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 We're starting our new series this morning.

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 The series is titled Man on the Run,

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 and we're going to be looking at a number of the psalms,

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 songs or prayers that David wrote while he was on the run from King Saul.

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 The first of which is Psalm 59, which we'll be looking at this morning.

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 And before we dive into this psalm,

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 this psalm was written at a very specific time in David's life.

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 It says right at the beginning that this psalm is about

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 when Saul had sent men to watch David's house in order to kill him.

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 So he probably didn't write it at that moment,

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 but he wrote it about that time or shortly after.

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 And before we jump into it,

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 I just want to remind us of what's going on in the story of David and Saul up to this point.

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 So if you remember, Saul was Israel's first king.

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 And because Saul was disobedient to the Lord's command,

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 the Lord told Saul that he was rejected as king of Israel

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 and that the kingdom would be taken from him and from his family

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 and given to someone else.

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 And of course, that someone else was David,

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 the young man, the shepherd from Bethlehem.

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 And David was anointed by Samuel, the Lord's prophet,

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 to be the next king of Israel.

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 He came and fought Goliath.

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 The Lord gave him victory over Goliath.

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 He ended up in service in the king's palace.

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 He was the musician that was sought to help Saul when he got into his moods.

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 And everything that seemed to happen to David from the time that he was anointed

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 until we find him today just seemed to be an incredible working of God.

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 He had success in battle.

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 He was taken into the military.

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 He rose up in the ranks to the point where he became a leader in the army.

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 And no matter what battle it was, it seemed the Lord gave him success in everything that he did.

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 He was growing in favor with the people.

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 The people loved David.

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 He even had the opportunity to become the king's son-in-law and married into the royal family.

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 He was best friends with Jonathan, the king's son.

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 And as far as David could see, everything is going well.

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 He's been told that he would be the next king of Israel.

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 And if you look at the trajectory of his life, what a transition.

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 I mean, he may have wondered,

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 how am I going to go from being a shepherd boy in my father's house to being a king?

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 And here the Lord has caused everything to fall into place.

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 One thing after another to the point where he is where he is today.

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 But there's a problem.

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 Saul doesn't see this kingdom as God's kingdom.

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 He sees it as his own.

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 And he does not want to let go of his rule, of his throne.

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 He is bent on hanging on to it right to the bitter end,

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 even though God has made it clear that he has been rejected as king.

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 Saul knows that the kingdom will be given to someone else.

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 The Lord has told him that through Samuel.

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 And so he's on the lookout for anybody who would try to usurp or take his throne.

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 He wants his throne when he dies to go to his son, Jonathan.

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 And as David is seemingly rising up in the ranks and the people are coming to love him,

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 Saul realizes that this is the man that God has chosen to replace him as the king of Israel.

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 And he begins to become angry towards David and see him as a threat to his rule.

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 It says that he was afraid of him to the point where he becomes ready to take David's life.

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 He tries to kill David one time when they're alone, just he and David and David's playing music.

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 He tries to hurl his spear and kill him.

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 But David escapes.

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 Then he tries to do it through more indirect means, using the military when they're out in battle,

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 hoping to tweak things a little bit so that David will fall in battle.

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 But it doesn't work.

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 The Lord gives him victory anyway.

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 Then he tries to get to him through his daughter.

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 Maybe she will distract him and love will get him off his game and he'll fall in battle.

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 But David's not interested.

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 And then when he finally is interested in marrying one of Saul's daughters, it's another of Saul's daughters.

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 And Saul thinks, this is the time.

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 The bride price, 200 Philistines.

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 You have to kill them.

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 Hoping that David would fall in battle.

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 But of course, the Lord gives David success.

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 And he's able to pay the bride price in full.

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 And becomes the king's son-in-law.

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 No matter what Saul tries, it seems pretty clear that the Lord is thwarting his attempt to take David out.

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 He has rejected Saul.

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 And he is with David, his chosen king.

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 The tensions are rising between David and Saul.

