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 I'm not sure if you noticed, but a trailer dropped this week.

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 The sequel to Top Gun, Maverick, 30 years later.

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 I'm not sure if you saw that.

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 For me, that's like, I can't wait.

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 It makes you think of pilots.

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 It makes you think of training to be a pilot.

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 And did you know that for men and women who are in the process of preparing to be pilots,

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 part of their training is to be brought up into the air in a simulated stall,

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 which means this.

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 Their engine gets cut off.

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 And what that means is these pilots in training are put in a position where they nosedive,

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 engines are off, there's no thrust,

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 and they need to learn how to go through a protocol in order to regain the engine,

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 pull up on the yoke, and stabilize.

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 Could you imagine doing that?

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 Could you imagine being the trainer doing that with someone training?

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 As a Christian, we know what it's like to have,

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 it feels like our engines conk out.

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 We stall.

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 Something goes really sideways in our life.

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 We're just flying along just fine,

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 and then we get hit by a wind shear,

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 and engine conks out,

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 our nose starts to drop,

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 and we feel like we go into this tailspin,

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 and we start spiraling down.

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 Anybody, anybody,

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 anybody in the room identify with any of that?

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 I see that hand.

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 I see those hands.

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 The question becomes,

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 okay, for us as Christians who find ourselves in those dark places,

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 nose diving,

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 and the ground is coming up fast,

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 what do you do?

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 Maybe you came into the building feeling like God is a million miles away from you,

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 and so your engine is coughing.

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 It's starting to stall.

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 Or maybe you think that God has actually forgotten you,

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 and so your engine,

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 your propeller has stopped.

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 Maybe beyond that,

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 you think that God just hasn't forgotten you.

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 He's rejected you.

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 So not only has your propeller stopped,

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 your tail is starting to spin around.

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 You know what it's like

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 You know what it's like

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 to fall into a tailspin of heartache.

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 These kinds of feelings

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 that Christians experience

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 of feeling abandoned by God,

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 whether that's distance,

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 or feeling forgotten,

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 or feeling rejected,

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 they're common among believers.

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 Believers of all ages.

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 There's a variety of circumstances

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 that can knock out your engine

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 and push you into a tailspin.

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 And so this morning,

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 I want to ask you,

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 in all sincerity,

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 do you feel like your nose is dropped,

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 engine's conked out,

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 and you're starting to spin?

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 If you do,

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 you're right where God wants you.

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 There's help for you.

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 Help in Psalm 42 and 43.

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 But if you're not in a tailspin right now,

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 don't worry.

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 It's just a matter of time

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 before you get a wind shear.

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 And so what you're going to hear this morning,

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 you need it.

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 Because down the line,

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 your engine's probably going to stall out.

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 And this morning,

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 we're going to continue this series

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 for the summer called

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 Psalms for the Helping.

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 Specific Psalms

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 that are designed to

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 help followers of Jesus

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 in specific situations.

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 And this morning,

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 we're looking at a situation

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 where you feel like your faith

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 has stalled,

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 and now you're in a nosedive.

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 God has Psalm 42 and 43 for you.

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 It's God's help for you.

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 It's what's called a psalm of lament.

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 The point of this psalm is pretty clear.

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 You're going to see it in the refrain.

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 It's basically saying,

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 hey, don't despair.

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 Hope in God

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 because He is your God.

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 So this morning's sermon,

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 I'm going to ask two questions.

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 I'm going to ask and answer two questions.

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 The first question is this.

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 What's unique about this psalm?

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 We're going to spend most of our time

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 on answering that question.

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 I want to walk you through Psalm 42 and 43.

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 But the second question is,

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 how does Psalm 42 and 43

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 help us?

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 And if we have time,

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 I've got five lessons

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 that Psalm 42 and 43 helps us with.

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 So let's start with asking this question.

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 What is so unique about the psalms,

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 this psalm in particular?

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 Well, let me start by answering that question

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 first by saying,

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 it's a psalm.

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 Psalm 42 and 43 is a psalm.

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 And what you need to understand

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 are the book of Psalms,

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 all 150 of them,

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 it's God's poetry for our souls.

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 And here's what you need to understand

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 about the psalms.

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 If you were to talk to a seasoned saint

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 who's been through a lot of hardship

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 and you're like,

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 hey, what have you learned

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 through those hardships?

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 They'll start talking about psalms

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 as if they are really good friends.

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 because the psalms give voice

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 to our souls,

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 to a variety of different circumstances,

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 to a variety of different emotions.

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 Now, it's possible to think of the psalms

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 as strictly human inventions

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 because they're so emotional.

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 There's so much humanity in it.

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 And you can just start thinking,

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 well, that's an interesting expression

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 of a man despairing and turning to God.

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 Well, that's fascinating.

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 But you can't forget

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 that what 2 Timothy 3.16 says.

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 It says,

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 all scripture is breathed out by God

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 and profitable.

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 The psalms have been breathed out by God.

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 The son of Korah who wrote this psalm

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 was moved by God's spirit

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 to write down every word in it

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 for your good,

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 to give voice to your soul,

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 to God.

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 So the first thing you need to understand

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 is that Psalm 42 and 43 is a psalm

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 and the psalms are God's poetry for our souls.

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 It gives us expression.

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 The psalms, unlike any other biblical writing,

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 give language for our souls

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 to speak to God.

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 And so, isn't God kind?

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 Isn't He so kind

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 to give us this treasury

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 as Spurgeon would say?

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 A treasury for our souls

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 to cry out to God,

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 whether that's in praise

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 or whether that is in lament.

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 The second thing that's unique about this psalm

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 is that it is a lament.

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 Now, here's how we know it's a lament.

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 Look at Psalm 42.

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 If you look at verse 2,

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 it says,

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 My soul thirsts for God,

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 for the living God.

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 When shall I come and appear before God?

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 That's lament.

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 It's a question.

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 When am I going to see you again?

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 When am I going to behold your face?

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 Think about it as

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 His engine is starting to cough.

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 Those are signs of a stall happening.

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 If you look at

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 Psalm 42, verse 9,

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 we have another question.

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 Why have you forgotten me?

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 Laments are so honest.

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 They can almost come across

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 accusatory of God.

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 Why have you forgotten me, God?

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 Anybody in the room

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 asked that kind of question before?

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 If you look at 43, 2,

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 we have another question.

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 Another why question.

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 Why?

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 Why have you rejected me?

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 This psalmist,

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 writing this psalm,

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 feels distant from God.

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 He feels forgotten by God.

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 And he even is wrestling

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 with feelings of rejection

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 by God.

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 The engine of his faith

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 is stalling out

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 and he is nose diving

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 and entering into a tailspin.

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 And God has it for us

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 to learn from,

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 to give voice

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 to our souls.

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 If you're feeling abandoned

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 this morning by God,

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 you need to pull up.

