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 The blessings and the life that you've given us this week.

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 Lord, we ask your blessing on our time tonight as we look at your word, as we sing, as we remember who you are, how great you are, and how much you love us.

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 We thank you for that, Lord. Amen.

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 We sing a song.

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 Psalm 75.

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 Psalm 75.

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 This one's actually a song, which is good.

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 It's kind of just the thought of being able to spend some time reading over and meditating something that, you know,

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 the people of Israel sang.

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 It says in some of the Bible that it was according to do not destroy.

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 So the thought behind that is that could be like the melody or something that the singers,

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 the people in charge of worship, knew the song by and the song kind of went by.

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 So I don't really have a specific time or event that this song was sung.

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 But nonetheless, it's one that is encouraging and also eye-opening because it deals with the pride of wicked people.

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 And God talks about dealing with them, which is difficult to sing.

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 But at the same time, we sing to that and we sing praise to God.

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 So I'm going to read through the whole thing and then we'll just break it down.

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 Verse 1.

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 We give thanks to you, O God.

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 We give thanks for your name is near.

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 We recount your wondrous deeds.

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 At the set time that I appoint, I will judge with equity.

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 When the earth totters and all its inhabitants, it is I who keeps steady its pillars, Selah.

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 I say to the boastful, do not boast.

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 And to the wicked, do not lift up your horn.

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 Do not lift up your horn on high or speak with haughty neck.

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 For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up.

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 But it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

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 For in the hand of the Lord, there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it.

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 And all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.

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 But I will declare it forever.

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 I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

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 All the horns of the wicked I will cut off.

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 But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

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 At times, I'm not sure exactly how you might sing that in a corporate worship setting.

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 But I'm sure the singing was different back then than it is now.

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 And nonetheless, it's helpful for us to go through these.

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 We give thanks to you, O God.

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 It is not to ourselves that we're looking.

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 It's not to ourselves that we're giving praise.

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 But it's to God.

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 So it's repeated there.

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 We give thanks for your name is near.

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 And we recount your wondrous deeds.

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 This is something that repeats a lot in the Psalms.

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 Is David or other authors of the Psalms just rehearsing what God has done.

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 And this is really something that's helpful.

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 Just remembering what God does and how he blesses us.

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 Especially at times where we're struggling.

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 Especially, you know, times where we feel like things aren't going well.

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 Or there's more bad than good.

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 It's helpful to go over all the things that God has done for us.

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 So this is what the Israelites are doing.

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 And we recount your wondrous deeds.

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 How he rescued them from slavery.

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 How he brought them up from the Red Sea.

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 How he fed them through the wilderness.

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 And he brought them into the land that he promised them.

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 Even now, during this time, he's raising up kings for them.

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 And he's giving them prosperity.

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 And he's making them victorious over the enemies that are coming up against them.

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 And so they're recounting this.

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 They're giving God praise for these things.

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 Just praising him for his protection.

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 For his providence and his grace.

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 So just things that are helpful to us.

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 Again, just to remind ourselves of the wondrous deeds that God has done for us.

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 And his ongoing grace for us are proofs that he is ever with us.

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 So that's the thought of when it says that your name is near.

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 Jesus is with us.

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 Is what that means.

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 Matthew 28, verse 20.

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 Jesus says,

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 And behold, I am with you always.

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 Even to the end of the age.

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 So after he gives the command to go and make disciples.

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 He's also quick to give that reassurance that I'm going to be with you.

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 As we look at the next few verses.

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 Verse 1 was the people singing this or reading this.

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 And verses 2 to 5, this is actually from God's perspective.

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 So this is God speaking as he says,

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 At the set time that I appoint, I will judge with equity or uprightnessness.

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 Here God is saying that not only is he the upright judge,

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 but he chooses the proper time for his judgment.

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 While his timing, as we all know, might not be what we choose,

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 we have to humbly trust him knowing that his timing and his judgments are right.

