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 Well, good morning again, church. Our sermon text today is Psalm 69. Let me invite you to go there

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 with me. If you're at home, let me encourage you to grab a Bible. If you're here in the sanctuary,

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 it's going to be on the screens as well. I'm going to start by reading the first 13 verses of Psalm

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 69, and then we'll kind of walk through the rest of the psalm as we go. But before I read the first

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 half of the psalm, let me pray for us, and then we'll dive in. Let's pray. Lord Jesus, thank you

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 that we can come to you as we are, that we don't need to clean ourselves up or get ourselves right

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 before we come to you, because God, you promise that you are the one who can make us right,

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 that you're the one who loves us as we are and changes us by your grace into who we need to be.

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 And we thank you that it's through your written word that you do that work of sanctifying us,

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 changing us, and transforming us more and more into the likeness of your own self, Lord Jesus.

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 So, would you in your mercy come and meet with us now as we turn to this psalm? Help us to

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 understand it. God, help us to receive it and help us to live it out. We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Father, amen. Psalm 69.

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 To the choir master, according to the lilies of David,

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 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire where there's no foothold.

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 I've come into deep waters and the flood sweeps over me. I'm weary with my crying out. My throat

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 is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God. More in number than the hairs of my head are

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 those who hate me without cause. Mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies.

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 What I did not steal must I now restore? O God, you know my folly. The wrongs I've done are not

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 hidden from you. Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, O Lord God of hosts.

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 Let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. For it is for your

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 sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face. I've become a stranger to my

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 brothers, an alien to my mother's sons. For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches

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 of those who reproach you have fallen on me. When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting,

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 it became my reproach. When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. I'm the talk

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 of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me. But as for me, my prayer is to

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 you, O Lord. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love, answer me

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 in your saving faithfulness.

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 Well, you know, I think sometimes we can think that the Christian life is a bit like a computer

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 program. If we put in the right code, if we put in the right commands, then we sort of get the outcome

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 that we want. As long as I do it right, then I get a good result. Or we can think of the Christian

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 life kind of like a vending machine. If I put in the money, if I slide my credit card, then the candy

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 kind of drops to the bottom, and everything's good. But you know, you don't have to read the Bible for

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 long, especially the Psalms, to realize that is not how things work. Sometimes we can do all the right

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 things for all the right reasons, and the result is not material blessing and comfort, but rather

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 increased trouble and trial. Sometimes our genuine devotion to God, in other words, can lead to just a

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 flood of trouble and a flood of hatred, even, from other people. And that's what Psalm 69 is all about.

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 In this Psalm, it kind of falls into two broad halves. In the first half of the Psalm, David kind of lays

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 out his situation, and then in the second half of the Psalm, he sort of takes that situation to God in

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 prayer. So today I want to kind of explore this situation together, and then we'll kind of explore

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 that prayer together as well, and see how we can respond when our devotion to God results in hatred

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 sometimes from other people. So first, let's look at that situation. In these first 13 verses that we

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 just read, David prays, and he just lays out his heart before the Lord. And you know, that just, just

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 in and of itself, that is a good example for us. Sometimes when we're feeling so overwhelmed, when we

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 feel like we're sinking, the best place to start is to just open our hearts to God in prayer, and just

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 express what's welling up in there. The Psalm just starts like a rocket, doesn't it? Save me, God!

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 I'm sinking! And sometimes that's where we need to begin. And these opening verses where David says,

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 I'm sinking beneath the waves of the flood, he's desperate, but we find out in verse 4 why he's so

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 desperate, why he feels like he's sinking. He says, more in number than the hairs of my head are those

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 who hate me without cause. And as David keeps on praying, we start to see that the reason why he's so

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 hated, the real root of that animosity, that reproach from other people, is actually David's

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 sincere devotion to God. Look at verse 8. I become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's

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 sons. Why? For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you

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 have fallen on me. David says, when I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.

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 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. I'm the talk of people now.

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 You know, drunkards are making songs about me. They're reviling me. So what we see here is that

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 David, that people have seen the psalmist, they've seen David's devotion to God, they've seen his humble

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 repentance, his sincere heart of worship to God in spirit and truth, and how have they responded?

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 With reproach and hatred. So this psalm has a pretty particular focus. It's not just about praying when

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 people are out to get you in general. It's about praying when your sincere faith leads to a flood

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 of criticism, contempt, mockery, even hatred. So it's good to pause here and say, has that ever happened

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 to us? Has that ever happened to you? Has your sincere desire to please God ever made you the subject of

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 mockery or contempt? Has it ever gotten you into trouble with other people? David says that even

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 some of his own family members have turned against him in verse 8. I'm a stranger to my brothers. I'm an

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 alien to my mother's sons. His own brothers have rejected him. And then in verse 12, it's, you know,

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 it's not just who he calls the drunkards, the sort of like hoi polloi, everybody out there. It's not just,

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 it's not just those people who are mocking him, but he says it's those who sit at the gate.

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 And those who sit at the gate in the ancient world, they would have been sort of the leaders

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 of the community. They would have been the respected community members who sit at the gate of the city

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 to make judicial decisions over things that are happening in the life. They were sort of the ruling

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 council. So everyone has turned against David here. Now, you know, as we think about this, you know,

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 I'm sure we can think of lots of things about sincere devotion to God. There are lots of elements

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 about having a heart sincerely devoted to God that could bring on this sort of alienation

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 and contempt from other people. But in this Psalm, David pinpoints something very specific in verses

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 10 and 11. Verses 10 and 11, he says, I humbled my soul with fasting. I made sackcloth my clothing.

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 What is that describing? What is that reality talking about? Well, those are ways of talking about

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 genuine, humble repentance. The mark of genuine spirituality, of real zeal for God

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 is humble repentance, a contrite spirit. And David says that humble, contrite spirit,

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 walking with repentance towards God, that has made him the target of countless enemies.

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 Friends, you see, in the gospel, we admit the biblical message of salvation, what the core message

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 of the Bible is about. In that saving message of the Bible, we admit that we are sinners who are saved

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 by sheer grace. There's nothing that we can do to make us right with God. We confess that we need a Savior.

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 And that confession, that humble confession of repentance, that at the end of the day,

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 the fact that we're all sinners, is the most offensive thing about the message of the Bible.

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 That we cannot save ourselves, that all our good works are not sufficient,

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 that there are no truly good people in the world, that all have sinned and fall short of the glory

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 of God. And only those who admit their sin and receive God's rescue and his son will be saved.

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 That message, what David is showing us here, is one of the most offensive things

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 about true biblical spirituality. Because in our fallen hearts, we just, we recoil against that message,

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 don't we? We want to think that my own performance, my own life is good enough for God to owe me favor.

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 I want to think that what I have done is the thing that grants me a place in God's favor.

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 We are inescapable in our self-justification. We're always going to look to something to then hold up

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 and say, God, you have to bless me. I'm good enough now. My good works, my performance, my credentials.

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 But the gospel comes in and says, no, you still need a savior. Because whatever it is you're building

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 your identity on, it's going to crumble in the end before the perfect wrath and love of God.

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 That message is at the heart of the gospel.

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 And it is always offensive to our natural human hearts.

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 And so, as Paul says

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 in 1 Timothy 3.12,

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 all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus

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 will be persecuted.

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 Now,

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 this situation that David is laying out here

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 that he describes, I think it's both a comfort and it's a challenge to us.

