrown in themselves

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 and consumed by the lions.

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 The destruction of the Son of God

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 is at the same time

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 the destruction of the great enemy, Satan.

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 God often works in this way.

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 David prays,

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 God, would you bring the schemes of the wicked

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 right back on their own head?

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 And the natural question is,

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 can we pray like this?

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 Right?

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 When we face enemies,

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 can we pray like this?

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 When we face injustice,

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 can we pray like this?

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 Didn't Jesus tell us to love our enemies?

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 Didn't he tell us to pray

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 for those who persecute us?

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 Is there any place

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 for God's people to pray

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 that God would take up a spear

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 and chase our enemies

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 down a dark and slippery path?

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 Apparently David thinks so.

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 But we have to realize,

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 for one thing,

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 that this isn't just anyone praying this.

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 This is the anointed king.

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 This is the one, King David,

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 to whom God had promised

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 that the forever king,

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 King Jesus,

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 the Messiah,

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 would come from his line.

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 And so in one sense,

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 we need to understand

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 that these attacks against David

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 were not just attacks against David.

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 These are satanic attacks

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 against the Messiah

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 who will come from David's line.

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 But even so,

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 we also face the same great enemy.

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 We also live in a world

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 where the dark kingdom

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 would seek to destroy us

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 and deceive us

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 and separate us

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 from the love of God

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 if that were possible.

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 So what about us?

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 Is there a place

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 for God's people

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 to pray like this?

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 I think the answer

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 is yes.

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 We should pray

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 that God would both

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 deliver and destroy.

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 That God would both

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 save us

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 from the schemes

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 of our enemy

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 and bring his schemes

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 back on his own head.

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 That God would destroy

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 and deliver God's people.

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 But if,

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 if and only if,

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 we share David's perspective.

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 Look at what he says

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 in verses 9 and 10.

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 See, David is not

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 praying ultimately

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 for his own sake,

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 is he?

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 Although he certainly

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 gains from God

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 acting on his behalf.

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 David's not praying

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 vengeance on his enemies

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 for his own pleasure

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 and his own benefit.

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 Why does David pray

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 the way that he does?

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 He prays this way

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 because his heart

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 is consumed with zeal

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 for the glory of God.

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 He's not praying

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 to destroy his enemies

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 for his sake

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 and his kingdom.

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 He's praying

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 for God's kingdom

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 to be established

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 for God's sake

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 and God's glory.

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 So Christian,

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 can we pray like this?

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 Yes, we can.

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 We ought to pray

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 for God to act

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 and to chase back

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 and even to destroy

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 every enemy

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 that stands in the way

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 of God's kingdom

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 here on earth.

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 whether that be

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 sin in our own lives

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 or even against

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 false teaching

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 as Paul does

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 in Galatians.

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 You remember what he says?

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 If anyone preaches

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 another gospel,

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 may they be accursed.

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 That's an imprecatory prayer.

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 Or against obvious

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 acts of wickedness

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 and injustice

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 in the world around us.

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 I mean,

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 how should God's people

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 pray about the abortion

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 industry that kills

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 millions of unborn

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 children every year?

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 How should God's people

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 pray against

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 militant Muslims

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 who want to wipe

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 off Christianity

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 from the face

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 of the planet?

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 It is not wrong

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 for us to pray,

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 God,

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 protect your church.

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 Draw them into

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 your church

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 if at all possible.

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 Please, God,

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 would you save

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 your enemies?

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 But God,

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 would you bring

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 justice swiftly?

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 Would you put an end

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 to their wickedness?

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 And in fact,

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 do you realize

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 every time we pray

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 come quickly,

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 Lord Jesus,

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 we pray

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 an imprecatory prayer

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 against the wicked?

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 Do you realize

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 every time we pray

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 for the Lord

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 to come back,

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 we are praying

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 for a moment

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 that will bring

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 swift judgment?

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 It's okay to pray

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 as David prays here,

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 but only if

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 at the center of it all.

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 It's not our own

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 selfish desire

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 for vengeance.

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 Rather,

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 it is a desire

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 for God

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 to be glorified

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 in bringing justice.

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 This is what he says

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 in verse 9.

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 He says,

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 Then my soul

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 will rejoice

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 in the Lord,

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 exalting in his salvation.

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 All my bones

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 shall say,

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 O Lord,

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 who is like you?

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 Delivering the poor

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 from him

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 who is too strong

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 for him,

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 the poor and the needy

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 from him

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 who robs him.

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 God is pleased

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 to answer prayers

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 like this.

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 Christian,

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 when we face injustice

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 and when we

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 see injustice

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 in the world,

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 we are invited

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 on the basis

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 of God's own

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 desire for his glory

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 to ask him

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 to take up arms

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 and act.

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 This is what David does.

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 This is the plea

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 of the accused king.

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 Second,

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 we see the problem

00:17:22.259 --> 00:17:23.740
 of the accused king.

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 We see this in verses 11

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 through 18.

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 Do you wonder,

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.519
 what in the world

00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:28.400
 has David so upset?

00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.480
 What could be going on

00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:32.059
 in his life

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:33.200
 that's causing him

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 to use such harsh

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 and severe language here?