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 And finally things come to a head.

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 Again, in a moment when they're alone, Saul decides to try to make another try and pin him to the wall with his spear.

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 And David just escapes.

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 And he runs to his home and to his wife, Michal.

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 And you can imagine this.

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 Here they are.

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 They're in his, David's in his home with his wife.

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 They're talking.

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 He's probably expressing like, what's going on here?

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 He just tried to kill me again.

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 You know, what?

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 Is he just an angry and violent guy?

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 Or has he got an issue with me specifically?

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 Is he after me?

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 And then all of a sudden, he looks out the window.

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 And he notices that there's some guys that are watching the house.

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 Saul had sent men to watch the house with orders to kill David in the morning.

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 How is David feeling in the midst of all this?

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 What's he thinking about?

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 Well, thankfully, this psalm is all about that.

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 And we get a beautiful picture of exactly what kind of things David is thinking and feeling.

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 Let me read it for you.

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 Deliver me from my enemies, O God.

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 Be my fortress against those who are attacking me.

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 Deliver me from evildoers.

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 And save me from those who are after my blood.

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 See how they lie in wait for me.

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 Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.

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 I have done no wrong.

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 Yet they are ready to attack me.

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 Arise to help me.

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 Look on my plight.

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 You, Lord, God Almighty.

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 You who are the God of Israel.

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 Rouse yourself to punish all the nations.

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 Show no mercy to wicked traitors.

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 They return at evening, snarling like dogs.

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 And prowl about the city.

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 See what they spew from their mouths.

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 The words from their lips are sharp as swords.

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 And they think, who can hear us?

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 But you laugh at them, Lord.

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 You scoff at all those nations.

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 You are my strength.

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 I watch for you.

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 You, God, are my fortress.

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 My God on whom I can rely.

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 God will go before me.

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 And will let me gloat over those who slander me.

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 Down to verse 14.

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 They return at evening, snarling like dogs.

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 And prowl about the city.

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 They wander about for food and howl if not satisfied.

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 But I will sing of your strength.

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 In the morning, I will sing of your love.

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 For you are my fortress.

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 My refuge in times of trouble.

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 You are my strength.

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 I sing praise to you.

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 You, God, are my fortress.

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 My God on whom I can rely.

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 David knows that he's in big trouble.

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 He describes his troubles throughout the psalm.

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 More at the beginning.

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 In verse 1, he says,

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 Verse 2,

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 Verse 4,

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 Verse 4,

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 They're ready to attack me.

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 They're like dogs prowling about the city,

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 looking for their prey.

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 And the words, the things that they're saying

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 are sharp and deadly.

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 They slander me.

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 They're spreading lies about me.

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 But what's even more difficult about this

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 you can just hear the angst in David's voice.

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 Why?

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 Why are they doing this?

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 Why is this happening to me?

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 Verse three, fierce men conspire against me

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 for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.

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 What have I done that they're hunting me down like this,

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 like a criminal?

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 Verse four, I have done no wrong,

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 yet they are ready to attack me.

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 Do you hear the angst in David's heart?

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 Why are they doing this?

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 I've done nothing to deserve this.

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 Three times he asks for the Lord

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 to give his attention to his troubles,

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 to the situation that he's in.

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 In verse three, he says,

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 see how they lie in wait for me.

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 See?

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 Do you see this, Lord?

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 Do you see these guys lurking around outside the house?

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 In verse four, he says,

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 look on my plight.

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 God, look.

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 Give your attention to my troubles.

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 See them.

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 In verse seven, he says,

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 see what they spew from their mouths.

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 Lord, do you hear the words that they are speaking about me?

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 The lies that they are saying about me?

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 He calls for God to give his attention to his troubles.

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 But he goes beyond that.

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 Not only does he ask for the Lord's attention,

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 but he asks the Lord to intervene

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 and to do something about his troubles.

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 Right at the beginning in verse one,

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 he says,

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 deliver me from my enemies.

