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 To the choir master, a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

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 He said, I love you, O Lord, my strength.

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 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer.

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 My God, my rock in whom I take refuge.

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 My shield and the horn of my salvation.

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 My stronghold.

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 I call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised and I am saved from my enemies.

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 The cords of death encompassed me.

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 The torrents of destruction assailed me.

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 The cords of Sheol entangled me.

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 The snares of death confronted me.

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 And in my distress, I called upon the Lord.

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 To my God, I cried for help.

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 From his temple, he heard my voice and my cry to him reached his ears.

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 Then the earth reeled and rocked.

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 The foundations also of the mountains trembled, quaked because he was angry.

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 Smoke went up from his nostrils, devouring fire from his mouth.

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 Glowing coals flamed forth from him.

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 He bowed the heavens and came down.

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 Thick darkness was under his feet.

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 He rode on a cherub and flew.

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 He came swiftly on the wings of the wind.

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 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him.

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 Thick clouds dark with water.

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 Out of the brightness before him, hellstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

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 The Lord also thundered in the heavens.

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 The Most High uttered his voice, hellstones and coals of fire.

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 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them.

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 He flashed forth lightnings and routed them.

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 Then the channels of the sea were seen.

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 The foundations of the world were laid bare.

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 At your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

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 He sent from on high.

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 He took me.

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 He drew me out of many waters.

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 He rescued me from my strong enemy.

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 And from those who hated me.

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 For they were too mighty for me.

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 They confronted me in the day of my calamity.

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 But the Lord was my support.

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 He brought me out into a broad place.

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 He rescued me because he delighted in me.

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 The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness.

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 According to the cleanness of my hands, he rewarded me.

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 For I have kept the ways of the Lord.

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 And have not wickedly departed from my God.

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 For all his rules were before me.

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 His statutes I did not put away from me.

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 I was blameless before him.

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 And I kept myself from guilt.

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 So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness.

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 According to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

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 The merciful, you show yourself merciful.

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 With the blameless man, you show yourself blameless.

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 With the purified, you show yourself pure.

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 And with the crooked, you make yourself seem torturous.

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 For you save a humble people.

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 But the haughty eyes you bring down.

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 For it is you who light my lamp.

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 The Lord my God lightens my darkness.

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 For by you I can run against a troop.

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 And by my God I can leap over a wall.

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 This God, his way is perfect.

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 The word of the Lord proves true.

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 He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.

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 For who is God but the Lord?

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 And who is a rock except our God?

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 The God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.

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 He made my feet like the feet of a deer.

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 And he set me secure on the heights.

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 He trains my hands for war so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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 You have given me the shield of your salvation.

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 And your right hand supported me.

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 And your gentleness made me great.

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 You gave a wide place for my steps under me.

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 And my feet did not slip.

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 I pursued my enemies and overtook them.

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 And did not turn back till they were consumed.

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 I thrust them through so that they were not able to rise.

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 They fell under my feet.

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 For you equipped me with strength for the battle.

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 You made those who rise against me seek under me.

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 You made my enemies turn their backs to me.

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 And those who hated me I destroyed.

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 They cried for help.

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 But there was none to save.

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 They cried to the Lord.

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 But he did not answer them.

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 I beat them fine as dust before the wind.

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 I cast them out like the mire of the streets.

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 You delivered me from strife with the people.

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 You made me the head of the nations.

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 People whom I had not known served me.

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 As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me.

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 Foreigners came cringing to me.

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 Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.

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 The Lord lives and blessed be my rock.

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 And exalted be the God of my salvation.

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 The God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me.

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 Who rescued me from my enemies.

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 Yes you exalted me above those who rose against me.

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 You delivered me from the man of violence.

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 And for this I praise you.

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 Oh Lord among the nations.

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 And sing to your name.

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 Great salvation.

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 He brings to his king.

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 And shows steadfast love to his anointed.

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 To David and his offspring forever.

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 Amen.

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 There's an old proverb I remember hearing so often when I was growing up.

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 I'm sure you're familiar with it.

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 It goes like this.

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 It's a simple one.

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 Beauty is only skin deep.

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 Right?

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 Beauty is only skin deep.

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 And what's that all about?

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 Young ones.

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 It basically just means there's more to a person than his or her outward appearance.

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 There's more to a person than the way that they look.

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 Great care should go into developing and discerning character.

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 Rather than fixating on physical attractiveness.