00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.640
 What is the injustice

00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:38.700
 that he's facing?

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 Well, we see it here

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.680
 in this second section.

00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.299
 Verse 11,

00:17:42.100 --> 00:17:42.420
 he says,

00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.660
 malicious witnesses

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 rise up.

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 They ask me

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 of things

00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:49.100
 that I do not know.

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 In other words,

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.200
 they are saying

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 such ridiculous things

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:52.240
 about David

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.059
 that he's got

00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:54.160
 no answer to give.

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 He's at a loss

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 for words.

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 He doesn't even know

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 what to say.

00:17:57.580 --> 00:17:58.180
 He doesn't even know

00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:59.000
 what they're talking about.

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 Have you ever had

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 that happen to you?

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 Or someone's just saying

00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:03.460
 something so ridiculous

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.440
 about you

00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:05.620
 that you're just stunned?

00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:06.260
 You don't even know

00:18:06.260 --> 00:18:07.120
 how to give a response?

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.600
 I have.

00:18:09.040 --> 00:18:09.380
 In fact,

00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:09.800
 I'll tell you

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 a quick story.

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 Shortly after we

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:14.800
 were married,

00:18:15.060 --> 00:18:16.280
 we arrived in Charlotte,

00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.120
 Amanda and I,

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 and we lived

00:18:17.600 --> 00:18:19.060
 in this apartment complex.

00:18:20.280 --> 00:18:21.100
 I haven't thought

00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:21.780
 about this in years.

00:18:22.300 --> 00:18:23.320
 We had a neighbor

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 named Rodney

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 who knew

00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.380
 that I was preparing

00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:28.120
 for ministry

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 and so Rodney

00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:29.780
 liked to try

00:18:29.780 --> 00:18:30.460
 and talk about

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.520
 spiritual things.

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 But at the same time,

00:18:32.860 --> 00:18:33.720
 Rodney liked to drink

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 and so that made

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 for some interesting

00:18:35.800 --> 00:18:36.980
 interactions

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:38.080
 that we would have

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 and one day

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 I was coming

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 to our apartment

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 and Rodney met me

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 at the stairs

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 and he told me

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 that he was a prophet

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 and I thought,

00:18:47.580 --> 00:18:47.840
 okay,

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 Jesus Christ

00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:50.300
 is the last prophet

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 but I'll humor you.

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 You can share with me

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 what's on your mind

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 and so he looked me

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 in the eye

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 and said,

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 the woman

00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:58.580
 that you're living with

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 is not your wife.

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 I didn't know

00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:04.740
 what to say

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 and so I just

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.480
 pointed at my wedding ring

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 and I said,

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 I'm sorry,

00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.600
 try again

00:19:10.600 --> 00:19:13.320
 but I wondered,

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.400
 who else is he

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:16.040
 sharing that prophecy with?

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 It wasn't true

00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:20.180
 but sometimes

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:21.140
 it doesn't even matter

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:21.920
 whether it's true

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 or not.

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 Could you imagine

00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:24.060
 the damage that would do

00:19:24.060 --> 00:19:24.660
 if other people

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 in that apartment complex

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.160
 thought,

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:26.800
 hey man,

00:19:26.860 --> 00:19:27.960
 this guy who's training

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.700
 to be a pastor,

00:19:28.800 --> 00:19:29.740
 he's living with somebody

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.780
 that's not even his wife.

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.819
 What's going on here?

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:35.279
 These accusers

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:36.940
 are just making things up

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.619
 about David.

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.480
 He doesn't even know

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.440
 what to say

00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:40.740
 and these little accusations

00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.779
 and rumors,

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:43.680
 these are like flaming arrows

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.579
 that are shot

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.660
 from a distance.

00:19:45.879 --> 00:19:46.859
 They're these little whispers

00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:48.359
 of false accusation

00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:49.559
 that have caught David

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:51.160
 completely off guard

00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:52.920
 and so David asks God

00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:54.259
 to be his shield

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:55.220
 because these arrows

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:56.619
 are flying all around

00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.720
 and he has no clue

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.779
 how to even answer them.

00:19:58.779 --> 00:20:00.619
 But it's not just

00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.480
 the flaming arrows

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:01.980
 you remember.

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:04.879
 It's also the close strike

00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:06.019
 of the dagger.

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:07.039
 Look there at verse 12.

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.059
 He says,

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:10.480
 they repay me evil

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.359
 for good.

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:13.920
 My soul is bereft

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.859
 but I,

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:16.019
 when they were sick,

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.519
 I wore sackcloth.

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 I afflicted myself

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 with fasting.

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 I prayed with my head

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 bound down on my chest.

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:22.920
 I went about

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:24.180
 as though I was grieving

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.940
 for my friend

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:25.619
 or my brother

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 and my mother.

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 I bowed down in mourning.

00:20:29.639 --> 00:20:30.639
 When these people

00:20:30.639 --> 00:20:31.619
 were down and out

00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:33.240
 and when they were sick,

00:20:33.419 --> 00:20:34.339
 David poured out

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:35.639
 his heart for them.

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.500
 He fasted.

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.059
 He prayed.

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:38.299
 He mourned.

00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:38.939
 He grieved.