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 Again, in verse two,

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 deliver me from evildoers

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 and save me from those who are after my blood.

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 He asks God to come and get him out of this situation,

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 to rescue him from these guys.

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 The second half of verse one,

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 he says,

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 be my fortress against those who are attacking me.

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 I need a safe place to go.

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 I'm in my own home and I'm not even safe here.

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 God, be my fortress.

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 Protect me.

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 Verse four, he says,

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 arise to help me.

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 Don't just sit and watch as this unfolds.

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 Arise and come and help me.

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 Lord, I'm in trouble.

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 David goes on from there

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 to ask the Lord to come

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 and punish his enemies.

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 In verse five,

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 rouse yourself to punish.

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 And then again in verses 11 to 13,

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 he goes on to ask God

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 to consume his enemies

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 in his wrath.

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 We didn't read that part.

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 I'm not going to say a lot

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 about those parts this morning,

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 but I do want to point out

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 that this is not

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 sheerly revenge for David.

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 This is not just a personal desire

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 for revenge.

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 Notice what he says in verse 13.

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 He says,

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 consume them in your wrath.

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 Consume them till they are no more.

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 Then it will be known

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 to the ends of the earth

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 that God rules over Jacob.

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 That's almost another way of saying,

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 hallowed be thy name.

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 Consume my enemies in your wrath

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 so that throughout the world,

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 everybody will see

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 that Israel is different,

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 that they have a God

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 who doesn't allow this kind of garbage

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 to go on in his kingdom.

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 It's a very honoring way

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 to pray to the Lord,

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 an honoring reason to give.

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 And yet,

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 I don't think that we should

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 follow David's example

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 and pray for God

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 to bring judgment on our enemies.

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 Jesus tells us

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 that we should go

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 beyond the law of justice

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 to the place

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 where we love our enemies

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 and pray for those

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 who persecute us.

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 So far in this psalm,

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 we've seen

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 how David calls

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 God's attention

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 to his troubles,

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 how David describes

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 his troubles

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 and tells them to God,

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 and how David asks

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 for God to intervene

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 and to do something

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 about his troubles,

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 to get him out of this situation,

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 to help him.

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 And then we see a shift

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 happen in this psalm

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 as David moves

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 from talking about

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 and describing his troubles

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 to describing his God.

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 The shift begins

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 in verse 5.

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 He says,

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 You,

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 Lord,

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 God Almighty,

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 You who are

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 the God of Israel,

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 You,

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 Lord,

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 Yahweh,

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 God Almighty,

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 literally,

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 God of hosts,

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 or as another translation

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 puts it,

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 God of armies.

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 God of Israel,

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 it's interesting

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 that David's mind

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 goes to that name

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 of God

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 in this situation.

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 Here he is

00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:19.519
 trembling in his house

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 with his wife

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 while there's men

00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.439
 lurking around,

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:25.319
 watching him,

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.579
 looking for a chance

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 to get him.

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 Who's going to come

00:16:29.479 --> 00:16:30.279
 to his defense?

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 not the military.

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 He's in the military.

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 Perhaps some of these

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 henchmen

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 are even in the military.

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 Saul probably sent people

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 who could get the job done.

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 Who's going to come

00:16:44.319 --> 00:16:45.199
 to his defense?

00:16:48.299 --> 00:16:50.000
 The God of heaven's armies.

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 He's the one

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 that these guys

00:16:54.019 --> 00:16:55.000
 are no match for,

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 that Saul

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 is no match for.

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 In verse 8,

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 the shift happens

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 full strength

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 and everything

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 that follows

00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.720
 is describing

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 who God is.

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 And David's expressing

00:17:17.620 --> 00:17:18.500
 his confidence

00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.099
 in him.

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 He says,

00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:21.620
 verse 8,

00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:23.420
 back in verse 7,

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 I guess,

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 see what they spew

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 from their mouths,

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 their words

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 from their lips

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 are sharp as swords

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 and they think,

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 who can hear us?