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 Before we move on to the prayer,

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 let's just pause and think about the situation.

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 I think it's both a comfort and it's a challenge.

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 It's a comfort because,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 if you have lost friends,

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 or if you've been alienated

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 from some of your family relationships,

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 or if you've lost your reputation at work

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 because of

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 your sincere desire

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 to please God,

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 then Psalm 69

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 comes with a word of comfort and says,

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 you're not alone.

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 You stand

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 with a countless

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 host of saints

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 who've gone before you,

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 who have walked that road.

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 You're not alone.

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 Be comforted.

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 Be encouraged.

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 But,

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 I think we also have to admit

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 that this situation's a bit of a challenge to us,

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 isn't it?

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 You know, this week as I was

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 studying Psalm 69,

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 I've had to ask myself,

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 you know,

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 is my own humble heart

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 of repentance

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 and sincerity for God

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 shaping my life so much

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 that I experience

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 reproach

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 at times,

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 exclusion,

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 like David did?

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 Or is my life

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 really just

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 indistinguishable

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 from the world around me?

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 Is how I use

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 my money?

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 Is how I use

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 my time?

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 Is how I use

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 my body

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 any different

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 from the world around me

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 who don't know

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 the God of grace?

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 You know,

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 there are always going to be things

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 in the gospel,

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 in biblical Christianity

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 that will be appealing

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 to any culture

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 in which it stands.

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 But there are also

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 going to be things

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 that go against

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 the grain

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 of any culture.

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 So we have to ask ourselves,

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 we have to take the challenge

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 and say,

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 am I living in line

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 with the truth of the gospel,

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 with that humble,

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 repentant heart,

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 or am I just

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 indistinguishable

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 from the world around me?

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 So there's a challenge

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 here for us.

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 And it's a challenge

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 to renew

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 our sincerity

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 towards God.

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 To say,

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 Lord,

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 renew

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 my passion for you,

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 my zeal for you,

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 my devotion to you,

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 my humble commitment to you.

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 So that's the situation

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 that David is under here

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 and we can often

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 relate to it

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 and we can take comfort

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 and we can take challenge

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 from it.

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 But starting in verse 13,

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 David turns from

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 kind of laying out

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 the situation

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 to now asking God

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 to respond.

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 He turns from the situation

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 to prayer,

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 to petition.

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 He's not content

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 just to lay it out.

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 He says,

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 okay God,

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 now you've got to do

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 something about it.

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 And there are three

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 broad things

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 that David's going to pray for

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 in the second half

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 of Psalm 69.

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 First,

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 he's going to pray

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 a prayer for rescue.

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 And second,

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 he's going to pray

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 a prayer for justice.

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 And then third,

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 he's going to pray

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 a prayer of hope

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 and encouragement

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 for others.

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 So a prayer for rescue,

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 a prayer for justice,

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 and a prayer of hope

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 and encouragement

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 for others.

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 So first,

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 let's look at this

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 prayer for rescue.

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 We're going to pick up

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 in verse 13

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 and go to verse 18.

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 Let's read that.

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 Let me read that for us.

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 David says,

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 But as for me,

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 my prayer is to you,

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 O Lord,

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 and an acceptable time,

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 O God,

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 in the abundance

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 of your steadfast love.

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 Answer me in your

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 saving faithfulness.

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 Deliver me from sinking

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 in the mire.

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 Let me be delivered

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 from my enemies

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 and from the deep waters.

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 Let not the flood

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 sweep over me

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 or the deep swallow me up

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 or the pit close

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 its mouth over me.

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 Answer me,

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 O Lord,

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 for your steadfast love

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 is good.

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 According to your

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 abundant mercy,

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 turn to me.

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 Hide not your face

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 from your servant,

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 for I am in distress.

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 Make haste to answer me.

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 Draw near to my soul.

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 Redeem me.

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 Ransom me

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 because of my enemies.

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 Now,

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 when we feel like

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 we're sinking

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 beneath a flood

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 of unjust reproach

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 and hatred,

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 David's showing us here

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 that first

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 we have to pray

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 for God

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 to rescue,

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 to deliver.

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 I mean,

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 I think it would be

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 very ironic,

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 don't you,

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 to try to save ourselves

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 when the primaries

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 reason we're being

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 criticized

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 is because we believe

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 that we can't

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 save ourselves,

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 right?

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 So rather than

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 anxiously plotting

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 and planning

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 and fretting

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 and maneuvering

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 when we experience

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 unjust pressure

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 and attack

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 and reproach,

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 our first response

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 should be to pray

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 for God

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 to deliver.

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 Don't let me sink,

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 God.

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 Sustain me.

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 Hold me up.

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 We can bring this

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 to God in prayer.

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 prayer.

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 And David marshals,

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 he sort of draws out

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 of his experience

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 all sorts of words

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 and images here

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 to talk about God

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 rescuing him.

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 But note

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 where he ends

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 in verse 18.

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 He says,

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 redeem me,

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 God.

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 Ransom me.

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 You know,

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 we can often glide

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 pretty quickly

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 over these

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 words.

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 You know,

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 David takes

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 one,

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 two,

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 three,

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 four,

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 five,

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 six verses here

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 to basically say,

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 save me,

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 God,

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 right?

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 And we can sometimes

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 just kind of glide

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 over them.

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 But sometimes it's good

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 to slow down

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 to sort of hit the brakes

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 when we get to these

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 parts of the Bible

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 and really just sort of

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 slow down

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 and focus in

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 on what's being said.

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 You know,

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 the Bible uses

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 all sorts of words

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 to describe God's

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 saving work.

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 There's no one word

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 that can capture

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 its fullness.

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 So sometimes it's good

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 to just slow down

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 and listen to these words.

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 David says,

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 redeem me

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 and ransom me.

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 The language of redeem,

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 of redeeming,

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 that's the language

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 you would use

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 when a family member,

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 when a near relative

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 sees you

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 in distress.

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 You know,

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 in the ancient world

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 maybe a famine

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 has come through

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 and you've lost

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 your fields,

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 you've had to sell

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 your property,

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 you've become

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 a hired hand,

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 your ability

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 to get your feet

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 under you

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 has been lost,

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 you're just systemically

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 down and out.

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 There's no way up.

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 Well,

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 a redeemer

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 is that relative

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 who comes,

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 sees you in distress,

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 they come to your side

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 and they buy back

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 your land for you

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 and they buy back

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 your equipment

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 and your livestock

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 for you

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 and they restore it

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 to you

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 and they put you

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 back on your feet again.

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 You remember

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 the book of Ruth?

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 The book of Ruth

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 is sort of a great book

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 in the Old Testament

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 about redeeming,

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 about a redeemer.

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 Boaz was the redeemer,

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 the nearest relative

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 of Ruth and Naomi

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 when they come back

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 to the land of promise

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 and they're completely destitute,

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 they've lost everything

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 and Boaz is the nearest relative

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 and he sees them in distress

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 and what it means

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 for Boaz

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 to be a redeemer

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 in that moment

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 is to marry Ruth the widow

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 and rescue

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 the family from ruin.

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 He binds himself

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 to the family

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 in marriage

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 to redeem them,

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 to rescue them.

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 Now think about Psalm 69.

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 David had lost his friends.

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 He'd even lost

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 his family relationships.

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 Everybody

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 was turning against him.