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 And of course most of us want to have the best of both worlds.

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 Don't we?

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 We want beauty on the outside.

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 And we want depth of character on the inside.

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 Well if we were to apply that thought to the Psalms.

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 When we get to Psalm 18.

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 We might say that this one is the whole package.

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 It's got it all.

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 As a literary piece.

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 It's one of the most beautiful text in all the scriptures.

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 But it's depth of meaning is actually far richer than we could possibly ascertain.

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 In a single setting.

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 In a single setting.

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 It's beauty is glorious.

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 It's meaning even more glorious.

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 As we dig in.

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 Salvation is its theme.

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 And in just 50 verses it beautifully illustrates God's plan of redemption that spans the entire Bible.

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 It's amazing in that way.

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 It takes the picture of salvation that all of the scriptures teach.

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 And it gives it to us in just this relatively short section of text.

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 And does so in an amazingly imaginative and illustrative way.

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 The particular focus is on how God saved his anointed king.

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 And thereby saved his people.

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 David is the author.

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 And he writes not only as an individual who has experienced God's kindness in salvation.

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 But he writes as a king.

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 Through whom the Lord rescues all of his people.

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 Israel in particular for David.

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 And throughout the song what we find he's doing is he's pointing the worshiper to Jesus.

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 A greater king.

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 Who wins a greater salvation.

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 And establishes and reigns over a greater kingdom.

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 For all who will trust in him.

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 It's nearly verbatim to 2 Samuel 22.

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 And in 2 Samuel 22 is where we can really begin to grasp the immediate context that is alluded to in the superscription of the psalm.

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 In 2 Samuel the narrator of the book he positions it strategically after decades of war with Saul and Absalom.

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 And many many wars with the Philistines.

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 After all of that has come to an end for David.

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 That's when the author puts in David's words.

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 It was his personal song of salvation.

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 Expressed in praise to God toward the end of his life.

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 And eventually it was adapted for corporate worship.

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 And included here in the book of Psalms as Psalm 18.

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 Which means that David's personal experience of salvation in 2 Samuel 22.

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 And all the things that he rehearses in his own life.

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 In the context of his own life.

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 Is not meant to be merely about him.

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 It's about something bigger than him.

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 And something greater than him.

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 It's something we can sing.

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 It's a prayer we can pray.

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 It's a praise we can give.

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 Just as all Israel did.

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 When Israel sang the hymn they praised God for saving his king.

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 Knowing that their salvation came through David's salvation.

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 Do you see that?

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 If the king is destroyed.

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 The nation is destroyed.

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 But if God raises up the king.

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 If God strengthens the king.

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 If God saves the king.

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 The people are saved along with him.

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 So Israel comes to Psalm 18.

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 They sing the hymn to the Lord as a hymn of praise to God.

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 Because they see God has saved his king.

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 Which means he has saved them as well.

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 And that's how we need to understand the psalm.

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 It's a song of worship and thanksgiving to God.

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 For what he has done for us.

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 In Jesus.

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 In Jesus the greater David.

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 We can also claim.

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 This song is a song of salvation for ourselves.

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 Now I want you to have an idea of the structure here.

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 Because it's a long one isn't it?

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 It's 50 verses.

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 It's not quite easy to keep all the structure together.

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 So I want to help you with that as we think about it.

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 We talked about chiasms before.

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 And this psalm has a chiastic structure.

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 I don't want to explain what all that is.

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 I want you to think about the psalm as if we're going to climb a mountain together.

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 We're at the base of the mountain right now.

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 We're going to start our climb.

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 And we're going to start with David's love.

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 And as we start this climb up the mountain.

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 We're going to get to David's rescue.

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 And then we're going to summit the mountain at the top.

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 And we're going to find that righteousness is at the heart of this salvation.

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 David's righteousness.

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 Along with God's righteousness.

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 And then we're going to start making our way back down the mountain.

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 It's going to mirror the first thing.

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 As we go up we're going to find that mirrored on the other side.

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 We're going to see David's conquest on the back end of the mountain.

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 And then we're going to settle in God's love.

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 Right?

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 So that's how I want you to think about it.

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 We're going to climb.

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 We're going to have to do some work to get there.

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 And we're going to rest for a little while on the summit.

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 Thinking about righteousness.

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 And righteousness for salvation.

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 The righteousness of God and salvation.

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 And then we're going to start to make our way back down.

