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 Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone, for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

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 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor with flattering lips, and a double heart they speak.

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 May the Lord cut off all the flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boast,

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 those who say, With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us, who is master over us?

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 Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise, says the Lord.

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 I will place him in the safety for which he longs.

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 The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

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 You, O Lord, will keep them, you will guard us from this generation forever.

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 On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of men.

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 It doesn't take too long in this psalm before you realize it's not one of thanksgiving or praise.

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 But this is a psalm of lament.

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 And if you look at the psalm, you'll find that a third of the psalm is made up of laments.

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 So from that we can kind of get an idea of how important a role that is for us in our Christian growth.

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 But also it gets us to see how real some of these struggles are in our life.

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 Because God has laid it on the heart of David and the other writers to bring laments out.

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 So what I want to do is just focus on the aspects of a lament as we look at the psalm.

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 And just see how it helps us and what exactly is going on here.

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 And as you guys know, a lament is a passionate expression of grief or sorrow about a trial or trouble that's going on.

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 And then there's a cry out to the Lord for help from that.

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 So as we look at Psalm 12, the first part of a lament is the cry.

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 And we see that in verse 1 where David says,

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 Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone.

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 For the faithful have vanished from among the children of men.

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 So we see right from the beginning that he's crying out to the Lord.

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 And the problem that's going on is that he feels alone in his struggles.

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 His struggles in following the Lord and having a pure and righteous life.

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 And those around him that were once godly are gone.

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 So whether it's people close by or people around him, people that are in authority over him,

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 there's this oppression that has come in as everyone who was once their support he feels is now gone.

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 Now, this is a lament that's not a personal one, although it sounds at first like it.

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 But it's a lament that affects the whole family of God, the people of God.

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 So not only does it affect them in that it's the people of God that are turning away from God,

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 but it's those few that are left that are wanting to stand strong that are feeling the effect of those who are pulling away.

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 The second part of the lament is the complaint.

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 And that's pulled out in verse 2 where David is talking about what the real problem is.

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 And that's basically the lies, the flattering, the double talk, the hypocrisy.

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 It's the, I'm not sure who my friends are because on one hand they tell me things they want me to hear,

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 but behind my back it's something else.

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 So that just adds to the cry.

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 It's feeling like that you're alone and at the same time you don't know who to trust.

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 And I think we can all relate to this.

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 I know I can and I'm not the only one that has family issues,

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 but we all know there's people who talk and act one way to you.

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 And then when you're not there it's something different.

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 And it's hard for family or friends to relate to that.

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 Like if you're the one doing it, it's hard to connect with that coming from someone who's a friend or family member

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 because it just doesn't make sense, especially I think for Christians

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 because that's not how God calls us to roll.

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 That's not how we are to live.

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 So we have examples of that I'm sure in our own life,

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 but there's also examples all through the Bible of how this has taken place.

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 So here there isn't an exact example that's being talked about.

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 The thought is that this was taking around the time of Saul's reign.

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 So we have Saul and his persecution against David, which was just years of relentless, like wanting to kill David.

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 And just to get into the details of all that was involved, that was pretty oppressive for David

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 and for him to at one point have a chance to kill Saul and then him not

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 because he knew that God anointed him was really just a testimony to us on how God will protect us

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 when we do what he calls us to do, even when every part of our body wants to just deal with the problem,

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 which in that case was to kill Saul.

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 Another example that I was thinking of was with Joseph and his brothers.

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 We just finished reading through that section in children's ministry.

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 And just the fact that Joseph was just seeking to do what God was calling him to do.

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 And it seemed like at every turn he was being lied against by his brothers, sold into slavery.

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 You know, he tried to be a good slave and then he was lied against and thrown into prison.

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 So it was just time after time where he's being bombarded by these lies and hypocrisy.

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 And in the end, God was still protected, just like he did with David.

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 And then finally, the biggest example of all would be Jesus Christ

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 and the lies and the accusations that he endured

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 all because of the people who wanted to keep their political power.

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 They wanted to keep their status.