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 Have you ever seen those movies

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 where there's this

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 airplane out of control,

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 nose diving,

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 and you have this siren

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 and this voice,

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 pull up,

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 pull up,

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 pull up.

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 There's a refrain

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 throughout this psalm.

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 It's essentially saying,

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 downcast soul,

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 pull up,

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 pull up,

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 pull up.

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 This is a lament.

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 Just as there are

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 variety kinds of literature

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 in your Bible,

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 there are variety kinds

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 of psalms.

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 There are wisdom psalms

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 like Psalm 119.

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 There's psalms of praise

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 like Psalm 150.

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 There's messianic royal psalms

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 like Psalm 2

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 and Psalm 110.

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 And then there are psalms

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 of lament.

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 And believe it or not,

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 the majority of the psalms

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 are laments.

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 And so what is a lament?

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 Well,

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 when I was studying

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 this past week,

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 I came across

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 a definition of a lament

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 by a pastor in Indy.

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 And this is how

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 we defined a lament.

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 And I think

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 if you're taking notes,

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 you're going to want

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 to write this down.

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 A lament

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 is a prayer

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 in pain

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 that leads

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 to trust

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 in God.

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 A lament

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 is a prayer

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 in pain

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 that leads

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 to trust

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 in God.

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 It's being aware

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 that your engine

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 is stalling,

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 you're feeling

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 the nose

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 of your airplane drop,

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 and you're starting

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 to feel the altitude

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 go down

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 and spin.

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 and yet,

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 you cry out

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 to God.

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 There are all

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 these typical

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 movement

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 in a lament.

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 You can see it

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 in Psalm 13

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 where it starts

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 off by

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 questioning God

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 because of pain,

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 and it turns

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 to trusting God

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 despite the pain.

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 A prayer of lament

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 is for people

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 who are experiencing

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 hardship,

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 people who are

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 in process.

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 what I'm very aware

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 of is this.

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 When we talk

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 about lament

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 in our culture,

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 I am very aware

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 that it seems

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 foreign to us

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 because happiness

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 is the premium

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 of our culture.

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 Happiness

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 at all costs.

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 And what the Bible

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 is showing us here,

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 no,

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 life is hard,

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 and we need

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 to learn

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 how to lament.

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 As I mentioned,

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 laments make up

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 the majority

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 of the Psalms,

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 which means this,

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 God's not surprised

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 when your engine

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 starts to stall.

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 He's not surprised

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 when your nose

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 starts to dip.

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 He's not surprised

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 when you start

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 to spin down.

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 In fact,

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 he's usually

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 the one orchestrating it

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 to bring you

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 to himself,

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 to teach you

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 to trust him.

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 So,

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 laments,

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 a lament

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 is a prayer

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 in pain

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 that leads

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 to trust in God,

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 and that is exactly

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 what Psalm 42

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 and 43 is.

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 The last thing

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 that I want to point out

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 that makes this Psalm

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 unique,

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 that makes it a lament,

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 and helps us

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 to see it,

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 is its actual structure,

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 the way it's designed.

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 Now,

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 I'm not sure

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 if you've noticed

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 this yet,

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 but you've heard me

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 talking about

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 Psalm 42 and 43

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 as separate Psalms,

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 yet we're to take

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 them together.

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 Do you know

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 how I know that?

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 Here's how.

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 You'll notice

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 that there's one heading

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 for both Psalms,

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 and that's after

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 Psalm,

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 in your Bible,

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 it says,

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 Psalm 42,

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 to the choir master,

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 a mascal

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 of the sons

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 of Korah.

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 And if you look

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 at all around

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 these Psalms,

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 every one of them

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 has a heading,

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 this does not.

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 So that means

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 we're to take

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 them together.

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 But even more

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 significantly,

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 Psalm 42

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 and 43

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 hold together

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 because of

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 the structure.

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 There are

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 two stanzas

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 in Psalm 42,

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 in one stanza

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 in Psalm 43,

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 and you are

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 to take them

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 together as

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 three stanzas.

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 And what we see

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 in these stanzas

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 is a movement.

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 First,

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 the psalmist

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 feels isolated,

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 then he goes

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 into complete

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 stall mode

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 and in turmoil,

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 and then

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 in the last stanza,

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 he pulls up.

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 There's hope.

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 Let's dial in

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 to get a closer

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 look at how

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 this psalm

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 is laid out

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 because it is

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 going to be

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 instructive

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 for you

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 when your engine

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 starts to stall

00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.620
 of what to do.

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 So let's start

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 seeing some

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 of the details here.

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 Stanza 1,

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 in verses 1-5

00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:05.399
 of Psalm 42,

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 it starts

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 with a lament.

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 So what you're

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 going to see here

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 is each

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 stanza

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 has a lament

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 and a refrain,

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 lament and a refrain,

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 lament and a refrain.

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 And they are all

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 moving us

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 to hope in God.

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 So what's the

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 lament

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 in stanza 1?

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 Well,

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 the psalmist

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 is comparing

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 his longing

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 to be in God's

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 presence

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 as a deer

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 panting for

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 life-giving streams

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 of water.

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 He's in a dry place,

00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:36.679
 verses 1 and 2.

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 He says,

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 When shall I come

00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:39.240
 and appear before God?

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 Somehow he feels

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 distant from God,

00:15:42.060 --> 00:15:43.019
 apart from him.

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 And then,

00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.320
 in verse 3,

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 we see these

00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:47.840
 taunts.

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 He's somewhere

00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:50.919
 apart from God

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 and people are

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 saying to him,

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 Where is your God?

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 And my impression

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 of this,

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 is because this

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 question gets asked

00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:58.600
 again in the next

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 stanza,

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 is that the psalmist

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 is starting to wonder

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.779
 that question himself.

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 Where are you, God?

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 God?

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.779
 In verse 3,

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 his wanting

00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.519
 to be satisfied

00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:13.019
 by the life-giving,

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.279
 water-like presence

00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.920
 of God

00:16:14.920 --> 00:16:16.560
 is unquenched,

00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.480
 and he's got to settle

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.480
 for his tears.

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 And in verse 4,

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 he goes all nostalgic.

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 He's like,

00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:28.940
 Oh, I remember

00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:29.879
 the good old days.

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 Man,

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 I remember

00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.720
 when I was on fire

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.340
 for the Lord

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 and going to church,

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 I would go to

00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:36.379
 every service

00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:37.700
 and worship the Lord.

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 If you're a guy

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.000
 and you've been

00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.620
 around the block

00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.039
 and you remember

00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:44.080
 what Promise Keepers

00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.480
 was,

00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.720
 this guy would be

00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:46.899
 saying,

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.360
 I remember

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:48.139
 Promise Keepers.

00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:48.559
 I remember

00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:50.120
 gathering stadiums

00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:51.220
 with tens of thousands

00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:51.700
 of men

00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.840
 and singing for hours

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.639
 to the Lord.

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.200
 Man,

00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.659
 those were the

00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:55.580
 good old days.