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 In thinking about the kingdom.

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 The first thing I want you to see here.

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 Is the king's love for his God.

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 The king's love for his God.

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 This is verses 1 to 3.

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 I love you O Lord my strength.

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 The Lord's my rock.

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 He's my fortress.

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 My deliverer.

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 My God.

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 My rock in whom I take refuge.

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 My shield and the horn of my salvation.

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 My stronghold.

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 I call upon the Lord.

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 For he is worthy to be praised.

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 And I am saved from my enemies.

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 The king's love for his God.

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 David's opening declaration of love for the Lord.

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 What it does is it sets the tone for the whole song.

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 We find immediately what this song is about.

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 This is not a song of lament.

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 This is not a dirge that we might put sad music with.

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 Right?

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 No.

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 This is a song of praise.

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 It's a song of excitement.

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 It's an expression of love.

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 It sets the tone for the whole thing.

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 At the core of the psalm is pure affection.

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 David loves his God.

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 And he wants the world to know why.

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 As he looks back on his life.

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 After the wars have come to an end.

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 This is what he says.

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 This is how he recalls his life and God's work in it.

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 And the first thing he leads off with is his affection for God.

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 I love the Lord.

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 I love him.

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 And everything that follows in this opening line is an explanation of David's love.

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 He loves God because he has come to know God's love for him.

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 And so it is with all who truly love the Lord.

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 John helps us with in 1 John 4.

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 We love because he first loved us.

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 David leads with his love.

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 But he only does it upon reflection of God's love for him.

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 But what does this love actually look like?

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 We get a hint of that in verse 3.

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 Love, though undeniably containing a vital emotional component,

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 is described here in terms of action.

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 He says,

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 I call upon the Lord.

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 Showing his ongoing trust and devotion to God and his ways.

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 What does that actually mean?

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 What does it mean to call on the Lord?

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 Well, he helps us.

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 He explains.

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 To call upon the Lord is first an act of worship.

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 For David says,

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 The Lord alone is worthy to be praised.

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 He calls upon him in worship and in praise, recognizing the exclusivity of God.

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 I call upon the Lord and him alone I call on.

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 I call on no one else.

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 No other God is before me.

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 Only him.

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 Only Yahweh I call to.

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 He will not worship God alongside other gods.

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 He will not worship God alongside lesser gods.

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 He will worship the Lord alone.

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 But to call upon the Lord here, it's not only an act of worship.

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 It's first an act of worship.

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 But then it's a cry of faith, isn't it?

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 Trusting in the Lord alone for salvation from the enemy.

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 Isn't that what he says in verse 3?

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 I call upon the Lord.

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 He's worthy to be praised.

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 And I am saved.

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 I'm saved from my enemies.

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 Which indicates that there's been many times in David's life

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 where he's had to call on the Lord for salvation.

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 Help me God.

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 Save me God.

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 And he says, the Lord has always heard my prayer.

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 It's no surprise then that later prophets and apostles would use this same exact phrase

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 to describe repentance and faith unto salvation.

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 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, we're told.

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 Romans 10.13.

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 What is that an expression of?

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 Faith and repentance demonstrating love for God.

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 So we see the king's love.

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 That's where we begin.

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 And now we have to start our climb, don't we?

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 And next we see the king's rescue.

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 The king's rescue.

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 And we find this in verses 4 to 19.

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 Now there's so many stories David could have told about God's deliverance.

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 But he doesn't do that here.

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 And there's a reason.

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 He speaks here in reflection on his life as a whole.

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 The rescue that he writes about, it's bigger than any one moment.

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 All of the ways that God saved him were signs of a greater concept of salvation for David.

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 God had set his covenant love on David.

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 That's what David has in mind at the end.

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 And he's only looking at all these other battles as evidences of that love.

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 He's speaking of something bigger here.

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 So rather than saying, God delivered me one day in the valley of Elah against a giant named Goliath.

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 He doesn't say that.

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 Instead, he writes in poetic, imaginative, illustrative language.

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 Showing that his understanding of God's deliverance was much bigger than one moment.

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 There's three movements to his rescue here.

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 I just want to march through them.

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 The first thing is deadly peril.

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 Deadly peril.

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 This is verses four and five.

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 The cords of death encompassed me.

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 The torrents of destruction assailed me.

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 The cords of Sheol entangled me.

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 The snares of death confronted me.

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 It's dramatic, isn't it?

