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 Psalm 92, the superscription of the psalm, says that it's a psalm, a song for the Sabbath.

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 It's the only psalm in the entire Psalter that has a title that associates you with the Sabbath.

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 Its content is not exclusively about the Sabbath.

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 We're in Psalm 92.

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 But meditating on it, it does help us rest in God.

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 And it does help us to praise Him as we rest.

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 And it has a fairly straightforward structure.

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 The main message of the psalm is that we should praise the Lord for His great works.

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 And it can be divided into three sections.

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 Verses 1 to 5 is an exhortation to praise God.

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 And then verses 6 to 11 is a description of those who do not praise God.

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 And then verses 12 to 15 is a description of those who do praise God.

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 And let me read the psalm out loud, and then we'll talk about it briefly.

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 It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High,

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 to declare your steadfast love in the morning and your faithfulness by night,

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 to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.

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 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work.

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 At the works of your hands I sing for joy.

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 How great are your works, O Lord!

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 Your thoughts are very deep.

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 The stupid man cannot know.

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 The fool cannot understand this.

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 That though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish,

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 they are doomed to destruction forever.

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 But you, O Lord, are on high forever.

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 For behold, your enemies, O Lord, for behold, your enemies shall perish.

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 All evildoers shall be scattered.

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 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox.

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 You have poured over me fresh oil.

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 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies.

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 My ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

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 The righteous flourish like the palm tree,

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 and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

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 They are planted in the house of the Lord.

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 They flourish in the courts of our God.

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 They still bear fruit in old age.

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 They are ever full of sap and green.

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 To declare that the Lord is upright, he is my rock,

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 and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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 So in verse 1, if you look at Psalm 92,

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 it begins by telling the hearers, the audience,

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 that it is good to give thanks to the Lord.

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 And then it transitions to a direct address to God.

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 He starts talking to God, saying,

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 To sing praises to your name, O Most High.

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 It's almost as if the psalmist who's leading the congregation into worship,

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 is it starts addressing the congregation,

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 but then recognizes the very presence of God in the iron mist,

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 and then starts talking to him, start to praise him.

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 And then verses 2 to 3, it shows why it is good to declare

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 your steadfast love in the morning,

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 and your faithfulness by night,

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 to the music of the lute, and the harp to the melody of the lyre.

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 The phrases in the morning, and then by night,

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 they constitute a merism.

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 So it's not just saying praise God at night,

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 and in the morning,

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 saying it's praise God all day long, right?

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 It's merism.

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 There's no time in the day

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 when God's not worthy of praise.

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 And it's the reason we praise him,

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 it's fitting to praise him

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 because of his steadfast love and faithfulness, right?

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 Both are words that represent

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 God's enduring commitment to his people.

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 He shows steadfast love, not fickle love,

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 not dissipating love, but steadfast love.

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 And he is faithful to us.

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 He's steady in his commitment to us.

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 He's true to us.

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 And then verses 4 to 5 then explain further

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 why it is good to give thanks to God and praise him.

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 It says,

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 For, the reason,

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 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work.

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 At the works of your hands I sing for joy.

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 How great are your works, O Lord!

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 Your thoughts are very deep.

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 The word works is repeated three times there

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 in those few verses.

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 And the word works is used in scripture

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 to refer to God's work and creation,

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 which is why this is a song that's really used to the Sabbath, right?

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 God created all things in six days

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 and the rest is on the seventh day.

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 But the works can also be used more generally

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 to refer to God's redemptive deeds.

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 And we see that here also.

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 So part of what we do on a Sabbath,

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 basically on our day of rest,

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 what God's people are supposed to do

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 is recognize that God worked for six days

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 and the rest on the seventh day.

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 So likewise, we, instead of working on that day,

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 we marvel at God's work,

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 the fact that he finished his work.

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 And we praise God for his work.

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 That's what a Sabbath is about.

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 And that's what this psalm teaches us.

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 So that's the exhortation to praise God.

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 And then verses 6 to 11

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 is a short description of those who do not praise God.

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 And it's not flattering, right?

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 Right after telling us that we have to praise God

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 because of his great works and deep thoughts

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 at the end of verse 5.

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 In verses 6 to 11,

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 the psalmist tells us that

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 people who do not praise God don't

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 because he says,

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 the stupid man cannot know.

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 The fool cannot understand this,

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 that though the wicked sprout like grass

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 and all evil doors flourish,

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 they are doomed to destruction forever.

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 But you, O Lord, are on high forever.

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 So God's thoughts are deep.

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 So it's no wonder then

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 that the stupid man, as he says,

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 or a fool is not,

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 that he can't understand it.

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 Biblically speaking,

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 a stupid man or a fool

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 is not someone who has a low IQ.

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 It's someone who doesn't acknowledge God, right?

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 So Psalm 14, one says,

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 the fool says in his heart,

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 there is no God, right?

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 So the biblical speaking,

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 a fool or a stupid man

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 is not someone who is just unintelligent,

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 but someone who discounts

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 the existence and power of God.

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 So a lot of very intelligent

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 and smart people can be fools.

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 And in a biblical sense,

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 they're fools precisely

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 because they don't praise God

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 is what he's saying.

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 They don't understand

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 that the wicked only flourish

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 for a short while,

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 but then are doomed

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 to destruction forever.

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 While the Lord is on high forever,

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 meaning he is exalted

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 and beyond reproach

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 of the evildoers.