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:40.319
 He genuinely cared

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.960
 about them.

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 We don't know

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:42.859
 the exact scenario

00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.639
 here again

00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:44.619
 but it's hard not

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.339
 to think of how

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:46.079
 David and Saul

00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:46.679
 interacted.

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:49.099
 When Saul was sick,

00:20:49.179 --> 00:20:49.980
 what did David do

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.460
 for him?

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:52.500
 He played his instrument.

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:54.220
 He soothed him

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.839
 with music.

00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:55.740
 When Saul needed

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.299
 a warrior

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.039
 to go and fight

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.619
 his battles,

00:20:57.899 --> 00:20:58.859
 David was there

00:20:58.859 --> 00:21:00.119
 ready to go to war.

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:02.339
 He loved God's

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:03.139
 anointed king

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.720
 and yet,

00:21:03.959 --> 00:21:04.599
 when the tables

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:04.939
 turn,

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.559
 what happens?

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 Verse 15.

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 At my stumbling,

00:21:09.679 --> 00:21:10.500
 they rejoiced

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.259
 and gathered.

00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:11.899
 They gathered

00:21:11.899 --> 00:21:13.699
 together against me.

00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.720
 Wretches whom

00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.539
 I did not know

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.299
 tore at me

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:17.259
 without ceasing.

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.759
 Like profane mockers

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.379
 at a feast,

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.279
 they gnash at me

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.059
 with their teeth.

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:22.299
 David has been

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:24.000
 betrayed by those

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.879
 he loves.

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.700
 He's been stabbed

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.200
 in the back

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.720
 with a dagger.

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 This is heartbreaking.

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.919
 David asks God

00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:33.539
 to take up

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.819
 his buckler

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.500
 because he's been

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.519
 stabbed in the back.

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.659
 So he prays,

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.339
 God, I know

00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:39.399
 you see this.

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.359
 Would you betray me

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:40.639
 too?

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:43.159
 How long

00:21:43.159 --> 00:21:43.839
 will you see

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.619
 this happening

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.720
 and not do

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.819
 anything about it?

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.859
 Would you rescue

00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:50.019
 me from destruction?

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.619
 Rescue me

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.399
 from the mouth

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:55.279
 of the lions.

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:56.159
 Would you bring me

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.779
 justice

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:58.279
 and bring it quick?

00:22:00.919 --> 00:22:01.399
 Y'all,

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.500
 a miracle happened

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.019
 the other day.

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:04.019
 I don't say that lightly,

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.139
 but this never happens.

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.179
 I was driving down

00:22:06.179 --> 00:22:06.980
 Highway 17

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.700
 right down here

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:09.659
 and right as I got

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:11.099
 to where the 7-Eleven is,

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:13.399
 someone pulled out

00:22:13.399 --> 00:22:14.720
 right in front of me

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.759
 coming from that street,

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:17.019
 side street on the right,

00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:18.599
 just right out in front.

00:22:18.679 --> 00:22:19.440
 They didn't even bother

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.039
 to realize

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:21.079
 that I was coming in

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.839
 about to smash

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.720
 into their car

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.339
 and if I wasn't

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.940
 paying attention,

00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:24.779
 that's exactly

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.539
 what would have happened

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.639
 and so I did

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:27.159
 what you do

00:22:27.159 --> 00:22:28.019
 in that situation.

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.259
 I pressed my palm

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:31.039
 firmly into the horn

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:32.500
 of my vehicle

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:35.099
 and then a few more times

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.920
 as I passed by

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.879
 just to let them know

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:38.259
 you almost died today

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:40.000
 if I wasn't attentive,

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:42.639
 but then I couldn't believe it

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:44.399
 as I laid on the horn.

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.220
 I passed by,

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.680
 I looked

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:47.440
 and there were two cop cars

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.559
 sitting right there

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.320
 in the median

00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:51.680
 and I was so riled up,

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.259
 honking on my horn,

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:55.120
 that as I drove by,

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:56.700
 I actually made eye contact

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.840
 with one of the officers

00:22:57.840 --> 00:22:59.180
 and threw up my hands

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.440
 to say,

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.500
 will you please

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.600
 do something about this?

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.720
 I know you saw it.

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.559
 Go get them!

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:07.259
 And the guy turned on

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.860
 his lights

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:09.759
 and I worried

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.380
 that he was coming

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:10.980
 after me,

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.500
 but instead,

00:23:11.820 --> 00:23:12.880
 both cop cars

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:14.019
 zipped out of there

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:15.600
 and went after that guy.

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.819
 They saw what happened

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.419
 and they went

00:23:17.419 --> 00:23:18.599
 to bring justice.

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:21.099
 It was an immediate response

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.779
 to my plea.

00:23:23.919 --> 00:23:24.899
 You and I both know

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:26.079
 that it usually

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.879
 doesn't work out

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.299
 that way,

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:27.619
 does it?

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.839
 And more often than not,

00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:31.839
 we have to wait

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.719
 for justice

00:23:32.719 --> 00:23:34.179
 to come.