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 But he prays to the Lord

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 who's his redeemer.

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 The Lord is the one

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 who sticks closer

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 than a brother,

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 the one who will not leave us

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 destitute or alone,

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 the one who will see us

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 in our distress

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 and restore to us

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 what we've lost.

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 David says,

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 redeem me God.

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 Be my redeemer.

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 But the Lord

00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:02.419
 doesn't just redeem,

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 he ransoms.

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 David says,

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 ransom me,

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 oh God.

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 Now a ransom

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 in the ancient world

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 was a payment.

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 It was a price

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 that you paid

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 to set something free

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 when it was trapped.

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 If you had fallen

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 into slavery,

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:17.199
 a ransom could be paid

00:18:17.199 --> 00:18:18.079
 to give you

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.740
 your freedom again,

00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.619
 to liberate you.

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 Now you see,

00:18:22.239 --> 00:18:22.819
 in Psalm 69,

00:18:22.979 --> 00:18:23.839
 David is experiencing

00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:25.379
 the agonizing realization

00:18:25.379 --> 00:18:26.799
 that there is a cost

00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:28.539
 for sincere devotion to God.

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 There's a cost

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 for that.

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 But when we pray,

00:18:32.659 --> 00:18:33.199
 ransom me,

00:18:33.239 --> 00:18:33.500
 oh God,

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.359
 because of my enemies,

00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.459
 we're reminded

00:18:35.459 --> 00:18:36.659
 that God

00:18:36.659 --> 00:18:37.500
 is willing

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.399
 to pay a cost

00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:39.379
 for us.

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 Ransom me.

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 You know,

00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:44.639
 when God liberated

00:18:44.639 --> 00:18:45.279
 his people

00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.459
 from slavery in Egypt,

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:48.019
 the great saving act

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.000
 in the Old Testament,

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 the exodus from Egypt,

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.740
 when God liberated

00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.200
 his people

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 from slavery in Egypt,

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.380
 what was he doing there?

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 He was putting

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.960
 his own name

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.839
 on the line.

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.920
 His reputation

00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:59.359
 was now bound up

00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:00.079
 forever

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:01.319
 with the fate

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:02.579
 of his people.

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:04.200
 He was willing

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:05.720
 to pay the cost

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.839
 with his own name

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:08.039
 to set them free.

00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:11.960
 But in the New Testament,

00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:13.400
 we see that God

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:14.619
 isn't just willing

00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.819
 to put his name

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.819
 on the line for us.

00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:17.660
 God's willing

00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:18.900
 to give his own son

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:19.460
 for us.

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 God's willing

00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:21.400
 to pay the cost

00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:22.100
 fully.

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:23.900
 Jesus willingly came

00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:25.660
 and ransomed us,

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:27.040
 paid the price

00:19:27.040 --> 00:19:28.360
 to set us free.

00:19:29.620 --> 00:19:31.440
 And if that is true,

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.759
 if we know

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.380
 that the God

00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:35.040
 of the universe

00:19:35.040 --> 00:19:36.460
 has paid the price

00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:36.759
 for us,

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:38.460
 if he has ransomed us,

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:40.240
 if God has ransomed us,

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:42.960
 then we know

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:44.400
 that our enemies

00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:46.759
 can never really

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.900
 destroy us.

00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:50.680
 How could our enemies

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.599
 sink us

00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:52.920
 when God

00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:54.019
 is our redeemer,

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.960
 when God

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:56.160
 is our ransom?

00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:57.339
 No flood

00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:58.099
 could ultimately

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.579
 shake us.

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.519
 No amount

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.579
 of torrent

00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:01.319
 or torment

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:02.279
 or criticism

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.960
 around us

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.519
 could shake us

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.220
 if we have

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.019
 the Lord God

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:06.220
 as our redeemer,

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.740
 if we have

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.380
 the Lord God

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.319
 willing to put

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.960
 his own self

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.480
 on the line

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.039
 for us?

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:12.160
 How could he let us

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:13.319
 sink beneath

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:13.660
 the weight

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:14.259
 of our enemies?

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:14.640
 Never.

00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:18.160
 So David's confident

00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:19.700
 that at the acceptable

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.319
 time,

00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.120
 in verse 13,

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:22.860
 at the right time,

00:20:23.860 --> 00:20:24.680
 in God's

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:26.039
 good timing,

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:28.059
 he will be delivered.

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.940
 But after praying

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.420
 for rescue,

00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:32.420
 David then turns

00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:33.380
 to praying

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:34.620
 for justice.

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.140
 This is the second

00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:37.140
 part of David's prayer,

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:38.240
 a prayer for justice.

00:20:38.360 --> 00:20:38.740
 And this is

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.660
 verses 19

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.720
 through 29.

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:42.099
 Let me read

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:43.059
 19 through 29

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.640
 for us.

00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:44.799
 David says,

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.920
 you know my reproach

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:47.220
 and my shame

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.480
 and my dishonor.

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.380
 My foes are all

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:50.099
 known to you.

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.500
 Reproaches have

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.480
 broken my heart

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.160
 so that I am

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.759
 in despair.

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:55.299
 I looked for pity

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.259
 but there was none

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.339
 and for comforters

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.380
 but I found none.

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.420
 They gave me poison

00:20:59.420 --> 00:21:00.059
 for food

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.000
 and for my thirst

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.779
 they gave me sour

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.599
 wine to drink.

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.440
 Let their own table

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.120
 before them

00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:05.859
 become a snare.

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 When they are at peace

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 let it become a trap.

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 Let their eyes be darkened

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 so they cannot see.

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 Make their loins

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 tremble continually.

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 Pour out your indignation

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 upon them

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 and let your burning anger

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 overtake them.

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 May their camp

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 become a desolation

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 and let no one dwell

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 in their tents.

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 For they persecute him

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 whom you've struck down

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 and they recount

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 the pain

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 of those you've wounded.

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 Add to them

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 punishment upon punishment.

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 May they have

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 no acquittal from you.

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 Let them be blotted

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 out of the book

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 of the living.

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 Let them not be enrolled

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 among the righteous.

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 But I am afflicted

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 and in pain.

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 Let your salvation

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 oh God

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 set me on high.

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 Out of his deep

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 anguish

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 David prays here

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 in these verses

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 that God would deal

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 with his enemies

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 in perfect justice.

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 That all the wrong

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 that they've done

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 he says

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 God let it be done

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 back to them.

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 You know

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 you can look through

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 these verses

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 22 through 28

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 and see all the ways

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 in which David's

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 sort of recounting

00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:04.899
 his own experience.

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 His own table

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 has become a snare.

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 His eyes have been darkened.

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 He's trembling continually.

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 His enemies are always

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 saying to him

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 throughout the Psalms

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 there's no salvation

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 for you David.

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 You're not going to be

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.859
 a part of God's plan.

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 And David's just saying

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 God

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 act in justice.

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 Give to my enemies

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 what they deserve.

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.480
 Now

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 how do we make sense

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:29.439
 of a prayer like this?

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 It seems pretty harsh

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 doesn't it?

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 Well first

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 we have to see

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 that prayers like this

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 in the Psalms

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.680
 and this prayer here

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 in Psalm 69 in particular

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 is an expression

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 of a soul

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 in deep

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 anguish.

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 A soul that has

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 experienced

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 deep

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 deep

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 wrong.