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 And then this is written

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 in the Middle Eastern context

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 where you get short

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 kind of seasonal rains

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 and then right after the seasonal rain,

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 grass sprout up really, really quickly.

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 And then because it's so dry and hot,

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 they die really fast.

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 And so that's the picture of evildoers.

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 They flourish for a little bit,

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 but then they die really fast.

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 And often as believers

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 who are observing a day of rest,

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 that's often a challenge for people too.

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 Look at all those people

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 that are flourishing.

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 They're working.

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 They're busy.

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 How can I take a day off?

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 How can I rest?

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 And it's the fool

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 that doesn't understand

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 that evil people,

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 though they might flourish

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 for a little while,

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 they will not.

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 In the end,

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 their end is doomed

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 because they're not acknowledging God.

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 They're not following God.

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 And for those who trust in him,

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 we can rest as well.

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 And then verses 9 to 10,

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 read with me,

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 they continue.

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 For behold,

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 your enemies,

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 O Lord,

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 for behold,

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 your enemies shall perish.

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 All evildoers shall be scattered.

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 But you have exalted my horn

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 like that of the wild ox.

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 You have poured over me fresh oil.

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 Evildoers perish.

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 They are scattered.

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 But God's people,

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 they have their horn exalted

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 like that of a wild ox.

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 Horn is a representation

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 of someone's power.

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 It's an image of power.

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 And here,

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 not only is the horn exalted,

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 but it also has oil poured over it.

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 So it's like glistening.

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 It's like polished.

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 It's well established by God.

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 Unlike the enemies of God

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 who are scattered,

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 the evildoers who are perishing.

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 And then,

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 in fact,

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 their destruction is so sure.

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 Verse 11 says,

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 My eyes have seen the downfall

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 of my enemies.

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 My ears have heard

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 the doom of my evil assailants.

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 The doom of evildoers

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 is so certain.

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 He's seen it with his eyes.

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 He's heard it with his own ears.

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 It's definite.

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 And then,

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 verses 12 to 15,

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 we move on to the description

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 of those who praise God.

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 The righteous flourish

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 like the palm tree

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 and grow like the cedar

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 in Lebanon.

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 So that's obviously

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 a contrast

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 with the grass

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 that sprouted up

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 really quickly

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 and then withers away.

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 This palm tree,

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 this is a reference

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 to the date palm,

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 which is known

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 for its deep tap roots

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 that find water

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 deep in the ground.

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 It has large leaves

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 and plumage

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 like a peacock's feathers.

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 And it's a tree.

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 And the cedar of Lebanon

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 is famous

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 for its towering size

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 and its durable quality

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 of the wood.

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 And so both images

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 really offer a contrast

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 with the grass

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 that just sprouts

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 in the Middle East

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 really quickly

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 after the rain

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 and then dies.

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 Cannot weather

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 the heat.

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 And the righteous,

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 according to verse 13,

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 they are planted

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 in the house of the Lord.

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 They flourish

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 in the courts of our God.

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 So their dwelling

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 is with God.

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 That's where

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 they derive nourishment.

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 They rest in Him.

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 They stay with Him.

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 They dwell with Him.

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 And because of that,

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 they flourish continually

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 with the result

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 given in verses 14 to 15.

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 They still bear fruit

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 in old age.

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 They are ever full

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 of sap and green.

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 To declare that

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 the Lord is upright,

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 He is my rock

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 and there is no

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 unrighteousness in Him.

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 God is our rock,

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 right?

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 Steady,

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 reliable,

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 unchanging,

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 the foundation.

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 And He is upright

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 and there is no

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 unrighteousness in Him

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 which is why

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 it is right for us

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 to praise Him,

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 for the righteous

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 to praise Him.

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 And that's really

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 the main point of the psalm.

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 We should praise the Lord

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 because of His great works.

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 He's created the world.

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 He's also saved us.

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 And as saints

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 in the new covenant

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 for us,

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 because we're not

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 in the old covenant anymore,

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 we have even more reasons

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 to praise God

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 for His great works

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 because Psalm 92

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 praises God

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 for His great works

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 in creation

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 and redemption.

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 But we can praise God

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 now for the new creation.

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 God makes us new creation

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 in Jesus Christ

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 and He redeems us

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 once and for all.

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 And this is a song

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 for the Sabbath

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 but we have an even

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 greater Sabbath

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 to look forward to

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 because Hebrews 4

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 teaches us that

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 Joshua,

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 who led God's people

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 into the promised land,

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 didn't ultimately

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 give them rest.

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 But it promises us

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 that Jesus,

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 who is the greater Joshua,

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 their name is exactly

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 the same,

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 that they mean the same thing

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 in Hebrew.

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 It comes from the same word.

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 And that Jesus,

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 the greater Joshua,

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 is the one that leads us

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 into the ultimate Sabbath.

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 It says,

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 there still remains

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 a Sabbath rest

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 for the people of God.

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 And this is not just

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 one day of rest

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 once a week

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 but it's eternal rest.

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 Eternal rest

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 because Christ

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 finished His work.

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 Christ said on the cross

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 when He died for our sins

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 it is finished

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 and it is into that rest

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 we enter in

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 when we put our faith

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 in Jesus

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 and when we die

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 and are raised with Him.

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 And so that's

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 really kind of

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 the promise

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 that this psalm

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 looks forward to.

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 It's a song

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 for the Sabbath

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 but it's really a song

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 that anticipates

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 that eternal rest

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 that we have in God.

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 And so with that

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 let's enter

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 into a time of prayer.