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 And in order to do that, they thought they needed to lie and accuse Jesus and ultimately kill him.

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 And they did, but we know the story doesn't end there.

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 So praise be to God for that.

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 So we have the cry and the complaint.

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 And next we have the petition, which is in verses 3 and 4.

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 And this is the crying out to God for help.

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 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,

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 the tongue that makes great boast.

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 And those who say,

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 With our tongue we will prevail,

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 our lips are with us,

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 who is master over us.

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 So here we have

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 we have the description of

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 people who are very boastful and selfish.

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 They're very self-centered.

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 There's no

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 looking to God for anything.

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 They are master over their own lives

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 and they don't need God there.

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 David knows this

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 and this is the problem that he's dealing with

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 and he's asking God for help.

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 And just while we're

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 we're talking about

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 these type of people

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 who look at just themselves

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 and not to God

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 and are proud

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 and boastful,

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 these are the type of people

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 that we all know can ruin relationships.

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 They ruin families.

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 They also split churches.

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 I've been in one where that's the case

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 and I know you guys have heard about it.

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 So as we are on this section,

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 I just wanted to take a moment

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 just to

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 just to tell you to guard yourself

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 against falling into that temptation

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 of

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 thinking more about ourselves

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 and less about God.

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 Because as we start to do that,

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 then

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 Satan is going to do everything he can

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 to keep you from looking to God.

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 And when you're looking to yourself,

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 that's when you don't need God

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 or so you think

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 and things fall apart.

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 So

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 continue to

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 to focus on Christ.

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 The next section is in verse 5

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 and that is

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 the response that

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 that David gets back

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 from God.

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 not all Psalms

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 have this type of response back.

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 Some of them

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 there's that plea

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 and there's that

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 asking God for help

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 and then

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 there's

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 there's a kind of a

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 preaching to oneself

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 as they

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 remind themselves

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 of

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 God

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 and how

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 he's the protector

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 and he will

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 come through for them.

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 But here in verse 5

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 we actually get a word back

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 from the Lord.

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 Because the poor

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 are plundered,

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 because the needy groaned,

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 I will now arise

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 says the Lord.

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 I will place him

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 in the safety

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 for which he longs.

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 In that case

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 speaking of the

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 the poor

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 and the needy.

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 So

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 God sees

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 what's going on

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 and God

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 judges those

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 who sin against him.

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 Those who

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 oppress

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 others.

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 So we can

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 take heart

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 in that

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 in that response

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 from God

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 knowing that

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 at times

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 we want to fix it

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 but

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 God knows

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 what's going on.

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 God has a plan

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 and so

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 we do

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 our part

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 by not spreading

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 those lies

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 and hypocrisies

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 and we let God

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 take it from there.

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 And

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 the last part

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 of lament

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 is a statement

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 of confidence

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 and that usually

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 comes

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 towards the end

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 as the psalmist

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 is reminded

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 of

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 who God is

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 and who he is

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 for us

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 and we see

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 that in verse

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 six and seven

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 the words

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 of the Lord

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 are pure words

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 like silver

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 refined in a furnace

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 on the ground

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 purified seven times.

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 You O Lord

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 will keep them

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 you will guard us

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 from this generation

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 forever.

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 In that last part

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 verse seven

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 you will keep them

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 speaking of the

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 poor and needy

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 God will keep them

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 and then he will

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 guard us

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 from this generation

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 forever.

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 So that's

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 that's the promise

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 that we have

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 that we know

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 we can hold on to.