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 So

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 before

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 we criticize

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 or we dismiss

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 such a prayer

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 you know

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 maybe it's helpful

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.920
 to go back

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.619
 to those moments

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 in our own life

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 when perhaps

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 we've tasted a bit

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:02.039
 of that anguish

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 and injustice.

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 And when we go back

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 and we remember

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 those moments

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 in our own life

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 that own bitter

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 anguish

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.099
 you know

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.160
 we can start to realize

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:12.119
 that the hearts cry

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:13.240
 for justice

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.579
 the hearts cry

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.359
 for things to be

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.019
 made right

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:17.500
 that heart cry

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.480
 resounds deeply

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.099
 in the bones

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.660
 of creatures

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.259
 who are made

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.839
 in the image

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.279
 of God

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 and sometimes

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:24.279
 that anguish

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:26.400
 it cries out

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.480
 in this kind of form.

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 So this is an expression

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.180
 of a soul

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:33.279
 in deep anguish

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.880
 crying out to God

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:36.120
 for real justice.

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.279
 But second

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.460
 notice that the prayer

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.880
 is horizontal

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.740
 it's not vertical

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.839
 and this is what I mean

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.759
 notice that what David

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.319
 is praying here

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.880
 is not

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.779
 God

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:47.200
 let me

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.480
 make things right

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.180
 with my enemies

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:50.500
 let me

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.519
 give to them

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.740
 what they gave to me

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.799
 just give me a chance

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.120
 God

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:55.819
 let me pay them back.

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:58.139
 It's not what David

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.500
 is praying

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.859
 is it?

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.480
 He's praying a vertical prayer

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.259
 the psalm is saying

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.639
 God

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.879
 you be the judge

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.960
 God

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.399
 you give them

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:06.319
 what they deserve

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:08.599
 in other words

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:10.220
 it's putting God

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:11.279
 in the place of judgment

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.659
 not me

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:15.700
 and only when

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.579
 we can pray

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.240
 that prayer

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.019
 vertically

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:19.480
 only when

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:19.919
 we can

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:20.599
 we can pray

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.240
 that prayer vertically

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:22.419
 can we then respond

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:23.519
 rightly horizontally