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 But verse 8,

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 but you laugh

00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:32.919
 at them,

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 Lord.

00:17:35.199 --> 00:17:36.439
 You scoff

00:17:36.439 --> 00:17:38.119
 at all those

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 nations.

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 David widens

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 it to nations.

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 Probably this was

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 adapted later on

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 for use as a song

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 by the whole people

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 of Israel.

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 But you laugh

00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:51.019
 at my enemies,

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.439
 Lord.

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 You scoff

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.599
 at them.

00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:53.659
 You scoff

00:17:53.659 --> 00:17:53.679
 at them.

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 When David's mind

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:58.559
 and heart

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 becomes filled

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 with the reality

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 that his God

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 is the God

00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.980
 of heaven's armies,

00:18:04.179 --> 00:18:05.500
 the Lord of hosts,

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 things start

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:11.439
 to take perspective

00:18:11.439 --> 00:18:13.139
 and he sees them

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 for what they really are.

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 King Saul

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 and his henchmen,

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 you laugh

00:18:20.639 --> 00:18:21.019
 at them,

00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.339
 Lord.

00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:23.980
 they're like

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:25.139
 a guy

00:18:25.139 --> 00:18:26.319
 that's coming

00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:29.319
 towards you

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:30.879
 with a little stick

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 and you're driving

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 a tank,

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 an armored vehicle.

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 They're no match.

00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:38.159
 The whole scenario

00:18:38.159 --> 00:18:39.119
 is laughable

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 that they would

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.839
 try to oppose

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 you.

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:48.119
 David goes on

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 and he says,

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 you are my strength.

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 I watch for you.

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 You, God,

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 are my fortress,

00:18:55.639 --> 00:18:56.539
 my stronghold,

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 the place

00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:58.139
 where I am

00:18:58.139 --> 00:18:59.240
 so safe

00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:01.079
 that I can relax,

00:19:01.199 --> 00:19:01.879
 I can rest

00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:02.659
 because they can't

00:19:02.659 --> 00:19:03.099
 get me.

00:19:04.959 --> 00:19:06.199
 You are my God

00:19:06.199 --> 00:19:07.159
 on whom

00:19:07.159 --> 00:19:08.259
 I can rely.

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:11.079
 Notice how David

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.759
 has shifted

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:13.919
 from verse 5.

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 You who are

00:19:15.179 --> 00:19:16.339
 the God of Israel.

00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:18.339
 now he's saying,

00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:18.939
 you are

00:19:18.939 --> 00:19:20.059
 my God.

00:19:20.399 --> 00:19:22.199
 You are my strength.

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:23.500
 You are my fortress.

00:19:24.439 --> 00:19:25.259
 My God

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.639
 on whom

00:19:25.639 --> 00:19:26.220
 I

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:27.459
 can rely.

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:33.139
 The end of verse 10.

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 Even though

00:19:34.959 --> 00:19:35.539
 my enemies

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.099
 are spreading

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:37.019
 lies about me,

00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:37.839
 they're

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:39.019
 slandering me,

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 I trust

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 that you will

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.399
 go before me

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 and that you

00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.439
 will bring about

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:44.940
 the day

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:46.940
 when there's

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.860
 a reversal here

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 and I'm able

00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.240
 to gloat

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.880
 over them

00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:51.039
 for the terrible

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.580
 things that

00:19:51.580 --> 00:19:52.080
 they're saying

00:19:52.080 --> 00:19:52.640
 about me.

00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.820
 In the final

00:19:56.820 --> 00:19:57.740
 stanza of the

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.160
 psalm,

00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.680
 David continues

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.660
 with just

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.700
 expressing his

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.860
 confidence in God

00:20:02.860 --> 00:20:04.039
 and who he is.

00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:06.140
 He says

00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.759
 some of the same

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.140
 things.

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.640
 He says,

00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:08.600
 you are my

00:20:08.600 --> 00:20:09.180
 fortress,

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.580
 verse 16.

