WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.240 who wants to hit the site and look at them. 00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:08.480 This one is broken up in like five different sections. 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:11.660 So I think what I'll do is just read through those sections. 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:13.359 It's just a couple verses at a time. 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:16.059 Just share a little bit and go through it that way. 00:00:17.500 --> 00:00:22.000 This is a psalm that on the heading in my Bible, 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:25.800 it says that it was sung at the dedication of the temple. 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:31.800 It was one that David wrote before he dedicated his house. 00:00:32.340 --> 00:00:37.899 So when we read over it, you'll kind of get the feel of it. 00:00:37.980 --> 00:00:40.840 It's like a lament, but a Thanksgiving lament 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:44.320 because he's already gone through some trials and now he's through them. 00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:48.500 So he's remembering those tough times, but then he's also praising God. 00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:51.780 And now that he's looking to dedicate his house, 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:54.740 he's praising God for what God's brought him through. 00:00:54.740 --> 00:00:56.679 He's praising God for how he's been blessed. 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:01.840 And so that kind of winds up with him dedicating his house. 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:06.780 And you can see how it would be fitting to also be sung at the dedication of the temple. 00:01:06.980 --> 00:01:09.439 So I think both of those work out. 00:01:11.540 --> 00:01:12.299 Verse one, 00:01:12.299 --> 00:01:15.659 I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up 00:01:15.659 --> 00:01:18.640 and have not let my foes rejoice over me. 00:01:19.260 --> 00:01:23.320 O Lord, my God, I cry to you for help and you have healed me. 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:29.019 O Lord, you have brought up my soul from shield. 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:33.199 You restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit. 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:35.739 So this first section, 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:40.000 David is just rehearsing what God has done for him 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.359 and how he was delivered. 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:45.699 He doesn't give any detail as to what he's going through. 00:01:45.700 --> 00:01:49.680 We just see that there were enemies that were against him. 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:54.299 And God didn't allow him to be overcome. 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:58.159 David cries out for help and God heals him. 00:01:59.060 --> 00:02:01.379 He doesn't let him go down into Sheol, 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:06.640 which whether it was from affliction, sickness, 00:02:06.939 --> 00:02:09.879 or what the enemies were doing to him at the time, 00:02:10.259 --> 00:02:12.099 God didn't allow David to die. 00:02:12.099 --> 00:02:16.199 And so he wasn't put down to the grave or down into the pit, 00:02:16.359 --> 00:02:17.879 what verse three is talking about. 00:02:19.099 --> 00:02:23.979 And then the next section is David is praising God 00:02:23.979 --> 00:02:26.459 and he's calling others to do the same. 00:02:26.659 --> 00:02:28.799 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints. 00:02:28.959 --> 00:02:29.419 Verse four, 00:02:29.819 --> 00:02:32.099 and give thanks to his holy name. 00:02:32.819 --> 00:02:34.560 For his anger is but for a moment 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:36.699 and his favor is for a lifetime. 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:39.199 Weeping may tarry for the night, 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:41.179 but joy comes in the morning. 00:02:42.519 --> 00:02:48.319 So here we see that there are times of anger, 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:51.079 at least David is talking about that. 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:55.239 And we can see it where we can offend God, right? 00:02:55.399 --> 00:02:56.959 We can disappoint him. 00:02:57.939 --> 00:03:00.120 He can be angry at things that we do, 00:03:00.359 --> 00:03:01.699 but he doesn't stay there. 00:03:01.739 --> 00:03:03.099 He's a God of love 00:03:03.099 --> 00:03:06.439 and he is quick to forgive and be at peace with us. 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.139 We're able to have that peace because of Christ, 00:03:10.340 --> 00:03:13.979 but he's not like an angry father 00:03:13.979 --> 00:03:16.419 who doesn't want to forgive. 00:03:17.060 --> 00:03:18.599 He's slow to anger. 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:21.579 He's also quick to forgive and to embrace, 00:03:22.099 --> 00:03:23.699 which is a blessing. 