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 And one

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 one phrase

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 that as I was

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 reading through

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 this kind of

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 kind of stuck

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 in my mind

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 was that he was

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 talking about

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 silver being

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 refined

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 and I just

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 wondered

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 why

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 why silver

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 like why did he

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 pick silver here

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 and not gold

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 because to me

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 gold is

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 is worth more

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 you know

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 if

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 that to me

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 would be pure

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 maybe because

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 it is worth more

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 but not necessarily

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 and I looked

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 around a little bit

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 but didn't really

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 see a whole lot

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 on why silver

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 was used here

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 so I'm just going

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 to give you

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 my own interpretation

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 and may not be

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 biblical but I think

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 it's still something

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 that's helpful

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 to hold on to

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 and that was

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 as we see gold

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 used in the Old

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 Testament

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 a lot of times

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 gold is

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 is more for

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 decorative reasons

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 more for display

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 whereas silver

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 is something a little

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 bit more attainable

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 silver is more

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 for something

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 that's

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 I don't want

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 to say useful

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 but like

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 for utensils

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 or bowls

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 you know

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 a silver utensil

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 would be something

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 you could use

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 the gold plating

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 on something

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 may not be

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 necessarily

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 something you

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 could use

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 so in thinking

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 of the words

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 of the Lord

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 and then being

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 at like something

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 pure

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 but attainable

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 and usable

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 that that made

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 more sense

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 to me

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 so the words

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 of the Lord

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 being like

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 like pure

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 holy silver

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 that we're able

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 to use

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 for whatever

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 God calls

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 us to use

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 just made

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 more sense

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 and thinking

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 of that

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 purification

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 process

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 that they

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 take silver

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 through

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 to refine

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 a metal

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 seven times

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 as they melt

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 it

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 and then pull

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 the imperfections

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 and the dross

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 off the top

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 of that

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 melted

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 precious metal

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 you just get

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 the idea

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 of this

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 total pureness

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 when it's done

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 they said

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 that the

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 that the person

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 doing

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 the

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 the purifying

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 of the silver

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 would look

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 at the surface

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 of the silver

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 and he should

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 be able to see

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 his reflection

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 increase

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 as he pulled

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 off those

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 imperfections

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 and the

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 the dirt

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 and all

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 that got

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 mixed into

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 it

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 and to me

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 that was a

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 beautiful picture

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 of what Christ

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 is looking to do

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 he's looking to

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 see a reflection

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 of himself

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 and so that's

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 a good example

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 of what he

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 does with us

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 is to continue

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 to refine

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 us and purify

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 us

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 and then the

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 last

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 the last

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 verse

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 just as

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 the

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 the psalm

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 ends up

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 is

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 kind of

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 a reminder

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 that

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 that God

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 is going to

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 guard us

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 from this

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 generation

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 which is the

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 end of verse

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 seven

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 he'll guard us

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 from this

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 generation

00:14:02.779 --> 00:14:03.240
 forever

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 this generation

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 of godless