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 Death here is personified as David's great enemy.

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 It's pictured as a hunter who has caught the king in his snare.

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 He's wrapped him in his cords.

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 He's pulling him under into the depths of Sheol, the realm of the dead, where there is no escape.

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 That's the picture.

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 Now what is this?

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 It's not merely David's experience in Elah.

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 It's not merely David's experience running from Saul.

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 It's not merely David's experience on the run from Absalom or any other battle.

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 This is the human condition he speaks of.

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 We're all caught in death's trap.

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 Powerless to free ourselves from its hold.

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 Needing someone who is greater than death to deliver us.

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 That's our only hope.

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 And in the midst of this, David cries out to his God.

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 He knows only God can deliver.

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 Of course, there's one notable exception to the human condition.

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 Jesus was not hopelessly bound by death in the way that David was, in the way that you and I are.

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 No, Jesus willingly subjects himself to death.

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 Why?

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 So that those of us who are bound by it might be freed.

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 For three days, it appears as if Jesus was no different than the rest of us.

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 Incapable of even saving himself, much less anyone else.

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 But on the third day, it all changes.

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 God raises him.

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 Showing that he is indeed greater than our enemy.

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 Peter says it this way in Acts 2.24.

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 God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death.

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 Pangs of death being David's reference here to the cords of death.

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 The entanglement of Sheol.

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 Peter says God raised Jesus up, loosing the pangs of death because it was not possible for him to be bound by it.

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 No, he subjects himself to it in order that he might free us from it.

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 Deadly peril.

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 Then we find as we continue up the mountain here, we see divine action.

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 Divine action.

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 This is 6 to 15.

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 Just look at verse 6.

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 In my distress, I called upon the Lord.

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 To my God, I cried for help.

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 From his temple, he heard my voice.

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 And my cry to him reached his ears.

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 Few words can bring the kind of hope and comfort that comes to us in this verse.

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 In my distress, I called upon the Lord, entangled in death.

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 And my cry reached his ears.

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 Do you remember the lady who had the issue of blood in the New Testament?

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 And Jesus comes by.

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 And there's a mob of people around him.

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 She's just doing everything that she can to get to him.

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 If I can just get to him and just touch the hem of his garment, I'll be healed.

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 Or the blind men who cried out to Jesus in the midst of the crowds and said,

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 Son of David, help!

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 That's the picture David gives here.

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 He cries to the Lord.

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 And what was the experience of the woman with the issue of the blood?

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 What was the experience of the men who were blind?

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 Jesus heard them.

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 And he turns to them.

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 And he heals them.

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 And David gives us the same picture here.

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 He cries to the Lord.

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 And God hears him.

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 Wow.

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 All at once, we see the majesty of God on his heavenly throne,

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 so far above his creatures, so much higher, so much holier,

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 so much more wonderful than we are.

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 And then also we see his nearness in his loving care and concern for his people.

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 He hears their cry.

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 And he comes to their aid.

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 And what follows in verses 7 to 15

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 is the creator of the universe,

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 acting in the fullness of his earth-shaking power

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 to answer the cry of his king.

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 Pictured as God's cosmic power in action against the enemy that has provoked his divine wrath.

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 He should cause us to tremble.

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 Smoke pours out of his nostrils.

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 He's like a dragon.

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 He's surrounded by darkness.

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 There is fear associated with his power and with his glory.

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 He bends the heavens in order that he might come to where his king is to deliver him.

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 He rains forth hell stones and fire from his clouds.

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 He thunders with his voice.

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 It's terrifying.

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 He's saying, this is our God.

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 There is no God like this.

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 Verse 15 is of particular interest here.

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 Then the channels of the sea were seen.

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 The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O Lord,

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 at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

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 David here intends to turn our minds back to Exodus 14,

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 the parting of the Red Sea.

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 Another instance of the creator's cosmic power at work to save his people

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 and to display his glory.

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 And what is David doing?

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 He understands himself to occupy a unique space in God's plan of redemption.

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 He's essentially linking himself to Moses.

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 He's saying what God did for them through Moses,

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 he has done now for Israel through me.

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 And he won't be the last to make the connection.

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 The gospels speak of a greater, ultimate exodus through Jesus Christ.

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 All of it speaks of God's power at work to save his king

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 in order that through his king he might save his people.

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 Divine action.

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 We must take another step forward up the mountain.

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 And we find here in verses 16 to 19, divine deliverance.