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 It's not uncommon

00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:01.240
 when we face hardship,

00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.520
 we go all nostalgic.

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.960
 But what you need

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.460
 to know

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:08.299
 is fond memories

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:09.779
 of past experiences

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:11.140
 is not

00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:12.019
 the presence

00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:12.620
 of God.

00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.700
 And so here

00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:17.860
 we have this lament

00:17:17.860 --> 00:17:18.900
 resulting,

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:19.720
 ending up

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.620
 in nostalgia

00:17:20.620 --> 00:17:22.860
 and then there's

00:17:22.860 --> 00:17:23.299
 this

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:25.200
 control panel.

00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:26.939
 There's this light

00:17:26.939 --> 00:17:28.339
 on this

00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:29.559
 psalmist's

00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.000
 cockpit.

00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.539
 Pull up.

00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.000
 Pull up.

00:17:34.899 --> 00:17:35.419
 Pull up.

00:17:36.159 --> 00:17:37.159
 It's the refrain.

00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:39.099
 This refrain,

00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.179
 why are you

00:17:40.179 --> 00:17:41.220
 cast out on my soul

00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:41.799
 and why are you

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.240
 in turmoil

00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:42.779
 within me?

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.639
 Hope in God

00:17:43.639 --> 00:17:44.500
 for I shall again

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.119
 praise Him,

00:17:45.419 --> 00:17:46.179
 my salvation

00:17:46.179 --> 00:17:47.240
 and my God.

00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:48.419
 This refrain,

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:50.099
 this same exact

00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:51.079
 refrain is repeated

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:52.019
 three times.

00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:54.319
 Here in verse 5,

00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:56.359
 in verse 11

00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:57.200
 and in 43,

00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:57.720
 5,

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:59.899
 this refrain

00:17:59.899 --> 00:18:00.859
 is going to be

00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:01.879
 the siren

00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:02.980
 in our cockpit

00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:04.679
 repeatedly calling us

00:18:04.679 --> 00:18:06.000
 to pull up.

00:18:06.679 --> 00:18:07.659
 Hope in God.

00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.379
 The psalmist

00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:12.379
 is speaking

00:18:12.379 --> 00:18:13.460
 to himself

00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:15.319
 despite how

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:16.240
 he is feeling.

00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:21.220
 one would like

00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.720
 to think

00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:24.180
 that all you

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.720
 need to do

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:26.519
 is tell yourself

00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.400
 once,

00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:28.019
 right?

00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.339
 You're starting

00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:30.059
 to sense

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.519
 your

00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:32.779
 heart,

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.539
 your faith,

00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:34.779
 your faith engine,

00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:35.319
 it's starting

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:36.120
 to conk out

00:18:36.120 --> 00:18:36.880
 and all you just

00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.279
 need to do

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.120
 is say once,

00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.539
 oh soul,

00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:39.940
 why are you

00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.759
 so downcast?

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:42.519
 Why the turmoil?

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.480
 Put your hope

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:43.900
 in God

00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:44.780
 and you would

00:18:44.780 --> 00:18:45.800
 think that's

00:18:45.800 --> 00:18:46.540
 all you need

00:18:46.540 --> 00:18:47.300
 and then you're

00:18:47.300 --> 00:18:48.120
 on your happy

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:48.420
 way,

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:48.740
 right?

00:18:50.800 --> 00:18:51.620
 Not according

00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:52.340
 to this psalm.

00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.660
 And it's

00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.820
 strangely encouraging

00:18:55.820 --> 00:18:57.460
 because when

00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:57.780
 he turned

00:18:57.780 --> 00:18:58.480
 to the second

00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.140
 stanza,

00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:00.040
 starting in

00:19:00.040 --> 00:19:00.700
 verse 6,

00:19:01.080 --> 00:19:01.840
 look where

00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:02.440
 the psalmist

00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:02.880
 is.

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.980
 He says,

00:19:05.060 --> 00:19:05.560
 my soul

00:19:05.560 --> 00:19:06.060
 is cast

00:19:06.060 --> 00:19:06.580
 down within

00:19:06.580 --> 00:19:06.880
 me.

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.000
 He's like,

00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:09.240
 okay,

00:19:09.300 --> 00:19:09.700
 my engine

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.140
 started to

00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:10.420
 saw,

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:11.360
 I saw

00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:11.840
 the lights

00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:14.199
 on my

00:19:14.199 --> 00:19:15.099
 display panel,

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.839
 I tried

00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.240
 to pull

00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:16.519
 up,

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:16.879
 but I'm

00:19:16.879 --> 00:19:17.559
 still cast

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.240
 down.

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.500
 And he

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:19.980
 goes from

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.980
 feeling isolated

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.720
 from God

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.599
 to now

00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.459
 going into

00:19:23.459 --> 00:19:25.019
 quite a

00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.539
 tailspin.

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.859
 Look at

00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:28.619
 what happens.

00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:30.939
 We learn

00:19:30.939 --> 00:19:31.299
 more.

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:31.699
 Therefore,

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:32.240
 I remember

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:32.599
 you from

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:32.939
 the land

00:19:32.939 --> 00:19:33.379
 of Jordan

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 of Hermon

00:19:33.919 --> 00:19:34.720
 from Mount

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.099
 Mizar.

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.439
 We don't

00:19:35.439 --> 00:19:35.679
 know where

00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.119
 Mount Mizar,

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.599
 but we do

00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:37.259
 know the

00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:37.579
 land of

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:37.839
 Jordan

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.240
 and Hermon.

00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:38.500
 And what

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:38.819
 it is,

00:19:38.959 --> 00:19:40.039
 it's an

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:41.439
 area located

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.559
 north of

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:42.880
 the Sea

00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:44.019
 of Galilee.

00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:44.680
 It would

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:44.960
 have been

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:46.380
 the headwaters

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:46.720
 of the

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.360
 Jordan River.

00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:48.779
 And so

00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:50.080
 this psalmist

00:19:50.080 --> 00:19:50.900
 is saying,

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.100
 I am

00:19:52.100 --> 00:19:52.840
 displaced

00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:53.759
 from the

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.500
 presence of

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:54.799
 God.

00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.320
 Because when

00:19:56.320 --> 00:19:56.660
 he talks

00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.100
 about being

00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:57.480
 in God's

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:57.820
 presence,

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.440
 he's thinking

00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:58.960
 in Jerusalem

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.600
 and in the

00:19:59.600 --> 00:19:59.860
 temple.

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.799
 So he

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.559
 feels displaced,

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.059
 but we're not

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.660
 told why.

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.200
 We don't

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.620
 know if he's

00:20:04.620 --> 00:20:05.180
 a refugee

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.200
 or he's

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.920
 in exile,

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.620
 whether he

00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:08.340
 got sick

00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:09.080
 or he missed

00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:09.900
 the 455

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.460
 bus to

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:10.880
 Jerusalem.