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 Dr. James Boyce says,

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 If judgment were left in our hands,

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 we would probably let it flash out against anything that displeases us whenever we see it.

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 But God lets evil go unchecked sometimes for a rather long time,

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 knowing that he has appointed a proper time when it will be brought down.

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 God will seize the moment.

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 It will be in his time.

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 And it will never be late.

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 Verse 3 says,

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 When the earth totters and all its inhabitants,

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 in some translations it says dissolved or quaked,

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 when the earth quakes and all of its inhabitants,

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 it is I, God speaking, who keeps steady its pillars.

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 Silah.

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 So the idea behind the silah is just a brief pause for meditation,

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 just to think about what's just been said.

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 When everything is becoming unloosed,

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 it is God who steadies the pillars.

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 When governments fall and nations war against each other,

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 which we see natural disasters,

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 which we see sicknesses,

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 death,

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 which we see,

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 we know that God is rock solid

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 and he's the one that holds all things together.

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 The pillars stand because they must,

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 because God is the one that upholds them.

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 So while these things that happen that cause us to shake

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 and the things around us to shake,

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 they're difficult,

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 but we can take comfort in the fact that

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 that God is the one that's holding all this together.

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 I was also reminded of just thinking of

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 God keeping the pillars steady.

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 There'll be a time where

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 the pillars kind of keeping the earth where it is

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 will be taken away,

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 right?

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 As God's judgment comes towards an end

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 and the old earth passes away,

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 the earth as we know it won't be anymore,

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 but during that time,

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 God is still going to rescue his own people,

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 his church.

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 He's going to pull them up,

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 keep them safe

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 as he gets the earth ready for

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 the new heaven

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 and the new earth

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 and then puts us into that.

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 Move down to verses four and five.

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 I say to the boastful,

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 do not boast,

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 and to the wicked,

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 do not lift up your horn.

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 Do not lift up your horn on high

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 or speak with haughty neck.

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 The horn here

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 symbolizes strength

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 or power.

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 So if you think of an animal

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 with a horn

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 or horns rather,

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 like a large mountain goat,

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 the horns are a symbol

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 for that goat of strength.

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 It's his protection.

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 So that's what is meant

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 when he's talking about the horn.

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 So do not lift up your horn

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 or speak with a haughty neck.

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 The haughty neck being

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 someone who's boastful and proud

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 where they're sticking their head up

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 and they're very proud of themselves.

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 James 4, 6 says,

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 God opposes the proud

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 but gives grace to the humble.

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 We all know

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 that God is,

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 hates those who are proud.

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 The reason for that

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 is because pride

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 is us not giving praise to God

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 but rather praise to ourselves

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 from something that we did

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 when really it's something

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 that God gave us.

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 So it's putting yourself

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 in the place of God

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 which is one of the reasons

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 why he hates it

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 and feels the way he does about it.

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 If we look at verse 6 and 7,

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 for not from the east

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 or from the west

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 and not from the wilderness

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 comes lifting up

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 but it is God

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 who executes judgments

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 putting down one

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 and lifting up another.

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 Which is why

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 we're called not the boast

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 because the judgment

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 and the lifting up

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 and the putting down

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 is something that comes from God.

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 Things don't happen by chance

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 because God is in control

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 of those things.

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 The putting down of one,

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 the lifting up of another,

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 it doesn't come from

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 the rising or setting of the sun

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 which is the thought here

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 behind the east or the west

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 as the sun comes up

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 and as the sun goes down

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 from the wilderness

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 that is not where

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 it comes from

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 but it comes from God

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 and Him executing

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 His desire,

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 His judgment

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 on what He wants to do.

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 Next we see in verse 8

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 we see a warning

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 and a judgment

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 coming to the wicked.