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 There's deadly peril.

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 Now God comes in terrifying form.

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 And what does he do?

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 He delivers.

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 Verse 16.

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 He sent from on high.

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 He took me.

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 He drew me out of many waters.

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 He rescued me from my strong enemy,

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 from those who hated me,

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 for they were too mighty for me.

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 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,

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 but the Lord was my support.

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 He brought me out into a broad place.

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 He rescued me

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 because he delighted in me.

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 Earlier, David describes his peril

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 as the, quote, torrents of destruction.

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 Here, he pictures his deliverance

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 as God plucking him out of those many waters.

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 Literally saved from death.

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 We might say a resurrection has taken place here.

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 David's weakness and inability to overcome the enemy

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 on his own is highlighted here in these verses.

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 Any salvation must be divinely supplied.

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 We're powerless on our own.

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 And divine deliverance is exactly what David receives.

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 For David, as it is for us in Christ,

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 this is pure grace.

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 God delivers him.

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 Why?

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 Because he delights in him.

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 He loves his king.

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 What did David do to deserve that?

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 Nothing.

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 God has set his love on his king.

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 And he redeems his king.

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 He saves his king out of his own love.

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 Just as he saves us.

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 Not because we're worthy of it.

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 Not because there's something in us

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 that is worthy of being loved,

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 but because simply,

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 he delights in us.

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 He loves his people.

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 Well, we're making our way to the summit here,

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 and we find that at the top of this mountain,

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 at the heart of the issue,

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 is the matter of righteousness.

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 And we see it in verses 20 to 30,

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 but there's two pieces of it here, isn't there?

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 There's, in verses 20 to 24,

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 we have first the righteousness of the king,

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 which we need to understand appropriately,

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 and we'll get to it in just a second.

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 But then there is the righteousness of God

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 that comes in verses 25 to 30.

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 Now, here's the thing I want you to understand up front.

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 Both are absolutely essential to salvation.

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 Both God's righteousness and the king's.

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 God, in his holiness,

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 must grant salvation righteously,

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 which means that the king

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 must be perfectly righteous

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 to receive that salvation.

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 If there's any unrighteousness in the king,

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 God's righteousness can only be revealed

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 in judgment.

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 He must judge sin.

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 And he's holy, he's the thrice holy God,

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 as we read at the beginning of the service.

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 Holy, holy, holy is he.

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 And he pours out his wrath against what?

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 Against sin.

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 Against those who are in rebellion against them.

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 If there's any rebellion in the king,

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 if there's any failure in the king,

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 if there's any unrighteousness at all in the king,

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 God must deal with him as he deals with all sinners.

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 He must judge him,

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 else God himself is not righteous.

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 Which confronts us with a serious problem

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 here in this text, doesn't it?

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 Because David claims blamelessness,

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 and we know he did not possess righteousness

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 in an absolute sense.

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 That is not who David was.

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 He wasn't a sinless person.

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 How are we to understand this?

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 How are we to think about salvation

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 as a reward for righteousness

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 in David's case?

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 There's a few things we have to get in order first.

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 First, David, for him,

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 righteousness, cleanness, blamelessness

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 did not equal sinlessness.

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 He's not intending to communicate that

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 on his own part here.

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 And we know that

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 because he was well aware of his own sin.

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 He would have never made that kind of claim.

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 What David means by righteousness

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 in his own sake,

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 what he means by righteousness

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 is his devotion to God.

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 That he is a righteous one

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 and that he belongs to God.

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 That is his standing

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 as God's king and God's son.

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 And verse 21 clarifies that for us.

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 He says,

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 I have not wickedly departed from my God.

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 Meaning that even in moments of failure,

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 I have been faithful to him.

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 To follow God's rules

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 and God's statutes

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 as is explained in verse 22,

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 includes following God's provisions

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 for forgiveness of sins.

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 David isn't saying here that he's sinless.

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 He's saying that even in his sin,

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 he has obeyed God.

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:19.320
 He has offered the offerings

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:20.260
 that he needed to offer.

00:30:20.520 --> 00:30:22.040
 He has not abandoned God

00:30:22.040 --> 00:30:23.380
 to follow some other God

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:24.520
 or to follow himself.

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:26.619
 No, he has come to the Lord

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:28.019
 in contrition and humility

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.639
 and in that way,

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:31.579
 he has remained righteous.

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:33.379
 He has remained faithful to God.