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.280
 We just

00:20:11.280 --> 00:20:11.440
 don't

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:11.680
 know.

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:14.120
 What we

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:14.460
 do know

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:14.920
 is he's

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.300
 feeling

00:20:15.300 --> 00:20:15.860
 distant

00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.640
 from God

00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.160
 and it

00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:17.980
 is acute.

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.140
 And not

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:19.700
 just that,

00:20:19.780 --> 00:20:20.020
 look at

00:20:20.020 --> 00:20:20.600
 verse 7.

00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:21.700
 Deep calls

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.160
 to deep

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.520
 at the

00:20:22.520 --> 00:20:22.880
 roar of

00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:23.020
 your

00:20:23.020 --> 00:20:23.660
 waterfalls.

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.220
 All

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.440
 your

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.940
 breakers

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:25.560
 and your

00:20:25.560 --> 00:20:25.940
 waves

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.160
 have

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.460
 gone

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:26.800
 over

00:20:26.800 --> 00:20:26.980
 me.

00:20:27.040 --> 00:20:27.260
 Not

00:20:27.260 --> 00:20:27.560
 only

00:20:27.560 --> 00:20:27.780
 does

00:20:27.780 --> 00:20:27.880
 he

00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.060
 feel

00:20:28.060 --> 00:20:28.660
 displaced,

00:20:29.020 --> 00:20:29.240
 he

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.780
 feels

00:20:29.780 --> 00:20:31.120
 overwhelmed.

00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:34.300
 Overwhelmed

00:20:34.300 --> 00:20:35.860
 by God's

00:20:35.860 --> 00:20:36.560
 waterfalls.

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.800
 Overwhelmed

00:20:37.800 --> 00:20:38.540
 by God's

00:20:38.540 --> 00:20:39.180
 breakers.

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:40.120
 overwhelmed

00:20:40.120 --> 00:20:41.779
 by God's

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.660
 waves.

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.100
 It's a

00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.840
 soft blame.

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:45.940
 There's

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.060
 some

00:20:46.060 --> 00:20:46.779
 accusation

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.060
 there.

00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:47.759
 Why are

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.140
 you doing

00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:48.480
 this to

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:48.640
 me?

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.720
 Did you

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.039
 guys see

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.340
 the video

00:20:51.340 --> 00:20:51.860
 this week

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.120
 of the

00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:52.519
 couple in

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:52.820
 Hawaii?

00:20:53.820 --> 00:20:54.480
 They went

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:54.700
 out to

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.019
 take a

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:56.000
 picture of

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:57.160
 waves crashing

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.600
 on this

00:20:57.600 --> 00:20:58.380
 rocky shore

00:20:58.380 --> 00:20:59.340
 and they

00:20:59.340 --> 00:20:59.680
 were taking

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.140
 the picture.

00:21:00.320 --> 00:21:00.779
 This huge

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.360
 wave came

00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:01.820
 in and

00:21:01.820 --> 00:21:02.440
 just pulled

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.900
 them out.

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:04.200
 And the

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.780
 video is

00:21:04.780 --> 00:21:05.320
 of them,

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:05.780
 their little

00:21:05.780 --> 00:21:06.920
 heads bobbing

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.420
 in these

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.200
 rough seas,

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.320
 just one

00:21:09.320 --> 00:21:10.180
 wave coming

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.800
 over them

00:21:10.800 --> 00:21:11.800
 after another.

00:21:12.560 --> 00:21:12.960
 If you

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.280
 were there,

00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:13.580
 you would

00:21:13.580 --> 00:21:13.720
 have been

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.200
 completely

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:15.880
 horrified

00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.780
 and overwhelmed.

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.019
 That is

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.620
 what this

00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:19.019
 psalmist

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.800
 is feeling.

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.640
 Displaced,

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.840
 overwhelmed.

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.860
 Verse

00:21:28.860 --> 00:21:29.360
 eight,

00:21:30.560 --> 00:21:31.040
 he tries

00:21:31.040 --> 00:21:31.400
 to pull

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:31.620
 up.

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.420
 It's so

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:33.860
 helpful to

00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:34.420
 see turmoil,

00:21:34.560 --> 00:21:34.840
 isn't it?

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.620
 It's so

00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:36.040
 helpful to

00:21:36.040 --> 00:21:36.460
 see someone

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.660
 struggling to

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.640
 trust in the

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:38.920
 Lord.

00:21:40.300 --> 00:21:40.560
 Verse

00:21:40.560 --> 00:21:40.820
 eight,

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.560
 by day the

00:21:41.560 --> 00:21:42.320
 Lord commands

00:21:42.320 --> 00:21:42.980
 his steadfast

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.580
 love and at

00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:43.980
 night his

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.600
 song is with

00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:44.900
 me, a

00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:45.380
 prayer to

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:45.880
 the God

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.180
 of my

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.600
 life.

00:21:47.080 --> 00:21:47.420
 I say

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:47.880
 to God,

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.420
 verse nine,

00:21:48.540 --> 00:21:49.240
 my rock,

00:21:50.280 --> 00:21:50.759
 why have

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.340
 you forgotten

00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:51.680
 me?

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.680
 It's complete

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.380
 turmoil.

00:21:56.040 --> 00:21:56.519
 Yahweh,

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.740
 steadfast

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.220
 love.

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.180
 I'm trying

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:00.700
 to pray.

00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:01.640
 I'm trying

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.180
 to sing.

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.380
 I'm trying

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:03.820
 to call

00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.259
 to my

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.880
 mind that

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.920
 you are

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.800
 my rock.

00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:08.100
 Why have

00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:08.780
 you forgotten

00:22:08.780 --> 00:22:09.140
 me?

00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:09.900
 You feel

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.420
 the turmoil?

00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:11.320
 You feel

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.759
 the struggle?

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.200
 Do you know

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.500
 what that's

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.800
 like?

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.720
 He's

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.380
 overwhelmed.

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.160
 He's

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.759
 displaced.

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.380
 He's trying

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:27.080
 to trust,

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.179
 oppressed,

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.339
 but he

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:28.879
 still has

00:22:28.879 --> 00:22:29.119
 these

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:29.759
 questions.

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:30.599
 It seems

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.399
 like he's

00:22:31.399 --> 00:22:31.799
 more

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.599
 overwhelmed

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.279
 by his

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:34.079
 circumstances

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:35.559
 than the

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.220
 truth of

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.679
 who his

00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:37.599
 God is.

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.679
 And we've

00:22:38.679 --> 00:22:38.960
 all been

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.220
 there.

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.639
 He says

00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:41.960
 in verse

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.419
 nine,

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:42.980
 why do I

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.639
 go mourning

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.179
 because of

00:22:44.179 --> 00:22:44.599
 the oppression

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:44.960
 of the

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.240
 enemy?