00:03:25.459 --> 00:03:26.400 And then verse six, 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:28.740 this is talking about, 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:30.019 let me read it first, 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:31.180 verses six and seven. 00:03:31.180 --> 00:03:32.540 As for me, 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:33.920 I said in my prosperity, 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:35.560 I shall never be moved. 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:37.020 By your favor, 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:37.540 oh Lord, 00:03:37.659 --> 00:03:40.860 you made my mountain stand strong. 00:03:41.300 --> 00:03:42.540 You hid your face. 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:44.040 I was dismayed. 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:47.060 Here David is talking about 00:03:47.060 --> 00:03:48.319 how in his prosperity, 00:03:48.600 --> 00:03:52.180 he gets overconfident 00:03:52.780 --> 00:03:56.240 and he just makes assumptions, 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:58.319 assumptions like things are going great, 00:03:58.400 --> 00:03:59.480 they're always going to be great. 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:02.039 But we know that that's not true. 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:05.399 So whether it was because he thought 00:04:05.399 --> 00:04:06.500 that early in his life, 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:07.780 he had had a bunch of trials, 00:04:07.979 --> 00:04:12.019 so maybe he already got his portion of trials 00:04:12.019 --> 00:04:14.039 and now the rest of his life will be good. 00:04:14.819 --> 00:04:17.719 Or he just was enjoying the good times and forgot. 00:04:17.980 --> 00:04:21.500 But here he makes reference to the fact 00:04:21.500 --> 00:04:24.039 that he was taking that for granted 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.939 and the Lord hid his face 00:04:27.939 --> 00:04:29.780 and that was a surprise to David. 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:33.700 And then as we move down to verses eight, nine, and ten, 00:04:34.700 --> 00:04:36.140 to you, oh Lord, I cry 00:04:36.140 --> 00:04:38.180 and to the Lord I plead for mercy. 00:04:38.660 --> 00:04:40.340 What profit is there in my death 00:04:40.340 --> 00:04:41.680 if I go down to the pit? 00:04:42.080 --> 00:04:43.420 Will the dust praise you? 00:04:43.900 --> 00:04:45.460 Will it tell of your faithfulness? 00:04:46.020 --> 00:04:48.259 Hear, oh Lord, and be merciful to me. 00:04:48.840 --> 00:04:50.140 Oh Lord, be my helper. 00:04:50.139 --> 00:04:55.180 So these are our prayers and complaints, 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:57.099 some of them are complaints, 00:04:57.659 --> 00:05:00.000 that David is recalling to us 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.659 while he was going through this time. 00:05:02.660 --> 00:05:08.580 And I think this is helpful, 00:05:08.820 --> 00:05:09.740 at least it is for me, 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:11.860 I think it is for everyone else as well, 00:05:11.960 --> 00:05:14.640 to realize that there is complaining 00:05:14.640 --> 00:05:16.680 that isn't necessarily bad 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:18.140 in situations that we go to, 00:05:18.520 --> 00:05:19.200 or go through. 00:05:20.960 --> 00:05:22.320 But the important thing to remember 00:05:22.320 --> 00:05:25.140 is that we're not complaining about God, 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:26.860 but we're complaining about the situation 00:05:26.860 --> 00:05:27.660 that we're in. 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:29.200 You know, you can easily see, 00:05:29.300 --> 00:05:30.420 depending on what you're going through, 00:05:30.420 --> 00:05:32.840 David saying, God, I trust you, 00:05:32.939 --> 00:05:34.000 but this isn't fair. 00:05:34.080 --> 00:05:34.980 Why is this happening? 00:05:36.300 --> 00:05:38.300 You know, I need you to save me from this. 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:40.759 What am I supposed to do with this? 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:41.660 You know, you can, 00:05:42.080 --> 00:05:45.100 depending on how deep your trial is, 00:05:45.819 --> 00:05:48.680 there could be a lot of pain 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:52.500 and crying out in those type of questions. 00:05:52.620 --> 00:05:53.360 And that couldn't be, 00:05:54.200 --> 00:05:55.600 those can sound like complaining, 00:05:55.700 --> 00:05:56.540 and I think that's fair. 00:05:56.540 --> 00:05:59.140 I think David is saying that those, 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:00.520 those we can ask the Lord, 00:06:00.620 --> 00:06:02.580 he's saying, what profit is there in my death? 00:06:03.060 --> 00:06:04.160 Lord, if I go down to the pit, 00:06:04.180 --> 00:06:05.020 I can't praise you. 00:06:05.200 --> 00:06:06.160 If I'm, if I'm dirt, 00:06:06.379 --> 00:06:08.120 dirt can't do anything to bless you. 00:06:09.860 --> 00:06:11.540 So I think in those times, 00:06:11.640 --> 00:06:13.400 that's, that's right and good. 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:15.379 It's, it's working through those 00:06:15.379 --> 00:06:16.840 as we trust God, 00:06:17.259 --> 00:06:18.740 and we're asking him for help. 00:06:18.740 --> 00:06:19.680 At the same time, 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:21.120 we're struggling with what it's for. 