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.099
 Larry Thompson

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:37.039
 waited eight years

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.839
 for his case

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.559
 to even make it

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.579
 to the Supreme Court

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.439
 before he finally

00:23:40.439 --> 00:23:41.179
 got the justice

00:23:41.179 --> 00:23:41.839
 he deserved.

00:23:42.699 --> 00:23:43.799
 Sometimes justice

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.740
 comes slowly

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.640
 and the hard truth

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.500
 is that sometimes

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.279
 on this side

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.839
 of eternity,

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.440
 justice never comes

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.799
 at all.

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.480
 And there are Christians

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.900
 all over the world

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:55.359
 in hard places

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:57.299
 that are being persecuted

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.120
 for professing

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:59.019
 the name of Christ.

00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.400
 There are people

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.839
 that are being slaughtered

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.680
 for worshiping

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.700
 Jesus Christ

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:05.640
 and we cry out

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.299
 for justice.

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:06.660
 Lord,

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.120
 Lord,

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.240
 when will it come?

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:10.240
 I know you see this.

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.559
 I know you see

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.339
 what's going on.

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.539
 Will you please

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.980
 bring justice

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.459
 quickly?

00:24:19.459 --> 00:24:20.799
 The hard truth is

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.639
 here on this side

00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:22.159
 of eternity,

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.379
 justice often

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:24.759
 comes slowly,

00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:27.199
 often comes partially,

00:24:27.419 --> 00:24:28.079
 and sometimes

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.119
 it comes not

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.179
 at all.

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.980
 But even so,

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.079
 the comfort

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.779
 that we share

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.359
 with David

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.779
 is we can pray

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.339
 with confidence

00:24:38.939 --> 00:24:40.599
 knowing our God

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.980
 is just

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.000
 and He

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:44.579
 will bring

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.579
 justice.

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.339
 Maybe not now,

00:24:47.719 --> 00:24:48.619
 but soon

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.319
 and very soon

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.799
 at the return

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.399
 of Christ.

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.799
 God

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.839
 is

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.779
 just.

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.279
 Everything

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.059
 He does

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.759
 is just.

00:24:57.899 --> 00:24:58.959
 And so we can pray

00:24:58.959 --> 00:24:59.619
 with David,

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.000
 God,

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:01.779
 I know you see this.

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.959
 Would you please

00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:04.139
 act in accordance

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:05.539
 with who you are?

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.539
 David

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.419
 believes this

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:09.159
 with all his heart.

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:10.279
 He believes that this God

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.960
 cares about my affliction.

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:13.940
 He sees this wrongdoing.

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.620
 He does know

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:16.680
 what's happening

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.120
 to me.

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:18.380
 He does see

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.900
 the wrong

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.700
 that I'm enduring.

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.040
 And David believes

00:25:21.040 --> 00:25:21.940
 that one day,

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.440
 and we pray

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.240
 one day soon,

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.279
 one day

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.000
 this God

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.180
 will bring

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.980
 justice.

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.320
 And in that day,

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.300
 I will give you

00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:30.279
 thanks in the midst

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.140
 of the great congregation

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.960
 of the righteous.

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.180
 And in that day,

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:35.520
 I will praise you

00:25:35.520 --> 00:25:36.960
 in the mighty throng

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:38.020
 with this chorus

00:25:38.020 --> 00:25:38.759
 of voices

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.640
 from every corner

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.280
 of the world

00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:41.360
 of those who sing,

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.580
 this God

00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:44.020
 has delivered me.

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.580
 This is exactly

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.080
 what we see

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.740
 in the final part

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.580
 of the psalm.

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:48.980
 Third,

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:50.180
 here in verses 19

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.960
 through 28.

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.360
 Third,

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:51.920
 we see

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:53.280
 the praise

00:25:53.280 --> 00:25:54.540
 of the accused

00:25:54.540 --> 00:25:54.980
 king.

00:25:56.520 --> 00:25:57.000
 David

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.420
 has stood

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.060
 before the

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.519
 supreme

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.660
 court of courts.

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.800
 He has presented

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.360
 his case

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:04.200
 before the highest

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.100
 judge of all

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.539
 the earth.

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.120
 He's made

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.860
 his plea.

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.580
 And now,

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.400
 David calls

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.300
 for a final

00:26:10.300 --> 00:26:11.240
 verdict.

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.840
 He says

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.640
 in verse 19,

00:26:13.800 --> 00:26:14.580
 let not those

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:15.680
 rejoice over me

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.580
 who are wrongfully

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:17.380
 my foes.

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.000
 Let not those

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.880
 wink the eye

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.720
 who hate me

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.920
 without cause.

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.539
 For they do not

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.440
 speak peace,

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.039
 but against those

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.740
 who are quiet

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.360
 in the land,

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.140
 minding their own

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.580
 business,

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.759
 they devise

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.799
 words of deceit

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.240
 and they open

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.379
 wide their mouths

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:32.019
 against me.

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.379
 They say,

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.759
 aha,

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.339
 aha,

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.939
 our eyes have

00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:34.460
 seen it,

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.679
 but you have

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:35.960
 seen,

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.419
 O Lord.

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.599
 Be not silent.

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.019
 O Lord,

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.859
 be not far

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.460
 from me.