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.500
 He says in

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.100
 verse 17,

00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:12.660
 you are my

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.320
 strength,

00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:14.380
 my God

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:14.779
 on whom

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.440
 I can rely.

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 But then he

00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:16.779
 adds something

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:18.180
 new,

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.220
 adds something

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.779
 different.

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.100
 Verse 16,

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.640
 he says,

00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:22.740
 but I will

00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:23.380
 sing

00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:24.759
 of your

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.279
 strength.

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.340
 In the

00:20:27.340 --> 00:20:27.660
 morning,

00:20:27.800 --> 00:20:28.240
 I will

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 sing

00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:30.180
 of your

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 love.

00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:33.040
 Verse 17,

00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.700
 you are my

00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:34.259
 strength,

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.080
 I sing

00:20:35.080 --> 00:20:35.920
 praise

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:37.140
 to you.

00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:42.120
 what would

00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:42.480
 you be

00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.120
 doing if

00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:43.380
 you were

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:44.040
 being hunted

00:20:44.040 --> 00:20:45.020
 by someone

00:20:45.020 --> 00:20:45.800
 who was

00:20:45.800 --> 00:20:46.240
 trying to

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.720
 kill you?

00:20:48.600 --> 00:20:49.160
 I don't

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:49.500
 know about

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:49.720
 you,

00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:51.440
 but singing

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.060
 would probably

00:20:52.060 --> 00:20:52.640
 be at the

00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:53.080
 bottom of

00:20:53.080 --> 00:20:53.660
 my list.

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.900
 I'd be,

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.880
 my heart

00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.220
 would be

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.720
 racing,

00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:59.320
 I would be

00:20:59.320 --> 00:21:00.100
 fearful,

00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:00.660
 I'd be

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.080
 anxious,

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.480
 I'd be

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.960
 panicked,

00:21:02.020 --> 00:21:02.259
 I'd be

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.560
 wondering

00:21:02.560 --> 00:21:03.080
 what to

00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:03.420
 do,

00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.200
 and I'm

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.580
 sure that

00:21:04.580 --> 00:21:05.160
 David was

00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:06.020
 experiencing

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.500
 all of

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.720
 those

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.059
 things

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.460
 too,

00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:08.940
 but he

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.220
 doesn't

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.500
 stay

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:09.819
 there.

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.299
 He goes

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:12.019
 beyond

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.599
 that as

00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.460
 he takes

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.240
 time to

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.759
 call out

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.339
 to God

00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:16.240
 and to

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.960
 think about

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:18.180
 and express

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:18.940
 his faith

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.500
 and trust

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.019
 in God

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.319
 and who

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.859
 he knows

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.359
 God to

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:21.639
 be,

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.500
 he comes

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.259
 to the

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.660
 place

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.460
 where he

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.079
 can sing.

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.319
 Literally

00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:28.379
 in verse

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.879
 16,

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:30.859
 I will

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.240
 sing

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.240
 joyfully

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:33.220
 of your

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.660
 love is

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.000
 the kind

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.559
 of singing

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.240
 that's

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.799
 referred to

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.099
 there.

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.099
 He comes

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.419
 to the

00:21:37.419 --> 00:21:37.799
 place

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.659
 where he's

00:21:38.659 --> 00:21:39.059
 ready

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:40.299
 to praise.

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.440
 It's

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.839
 amazing.

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.139
 The truth

00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:51.519
 that this

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.899
 psalm

00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:53.059
 communicates

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.940
 to us

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:55.240
 is that

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.680
 God is

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.299
 everything

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.859
 that we

00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.240
 need

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.619
 in times

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.099
 of trouble.

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.779
 He is

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.379
 everything

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.919
 that we

00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:02.279
 need

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:02.819
 in times

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.299
 of trouble.

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:05.159
 that's

00:22:05.159 --> 00:22:05.639
 what David

00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:07.159
 has found

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:07.440
 in the

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.859
 past.