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:26.400
 because

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.720
 if we don't

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.480
 put God

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.700
 in our own hearts

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.559
 in the rightful seat

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.000
 of judgment

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.400
 without minimizing

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.940
 the wrong

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.139
 without excusing

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.519
 the wrong

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 if we don't

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:36.200
 sort of lift it up

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.480
 to God

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.720
 and say

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:36.980
 God

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.940
 you must be

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.799
 the rightful

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.759
 judge here

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.839
 if we don't

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.279
 put God

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.960
 in that place

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.980
 then we will

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.660
 inevitably

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.619
 put ourselves

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.299
 in that place

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:48.160
 if I don't

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.980
 honestly entrust

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.379
 the judgment

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.759
 to God

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.240
 I'm going to

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.940
 seek retribution

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.379
 or vengeance

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:51.839
 for myself

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.459
 I'm going to

00:24:52.459 --> 00:24:53.079
 try to balance

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.659
 the scales

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:56.179
 and it might

00:24:56.179 --> 00:24:56.519
 not be

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.000
 through physical

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.299
 harm

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.659
 but it might

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.000
 be through

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.799
 verbal attack

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.679
 or it might

00:24:59.679 --> 00:24:59.980
 be through

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.779
 just harboring

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.899
 evil thoughts

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.519
 in my mind

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.019
 about another

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.480
 person

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:06.899
 but if I

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.439
 take my

00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:07.980
 sense of

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.639
 justice to

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.119
 God

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:10.079
 if I can

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.839
 settle things

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.480
 vertically

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:13.539
 then I can

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.299
 respond rightly

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.899
 horizontally

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:17.000
 then when I

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.720
 respond to

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.279
 my enemies

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:20.019
 I can respond

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.939
 with equity

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.080
 or with justice

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.600
 where needs

00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:22.880
 be

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:24.580
 and I can

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.279
 even respond

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.220
 with forgiveness

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:31.180
 David prayed

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.580
 this prayer

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.080
 from a place

00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:32.539
 of deep

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.019
 anguish

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.600
 a place

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:34.080
 of deep

00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:34.440
 hurt

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.900
 of being

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.259
 deeply

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.759
 wrong

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.160
 and he

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.700
 prayed it

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.700
 to God

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.160
 knowing that

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.700
 God would

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:38.960
 be the

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.680
 just judge

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:41.200
 but he

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.720
 also prayed

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.279
 it knowing

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.539
 that God

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.220
 promises to

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.799
 protect his

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.160
 people

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.820
 to stand

00:25:45.820 --> 00:25:46.220
 up for the

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.580
 oppressed

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.380
 the downtrodden

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.200
 the afflicted

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.819
 this is one

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.019
 of the

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.500
 great

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:51.120
 messages

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.500
 of the

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.700
 Bible

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.319
 that God

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:53.059
 will protect

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.759
 his people

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.440
 from all

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.000
 harm in

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.440
 the end

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.720
 he prayed

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.160
 this prayer

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:58.220
 knowing that

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.940
 God sees

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.640
 the afflictions

00:25:59.640 --> 00:25:59.900
 of his

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.140
 people

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.640
 that God

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.240
 knows what

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.660
 it's like

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:01.840
 do you

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.120
 remember at

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.400
 the end

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.779
 of Exodus

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.460
 chapter 2

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.840
 where the

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:05.180
 people are

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.480
 sort of

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.360
 they're sort

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:07.240
 of languishing

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.840
 in slavery

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.519
 in Egypt

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.360
 and at the

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:09.779
 end of Exodus

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.200
 2 it

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.920
 says God

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.880
 heard

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:13.460
 their groanings

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.440
 he saw

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.400
 and God

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.059
 knew

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:18.200
 David

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.740
 picks up

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.899
 that divine

00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:20.559
 reality in

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.000
 verse 9

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.240
 when he

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.659
 says God

00:26:21.659 --> 00:26:22.399
 you know

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:23.619
 my reproach

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.240
 you know

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.779
 my shame

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.259
 you know

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.980
 my dishonor

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.519
 God

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.059
 knows

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:30.079
 my friends

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.440
 how much

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:30.960
 more can

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.419
 we say

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:32.299
 that God

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.819
 knows

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:34.000
 in light

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.179
 of the

00:26:34.179 --> 00:26:34.700
 New Testament

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:37.319
 knowing that

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.720
 God the

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.139
 Son took

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:38.539
 our human

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.919
 nature

00:26:38.919 --> 00:26:39.799
 was tested

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.279
 and tried

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.659
 in every

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:40.980
 way that

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.440
 we are

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.419
 but without

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:42.859
 sin

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.559
 Jesus

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.980
 lived a

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.259
 life of

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.659
 complete

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:45.240
 and perfect

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.700
 devotion

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.080
 to the

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.400
 Father

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.980
 and what

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.120
 did

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.340
 Jesus

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:47.720
 receive

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:47.980
 as a

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.340
 result

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.819
 of that

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.160
 perfect

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.580
 life

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.940
 of healing

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.519
 and righteousness

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.080
 and goodness

00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:52.660
 and love

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:54.779
 contempt

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.940
 and hatred

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:57.460
 and eventually

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.279
 crucifixion

00:26:58.279 --> 00:27:00.200
 you know

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.519
 when David

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.860
 writes

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.299
 they gave

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.740
 me poison

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.200
 for food

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.660
 and for

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.059
 my thirst

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.360
 they gave

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.740
 me sour

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.180
 wine to

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.380
 drink

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.620
 he was

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:04.880
 speaking

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.539
 metaphorically

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:05.740
 he was

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:05.860
 saying

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:06.019
 look

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.319
 I did

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.559
 good

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:06.900
 to them

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.160
 and they

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.279
 gave

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.360
 me

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:07.519
 the

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:07.860
 worst

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.039
 in

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.460
 return

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:10.819
 but when

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.039
 Jesus

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.440
 was hanging

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:11.740
 on the

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.019
 cross

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.460
 the gospel

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.799
 of Matthew

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.220
 tells us

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.759
 that literally

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.319
 they offered

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.740
 him wine

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.140
 to drink

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.600
 mixed with

00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:15.960
 gall

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.580
 mixed with

00:27:16.580 --> 00:27:16.980
 a dull

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.480
 poison

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.220
 to ease

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.680
 his pain

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:21.180
 Jesus

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.740
 was offered

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.580
 the worst

00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:23.600
 of human

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.120
 enmity

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:25.420
 and hatred

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.259
 he was

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.259
 truly hated

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:28.520
 without cause

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:32.500
 and yet

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.980
 something

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.639
 happens

00:27:33.639 --> 00:27:33.980
 at the

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.440
 cross

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:37.039
 Jesus

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.879
 the perfect

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.539
 judge

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:40.059
 prays for

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.700
 his enemies

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.639
 father

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.099
 forgive

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.480
 them

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:45.500
 now is

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.740
 Jesus

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.359
 overturning

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.599
 or is

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:46.819
 he kind

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.539
 of contradicting

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:47.960
 prayers

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.279
 like we

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.639
 have in

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.299
 psalm 69

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:51.139
 is he

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.379
 saying

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.680
 forget

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:51.920
 about

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.119
 those

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.400
 prayers

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:52.559
 now

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.700
 that

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:52.879
 I've

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.099
 come

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.440
 no

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.180
 he's

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.480
 not

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.900
 Jesus

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.200
 taught

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.460
 again

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.759
 and again

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.200
 that perfect

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.480
 judgment

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.120
 would come

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.660
 that those

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.120
 who refuse

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.579
 to repent

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:00.980
 will be

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.279
 shut out

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.480
 of the

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.720
 kingdom

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.299
 that they

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.620
 will be

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:02.880
 blotted

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.200
 out of the

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.480
 book of

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.759
 life

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.259
 Jesus

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.539
 talked