00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:43.199
 Awake

00:26:43.199 --> 00:26:43.779
 and rouse

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.240
 yourself

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.799
 for my

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.539
 vindication,

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:47.139
 for my cause,

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.839
 my Lord,

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.839
 my God.

00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:50.159
 Vindicate me,

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.659
 O Lord,

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.240
 my God,

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.839
 according to

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:53.179
 your righteousness

00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:54.299
 and let them

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:55.339
 not rejoice

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.220
 over me.

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.419
 Now,

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:57.220
 stop right

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.600
 there.

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.759
 Here's David

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.819
 before the judge.

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.980
 He's making

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.779
 his closing

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.480
 argument.

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.339
 He's calling

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:06.360
 for a decision

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:07.380
 in his favor

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.299
 against his

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.680
 enemies.

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.500
 And again,

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.240
 we should ask,

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.140
 on what

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.980
 basis,

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:14.400
 what confidence

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:14.940
 does David

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.960
 have to pray

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.940
 such things?

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:18.000
 How can he be

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.960
 so bold as to

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.519
 pray God's

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.279
 judgment on

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.680
 these wicked

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.100
 people?

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.159
 people?

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:23.159
 He's prayed

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.879
 in light

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.259
 of God's

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.819
 power

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:26.059
 and his

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.699
 strength.

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.579
 He's prayed

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.399
 in light

00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:29.879
 of God's

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.379
 desire

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.839
 for his

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.259
 praise

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.740
 and his

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.199
 glory.

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.059
 He's made

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.339
 it clear

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.859
 that he's

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.339
 acted in

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.799
 righteousness

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.419
 towards these

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:36.059
 wicked men,

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:37.179
 but now as he

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:37.859
 calls for the

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.519
 judge to give

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.059
 his final

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.439
 verdict,

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.339
 on what

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.219
 basis does

00:27:41.219 --> 00:27:41.639
 he ask

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.799
 God

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.899
 to act?

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.219
 Look there

00:27:44.219 --> 00:27:44.480
 again to

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.079
 verse 24.

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:48.139
 He says,

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.079
 Vindicate me,

00:27:49.199 --> 00:27:50.000
 O Lord,

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.359
 my God,

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.259
 according to

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.740
 what?

00:27:55.179 --> 00:27:55.839
 Your

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:57.399
 righteousness.

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.779
 Now,

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.259
 he could have

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.619
 said,

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:02.279
 according to

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.059
 my righteousness.

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.339
 And no one

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.039
 is fully

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.579
 righteous.

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:08.859
 No,

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:09.359
 not one,

00:28:09.439 --> 00:28:09.799
 not even

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.159
 David,

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.839
 but in this

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.579
 situation,

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.220
 in this

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.980
 instance,

00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:14.179
 he has done

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:14.899
 no wrong.

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.220
 He's

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.880
 innocent.

00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:17.019
 He doesn't

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.320
 say,

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.019
 Vindicate me

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.540
 according to

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:19.019
 my

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.600
 righteousness.

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.040
 What does

00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:20.380
 he say?

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.500
 Vindicate me

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.320
 according to

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:23.600
 your

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.920
 righteousness.

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:28.259
 David knows

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.980
 that our

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.620
 holy,

00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:31.680
 righteous

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.640
 God

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:34.560
 will act

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:35.140
 in

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.800
 righteousness.

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.080
 If it

00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:38.680
 is right

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.380
 to judge

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.220
 wickedness,

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.759
 and it

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.480
 is right

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.120
 to defend

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.700
 the helpless,

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.180
 and it

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.960
 is right

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.380
 to set

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:45.880
 right what's

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.279
 been made

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.640
 wrong,

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.480
 then David

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.180
 believes that

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.000
 this just

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.920
 and powerful

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:51.060
 holy God

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:52.080
 will do

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:52.279
 it,

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.900
 and for

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.980
 his name's

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.400
 sake.

00:28:56.560 --> 00:28:57.519
 The Puritan

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.160
 George

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:59.080
 Swinock,

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.299
 he says,

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.200
 people might

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:02.200
 do justly,

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.720
 but God

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.460
 must do

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.060
 justly,

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.620
 because his

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.640
 will is

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.420
 his law.

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.420
 God

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.720
 will

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.420
 will

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.420


00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:11.000
 exact

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.480
 rule

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.080
 of all

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.680
 justice

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:12.900
 and

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.440
 righteousness.

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.180
 Whatever

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.100
 he does

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:15.960
 is just,

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.700
 because he

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.039
 is the

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.279
 great

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.720
 supreme

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.080
 and

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.400
 sovereign

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.800
 of all

00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:18.980
 the

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.380
 world.

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:20.620
 God's

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:20.960
 actions

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.180
 are

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.800
 occasionally

00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:22.580
 mysterious,

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.100
 but they

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:25.220
 are always

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.140
 righteous.

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.960
 In light

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.880
 of the

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.160
 great

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.680
 righteousness

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.279
 of God,

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:31.580
 David

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:32.019
 prays,

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.420
 God,

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.740
 would you

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.380
 look at

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.700
 this

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.420
 injustice

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.960
 and

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.480
 act.

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.080
 Render

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.940
 a public

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.519
 verdict.