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.819
 That's

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.019
 what he

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.279
 knows

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.500
 is

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.799
 true.

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.180
 That's

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.460
 what he

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.779
 is

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:12.059
 reassuring

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.460
 himself

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.940
 of.

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.279
 And

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.519
 that's

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:14.819
 what we

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.139
 are meant

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.579
 to learn

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.259
 from this.

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.359
 God

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:18.720
 has given

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.159
 us this

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.519
 psalm as

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.119
 an example

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.659
 of what

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.180
 to do

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:22.200
 in times

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.599
 of trouble.

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.000
 We may

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.680
 not be,

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.200
 and I

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:25.099
 hope none

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.399
 of us

00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:25.940
 ever will

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.299
 be,

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:26.980
 hunted

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:28.419
 by someone

00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:28.899
 who wants

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.299
 to kill

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.619
 us.

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:31.659
 But this

00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:32.159
 psalm is

00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:33.239
 not really

00:22:33.239 --> 00:22:33.779
 just about

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.099
 that.

00:22:34.239 --> 00:22:34.539
 It's about

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.119
 what do

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.519
 we do

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.179
 in any

00:22:36.179 --> 00:22:36.619
 time of

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:36.939
 trouble.

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.199
 Look at

00:22:39.199 --> 00:22:39.500
 verse

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:42.239
 16

00:22:42.239 --> 00:22:42.699
 at the

00:22:42.699 --> 00:22:43.279
 very end.

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.219
 David

00:22:44.219 --> 00:22:44.619
 says,

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.279
 you are

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.139
 my refuge

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:47.179
 in times

00:22:47.179 --> 00:22:48.339
 of trouble.

00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:50.079
 Or literally

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.739
 in the day

00:22:50.739 --> 00:22:51.219
 of trouble.

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 The sense

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:51.899
 that we

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.279
 get there

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.619
 is that

00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:53.579
 this is

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.000
 not just

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.599
 the only

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.319
 situation

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.839
 that we

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.319
 should do

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.819
 what David

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.179
 did.

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:59.380
 this is

00:22:59.380 --> 00:22:59.900
 how David

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.759
 sees God

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.840
 in all

00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.180
 of his

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.500
 times

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.039
 of trouble.

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.279
 As the

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.740
 God who

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.160
 is his

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.519
 help,

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:06.980
 the God

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.279
 who is

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.480
 his

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:07.880
 refuge,

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.320
 the God

00:23:08.320 --> 00:23:08.700
 who is

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.160
 whatever

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:10.039
 he needs

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.220
 in that

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.860
 situation,

00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:13.360
 who takes

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:13.820
 care of

00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:13.940
 him,

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.500
 who watches

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.200
 over him.

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 And so

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.060
 the question

00:23:21.060 --> 00:23:21.360
 that I

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.600
 want to

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.160
 ask you

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.900
 this morning

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.299
 is what

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.600
 kind of

00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:24.080
 troubles

00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:26.519
 are you

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.240
 facing

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.980
 right now?

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:30.320
 What kind

00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:30.700
 of troubles

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.039
 have you

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.320
 got in

00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:31.440
 your

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:31.820
 life?

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:37.060
 Financial

00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:37.539
 troubles?

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.660
 Troubles

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.039
 with the

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.480
 crops?

00:23:42.340 --> 00:23:42.960
 Troubles

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.160
 with

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.740
 relationships?

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:45.940
 Troubles

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.840
 with your

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.299
 spouse?

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.500
 Troubles

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.980
 with your

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:51.060
 children?

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.900
 Troubles

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.259
 with your

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.740
 parents?

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:54.860
 Troubles

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.019
 with your

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.360
 parents?

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:55.860
 Troubles

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.180
 with your

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.740
 parents?

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:58.480
 What kind

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.859
 of troubles

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.140
 have you

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.420
 got in

00:23:59.420 --> 00:23:59.539
 your

00:23:59.539 --> 00:23:59.880
 life?