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 For in the hand of the Lord

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 there is a cup

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 of foaming wine

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 in some translations

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 they say

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 wine that is red

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 is well mixed

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 and He pours out from it

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 and all the wicked

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 of the earth

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 shall drain it down

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 to the dregs.

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 Here's the more difficult

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 part of this psalm

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 just because

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 as we start to picture

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 the wrath of God

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 that He will be pouring out

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 to those

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 who remain wicked

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 and do not accept

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 Him

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 do not accept

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 the love

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 that He's given us

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 through Jesus Christ.

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 For in the hand

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 of the Lord

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 there is a cup

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 we can see from that

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 like the punishment

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 is already prepared

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 it's not something

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 that God is doing later

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 but He's holding a cup

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 so we get this picture

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 that

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 that punishment

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 is there

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 and ready

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 for when He decides

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 to

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 execute it

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 and it's for all

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 those who do not

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 follow God

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 those who have laughed

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 and rejected

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 His Son

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 His gift of love

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 to them

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 and because of that

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 they will be forced

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 to drink

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 the wine of wrath

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 at His table

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 of justice.

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 Revelation 14.10

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 says

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 the same

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 shall drink wine

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 shall drink

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 the wine

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 of the wrath

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 of God.

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 So the red wine

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 the

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 foaming

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 of the wine

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 is supposed to be

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 a representation

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 of the wrath

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 of God.

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 Well mixed

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 speaking of different

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 things that are

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 in the wine

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 like His righteous

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 anger

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 and His justice

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 these are all things

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 that are not

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 earthly

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 or human

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 anger

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 and vengeance

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 but it's a holy

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 vengeance

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 it's a righteous

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 anger.

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 and this is

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 the

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 what the wicked

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 will be forced

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 to drink

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 in the end.

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 So the imagery

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 is really strong

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 which was encouraging

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 at times

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 to the Israelites

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 because

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 of

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 the enemies

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 that were coming

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 against them.

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 They were looking

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 for some type

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 of justice

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 when there wasn't

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 any justice.

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 So it's

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 verses like this

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 not that they were

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 glad that this was

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 happening to the enemies

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 but they were able

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 to take solace

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 in the fact that

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 God does give judgment.

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 God does see

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 what's happening

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 to His children

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 and it's not

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 that He doesn't care

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 He just has a timing

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 that's different

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 than what we think.

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 So this judgment

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 here is

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 is a really

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 a horrific ending

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 for the wicked.

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 But luckily

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 and rejoicingly

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 this song

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 this psalm

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 doesn't end here.

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 we'll move on

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 to verses 9 and 10

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 but I will declare

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 it forever

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 I will sing praises

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 to the God of Jacob

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 all the horns

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 of the wicked

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 I will cut off

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 but the horns

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 of the righteous

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 shall be lifted up.

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 So here we have

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 the people of Israel

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 coming back

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 and finishing

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 their song.

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 They're rehearsing

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 their singing

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 of Jehovah's praises.

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 Charles Spurgeon

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 writes

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 the covenant God

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 who delivered Jacob

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 from a thousand

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 afflictions

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 our soul

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 shall magnify.

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 He has kept

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 his covenant

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 which he made

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 with patriarch

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 and has redeemed

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 his seed

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 therefore we will

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 spread abroad

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 his fame

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 world without end.

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 The idea

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 being that God

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 is in control

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 and the blessings

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 that we've been given

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 we don't make

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 ourselves proud

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 or boastful.

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 He says

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 all the horns

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 of the wicked

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 I will cut off.

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 God abhords

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 the proud

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 but he lifts up

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 the humble.

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 So if God

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 hates the proud

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 that much

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 because of

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 what they stand

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 for

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 then his church

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 should also

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 make sure

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 that we fight

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 against

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 pride in ourselves

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 and pride in what we do

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 pride in our church.

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 So just

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 in summary

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 as we look

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 through the

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 different

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 the highlights

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 of just

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 those ten verses

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 is

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 that we give

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 thanks

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 and we should

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 always be given

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 thanks.