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.240
 Don't

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.740
 let the

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:38.980
 wicked

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.680
 rejoice.

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.660
 Let them

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.180
 not say

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.440
 in their

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.740
 hearts,

00:29:43.060 --> 00:29:43.340
 aha,

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:43.960
 our hearts

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.500
 desire.

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:44.880
 Let them

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.360
 not say

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:45.840
 we've

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.220
 swallowed

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.720
 them up.

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.200
 Let

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.640
 them be

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.000
 put to

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.340
 shame

00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:48.519
 and

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.039
 disappointed

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.880
 altogether

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.560
 who rejoice

00:29:50.560 --> 00:29:50.880
 at my

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.380
 calamity.

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:51.940
 Let

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.400
 them be

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.840
 clothed

00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:53.019
 with

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.539
 shame

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.720
 and

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.220
 dishonor

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.360
 who

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.900
 magnify

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.340
 themselves

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:55.759
 against

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.080
 me.

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.080
 But on

00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:57.460
 the other

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.840
 hand,

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.420
 render

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.680
 this

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:58.980
 verdict

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.340
 in my

00:29:59.340 --> 00:29:59.840
 favor

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.360
 so that

00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:00.660
 those

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:00.840
 who

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.220
 delight

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.580
 in my

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.100
 righteousness

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.680
 would

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.180
 shout for

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.660
 joy

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.300
 and be

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.819
 glad

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.480
 and say

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.819
 great

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.339
 evermore

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.700
 great

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.180
 is the

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.579
 Lord

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.000
 who

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.440
 delights

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.720
 in the

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.059
 welfare

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.539
 of his

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.879
 servant.

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.159
 And then

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:11.619
 my tongue

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:12.099
 shall tell

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.359
 of your

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.919
 righteousness

00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:14.259
 and of

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.839
 your praise

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.500
 all the

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.839
 day

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.839
 long.

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.259
 Can you

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.720
 imagine

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:19.299
 that

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.759
 courtroom

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.319
 scene

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.899
 when Larry

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.659
 Thompson

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:22.519
 finally gets

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.059
 justice

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:25.240
 and his

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.680
 family

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.180
 after eight

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.759
 long years

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.599
 finally gets

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.379
 justice.

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.000
 The gavel

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.720
 comes down.

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.159
 The false

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:30.799
 accusers

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.419
 are condemned

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:32.339
 while the

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.779
 falsely

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.299
 accused

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.740
 is set

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.119
 free.

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.740
 Now that

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.099
 whole

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.619
 burden

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.259
 shifts

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.859
 from off

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.500
 of Larry's

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.799
 back

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.599
 and firmly

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.159
 onto those

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:39.619
 who acted

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:39.879
 in the

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.220
 wrong.

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.220
 There is

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.220
 rejoicing

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.039
 for the

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.419
 righteous

00:30:44.419 --> 00:30:45.220
 when justice

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.819
 comes,

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.460
 but there

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.200
 is grieving

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.019
 for the

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.399
 guilty

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:49.539
 when justice

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.500
 comes.

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.319
 This is

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.720
 what David

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.399
 prays God

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:53.879
 will do.

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:56.139
 In his

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.919
 suffering,

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:57.799
 he appeals

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.500
 to the

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.200
 great judge

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.740
 of all the

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.119
 earth and

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.299
 says,

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.759
 God,

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.619
 would you

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.500
 be my

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.200
 defense?

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.039
 Would you

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.919
 act for

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:05.720
 your glory?

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.359
 Would you

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:07.339
 act according

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.879
 to your

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.460
 righteousness?

00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:09.259
 Would you

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.859
 crush the

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.440
 powers of

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.079
 sin and

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.480
 darkness?

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.159
 Would you

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:13.000
 defend the

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.480
 cause of

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.960
 the helpless?

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.659
 Would you

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:15.480
 be my

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.159
 shield and

00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:16.659
 my defense?

00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:20.259
 Christian,

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.539
 do you

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.079
 realize we

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.579
 can join

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.099
 David in

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.559
 this prayer?

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:24.680
 And we

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.200
 can pray it

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.059
 with confidence,

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.099
 confidence,

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.619
 even more

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.859
 confidence than

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.179
 David?

00:31:31.679 --> 00:31:32.419
 Because the

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:33.159
 gospel of

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:34.039
 Jesus Christ

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:35.279
 teaches us

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.139
 that our

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:37.119
 God is

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:38.159
 just and

00:31:38.159 --> 00:31:39.000
 he will

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.339
 bring justice.

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.200
 We may

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.839
 get it here

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.399
 and now and

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:42.980
 we pray to

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.539
 that end,

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.419
 but we know

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:45.179
 with confidence

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:46.539
 we will get

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.279
 it soon and

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:48.099
 very soon at

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.679
 the return of

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.019
 our Lord

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.799
 Jesus Christ.

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.799
 The gospel

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:54.740
 teaches us

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.099
 that our

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.659
 God is

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:57.040
 powerful to

00:31:57.040 --> 00:31:58.500
 save and

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.019
 to defend

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.640
 his people.