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.680
 Now that's what David means

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:36.180
 when he's thinking of himself here.

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:40.339
 Like Abraham before him,

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:43.339
 David was counted righteous

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:45.299
 by faith.

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:50.220
 He was righteous because he believed God

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:53.339
 and was devoted to serving the Lord alone.

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:55.779
 But is God righteous

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:59.240
 to save someone who's truly guilty?

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:09.740
 Yes, but only if one thing is true.

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:13.660
 God can only be righteous to save David

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:15.660
 and to count him as righteous

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:20.420
 if someone who is truly innocent

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:24.940
 makes an atonement on David's behalf.

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:29.580
 Every time David followed the rules

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:31.160
 and statutes of the Lord,

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:34.759
 every time he took the one-year-old lamb

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:37.160
 without blemish and without spot

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:38.620
 to the tabernacle

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:41.360
 in order that he might be sacrificed

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:43.779
 as an atonement for David's own sin,

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.900
 every time he did it,

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:51.700
 it pointed to a greater atonement

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:53.740
 that his future son,

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:55.299
 the promised son

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.940
 that God had given

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.440
 in his covenant with David,

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:01.460
 what he would do once and for all.

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:05.539
 Jesus was the sinless one

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:07.600
 who fulfilled all righteousness

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:09.500
 in a way that David never could.

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.140
 David is counted righteous

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:12.559
 by faith in this psalm,

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:14.039
 but the greater David

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:15.279
 who this psalm pictures

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.900
 is truly righteous.

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:18.539
 He's perfectly righteous.

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.860
 He's sinless.

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:22.219
 He's blameless in every regard.

00:32:22.679 --> 00:32:24.439
 And that son of David,

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:25.679
 Jesus Christ,

00:32:26.459 --> 00:32:29.419
 has laid down his life for us.

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:34.479
 He himself is the Passover lamb.

00:32:35.479 --> 00:32:36.439
 And on the cross,

00:32:37.219 --> 00:32:39.859
 he gives himself for sinners

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:41.599
 who will believe.

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:45.719
 He demonstrated that faith,

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.339
 David did,

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:48.439
 by then obeying God's word

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.779
 and trusting in God's promise.

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:52.720
 He is righteous then by faith

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:54.820
 and his righteousness by faith

00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:57.539
 is prefiguring a true righteousness,

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.980
 an absolute righteousness

00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:00.960
 in the greater David,

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.400
 Jesus.

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:05.720
 Listen to how Paul writes about this

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.559
 in Romans 3.

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:09.580
 By the works of the law,

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:11.500
 no human being will be justified

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.559
 in God's sight.

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:14.539
 For all have sinned

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:17.119
 and fall short of the glory of God.

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:18.659
 That includes David.

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:22.059
 And they're justified

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:24.240
 not by their works of the law,

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:26.839
 but they're justified by God's grace

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:28.379
 as a gift.

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:30.019
 How?

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:32.379
 Paul says,

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:34.240
 through the redemption

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:37.200
 that is in Christ Jesus,

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:40.160
 whom God put forward

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:42.180
 as a propitiation,

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.760
 a satisfaction,

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:45.160
 a payment

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:48.060
 by his blood

00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:50.160
 to be received

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.940
 by faith,

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.520
 he says.

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.820
 And this is what's interesting

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:55.880
 is just after this,

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.620
 he's explaining

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:57.980
 this wonderful gospel truth

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.080
 that we're all guilty,

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.920
 including David,

00:34:00.040 --> 00:34:00.960
 except for Jesus.

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:02.980
 Jesus is the sinless son of God.

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.559
 And yet,

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:05.480
 Jesus is put forward

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.759
 as a payment

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.960
 for our sin.

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.599
 And then Paul concludes it this way.

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.099
 It's amazing.

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.519
 He says this,

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:13.199
 this whole ordeal with Jesus,

00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:17.579
 this was to show God's righteousness

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:22.220
 so that God might be just

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:24.340
 in that he deals with sin,

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.420
 100% of it.

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:27.480
 No sin will go unpaid for.

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:29.039
 He deals with sin.

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.900
 And then Paul says,

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:32.400
 but he's also the justifier

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:35.300
 of the one who has faith in Jesus.

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.680
 In other words,

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:38.079
 all who come to him in faith,

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:40.500
 who are counted righteous by faith,

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:42.720
 their sin is credited

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:44.280
 to the sinless son of God.