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.339
 That word

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:46.939
 mourning is a

00:22:46.939 --> 00:22:47.359
 Hebrew word

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:48.059
 that it can

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.799
 be translated

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.759
 darkness as

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.139
 well.

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:51.359
 Why do I

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.839
 feel all the

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:52.299
 lights are

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.899
 out because of

00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.399
 this oppression?

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:55.580
 I feel like

00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:56.759
 I've been cut

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.740
 deep by a

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.560
 deadly wound

00:22:58.560 --> 00:22:59.720
 to my bones

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.820
 because those

00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:01.620
 who oppose me

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.060
 are saying,

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:02.740
 where is your

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.180
 God?

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:05.380
 He is so

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.560
 aware of the

00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:07.140
 taunts.

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.120
 Where is your

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.600
 God?

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.160
 Where is your

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.480
 God?

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.140
 Makes you

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.640
 wonder if he's

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.180
 wondering where

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.860
 his God is.

00:23:15.560 --> 00:23:16.540
 What this is a

00:23:16.540 --> 00:23:17.280
 picture of is

00:23:17.280 --> 00:23:18.380
 not just a

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.420
 sputtering engine,

00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.600
 but an engine

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:21.880
 that has stalled

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.460
 out,

00:23:23.040 --> 00:23:23.380
 propelled

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:24.140
 stopped,

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:24.600
 and the

00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:25.200
 nose is

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.000
 now dropping.

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.100
 And then

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:31.560
 comes the

00:23:31.560 --> 00:23:31.920
 refrain.

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.880
 Pull up.

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.720
 Pull up.

00:23:38.260 --> 00:23:38.960
 Pull up.

00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:41.000
 Why are you

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.480
 cast down,

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.020
 O my soul,

00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:42.740
 and why are

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.380
 you in turmoil

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.960
 within me?

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.700
 Hope in

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.020
 God,

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.620
 he commands

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.040
 his soul,

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:48.140
 for I shall

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.800
 again praise

00:23:48.800 --> 00:23:48.960
 him.

00:23:49.040 --> 00:23:49.600
 That's hope.

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.560
 That's faith.

00:23:50.820 --> 00:23:51.300
 Forward-looking

00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:51.660
 faith.

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.700
 My salvation

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.380
 and my

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.700
 God.

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.059
 Pull up.

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.600
 Pull up.

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:56.120
 Pull up.

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.640
 When we turn

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.279
 from the

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.920
 second

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:04.080
 sansa into

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:05.100
 Psalm 43

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.559
 and the

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.220
 third

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.819
 sansa,

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.860
 we're met

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.580
 by another

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:09.000
 lament.

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.220
 But now

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.660
 something's

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.100
 changed.

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.000
 Something's

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.440
 changed.

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:17.820
 vindicate me,

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.299
 O God,

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.019
 and defend

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.840
 my cause

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:20.420
 against an

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.920
 ungodly

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.539
 people from

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.180
 the deceitful

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.620
 and just

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:22.920
 man.

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.500
 Deliver me.

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:25.100
 Three commands

00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:26.259
 the psalmist

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.100
 makes to God.

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.620
 Three

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:28.299
 imperatives.

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:30.200
 Three faith-filled

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.600
 calls to God

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.320
 to act.

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.240
 He says,

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:35.100
 vindicate me,

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.059
 defend my

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.519
 cause,

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.519
 deliver me.

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.880
 Something has

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.299
 happened.

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.159
 He's no

00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:41.980
 longer so

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.240
 aware of his

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.839
 circumstances.

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.579
 Now he's

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.200
 focused on

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.539
 God.

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:47.539
 It seems as

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.240
 though what

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.759
 has happened

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:50.500
 is that last

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:52.019
 refrain for

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.960
 him where he

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.779
 addresses his

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.279
 soul,

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.839
 the engine

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.619
 restarted.

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.799
 And it

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.659
 started to fire

00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.759
 again, and it

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.579
 fired with the

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.119
 noise of

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:03.180
 vindicate me,

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.299
 defend my

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.919
 cause,

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.319
 deliver me.

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.299
 he's calling

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.079
 on God

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.379
 his salvation.

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.179
 Rescue me.

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.220
 But it's not

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.200
 like he's out

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.720
 of the woods.

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.799
 It's not like

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.500
 all the struggle

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:19.980
 has gone,

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.419
 because in

00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:20.980
 verse 2 you

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.299
 read,

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.259
 for you are

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.759
 the God in

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.200
 whom I take

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.599
 refuge.

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.539
 Why have you

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.179
 rejected me?

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.939
 Why do I go

00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:27.619
 about in mourning?

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.200
 Because of the

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.799
 oppression of

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.599
 the enemy.

00:25:29.679 --> 00:25:30.099
 It's almost

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:31.299
 identical to

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:32.179
 42.9.

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:34.200
 So it's not

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.740
 like he's

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.980
 completely out

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.740
 of the woods.

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.279
 It's not like

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.359
 he's completely

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.759
 unaware of the

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.460
 hardship that

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.940
 he's in.

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.339
 But now

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.980
 something has

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.460
 changed.

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.720
 His despair

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:50.279
 is surrounded

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:51.639
 by hope.

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:54.079
 This crying

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.819
 out of why

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.079
 have you

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.819
 rejected me

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:57.279
 is preceded

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.319
 by vindicate

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.700
 me.

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.680
 And then in

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.379
 verse 3,

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.799
 it follows

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.539
 by saying,

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.440
 send out

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.220
 your light

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.339
 and your

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.819
 truth.

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:07.019
 let them

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.819
 lead me.

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.779
 Why have

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.279
 you rejected

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.519
 me?

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.179
 Why do I go

00:26:11.179 --> 00:26:12.019
 about mourning

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.879
 in darkness?

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.899
 And now the

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.519
 psalmist says

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.019
 to himself,

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.679
 send out

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.899
 your light

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.659
 and your

00:26:19.659 --> 00:26:19.980
 truth.

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.419
 It's kind of

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:20.759
 like saying

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.079
 this.

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.839
 Okay, okay,

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.299
 I'm pulling

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.779
 up, God,

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.339
 deliver me,

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.279
 rescue me.

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.899
 Would you

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:29.119
 show me the

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.700
 runway lights?

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.379
 Would you

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.839
 give me my

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.200
 bearings?

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.100
 Would you

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:34.519
 show me

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.460
 how to

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.319
 land my

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.120
 plane in

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.720
 your presence?

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.120
 Would you

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:39.140
 bring me

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.600
 home,

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.039
 God?

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.920
 This

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:46.160
 tailspin,

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.539
 he's

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.920
 stabilizing.

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.860
 The engine

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.340
 has been

00:26:51.340 --> 00:26:52.480
 restarted.

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.740
 There's

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.299
 thrust.

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.900
 He's pulling

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.319
 up.

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.519
 He gets

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.259
 hit by a

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.720
 shear in

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.420
 verse 2

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:57.660
 of,

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.779
 why are you

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.460
 rejecting me?