00:32:01.040 --> 00:32:01.279
 And the

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.900
 gospel teaches

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.460
 us that our

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.400
 God loves

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.080
 to do so

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.640
 for his

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.200
 glory,

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.080
 for our

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.580
 good and

00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:06.860
 on the

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.480
 basis of

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.120
 his own

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:08.740
 righteousness.

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.480
 But should

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.040
 we ever

00:32:10.040 --> 00:32:10.700
 doubt that

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.259
 God cares

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.600
 about

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.320
 injustice?

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.279
 Look to

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.740
 the cross

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.420
 of Christ.

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:17.060
 Our God

00:32:17.060 --> 00:32:18.120
 has crushed

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:19.120
 the powers

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.920
 of sin and

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.880
 darkness at

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.540
 the cross.

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.820
 If anyone

00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.259
 has ever

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.380
 faced injustice,

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:25.820
 it was

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:26.740
 Jesus Christ.

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.280
 Jesus was

00:32:29.280 --> 00:32:29.620
 the only

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.100
 one who

00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:30.940
 was truly

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.720
 completely

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.320
 righteous,

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.880
 not just

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.400
 in one

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:33.860
 scenario,

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:35.000
 but inside

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.480
 and out

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.740
 for an

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.460
 entire life.

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:37.040
 And yet,

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.820
 false witnesses

00:32:38.820 --> 00:32:39.540
 rose up

00:32:39.540 --> 00:32:40.580
 against him.

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.620
 Wicked

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.300
 men spread

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:44.140
 lies about

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:45.020
 him.

00:32:46.020 --> 00:32:46.720
 In fact,

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.460
 he quotes

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.080
 this psalm

00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:48.440
 in John

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.300
 chapter 15

00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:49.600
 when he

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:50.000
 tells his

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.460
 disciples,

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:50.900
 the world

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.700
 hated me.

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.279
 You should

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.840
 expect that

00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.240
 they'll hate

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.799
 you too.

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.400
 If they

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:54.940
 persecuted

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.420
 me,

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.960
 they will

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.279
 also

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.960
 persecute

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.460
 you.

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.299
 Why?

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.720
 He says

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.019
 it must

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.440
 fulfill

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.980
 their word.

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.519
 They hated

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.079
 me without

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.700
 a cause.

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.880
 Jesus

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.740
 Christ was

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.900
 hated,

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.740
 reviled,

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.259
 cursed,

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.500
 beaten,

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.960
 and betrayed

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:13.019
 even by his

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.759
 own disciples.

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.860
 Judas kissed

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.259
 him on the

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.779
 cheek as he

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.140
 handed him

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.579
 over for

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.039
 arrest.

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.779
 Jesus knew

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.099
 what it

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.559
 was like

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.940
 to face

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.460
 the arrows

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.559
 of accusation

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.200
 and the

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.859
 dagger of

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.379
 betrayal.

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.180
 And yet,

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.059
 like David,

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:26.059
 Jesus entrusted

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:27.299
 himself completely

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.180
 to the

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.779
 righteousness

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.779
 and the

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.720
 sovereign justice

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.539
 of his

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:31.940
 God,

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.599
 the Father.

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:35.059
 Jesus knew

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:36.079
 that true

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:37.299
 justice must

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.220
 be purchased

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:39.159
 at the cross

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:39.920
 for the good

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.659
 of his people

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:41.599
 and the glory

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.220
 of God.

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.940
 But because

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.940
 he was totally

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.700
 righteous,

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.480
 and praise

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.819
 God,

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.259
 the perfect

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.639
 Son of

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:47.919
 God,

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.539
 could not

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.659
 remain in

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.139
 the grave.

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:51.059
 He rose

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.720
 from the

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.480
 dead as

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.119
 the first

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:54.019
 fruits of

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.599
 those who

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.200
 would believe

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.879
 in him

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.700
 for eternal

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.240
 life.

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.759
 And as

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.379
 the assurance

00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.240
 that the

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.639
 enemy,

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.639
 in the end,

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.539
 does not

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.059
 win,

00:34:03.159 --> 00:34:03.859
 praise God.

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:06.019
 That sin

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.519
 does not

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.980
 have the

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.879
 final word.

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.619
 That we

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.539
 face evil

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:12.299
 and darkness

00:34:12.299 --> 00:34:13.940
 and accusations

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.239
 and all

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.779
 sorts of

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:16.380
 mess in

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.820
 this sinful

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.220
 world,

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.900
 but Jesus

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.460
 at the

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.820
 cross

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.059
 and the

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.280
 empty

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.579
 tomb

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:19.880
 says,

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:20.700
 all of

00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:20.940
 that

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.500
 has been

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.119
 conquered.

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.200
 And one

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:25.720
 day soon

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:26.079
 and very

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.559
 soon,

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.700
 he will

00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:28.119
 come

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:29.740
 and bring

00:34:29.740 --> 00:34:30.360
 us

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:31.400
 justice.

00:34:31.660 --> 00:34:31.960
 Friend,

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.880
 I ask you

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.200
 again,

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.740
 where do

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.320
 God's people

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.780
 look for

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.200
 justice?

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.680
 Look to

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.019
 Jesus.

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.260
 Christ,

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.980
 our substitute,

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.780
 has suffered

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.860
 in our

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.460
 place.