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:24.019 That that's just part of, 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:25.480 that's just part of our trial, 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:26.540 how we walk through it. 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:29.180 And then the ending, 00:06:29.340 --> 00:06:30.319 verse 11 and 12, 00:06:30.740 --> 00:06:32.280 is just describing where 00:06:32.280 --> 00:06:34.060 he finds himself currently. 00:06:35.100 --> 00:06:35.680 You have turned, 00:06:35.899 --> 00:06:37.920 you have turned for me 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:39.280 my mourning into dancing. 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:41.480 You have loosed my sackcloth 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:43.220 and clothed me with gladness. 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:45.620 That my glory may sing your praise 00:06:45.620 --> 00:06:46.500 and not be silent. 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:48.180 O Lord my God, 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:49.939 I will give thanks to you forever. 00:06:49.939 --> 00:06:52.899 So we see how God is, 00:06:53.060 --> 00:06:54.959 or how David has walked through this, 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:57.240 this trial, 00:06:57.360 --> 00:06:58.279 and we get to see 00:06:58.279 --> 00:07:01.399 how he is praising the Lord 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:02.420 for what he's given. 00:07:03.819 --> 00:07:05.420 So it just reminded me of, 00:07:05.579 --> 00:07:08.720 as we look at other Psalms, 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:10.199 where they're more like real laments, 00:07:10.339 --> 00:07:11.680 where he's, you know, 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:12.680 just deep in distress, 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:14.939 how we still get in that cycle 00:07:14.939 --> 00:07:16.980 where we, we praise God, 00:07:17.500 --> 00:07:19.439 and we pray to God. 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:21.180 We bring our petitions to him, 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:22.620 and then we trust God. 00:07:22.899 --> 00:07:24.199 And then it just keeps going back 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:24.819 in the circle, 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:26.259 because it's through that 00:07:26.259 --> 00:07:27.399 where we get strengthened 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:29.759 from talking to the Lord. 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:35.879 I was thinking about it on the way, 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:36.379 you know, 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:38.839 as people who are not saved 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:40.339 go to therapy, 00:07:40.699 --> 00:07:42.560 or they're told to talk to somebody. 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:43.939 Like, there's something soothing 00:07:43.939 --> 00:07:45.180 in talking to someone else 00:07:45.180 --> 00:07:46.000 about your problems. 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:49.039 Where it falls short 00:07:49.039 --> 00:07:52.159 is that they're talking to someone 00:07:52.159 --> 00:07:53.719 or wanting to put trust in someone 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:55.840 where there, there is no trust. 00:07:55.960 --> 00:07:59.500 There's no, there's no real solution, 00:08:00.020 --> 00:08:00.160 right? 00:08:00.200 --> 00:08:00.860 There's not someone 00:08:00.860 --> 00:08:02.760 that can actually solve their problems 00:08:02.760 --> 00:08:03.680 that they're struggling with. 00:08:03.760 --> 00:08:04.960 So they feel better 00:08:04.960 --> 00:08:07.460 for a little while. 00:08:07.459 --> 00:08:08.560 It's just not something 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:09.239 that's lasting. 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:10.659 So we're able to have that 00:08:10.659 --> 00:08:12.079 with, with God 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:13.239 and with other Christians 00:08:13.239 --> 00:08:14.139 because the Spirit 00:08:14.139 --> 00:08:15.099 speaks through them 00:08:15.099 --> 00:08:15.659 the same way 00:08:15.659 --> 00:08:17.259 He speaks through us. 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:18.560 And that's where we can 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:20.399 get encouraged 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:21.039 and strengthened 00:08:21.039 --> 00:08:22.560 even through times of trial. 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:25.379 So, that's another good psalm 00:08:25.379 --> 00:08:27.240 to go through 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:28.100 as you're struggling 00:08:28.100 --> 00:08:29.040 through different things. 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:30.800 Just to take a couple verses 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:32.059 and see how David, like, 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:33.320 worked them over 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:34.100 in his own life 00:08:34.100 --> 00:08:35.740 and then how he applied it.