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.019
 But he pulls

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.720
 back out of

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:00.860
 it.

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.319
 He's

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:03.160
 send out

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.860
 your light.

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.519
 Help me,

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:06.819
 Lord.

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.819
 Let them

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.360
 lead me and

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:10.860
 bring me to

00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.319
 your holy

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.319
 hill and to

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.880
 your dwelling

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.240
 place.

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.400
 Do you

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.140
 remember what

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.779
 he was calling

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.400
 for in

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.900
 verse 2

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.299
 of chapter

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.720
 42?

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.640
 When shall

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.240
 I come and

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.940
 appear before

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.779
 you?

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.519
 And then he

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.140
 starts talking

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.519
 about the

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:21.900
 good old

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.480
 days of

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:24.100
 past kind

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.819
 of experiences

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.440
 with God.

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.120
 And in

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.880
 verse 4,

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.160
 he goes from

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.840
 looking at the

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.640
 past to

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.759
 anticipating what's

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.240
 about to

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.559
 happen.

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.220
 It's full

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.680
 of hope,

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.180
 full of

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.539
 faith.

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.600
 Come get

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:36.880
 me,

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.940
 come direct

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.279
 me.

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.039
 Verse 4,

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.740
 then I will

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.299
 go to the

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.799
 altar of

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.120
 God,

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.440
 in God's

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.819
 presence,

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.500
 in God's

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:43.920
 place,

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.759
 and to

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.279
 God my

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.799
 exceeding

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.160
 joy,

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:47.039
 and I will

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.840
 praise you

00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:48.539
 with a

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:48.980
 lyre,

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:50.059
 O God,

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.259
 my God.

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.160
 In this

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.920
 third stanza,

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.680
 something is

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.559
 now operating

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.140
 in the heart

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.759
 of this

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.539
 psalmist.

00:27:59.539 --> 00:27:59.619
 trust.

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.579
 He has

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.339
 got faith.

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.839
 He's got

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.359
 hope.

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.059
 He's looking

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.379
 forward.

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.819
 It doesn't

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.599
 mean he's

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.119
 out of the

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.339
 woods,

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.920
 but he's

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.940
 pressing on.

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.599
 He's trusting

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.819
 in his God

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.359
 in a way he

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.379
 wasn't before.

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.819
 This lament

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:14.279
 is moving

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:15.759
 him from

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.980
 questioning God

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.859
 to trusting

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.279
 God.

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:31.000
 we've

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.579
 looked at

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:34.180
 quite a

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:35.240
 distance that

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.639
 he has

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.019
 come.

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.359
 A lament

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:41.440
 is a

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.980
 prayer in

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.480
 pain that

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:42.980
 leads to

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.519
 trust in

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:43.779
 God.

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.539
 And what

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.119
 we see by

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.700
 this third

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.139
 stanza,

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.140
 this third

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.500
 lament,

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.460
 is that

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:51.160
 this psalmist

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.880
 is trusting

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.880
 in God

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.340
 in a way

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:53.680
 that he

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.780
 wasn't when

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:56.000
 Psalm 42

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.560
 started.

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.600
 And by the

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:58.120
 time we get

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.440
 to the

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.140
 refrain in

00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:00.040
 43.5,

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.540
 why are you

00:29:00.540 --> 00:29:01.220
 cast down,

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:01.759
 O my soul?

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.259
 Why are you

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.700
 in turmoil

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.259
 within me?

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.360
 Hope in God,

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.900
 for I shall

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.480
 again praise

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.620
 him,

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.280
 my salvation

00:29:06.280 --> 00:29:06.800
 and my God.

00:29:07.040 --> 00:29:07.540
 There's this

00:29:07.540 --> 00:29:08.280
 different sense

00:29:08.280 --> 00:29:08.740
 of that.

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.440
 There's a

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.900
 confidence.

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:11.880
 There's a

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.960
 yes to it.

00:29:14.300 --> 00:29:14.840
 He's pulled

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:16.280
 back on the

00:29:16.280 --> 00:29:16.680
 stick.

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.380
 He's pulled

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.960
 out of the

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.580
 nosedive.

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.299
 He's been

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.820
 able to

00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.640
 restart his

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.299
 engine by

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.160
 faith and

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.220
 that thrust

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.880
 now of

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.539
 faith in

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.039
 God is

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.640
 able to

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.560
 pull him

00:29:26.560 --> 00:29:27.580
 out of

00:29:27.580 --> 00:29:28.140
 the despair.

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.820
 This morning,

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.160
 if you're

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.720
 feeling distant

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.500
 from God,

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.600
 if you're

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.460
 feeling forgotten

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.340
 by God,

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:38.100
 if you're

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:39.180
 feeling rejected

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.100
 by God,

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:40.920
 you need to

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.779
 stop listening

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.500
 to yourself

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.180
 and you need

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.519
 to start

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.259
 talking to

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.259
 yourself and

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.880
 speaking to

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.360
 yourself,

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.260
 this pull

00:29:47.260 --> 00:29:47.500
 up,

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.040
 pull up,

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.500
 pull up,

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.180
 hope in

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.580
 God,

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.920
 yet I

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.480
 shall praise

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.720
 him.

00:29:52.260 --> 00:29:52.680
 He's my

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.220
 salvation.

00:29:53.760 --> 00:29:54.260
 He's my

00:29:54.260 --> 00:29:54.720
 God.

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.040
 So what

00:29:57.040 --> 00:29:57.920
 makes this

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.740
 particular

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.620
 psalm unique

00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.220
 is not just

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.040
 that it is a

00:30:01.040 --> 00:30:01.400
 psalm,

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.080
 it gives

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:02.960
 voice to

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.460
 our soul,

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:05.040
 it is a

00:30:05.040 --> 00:30:05.360
 lament.

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.980
 And what we

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.880
 just saw was

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:09.380
 this progress

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.680
 in the

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.700
 psalm of

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.220
 one in

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.840
 despair,

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:14.360
 moving from

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:15.059
 questioning

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:16.319
 God to

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.979
 trusting

00:30:16.979 --> 00:30:17.819
 God.

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.419
 So now

00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:19.919
 the question

00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.299
 I want to

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.859
 ask is,

00:30:21.199 --> 00:30:21.699
 how does

00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:22.500
 this psalm

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.839
 uniquely help

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.199
 us?

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.559
 This psalm

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.319
 uniquely helps

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:29.740
 us in

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.500
 five ways.

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.339
 The first

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.899
 is this.

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.799
 This helps

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.199
 us with

00:30:34.199 --> 00:30:35.059
 our expectations.

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:37.379
 This psalm

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.439
 helps us

00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:39.559
 with realistic

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:41.079
 expectations.

00:30:41.979 --> 00:30:42.539
 We're not

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:42.879
 going to be

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.479
 happy all the

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.759
 time.

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.640
 Life is

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.140
 hard.