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.900
 Christ,

00:34:44.040 --> 00:34:44.760
 our advocate,

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.060
 stands to

00:34:46.060 --> 00:34:46.700
 plead our

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.500
 cause before

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.040
 the Father

00:34:48.040 --> 00:34:49.220
 and to

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.820
 defend us

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.220
 from all

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.840
 accusations

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.300
 of the

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.560
 enemy.

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:51.980
 Christ,

00:34:52.080 --> 00:34:52.700
 our warrior,

00:34:53.580 --> 00:34:54.280
 our defender,

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:55.900
 our conquering

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.360
 king,

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.200
 has conquered

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:58.100
 all our

00:34:58.100 --> 00:34:58.700
 enemies and

00:34:58.700 --> 00:34:59.240
 stands to

00:34:59.240 --> 00:34:59.880
 defend us.

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.240
 And one

00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:00.820
 day soon

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.180
 and very

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:01.560
 soon,

00:35:01.660 --> 00:35:01.960
 Christ,

00:35:02.060 --> 00:35:02.480
 the righteous

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.060
 judge,

00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:04.420
 will come

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.980
 again to

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.260
 put an

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.480
 end to

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.200
 all sin,

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.980
 all evil,

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.940
 and all

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.699
 wickedness.

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.840
 If you're

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.219
 his enemy

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.599
 now,

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.219
 the invitation

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.840
 is come

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.300
 to this

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:16.679
 king now

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.240
 in faith

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.539
 and you'll

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.000
 find that

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.340
 Christ,

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.980
 the Savior,

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.860
 stands ready

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:21.380
 to receive

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.920
 you and

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:23.240
 to forgive

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.780
 you and

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.119
 to show

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.840
 you mercy.

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.460
 And until

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.840
 then,

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.400
 until that

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.740
 day,

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.300
 Christian,

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.780
 Christ,

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.260
 the friend

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.800
 of sinners,

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:31.360
 listens to

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:32.039
 your cries,

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.460
 hears your

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.980
 prayers,

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.119
 cares about

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.000
 your distress,

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.760
 and promises

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:41.019
 justice will

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:42.440
 come soon.

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.480
 Charles Spurgeon

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:47.179
 commenting on

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.679
 this passage,

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.360
 he says that

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.400
 all that David

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.300
 prays God

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.780
 will do for

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.300
 him here in

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:51.980
 Psalm 35,

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.219
 Jesus does

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:54.380
 all this for

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.900
 his beloved,

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.900
 for them,

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.300
 for us.

00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.840
 He is both

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.840
 intercessor and

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.340
 champion.

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.260
 Whatever aid

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.820
 they need,

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.300
 they shall

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.179
 receive from

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.480
 him.

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.199
 And in

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.880
 whatever manner

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.280
 they are

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.780
 assaulted,

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.460
 they shall be

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.199
 effectually

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.860
 defended.

00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:11.360
 Let us

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.039
 not fail

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.579
 to leave

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.179
 our case

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.599
 into the

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.000
 Lord's

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.420
 hand.

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.860
 Vain is

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.240
 the help

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.740
 of man,

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.380
 but ever

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:18.099
 effectual

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.420
 is the

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.000
 interposition

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.519
 of heaven.

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.679
 What is

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.360
 here asked

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.900
 for as

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.539
 a boon

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.280
 may be

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.679
 regarded

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.079
 as a

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.440
 promise

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.019
 to all

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.699
 the saints.

00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:27.000
 In

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.420
 judgment

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.440
 they shall

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.860
 have a

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.300
 divine

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.820
 advocate,

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.139
 and in

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.900
 warfare a

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.300
 divine

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:32.940
 protection.

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.820
 Let's pray.

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.200
 Father,

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:39.039
 we thank

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.180
 you,

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.380
 God,

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.660
 that you

00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:40.320
 care about

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.539
 our

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.180
 distress,

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:43.720
 so much

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.180
 so that

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.700
 you've sent

00:36:44.700 --> 00:36:46.240
 Jesus to

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:46.960
 enter into

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:48.220
 our distress,

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.180
 and enter into

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:49.960
 our weakness,

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:50.940
 and to endure

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:52.460
 the effects of

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.100
 living in a

00:36:53.100 --> 00:36:53.900
 sinful world,

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.880
 that Christ

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.820
 himself was

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.400
 betrayed,

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.780
 and suffered

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:59.200
 from the

00:36:59.200 --> 00:36:59.900
 false witness

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.519
 of sinful

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:00.940
 man,

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:01.880
 and yet did

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.640
 so willingly

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.500
 for us,

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.440
 that he

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:05.839
 might bring

00:37:05.839 --> 00:37:06.599
 justice,

00:37:07.839 --> 00:37:08.159
 and might

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.960
 bring relief,

00:37:09.779 --> 00:37:10.019
 and might

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.239
 reconcile sinners

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.859
 to a holy

00:37:11.859 --> 00:37:12.299
 God.

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:14.179
 And we pray,

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:14.519
 Lord,

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 would you come

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 quickly,

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 Lord Jesus,

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 and bring

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 justice in a

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 final way here

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 on earth,

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 we pray in

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 Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.