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 self-centered

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 people

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 that

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 they spread

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 lies

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 it sounds

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 rough to say

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 it like that

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 but really

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 that's the

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 goal of a lot

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 of people

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 is

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 they're looking

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 out for

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 themselves

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 and with

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 that comes

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 lies

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 and hypocrisy

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 and so

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 that's the

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 generation

00:14:27.259 --> 00:14:28.220
 that we live

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 in

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 and it wasn't

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 just at

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 David's time

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 but it's

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 something that's

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 ongoing now

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 so

00:14:32.179 --> 00:14:33.519
 for him

00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:34.039
 to say

00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:35.199
 guard us

00:14:35.199 --> 00:14:35.559
 from this

00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:36.059
 generation

00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:36.559
 forever

00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:37.219
 makes sense

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 because

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 it's not

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 his generation

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 but it's

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 ongoing with

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 us

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 we deal

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 with that

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 as well

00:14:41.739 --> 00:14:42.959
 and then

00:14:42.959 --> 00:14:43.699
 in verse

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 eight

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 it being

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 on every

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 side

00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:46.779
 the wicked

00:14:46.779 --> 00:14:47.459
 prowl

00:14:47.459 --> 00:14:47.959
 you know

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 it's all

00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:49.000
 around us

00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:49.779
 you know

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 it isn't

00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:53.039
 something

00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:53.439
 that

00:14:53.439 --> 00:14:54.459
 decreases

00:14:54.459 --> 00:14:55.479
 and we

00:14:55.479 --> 00:14:55.639
 know

00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:55.939
 that the

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 world

00:14:56.219 --> 00:14:56.539
 is

00:14:56.539 --> 00:14:57.099
 getting

00:14:57.099 --> 00:14:58.120
 worse

00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:58.719
 and not

00:14:58.719 --> 00:14:59.000
 better

00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:02.100
 that's

00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:02.379
 just a

00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:03.360
 happy thought

00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:03.700
 to think

00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:03.919
 about

00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:04.200
 on this

00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:04.500
 Friday

00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:04.759
 night

00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:05.000
 isn't

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 it

00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:07.120
 but really

00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:07.860
 what David

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 wants to

00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:08.559
 say

00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:09.019
 through all

00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:09.340
 this

00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:09.820
 is to

00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:10.139
 tell us

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 the truth

00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:10.960
 about

00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:11.240
 what's

00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:11.460
 going

00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:11.799
 on

00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:13.720
 and the

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 fact

00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:14.379
 that

00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:15.860
 God's

00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:16.299
 promises

00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:16.779
 are there

00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:17.220
 to hold

00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:17.720
 us up

00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:19.159
 even

00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.740
 those times

00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.159
 where we

00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:21.059
 feel burdened

00:15:21.059 --> 00:15:21.299
 down

00:15:21.299 --> 00:15:22.059
 with grief

00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:23.139
 we feel

00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:23.580
 burdened

00:15:23.580 --> 00:15:23.919
 down

00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:24.519
 like

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 everyone

00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:25.879
 is against

00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:26.320
 us

00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:28.460
 but God

00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:29.100
 sees us

00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:29.439
 there

00:15:29.439 --> 00:15:29.700
 God

00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:29.960
 knows

00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.120
 that

00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.279
 we're

00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:30.559
 there

00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:31.399
 and he's

00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:32.000
 able to

00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.919
 lift us

00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:33.179
 up

00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:34.399
 and that's

00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:34.740
 what he's

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.259
 able to

00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:36.100
 guard us

00:15:36.100 --> 00:15:36.460
 against

00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:37.019
 knowing

00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:38.039
 what is

00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:38.439
 out in

00:15:38.439 --> 00:15:38.879
 the world

00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:40.679
 so

00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:42.340
 the point

00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:42.679
 of all

00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:42.960
 that

00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:44.059
 as I

00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:44.600
 went

00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:44.919
 through

00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:45.120
 it

00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:45.500
 was

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.340
 to cling

00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:46.720
 to the

00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:46.960
 words

00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:47.480
 of God

00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.200
 because

00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:49.059
 that's

00:15:49.059 --> 00:15:49.779
 what's

00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.279
 what's

00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:50.600
 whole

00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.299
 that's

00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:51.580
 what's

00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:52.019
 pure

00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:52.580
 and true

00:15:52.580 --> 00:15:53.720
 and it's

00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:54.059
 the words

00:15:54.059 --> 00:15:54.480
 of men

00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:54.799
 that are

00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:55.200
 not

00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:57.160
 and it's

00:15:57.160 --> 00:15:57.620
 so easy

00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.879
 to think

00:15:58.879 --> 00:15:59.480
 about what

00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:00.340
 men say

00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:01.060
 and what

00:16:01.060 --> 00:16:02.020
 they feel

00:16:02.020 --> 00:16:02.520
 and how

00:16:02.520 --> 00:16:03.720
 you know

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:05.300
 they affect

00:16:05.300 --> 00:16:05.580
 us

00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:05.980
 how we're

00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:06.200
 doing

00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:06.440
 well

00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:06.800
 towards

00:16:06.800 --> 00:16:07.140
 men

00:16:07.140 --> 00:16:08.240
 but to

00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:08.580
 keep

00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.100
 God's

00:16:09.100 --> 00:16:09.400
 word

00:16:09.400 --> 00:16:10.040
 in view

00:16:10.040 --> 00:16:11.140
 as what

00:16:11.140 --> 00:16:11.560
 truly

00:16:11.560 --> 00:16:12.160
 matters

00:16:12.160 --> 00:16:13.020
 is

00:16:13.020 --> 00:16:14.460
 will benefit

00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:15.100
 us the

00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:15.440
 most