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.059
 more about

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.620
 the reality

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.059
 of judgment

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.660
 than anybody

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.079
 else in

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.460
 the Bible

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.400
 in fact

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.720
 the risen

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:08.920
 Lord

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.160
 Jesus

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.500
 says that

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.860
 he will

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.279
 himself

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.640
 be the

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:10.960
 judge

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:12.200
 so

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.440
 Jesus

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.900
 wasn't

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.440
 contradicting

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.839
 the witness

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.160
 of the

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.579
 psalms

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.480
 from the

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.880
 cross

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:17.240
 he was

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.620
 fulfilling

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:17.900
 it

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:19.460
 the

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.960
 judge

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.580
 was

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.060
 standing

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:21.660
 in

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:21.780
 the

00:28:21.780 --> 00:28:22.200
 place

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.420
 of

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.560
 the

00:28:23.560 --> 00:28:23.960
 judged

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:27.600
 so

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:27.800
 that

00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.480
 mercy

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.280
 free

00:28:29.280 --> 00:28:29.460
 of

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:29.840
 charge

00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.060
 could

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.200
 be

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.600
 extended

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:30.840
 to

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.160
 sinners

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:33.420
 the

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.720
 love

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:33.900
 of

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.100
 God

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.420
 took

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.600
 up

00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:34.900
 not

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.140
 only

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.340
 the

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:35.780
 complaint

00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:35.960
 of

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.140
 the

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.700
 wronged

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.480
 but

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.660
 the

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.040
 wrong

00:28:38.040 --> 00:28:38.200
 of

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.360
 the

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:38.940
 wrongers

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:40.440
 to

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.780
 rescue

00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:41.120
 them

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:44.480
 so

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.840
 today

00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.140
 we

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.519
 too

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.920
 can

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.080
 pray

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.280
 for

00:28:46.280 --> 00:28:46.560
 God's

00:28:46.560 --> 00:28:46.880
 judgment

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.060
 and

00:28:47.060 --> 00:28:47.180
 for

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.420
 God's

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:47.880
 protection

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.160
 for

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.360
 his

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:48.620
 people

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:48.800
 we

00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:48.940
 can

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.180
 pour

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.340
 out

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.460
 our

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:49.660
 hearts

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:49.840
 to

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.160
 God

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.600
 when

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:50.759
 we

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.400
 experience

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.700
 hatred

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.000
 without

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.560
 cause

00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.000
 but

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.220
 when

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.420
 we

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.600
 do

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:53.779
 that

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:53.980
 we're

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.320
 actually

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:54.640
 letting

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.000
 God

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.140
 be

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.320
 the

00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:55.720
 judge

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.660
 and

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:56.800
 when

00:28:56.800 --> 00:28:57.140
 we

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.560
 set

00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:58.120
 that

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.000
 straight

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.100
 that

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.600
 allows

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:00.820
 us

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:00.980
 then

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.140
 to

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.300
 deal

00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:01.460
 with

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:01.620
 our

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.019
 enemies

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.620
 with

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:02.880
 both

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.300
 justice

00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:03.720
 and

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:03.940
 with

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.340
 mercy

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:07.259
 as

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.480
 God

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.640
 has

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:07.800
 dealt

00:29:07.800 --> 00:29:08.000
 with

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.360
 us

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:09.060
 through

00:29:09.060 --> 00:29:09.220
 the

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.519
 cross

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.660
 in

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:09.840
 both

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.340
 justice

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:11.259
 and

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.180
 mercy

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:13.820
 and

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:13.920
 that

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.100
 brings

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.220
 us

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.300
 to

00:29:14.300 --> 00:29:14.440
 the

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.640
 third

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:14.860
 part

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:14.959
 of

00:29:14.959 --> 00:29:15.279
 David's

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.559
 prayer

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.179
 we've

00:29:16.179 --> 00:29:16.299
 seen

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.419
 his

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.539
 prayer

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:16.679
 for

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:17.039
 rescue

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.479
 his

00:29:17.479 --> 00:29:17.639
 prayer

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:17.779
 for

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.219
 justice

00:29:18.219 --> 00:29:18.679
 and

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:18.819
 the

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.019
 psalm

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.259
 ends

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.379
 with

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.519
 a

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:19.819
 prayer

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.379
 of

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:20.619
 hope

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:20.759
 of

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.319
 encouragement

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.639
 for

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:21.919
 others

00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:22.159
 let's

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:22.399
 pick up

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:22.519
 with

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.939
 29

00:29:22.939 --> 00:29:23.319
 we'll

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.459
 read

00:29:23.459 --> 00:29:23.559
 to

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:23.679
 the

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:23.819
 end

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:23.899
 and

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.000
 then

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.119
 we'll

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.379
 finish

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.559
 up

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.740
 David

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:24.899
 says

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.039
 I'm

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.500
 afflicted

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.599
 and

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:25.699
 in

00:29:25.699 --> 00:29:26.000
 pain

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.459
 let

00:29:26.459 --> 00:29:26.599
 your

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.059
 salvation

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.399
 O God

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:27.659
 set

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:27.799
 me

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:27.959
 on

00:29:27.959 --> 00:29:28.339
 high

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.779
 I

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:28.919
 will

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.240
 praise

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.399
 the

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.539
 name

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:29.659
 of

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:29.819
 God

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:29.939
 with

00:29:29.939 --> 00:29:30.059
 a

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.339
 song

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.500
 I

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.619
 will

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.179
 magnify

00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:31.379
 him

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.559
 with

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.039
 our

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.439
 prisoners

00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:46.000
 let

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.219
 heaven

00:29:46.219 --> 00:29:46.379
 and

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.519
 earth

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.859
 praise

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:46.979
 him

00:29:46.979 --> 00:29:47.139
 the

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.479
 seas

00:29:47.479 --> 00:29:47.639
 and

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:47.939
 everything

00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:48.139
 that

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.419
 moves

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:48.539
 in

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.719
 them

00:29:48.719 --> 00:29:49.159
 for

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:49.379
 God

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:49.539
 will

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.839
 save

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.119
 Zion

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.359
 and

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.559
 build

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:50.679
 up

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:50.819
 the

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.059
 cities

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.219
 of

00:29:51.219 --> 00:29:51.459
 Judah

00:29:51.459 --> 00:29:52.039
 and

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.259
 people

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.479
 shall

00:29:52.479 --> 00:29:52.699
 dwell

00:29:52.699 --> 00:29:52.919
 there

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.039
 and

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.299
 possess

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.559
 it

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.339
 the

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.679
 offspring

00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:54.899
 of

00:29:54.899 --> 00:29:55.039
 his

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.299
 servant

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.559
 shall

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:55.919
 inherit

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.139
 it

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.599
 and

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:56.799
 those

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:56.939
 who

00:29:56.939 --> 00:29:57.199
 love

00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:57.359
 his

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.659
 name

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:57.879
 shall

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.159
 dwell

00:29:58.159 --> 00:29:58.419
 in

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:58.599
 it

00:29:58.599 --> 00:30:00.059
 you see

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.219
 when

00:30:00.219 --> 00:30:00.459
 David

00:30:00.459 --> 00:30:00.839
 prayed

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.139
 this

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.619
 prayer

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.179
 all of

00:30:02.179 --> 00:30:02.779
 Psalm 69

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.500
 he wasn't

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:03.740
 just

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.059
 praying

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.379
 as an

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.899
 individual

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:05.339
 before

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.659
 God

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.199
 he was

00:30:06.199 --> 00:30:06.639
 praying

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.060
 also

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:07.320
 as

00:30:07.320 --> 00:30:07.460
 the

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.840
 people's

00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:08.300
 king

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:09.060
 as

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:09.220
 the

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.600
 people's

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.200
 representative

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.480
 as

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 their

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.040
 head

00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:11.920
 and

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.100
 that

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 means

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 that

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 what

00:30:12.520 --> 00:30:12.700
 was

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 true

00:30:13.020 --> 00:30:13.240
 of

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.520
 him

00:30:13.520 --> 00:30:13.740
 was

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 true

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 of

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.480
 them

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.660
 as

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:14.800
 their

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 king

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.520
 and

00:30:15.520 --> 00:30:15.680
 that's

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:15.800
 why

00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:16.180
 earlier

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.380
 in

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:16.520
 this

00:30:16.520 --> 00:30:16.740
 psalm

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:16.860
 in

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.040
 verse

00:30:17.040 --> 00:30:17.259
 6

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.480
 David

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.620
 is

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:17.759
 so

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.220
 concerned

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.400
 that

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.520
 the

00:30:18.520 --> 00:30:18.759
 shame

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:18.900
 and

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.280
 dishonor

00:30:19.280 --> 00:30:19.560
 he's

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:20.160
 experiencing

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.600
 for

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:20.780
 his

00:30:20.780 --> 00:30:21.120
 devotion

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.300
 to

00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:21.540
 God

00:30:21.540 --> 00:30:21.880
 is

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.000
 going

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.140
 to

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.500
 undermine

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.720