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:00.819
 Troubles

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.140
 with your

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.480
 health?

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.880
 Sickness?

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.279
 But the

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.779
 question that

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.160
 this psalm

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.799
 really asks

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.299
 us is what

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.500
 are you

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.779
 going to

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.940
 do about

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.160
 your

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.500
 troubles?

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.980
 What have

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.319
 you been

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.160
 doing about

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.700
 your

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.019
 troubles?

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.119
 people?

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.639
 Most of

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:22.900
 us in

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.279
 this room

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.839
 think we

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:25.039
 are pretty

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.339
 good.

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.279
 We do

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.039
 well when

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.460
 it comes

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:29.420
 to telling

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.920
 God that

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.220
 we are in

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.299
 trouble and

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.879
 asking for

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.379
 his help.

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.519
 But the

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:33.960
 thing that I

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.339
 was really

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.839
 challenged

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:36.000
 with in

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.480
 this psalm

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.279
 is that we

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.619
 need to

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.180
 move beyond

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:39.359
 that to

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:39.920
 that place

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:41.259
 of expressing

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.500
 our faith

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.379
 in God

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.220
 and who

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.680
 he is.

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.319
 We need

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.639
 to move

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:47.480
 beyond just

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.400
 telling and

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.740
 asking to

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.220
 that place

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:50.519
 where we

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.920
 ask,

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.660
 Lord,

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:53.779
 what can

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:55.019
 you do

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.680
 in this

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.240
 situation?

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.339
 Who are

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.779
 you?

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.720
 And what

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.400
 about you

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.259
 makes all

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.940
 the difference

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.839
 in my

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.500
 specific

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.299
 troubles?

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.319
 And sometimes

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.839
 that's hard

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.539
 to do in

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:10.799
 prayer.

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.319
 We're so

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.700
 bogged down

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.059
 and weighed

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.539
 down by

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:13.940
 them and

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.799
 this week

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.099
 I was

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.620
 thinking just

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:17.019
 I tried

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.539
 it myself

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.799
 and it's

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.420
 really helpful.