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.280
 And in return,

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.780
 the sinless son of God,

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.500
 his righteousness

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.720
 is then credited

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:50.639
 to those who come to him

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.440
 in faith.

00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:54.660
 That's why the king is righteous.

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.780
 That's why David's righteous.

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:57.579
 It's not because he never sinned.

00:34:57.579 --> 00:35:00.420
 His righteousness is anticipatory.

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:03.199
 It's anticipating by faith

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:05.659
 that God will fulfill his covenant,

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:08.079
 that his son will come

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:09.980
 and will deal with his sin

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.819
 once and for all.

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:13.259
 But then we see God's righteousness

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:14.940
 in 25 to 30.

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:17.159
 With the merciful,

00:35:17.319 --> 00:35:18.500
 you show yourself merciful.

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.900
 With the blameless,

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.880
 you show yourself blameless.

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.940
 With the purified,

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.099
 you show yourself pure.

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.719
 With the crooked,

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:28.320
 you make yourself seem tortuous.

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:31.099
 For you save a humble people,

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:33.139
 but the haughty eyes

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.880
 you bring down.

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:36.099
 For it is you

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.039
 who light my lamp.

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:38.019
 The Lord, my God,

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:39.079
 lightens my darkness.

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.159
 For by you,

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:41.400
 I can run against a troop.

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.519
 And by my God,

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.639
 I can leap over a wall.

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.500
 This God,

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.699
 his way,

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.839
 it's perfect.

00:35:48.439 --> 00:35:49.279
 It's righteous.

00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:51.960
 The word of the Lord

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:54.599
 always proves to be true.

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:56.259
 It never fails.

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.460
 He is a shield

00:35:58.460 --> 00:36:00.039
 for all

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:01.759
 who do their best

00:36:01.759 --> 00:36:02.739
 and try their hardest.

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:04.939
 No.

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.639
 He is a shield

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:08.079
 for all who

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.639
 take refuge

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.899
 in him.

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.799
 Now that's what David's doing.

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:15.519
 He's taking refuge in God.

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:17.360
 And God is counting

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.900
 that faith

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.639
 as righteousness

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:20.019
 in anticipation

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:22.239
 of what Christ will do

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:23.739
 on David's behalf.

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:26.059
 This is God's

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:27.000
 righteous response

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.559
 toward those

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.920
 who fit the category

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.599
 of righteousness

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:31.400
 in verses 20 to 24.

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.519
 A righteousness

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.280
 that is won

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:35.579
 ultimately by Jesus,

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.719
 but credited

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.780
 to those who believe

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.699
 and serve the Lord.

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.780
 These statements,

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.840
 they sound a lot like

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.980
 the Beatitudes

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.440
 in Jesus' sermon

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:44.960
 on the mount,

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.400
 don't they?

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:49.019
 The righteous

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.840
 are merciful

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.759
 because they know

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.679
 they need mercy.

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.900
 They're blameless

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.920
 because they love

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.619
 God's law

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.460
 and seek to live

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:58.460
 faithfully to it.

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.440
 They are purified

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:01.139
 through God's

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:02.099
 atoning provisions

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.759
 in worship

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:03.579
 and his standards

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.179
 for worship.

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:06.460
 They humble themselves

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.179
 before God

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.820
 in repentance

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.579
 and faith.

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.579
 And he responds

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:12.440
 in perfect mercy.

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:16.039
 But to the prideful

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:18.079
 who set themselves

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:19.039
 against God,

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.840
 the Lord displays

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:22.059
 his righteous anger

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:23.780
 and his judgment.

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.440
 To them,

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.519
 they see God

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.500
 to only be

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.940
 torturous.

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:31.179
 God's point

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:32.500
 is that God

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.159
 is perfectly

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.659
 righteous

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.420
 to save

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.079
 the faithful

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:36.400
 and judge

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.860
 the wicked.

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:38.599
 And his conclusion

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.500
 after thinking

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.059
 this through

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.720
 is expressed

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.280
 in the praise

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:42.019
 of verse 30.

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:43.599
 This God,

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:44.099
 he's perfect.

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.619
 Everything he does

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.039
 is perfect.

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:46.659
 It's right.

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.220
 His word

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:48.780
 is true

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:50.780
 and he is

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.559
 indeed a shield

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.360
 for all who

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:53.420
 take refuge

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.300
 in him by faith.