 the

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.240
 faithful

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.700
 people

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:23.920
 as

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.180
 well

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:25.220
 if

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.340
 they

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:25.560
 see

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:25.740
 the

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:25.980
 king

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.220
 being

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.560
 brought

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:26.940
 low

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.400
 being

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.860
 riddled

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.120
 down

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.279
 with

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.660
 contempt

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.019
 will

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.200
 they

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.460
 not

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:29.640
 to

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:29.820
 be

00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:30.059
 brought

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.259
 low

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.480
 will

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.580
 it

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:30.740
 not

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.180
 weaken

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.420
 their

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.960
 spiritual

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.539
 devotion

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.799
 to

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.059
 see

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.299
 their

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.700
 king

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.400
 suffer

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.720
 such

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:34.880
 a

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.279
 cost

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.440
 for

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.640
 his

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.000
 devotion

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.240
 to

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.539
 God

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.100
 David's

00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.500
 rightly

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.100
 concerned

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.400
 about

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.620
 the

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.039
 people

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:40.340
 that

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:40.480
 they're

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.580
 going

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:40.680
 to

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:40.900
 lose

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.240
 heart

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.440
 when

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.600
 they

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:41.940
 see

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.220
 him

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.700
 experience

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.019
 this

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.299
 kind

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.420
 of

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:43.880
 attack

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:45.019
 so

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.279
 that's

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.400
 why

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:45.559
 the

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:45.740
 psalm

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.059
 ends

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.440
 with

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.920
 David's

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.460
 not

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.700
 just

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:47.840
 with

00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:48.100
 David's

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:48.220
 own

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.660
 personal

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.000
 rescue

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.180
 or

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.460
 David's

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.559
 own

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.460
 you

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.740
 who

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.000
 seek

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.460
 God

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.600
 even

00:30:59.600 --> 00:30:59.860
 when

00:30:59.860 --> 00:30:59.980
 you

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.180
 bear

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.580
 reproach

00:31:00.580 --> 00:31:00.820
 let

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.039
 your

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.360
 hearts

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:01.900
 revive

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:03.220
 do

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.480
 not

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:03.720
 think

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:03.900
 that

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.100
 these

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.600
 afflictions

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:04.720
 are

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:04.860
 the

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.140
 last

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.519
 word

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.580
 no

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:06.759
 though

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:06.920
 we

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.059
 are

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.400
 brought

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.720
 low

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.240
 now

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.220
 God

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.420
 will

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:09.640
 set

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:09.799
 us

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:09.980
 on

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.240
 high

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.600
 and

00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:10.740
 we

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:10.880
 can

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.019
 be

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.420
 so

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.799
 sure

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:11.980
 of

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.180
 that

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.380
 hope

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.580
 that

00:31:12.580 --> 00:31:12.840
 even

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.380
 now

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:13.860
 we

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:14.039
 can

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.380
 praise

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:14.559
 him

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:14.920
 and

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.600
 magnify

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:15.840
 him

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.019
 with

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.320
 thanks

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:16.680
 giving

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:19.759
 David's

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.059
 hope

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.340
 and

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:21.120
 confidence

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.700
 in

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.039
 God's

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.340
 rescue

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:22.600
 means

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:22.720
 that

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:22.840
 the

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.140
 people

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.360
 can

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:23.500
 have

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.640
 the

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:23.880
 same

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.240
 hope

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.660
 and

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.080
 confidence

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:25.340
 as

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:25.560
 well

00:31:25.560 --> 00:31:25.840
 because

00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:26.140
 what's

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.400
 true

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.580
 of

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:26.720
 the

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.000
 king

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.180
 if

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.520
 God

00:31:27.520 --> 00:31:27.680
 will

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.000
 rescue

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.220
 his

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.500
 king

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:28.900
 then

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.200
 God

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.360
 will

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.680
 rescue

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:29.900
 his

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.259
 people

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:32.040
 and

00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:32.180
 so

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.360
 the

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:32.640
 psalm

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:32.980
 ends

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.160
 with

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.320
 this

00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:33.820
 confident

00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:34.240
 hope

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.840
 that

00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:35.080
 God

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.240
 will

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.480
 save

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.860
 Zion

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.120
 he'll

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.380
 build

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.520
 up

00:31:36.520 --> 00:31:36.680
 the

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:36.900
 cities

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.080
 of

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:37.240
 Judah

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.420
 in

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.600
 other

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:37.759
 words

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:37.920
 the

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.280
 people

00:31:38.280 --> 00:31:38.580
 of

00:31:38.580 --> 00:31:38.980
 God

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.340
 will

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.720
 one

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.080
 day

00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:40.940
 flourish

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.520
 and

00:31:41.520 --> 00:31:41.740
 get

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.060
 this

00:31:42.060 --> 00:31:42.320
 in

00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:42.600
 their

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:43.440
 flourishing

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.259
 creation

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.580
 will

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:44.940
 rejoice

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.300
 heaven

00:31:45.300 --> 00:31:45.860
 and earth

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.020
 will

00:31:46.020 --> 00:31:46.300
 praise

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:46.580
 God

00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:46.759
 the

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:46.960
 sea

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.320
 just

00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:55.020
 dragging

00:31:55.020 --> 00:31:55.280
 us

00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:55.620
 forward

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:55.900
 into

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.040
 the

00:31:56.040 --> 00:31:56.180
 new

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.620
 testament

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:58.380
 pointing

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:58.660
 us

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:58.920
 ahead

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.080
 to

00:31:59.080 --> 00:31:59.240
 the

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.540
 new

00:31:59.540 --> 00:31:59.820
 and

00:31:59.820 --> 00:32:00.080
 better

00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:00.460
 David

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.640
 to

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:00.920
 Jesus

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.300
 Christ

00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:01.860
 crucified

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.280
 and

00:32:02.280 --> 00:32:02.640
 risen

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:04.240
 if

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.360
 the

00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:04.520
 old

00:32:04.520 --> 00:32:04.759
 testament

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.060
 people

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:05.259
 of

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.440
 God

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.600
 could

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:05.800
 have

00:32:05.800 --> 00:32:06.140
 hope

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.280
 when

00:32:06.280 --> 00:32:06.400
 they

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.580
 saw

00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:06.960
 David

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.320
 rescued

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:07.500
 from

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.640
 his

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:07.880
 enemies

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.080
 how

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.240
 much

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.460
 more

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.660
 brothers

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:08.840
 and

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.040
 sisters

00:32:09.040 --> 00:32:09.520
 can

00:32:09.520 --> 00:32:09.759
 we

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:09.960
 have

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.200
 hope

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.580
 now

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:10.720
 that

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:10.860
 we

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.040
 see

00:32:11.040 --> 00:32:11.340
 Jesus

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:11.520
 the

00:32:11.520 --> 00:32:11.680
 king

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:11.800
 of

00:32:11.800 --> 00:32:11.920
 the

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.320
 universe

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:13.080
 resurrected

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.340
 and

00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:13.860
 triumphant

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.120
 over

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.420
 sin

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.560
 and

00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:14.700
 death

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:14.840
 and

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:14.980
 hell

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.160
 for

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.420
 us

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.100
 what's

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:23.800
 earlier

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:23.940
 if

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.080
 the

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.420
 world

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:24.780
 hated

00:32:24.780 --> 00:32:25.160
 him

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.620
 it

00:32:25.620 --> 00:32:25.840
 will

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.140
 hate

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.420
 us

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:26.759
 too

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.860
 but

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.000
 the

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.160
 new

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.440
 testament

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:28.780
 tells

00:32:28.780 --> 00:32:28.900
 us

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.040
 that

00:32:29.040 --> 00:32:29.160
 if

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:29.340
 we

00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:29.580
 share

00:32:29.580 --> 00:32:29.700
 in

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:29.860
 his

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.340
 sufferings

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:30.800
 we

00:32:30.800 --> 00:32:30.960
 will

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.400
 also

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.800
 share

00:32:31.800 --> 00:32:32.020
 in

00:32:32.020 --> 00:32:32.259
 his

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.680
 glory

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:34.020
 and

00:32:34.020 --> 00:32:34.160
 the

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.520
 whole

00:32:34.520 --> 00:32:35.060
 creation

00:32:35.060 --> 00:32:35.320
 Paul

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:35.560
 says

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:35.700
 in

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:35.920
 Romans

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.160
 8

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.540
 is

00:32:36.540 --> 00:32:36.980
 waiting

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.340
 and

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:37.860
 groaning

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:38.100
 with

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.480
 eager

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:38.960
 longing

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.380
 with

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:39.800
 bated

00:32:39.800 --> 00:32:40.220
 breath