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.740
 You're going

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.299
 to find your

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:51.299
 engine stalling

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.980
 mid-flight,

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.339
 your nose

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:53.779
 dropping,

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.160
 perhaps your

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:56.160
 tail starting

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.720
 to spin.

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:59.440
 What this

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.559
 psalm helps

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.259
 us with is

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.299
 it sets the

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.539
 expectation for

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.680
 a reality which

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.299
 we will all

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.839
 experience.

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.920
 If you

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.279
 haven't

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.819
 experienced

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:09.860
 this despair

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:10.480
 in this room,

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.140
 you will

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.099
 experience this

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.799
 helplessness.

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:15.319
 we don't

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.579
 need to

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.000
 fear it,

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.279
 but we

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.319
 will experience

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:19.700
 this hopelessness

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.120
 and feeling

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.880
 overwhelmed,

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:22.000
 this deep

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.700
 wounding,

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.360
 this walking

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:23.980
 in darkness.

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.240
 And so it

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.039
 helps us

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:27.240
 with reality.

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.740
 But the

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.279
 second thing

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.819
 that it helps

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.319
 us with

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:31.599
 is it helps

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.620
 us to learn

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.440
 how to

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.759
 lament.

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:33.960
 lament.

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.180
 I was

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.660
 telling someone

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.240
 before the

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:37.019
 service that

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:39.259
 many of us

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.879
 were taught

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.420
 how to

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.079
 worship God

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.640
 and pray

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.599
 by the

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.039
 acronym

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:44.359
 ACTS,

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.579
 Adoration,

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.259
 Confession,

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:46.819
 Thanksgiving,

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.000
 Supplication.

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.720
 And one

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:51.079
 professor noted

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:52.140
 there's something

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.640
 missing.

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.500
 It's the L

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.299
 of lament,

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:58.359
 of praying

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:59.079
 to God in

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.539
 pain,

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.339
 letting that

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:02.079
 lead you to

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:03.119
 trust in God.

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:05.720
 what this

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.539
 lament does

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.140
 is show us

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.940
 two things.

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.839
 It shows us

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.900
 how to be

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.700
 honest with

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.119
 God,

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.099
 honest when

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.460
 we feel

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.940
 distant,

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.740
 honest when

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.099
 we feel

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.579
 forgotten,

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.480
 honest when

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.799
 we feel

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.299
 rejected.

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.259
 We're honest

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.720
 with God

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.200
 about those

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.420
 things.

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.339
 We speak

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.920
 those to

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:23.140
 Him in

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.579
 faith,

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.680
 expressing

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.859
 our true

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.480
 feelings.

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.359
 But it

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.839
 just doesn't

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.460
 end with

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.200
 being honest.

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.779
 It means

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.619
 being persistent

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.460
 in hope

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:33.840
 that we

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:34.720
 continue to

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:36.220
 speak the

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:37.120
 truth of

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.579
 who God

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:37.920
 is and

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.420
 what He's

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.720
 done.

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.680
 And so

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.180
 what we see

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:42.000
 in a lament

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.940
 are two

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.380
 things.

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.120
 Honesty

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.720
 with God

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.880
 and hope

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.319
 in God.

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.500
 Honesty

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.100
 with God

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:50.980
 and hope

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.279
 in God.

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.160
 You see it

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.400
 in the

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:52.860
 refrain.

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:53.799
 Why so

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.480
 downcast?

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.200
 Hope in

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.480
 God.

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.240
 Why so

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.819
 downcast?

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.440
 Hope in

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:57.740
 God.

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.539
 Why so

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.140
 downcast?

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.840
 Hope in

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.220
 God.

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:02.980
 Dr.

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.299
 Martin

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.559
 Lloyd

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.019
 Jones,

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:06.400
 he wrote

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:07.259
 a book.

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.180
 He was a

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.000
 preacher from

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.880
 a bygone

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:11.180
 age and

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:12.079
 an exceptional

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.559
 preacher.

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.960
 And he

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.339
 wrote a book

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.600
 called

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.019
 Spiritual

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.519
 Depression.

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.920
 If what I'm

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.579
 describing,

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.200
 you're like,

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.620
 man, I'm

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:18.960
 living there

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.360
 right now,

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.779
 get it from

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.319
 Amazon.

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.600
 Martin

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:22.860
 Lloyd

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.240
 Jones,

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.819
 Spiritual

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.279
 Depression.

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.000
 Well, in

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.360
 that book,

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.759
 he writes

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.119
 this.

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.099
 Have you

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.779
 realized that

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.500
 most of

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.400
 your unhappiness

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:30.539
 in life is

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.059
 due to the

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.619
 fact that

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:31.980
 you are

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.640
 listening to

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.539
 yourself instead

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.339
 of talking to

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.779
 yourself?

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.539
 Could you

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.339
 imagine Psalm

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:39.420
 42 and 43

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.200
 without the

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.740
 refrains?

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.460
 Could you

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.640
 imagine what

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.160
 would happen

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.599
 to the

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.559
 psalmist if

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.140
 there was no

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:49.019
 42-5 and

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:50.200
 no 42-11?

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.259
 He would

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.879
 nose dive.

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:55.760
 What these

00:33:55.760 --> 00:33:56.620
 refrains do

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:58.040
 is it gives

00:33:58.040 --> 00:33:58.900
 a Christian

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.000
 the words to

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.640
 speak to

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.620
 himself and

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.560
 herself to

00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:03.420
 pull us out

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.460
 of a nosedive

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.300
 by trusting

00:34:05.300 --> 00:34:06.480
 in God.

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.380
 For us,

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.960
 it's the

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:12.460
 pilot training

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.860
 of the

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.920
 protocol when

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.680
 the engine

00:34:14.680 --> 00:34:15.220
 stalls,

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.480
 of knowing

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.180
 what to do,

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.039
 of not

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.619
 panicking,

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.920
 of focusing

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.340
 in.

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.200
 So the

00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:22.680
 second thing

00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:23.039
 that this

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.440
 helps us

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.860
 with is

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:25.200
 to learn

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:25.519
 how to

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.760
 lament.

00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:26.640
 But the

00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:27.200
 third thing

00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:27.579
 that this

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.980
 helps us

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.519
 with is

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.579
 it helps

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:29.840
 us to

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.180
 know our

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:30.620
 hearts.

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.620
 Because if

00:34:33.620 --> 00:34:34.000
 your heart

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.360
 is like

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.720
 mine,

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.180
 when I'm

00:34:35.180 --> 00:34:35.780
 overwhelmed,

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.800
 it takes

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:38.120
 more than

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:39.079
 one speaking

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.940
 to myself

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.920
 to pull

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.300
 me out

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.579
 of my

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.140
 nosedive.

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.300
 So we're

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.200
 persistent in

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:45.880
 speaking hope

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:47.000
 to ourselves.