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 Notice he repeats

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 that so

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 when we're not

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 giving thanks

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 give thanks

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 again.

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 When it's hard

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 give thanks.

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 It's our way

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 of reminding

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 ourselves

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 of what the

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 things God

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 has done

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 for us

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 it also

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 gets our

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 mind off

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 of our

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 troubles

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 here

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 and onto

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 more of

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 God's view

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 of things

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 as we remember

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 what he's done

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 and who he is

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 because as he

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 says

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 in verse

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 two

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 I will

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 judge

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 with

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 equity

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 and he

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 keeps the

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 pillars

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 steady

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 God is

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 the one

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 that's in

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 control

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 and then

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 further on

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 to protect

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 ourselves

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 against

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 pride

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 so we need

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 to watch

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 our heart

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 we need

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 to watch

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 our appearance

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 and also

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 our speech

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 and how we

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 talk

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 so areas

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 of pride

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 because the

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 wicked will

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 be judged

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 and we

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 don't want

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 to

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 not only

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 do we

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 want to

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 share

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 the gospel

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 with a

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 lost

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 world

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 but we

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 don't want

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 how we

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 talk

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 or how

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 we look

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 to keep

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 them from

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 seeing that

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 gospel in any

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 way

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 we don't want

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 to be a

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.379
 stumbling block

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 just in the

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 way that we

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 live

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 because they

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 will be

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 judged

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 and we

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 don't say

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:42.679
 that out

00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:42.980
 of

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 us getting

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 vengeance

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 we say

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 that out

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 of

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 really out

00:16:50.179 --> 00:16:51.799
 of horror

00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.639
 of the

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 just the

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 the

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 the

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 death

00:16:58.559 --> 00:16:59.460
 of

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 what

00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.100
 hell

00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:00.539
 is

00:17:00.539 --> 00:17:01.100
 the

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.419
 depth

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:01.639
 of

00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:01.819
 what

00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:02.000
 that

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.379
 wrath

00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.539
 is

00:17:02.539 --> 00:17:02.679
 going

00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:02.759
 to

00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:02.960
 look

00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.179
 like

00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:03.319
 on

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 those

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:03.620
 who

00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:03.799
 don't

00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:04.019
 believe

00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.359
 God

00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:05.079
 is

00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:05.819
 just a

00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:06.059
 scary

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.460
 thing

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:08.879
 so we

00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.319
 keep that

00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:09.819
 in view

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:10.660
 to help

00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.000
 us

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.440
 in our

00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.700
 sharing

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.139
 that with

00:17:13.139 --> 00:17:13.619
 the world

00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:14.359
 and then

00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:14.839
 he ends

00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.119
 with

00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:15.659
 declaring

00:17:15.659 --> 00:17:15.879
 the

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 majesty

00:17:16.219 --> 00:17:16.459
 of

00:17:16.459 --> 00:17:16.699
 God

00:17:16.699 --> 00:17:17.000
 so we

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.179
 sing

00:17:17.179 --> 00:17:17.339
 his

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 praises

00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:20.279
 not

00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:20.739
 knowing

00:17:20.739 --> 00:17:22.459
 why

00:17:22.459 --> 00:17:22.859
 God

00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:23.500
 lifts up

00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.019
 and tears

00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:24.339
 down

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:24.739
 why

00:17:24.739 --> 00:17:25.459
 God

00:17:25.459 --> 00:17:27.099
 takes

00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:27.639
 a life

00:17:27.639 --> 00:17:28.279
 before we

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:28.579
 think

00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:28.759
 it's

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.079
 time

00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:30.539
 we

00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:30.839
 still

00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.459
 sing

00:17:31.459 --> 00:17:31.679
 his

00:17:31.679 --> 00:17:32.119
 praises

00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:32.459
 his

00:17:32.459 --> 00:17:32.799
 goodness