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.039
 A simple

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.579
 way to

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.599
 do this

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:23.059
 get alone

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.000
 with the

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.299
 Lord,

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:25.859
 piece of

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.299
 paper and

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.700
 a pen,

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:27.980
 put a line

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.400
 down the

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.720
 middle of

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.119
 the paper

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:29.599
 on one

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.139
 side write

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.920
 my troubles

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:32.220
 and list

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.619
 them out

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.660
 and on the

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.099
 other side

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.639
 write my

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.059
 God

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:37.619
 and think

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.079
 about what

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.460
 you know

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.119
 about God

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:41.240
 open the

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.639
 Bible

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:43.379
 pray

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:44.519
 until you

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.900
 come to

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.599
 that place

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.059
 where your

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.399
 heart

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:47.219
 is at

00:25:47.219 --> 00:25:47.619
 peace

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:50.919
 that place

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.359
 where you're

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.240
 ready to

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.719
 sing

00:25:52.719 --> 00:25:54.259
 joyfully

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:56.759
 to praise

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.659
 the Lord

00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:58.619
 because he

00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:00.399
 is everything

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:01.099
 we need

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:02.379
 in our

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:02.819
 times of

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.159
 trouble

00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:05.419
 and more

00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:07.059
 he is mighty

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.559
 to save

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.199
 there's no

00:26:08.199 --> 00:26:08.939
 situation

00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.959
 that's too

00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:10.419
 difficult

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:11.559
 for him

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:14.240
 this entire

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:15.039
 psalm almost

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.419
 can be

00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:16.639
 summed up

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:18.619
 in the

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.299
 words of

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.919
 Asaph

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.379
 in Psalm

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:20.839
 50

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.720
 verse 15

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.039
 I've been

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.599
 thinking about

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.379
 that verse

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.940
 a lot this

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.179
 week

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:24.539
 it says

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.240
 simply this

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.679
 call on

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.059
 me

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:28.940
 in the

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.259
 day of

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.599
 trouble

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:31.539
 I will

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.259
 deliver you

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.740
 and you

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.519
 will honor

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:34.859
 me

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:37.279
 that's God's

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.139
 invitation here

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.360
 call on

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:39.600
 me

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.560
 with the

00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:40.860
 troubles

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.740
 in your

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.100
 life

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:43.400
 I will

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.200
 deliver you

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.380
 and you

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:45.960
 will honor

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.259
 me

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.180
 you will

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.500
 sing

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.120
 joyfully

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:48.540
 to me

00:26:48.540 --> 00:26:48.900
 you will

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.400
 praise

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.120
 me

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:51.640
 but what's

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.280
 amazing is

00:26:52.280 --> 00:26:53.300
 that at

00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:53.780
 this point

00:26:53.780 --> 00:26:54.340
 in David's

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:54.640
 life

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:56.020
 this is just

00:26:56.020 --> 00:26:56.580
 the beginning

00:26:56.580 --> 00:26:57.560
 of his

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:57.980
 troubles

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:59.299
 this is just

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.860
 the beginning

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.579
 of things

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.799
 falling apart

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:03.400
 but we don't

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.099
 have to wait

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.940
 until the

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.940
 help arrives

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.720
 the solution

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.900
 gets there

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:10.120
 before we

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:11.360
 can rest

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.460
 before we

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.620
 can trust

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.200
 before we

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:15.620
 can sing

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.279
 joyfully

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.940
 and praise

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:19.099
 David shows

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.519
 us through

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.779
 his example

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:22.220
 that that's

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.819
 possible

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.940
 by faith

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.980
 even

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.000
 in the

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.339
 midst

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.639
 of the

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:27.939
 greatest

00:27:27.939 --> 00:27:28.619
 of

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.019
 troubles

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:31.980
 God is

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.500
 everything

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.359
 we need

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.939
 in our

00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.319
 time of

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.639
 trouble

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.759
 and he

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.139
 is mighty

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.699
 to save

00:27:36.699 --> 00:27:38.819
 let's pray

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:43.059
 father in

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.220
 heaven

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.779
 thank you

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.259
 so much

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.659
 for these

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.019
 words

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.480
 and we

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.019
 admit

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.659
 and confess

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.459
 right now

00:27:47.459 --> 00:27:48.179
 that we

00:27:48.179 --> 00:27:49.639
 often do

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.240
 poorly at

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.539
 this

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.939
 we get

00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:52.480
 into the

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.119
 moment of

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.419
 trouble

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:53.799
 and we

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.220
 turn to

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.740
 everything

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.480
 but you

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:58.339
 and when

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.759
 we finally

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.299
 do turn

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.700
 to you

00:27:59.700 --> 00:27:59.980
 we

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:02.460
 we just

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.900
 want your

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.319
 help

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.920
 we often

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.819
 just wallow

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.400
 in it

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:08.440
 forgive us

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.920
 lord for

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.220
 that

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.880
 teach us

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.839
 to do

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.500
 like David

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.900
 did

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:14.420
 and to

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.380
 find strength

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.160
 in you

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:18.039
 remind us

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.420
 of who

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.019
 you are

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.460
 that makes

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:20.880
 all the

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.240
 difference

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.799
 in each

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.099
 of our

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.759
 specific

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:24.220
 situations

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.880
 and troubles

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.279
 that we're

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.640
 facing

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 lord you

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 know exactly

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 what they

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 are

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 bring that

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 word of

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 encouragement

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 and hope

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 to us

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 that will

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 make all

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 the difference

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 lord we

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 don't want

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 to be

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 taken down

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 by discouragement

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 we don't want

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 to be people

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 who fret

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 and worry

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 about all

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 kinds of

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 things

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 as if we

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 had no

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 god

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 you are

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 our god

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 so teach

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 us

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 to follow

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 this example

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 of David

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 we ask

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 this in

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 christ's name

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 amen