00:34:48.640 --> 00:34:49.559
 The fourth

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.260
 thing that

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:51.360
 this psalm

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.059
 helps us

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.820
 with is

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.219
 this.

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.440
 It helps

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.719
 us remember

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.940
 why we

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.719
 can say

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.340
 that the

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.860
 God of

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.579
 Psalm 42

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.340
 and 43

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.139
 is not

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.599
 only the

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.000
 psalmist

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.400
 God,

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.079
 but we

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.480
 can say

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.940
 he is

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.659
 my God.

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.340
 You want

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.579
 to hear

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:06.799
 it?

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.639
 If you

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.019
 look at

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:10.079
 Psalm 43

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.799
 verse 2,

00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:12.980
 there's a

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.719
 really interesting

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.239
 question.

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.199
 The psalmist

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.440
 says,

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.119
 why have you

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.900
 rejected me?

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.579
 Do you

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.219
 remember what

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:20.019
 Jesus said

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.279
 on the

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:21.439
 cross on

00:35:21.439 --> 00:35:21.619
 Good

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.980
 Friday?

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.919
 My God,

00:35:24.459 --> 00:35:25.339
 my God,

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:26.799
 why have

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.659
 you forsaken

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.019
 me?

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:28.980
 Jesus

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:30.399
 himself knows

00:35:30.399 --> 00:35:31.019
 what it

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.459
 means to

00:35:31.459 --> 00:35:32.099
 be rejected

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.679
 by God.

00:35:32.799 --> 00:35:33.419
 He knows

00:35:33.419 --> 00:35:34.059
 it because

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.619
 he was

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.359
 rejected by

00:35:35.359 --> 00:35:35.679
 God.

00:35:35.919 --> 00:35:36.239
 And the

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.919
 reason why

00:35:36.919 --> 00:35:37.559
 he was

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.239
 rejected by

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:39.000
 God is

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.359
 so that

00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:40.139
 you and

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:41.379
 I can

00:35:41.379 --> 00:35:42.419
 be accepted

00:35:42.419 --> 00:35:43.259
 by God.

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.239
 So that

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:45.259
 we can

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:46.099
 call on

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.980
 God as

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:48.039
 my God.

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.179
 God.

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:49.759
 And so

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:49.980
 the

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.420
 Jesus,

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.480
 who was

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.820
 really

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.360
 rejected

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.099
 by God

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.719
 and said

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.039
 something

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.860
 very similar

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.059
 to

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.900
 43.2,

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.420
 he did

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.900
 that so

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.460
 that we

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.480
 can claim

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.159
 the God

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.440
 of the

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.820
 Bible,

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:02.779
 the God

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.099
 of the

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.639
 universe,

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.239
 who's

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:04.559
 sovereign

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.259
 over all,

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:05.759
 who's

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.679
 all-powerful,

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.619
 all-wise,

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.360
 and all-loving,

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.219
 and we can

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:09.500
 say,

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.179
 you are

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:11.380
 my God

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.679
 and I

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.059
 feel like

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.380
 I'm doing

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:13.440
 a nosedive.

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.380
 Pull me

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.920
 out of it.

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:21.059
 This

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.619
 psalm helps

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.820
 us remember

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.960
 why we

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.579
 can say

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:25.619
 to this

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.739
 God that

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:27.159
 he is

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.940
 my God.

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.759
 It's

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:28.920
 through

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.259
 Jesus.

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.759
 And the

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.300
 last thing,

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:33.800
 last helpful

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.539
 lesson this

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.179
 psalm teaches

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.559
 us,

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:37.460
 it's not

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.059
 even in the

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.360
 psalm,

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:38.820
 it's in the

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.039
 heading.

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.900
 Look at

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.579
 Psalm 42,

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.420
 the heading,

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:45.039
 to the

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.800
 choir master.

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:49.240
 psalm was

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:50.680
 meant to be

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:51.120
 sung.

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.960
 This

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.860
 psalm was

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.560
 meant to

00:36:54.560 --> 00:36:55.280
 be sung

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.860
 in the

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.400
 company

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:58.360
 of the

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:58.900
 redeemed,

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.840
 those who

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.460
 can call

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.300
 on God

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:03.140
 as my

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:03.560
 God.

00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:05.360
 This

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.320
 psalm

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.500
 allows us

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.180
 to be

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:09.100
 honest with

00:37:09.100 --> 00:37:09.780
 one another

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.720
 when we

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.420
 are feeling

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.500
 distant,

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.400
 forgotten,

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.480
 and rejected

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.260
 by God.

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.860
 This

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.300
 psalm

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.159
 allows us

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.840
 to sing

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.460
 together

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.699
 our hope

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.400
 who can

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:21.039
 pull us

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.659
 out of

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.500
 our despair,

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.500
 stabilize

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.159
 us,

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.340
 and bring

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.740
 us home.

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.400
 So we're

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.599
 going to

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:28.980
 close,

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.199
 I'm going

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:29.539
 to close

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.000
 in prayer,

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.619
 and then

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:30.800
 we're going

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:31.079
 to sing

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.420
 a new

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:31.840
 song

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.179
 together

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:32.460
 this

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:32.800
 morning

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.460
 as a

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:34.039
 response.

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.039
 It's

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.780
 Psalm 42,

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.240
 put to

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.500
 music.

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.400
 So let

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.860
 me pray,

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.139
 and the

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.619
 worship team

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:39.940
 will come

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.400
 on up,

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.280
 and we'll

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.960
 sing together

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:44.199
 as it

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.599
 was meant

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:44.940
 to be

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.159
 so.

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.920
 God in

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.099
 heaven,

00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:47.500
 we thank

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:47.800
 you so

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.199
 much for

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:48.860
 Psalm 42

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.500
 and 43.

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:49.980
 Thank you

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.320
 for the

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:51.260
 help that

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.720
 is in

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.360
 this psalm,

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.079
 not only

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.820
 pointing us

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.300
 to the

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.900
 God who

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.460
 is our

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.079
 salvation,

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.400
 our God

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.679
 who is

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.380
 my God,

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:00.179
 but thank

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.519
 you for

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.059
 this psalm

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.539
 and how

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.260
 it instructs

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:02.639
 us to

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.000
 lament.

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.360
 Would you

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:05.199
 grow us

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:06.139
 as a

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.500
 church

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.260
 in how

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.800
 to lament

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.840
 personally

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:10.220
 and corporately,

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.400
 and now

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.720
 God,

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.159
 would you

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.760
 knit our

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:13.060
 hearts

00:38:13.060 --> 00:38:13.560
 together

00:38:13.560 --> 00:38:14.800
 as we

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.640
 sing and

00:38:15.640 --> 00:38:16.700
 search and

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:17.280
 look to

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:18.780
 you for

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.120
 you to be

00:38:19.120 --> 00:38:19.740
 present in

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.120
 our midst.

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:20.620
 In Jesus'

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.060
 name,

00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:21.940
 Amen.

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.060
 Amen.