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.560
 for

00:32:40.560 --> 00:32:40.740
 the

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.060
 children

00:32:41.060 --> 00:32:41.280
 of

00:32:41.280 --> 00:32:41.500
 God

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.680
 to

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:41.960
 enter

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.240
 into

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.480
 glory

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.660
 to

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.340
 experience

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:43.560
 the

00:32:43.560 --> 00:32:44.000
 resurrection

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.300
 with

00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:44.540
 Jesus

00:32:44.540 --> 00:32:44.780
 when

00:32:44.780 --> 00:32:44.920
 he

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.400
 returns

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.080
 and

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:46.220
 when

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.460
 that

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.660
 day

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:46.980
 happens

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.240
 and

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.420
 so

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.600
 when

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:54.780
 you

00:32:54.780 --> 00:32:54.980
 are

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.240
 hated

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.640
 without

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.000
 cause

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.280
 because

00:32:56.280 --> 00:32:56.440
 of

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.580
 your

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:56.980
 sincere

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.420
 devotion

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.620
 to

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:57.800
 God

00:32:57.800 --> 00:32:58.280
 remember

00:32:58.280 --> 00:33:01.120
 that

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.300
 when

00:33:01.300 --> 00:33:01.560
 you

00:33:01.560 --> 00:33:01.920
 share

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.080
 in

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.280
 his

00:33:02.280 --> 00:33:02.960
 sufferings

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:04.540
 you

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:04.740
 will

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.040
 also

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:05.360
 share

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.500
 in

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:05.660
 his

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.040
 glory

00:33:06.040 --> 00:33:08.180
 in

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.620
 fact

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.360
 the

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.820
 sufferings

00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:09.940
 of

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.100
 this

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.460
 present

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.840
 time

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.080
 Paul

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.300
 says

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:11.400
 are

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.640
 not

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:11.820
 worth

00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:12.280
 comparing

00:33:12.280 --> 00:33:12.960
 with

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.120
 the

00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:13.380
 glory

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:13.580
 that

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:13.720
 is

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.020
 revealed

00:33:14.020 --> 00:33:14.240
 to

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.580
 us

00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:15.920
 the

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.060
 new

00:33:16.060 --> 00:33:16.259
 testament

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.480
 will

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.680
 even

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:16.880
 say

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.020
 that

00:33:17.020 --> 00:33:17.180
 the

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.640
 sufferings

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:17.860
 now

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.060
 are

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:18.580
 preparing

00:33:18.580 --> 00:33:18.880
 for

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.060
 us

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.180
 an

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.500
 eternal

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.720
 weight

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:19.840
 of

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.120
 glory

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.640
 beyond

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.200
 compare

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:23.700
 if

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:23.960
 we're

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.340
 willing

00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:24.560
 to

00:33:24.560 --> 00:33:24.800
 pray

00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:25.280
 that

00:33:25.280 --> 00:33:25.640
 sort

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:25.800
 of

00:33:25.800 --> 00:33:26.120
 prayer

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.320
 of

00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:26.740
 hope

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.259
 even

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.500
 in

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.820
 suffering

00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.040
 and

00:33:28.040 --> 00:33:28.300
 trial

00:33:28.300 --> 00:33:28.420
 if

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.520
 we

00:33:28.520 --> 00:33:28.720
 let

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.040
 that

00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:29.380
 hope

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.220
 get

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.440
 into

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.660
 our

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:30.980
 prayers

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.100
 and

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:31.200
 we

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.360
 start

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.500
 to

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.980
 praise

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.560
 God

00:33:32.560 --> 00:33:33.060
 then

00:33:33.060 --> 00:33:33.360
 like

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:33.680
 David

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:33.860
 we

00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:34.020
 can

00:33:34.020 --> 00:33:34.259
 start

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.400
 to

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.580
 think

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:34.720
 of

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.020
 others

00:33:35.020 --> 00:33:35.280
 too

00:33:35.280 --> 00:33:36.380
 and

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:36.500
 we

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.620
 can

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:36.780
 start

00:33:36.780 --> 00:33:36.900
 to

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.040
 think

00:33:37.040 --> 00:33:37.160
 of

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.360
 their

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:37.960
 well-being

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.259
 even

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.460
 when

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.680
 we're

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:38.960
 going

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.180
 through

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.600
 extremely

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.020
 difficult

00:33:40.020 --> 00:33:40.580
 times

00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:41.960
 isn't

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.080
 it

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.240
 true

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.400
 that

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.720
 suffering

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:42.860
 and

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.160
 affliction

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.380
 can

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.520
 make

00:33:43.520 --> 00:33:43.640
 us

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:43.860
 very

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.140
 self

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.380
 standard

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.540
 we

00:33:44.540 --> 00:33:44.720
 just

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:44.900
 worry

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.080
 about

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.420
 ourselves

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:45.560
 and

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:45.680
 our

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:45.820
 own

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:46.280
 problems

00:33:46.280 --> 00:33:47.700
 but

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:47.800
 you

00:33:47.800 --> 00:33:47.900
 know

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.000
 if

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.120
 we

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.300
 have

00:33:48.300 --> 00:33:48.440
 the

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.740
 hope

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.340
 of

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:49.460
 the

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.720
 Bible

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:49.860
 if

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:49.940
 we

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.020
 have

00:33:50.020 --> 00:33:50.120
 the

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.280
 hope

00:33:50.280 --> 00:33:50.420
 of

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.600
 the

00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:52.080
 gospel

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:53.380
 even

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:53.580
 when

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:53.780
 we're

00:33:53.780 --> 00:33:54.100
 suffering

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.280
 we

00:33:54.280 --> 00:33:54.420
 can

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.660
 care

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:54.860
 for

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.060
 others

00:33:55.060 --> 00:33:55.200
 and

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.600
 encourage

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:55.900
 others

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.040
 we

00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:56.120
 can

00:33:56.120 --> 00:33:56.240
 be

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.620
 thinking

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:56.880
 of

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.100
 others

00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:57.620
 even

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:57.800
 in

00:33:57.800 --> 00:33:57.920
 the

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.140
 midst

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.259
 of

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.880
 excruciating

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.259
 trial

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.660
 why

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.220
 because

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.500
 we

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.759
 have

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.100
 hope

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:01.380
 because

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:01.600
 this

00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:01.740
 is

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:01.920
 not

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.080
 the

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:02.300
 last

00:34:02.300 --> 00:34:02.620
 word

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:06.580
 so

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:06.800
 friends

00:34:06.800 --> 00:34:06.920
 when

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.040
 our

00:34:07.040 --> 00:34:07.340
 devotion

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.540
 to

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:07.839
 God

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.199
 brings

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.440
 a

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.800
 flood

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.019
 of

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.460
 contempt

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:09.659
 and

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:09.980
 even

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.340
 hatred

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.559
 even

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.739
 when

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:10.860
 it

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.059
 seems

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.219
 like

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.360
 we're

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.759
 sinking

00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:12.079
 with

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.500
 nowhere

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.820
 to

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.300
 stand

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:15.279
 remember

00:34:15.279 --> 00:34:15.820
 that

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.360
 you

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.500
 have

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:16.639
 a

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.079
 rescuer

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:18.800
 and

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:18.940
 there

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.039
 is

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.179
 a

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.420
 just

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.739
 God

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:19.920
 who

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.300
 promises

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.539
 to

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.800
 protect

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.119
 you

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.579
 and

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:22.719
 we

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:22.880
 have

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.179
 hope

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.000
 this

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.480
 story

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:24.659
 that

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:24.800
 we

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:24.960
 are

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.199
 in

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.900
 ends

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.440
 like

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.679
 Psalm

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.139
 69

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.420
 it

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:27.920
 ends

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.420
 in

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.360
 praise

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:31.000
 let's

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.139
 pray

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.519
 together

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:33.759
 Lord

00:34:33.759 --> 00:34:33.980
 Jesus

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.340
 help

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:34.699
 us

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.599
 to

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:35.920
 live

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.300
 into

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.559
 the

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.880
 hope

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.380
 of

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.700
 this

00:34:37.700 --> 00:34:38.280
 Psalm

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:39.460
 help

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.599
 us

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.820
 not

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:39.960
 to

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.119
 be

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.660
 afraid

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.280
 when

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.460
 we

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.019
 face

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.500
 affliction

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.800
 Jesus

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.119
 you

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.480
 warned

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.660
 us

00:34:43.660 --> 00:34:43.800
 that

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:43.920
 we

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.079
 would

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.220
 be

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.539
 hated

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.820
 help

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:45.960
 that

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.180
 not

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:46.360
 to

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.760
 destroy

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:46.960
 us

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.160
 God

00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:47.320
 but

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.599
 help

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:47.760
 it

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.059
 to

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.740
 drive

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:48.900
 us

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.039
 to

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.260
 you

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:50.460
 and

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.660
 Lord

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:50.840
 would

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:50.940
 you

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.360
 advance

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.539
 your

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:51.760
 kingdom

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.019
 through

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.220
 us

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:52.380
 we

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:52.660
 pray

00:34:52.660 --> 00:34:53.079
 in

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.300
 Jesus

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.640
 name

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.140
 Amen