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:55.980
 All right,

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.380
 we've spent

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.900
 a lot of time

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.620
 on the summit here.

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:58.140
 We've got

00:37:58.140 --> 00:38:00.000
 this vast

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:01.260
 view

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:02.480
 of righteousness.

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.140
 The righteousness

00:38:03.140 --> 00:38:03.820
 of the king,

00:38:05.200 --> 00:38:06.340
 not absolute

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.800
 in David,

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.780
 but prefiguring

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.420
 the absolute

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:08.900
 righteousness

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.840
 in the greater

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.180
 David,

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:10.720
 in Jesus.

00:38:11.060 --> 00:38:11.580
 We have the

00:38:11.580 --> 00:38:11.940
 righteousness

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.600
 of God

00:38:12.600 --> 00:38:13.740
 who because

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:14.580
 Jesus has paid

00:38:14.580 --> 00:38:15.240
 for our sins

00:38:15.240 --> 00:38:16.560
 will not judge

00:38:16.560 --> 00:38:17.100
 us again

00:38:17.100 --> 00:38:17.900
 according to them.

00:38:18.060 --> 00:38:18.840
 Amazing, right?

00:38:19.140 --> 00:38:19.580
 We're going to start

00:38:19.580 --> 00:38:20.100
 making our way

00:38:20.100 --> 00:38:20.680
 down the mountain,

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:20.920
 right?

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.280
 We're going to be

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:21.960
 here all day.

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.880
 Next step,

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.960
 as we make

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.480
 our way down,

00:38:25.560 --> 00:38:26.380
 this is the king's

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.039
 conquest.

00:38:28.060 --> 00:38:28.700
 It's the king's

00:38:28.700 --> 00:38:29.080
 conquest.

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.340
 Now this mirrors

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:31.420
 the king's rescue

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:32.660
 earlier in the psalm

00:38:32.660 --> 00:38:33.600
 and I'll make mention

00:38:33.600 --> 00:38:34.340
 of that as we go.

00:38:34.660 --> 00:38:35.420
 We find this in

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:36.980
 verses 31 to 38

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.500
 altogether.

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:39.000
 And just as there's

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.560
 three movements

00:38:39.560 --> 00:38:40.680
 to his rescue,

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.940
 we find that there's

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:43.019
 three movements here

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:44.680
 to the conquest.

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:47.180
 The king,

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:48.380
 after having been

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:49.539
 delivered from

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.160
 all his enemies,

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.600
 is empowered by God

00:38:51.600 --> 00:38:53.320
 now to turn around

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:54.539
 and conquer them.

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.420
 God has saved

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:57.820
 his king

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.600
 and now he gives

00:38:58.600 --> 00:38:59.860
 him a kingdom.

00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:01.620
 Again,

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.820
 prefiguring the work

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.400
 of Jesus,

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.940
 the true savior

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:06.019
 and king.

00:39:06.740 --> 00:39:07.140
 Now here's the

00:39:07.140 --> 00:39:07.720
 three movements.

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.400
 The first one is

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.720
 this.

00:39:09.140 --> 00:39:09.800
 We see divine

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:11.860
 strength or divine

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.940
 strengthening or

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:14.260
 divine empowerment.

00:39:15.620 --> 00:39:16.700
 31 to 36,

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:18.120
 for who is God

00:39:18.120 --> 00:39:18.740
 but the Lord?

00:39:19.080 --> 00:39:20.059
 Who is a rock

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:21.059
 except our God?

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:22.619
 The God who

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.659
 equipped me with

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.519
 strength and made

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:26.279
 my way blameless.

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.099
 And he goes on

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.940
 to describe all the

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.619
 ways that God

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.739
 has done that.

00:39:31.259 --> 00:39:33.079
 In verses 16 to 19,

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:33.820
 which is the part

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:35.059
 that mirrors this

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 section,

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 David is seen as

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 weak,

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 unable to stand

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 against the might

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 of the strong enemy

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 in need of divine

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 rescue.

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 Here,

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 he is seen

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 with strength

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 the strength of God.

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 God equips him

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 to go on the

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 offensive now

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 against those

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 enemies.

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 His way is secure.

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 His hands are strong.

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 His weapons effective.

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 And the salvation

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 of God

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 shields him.

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 The king cannot

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 be defeated now

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 because he possesses

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 the very power

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 of God.

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 Paul says it

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 this way

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 in reference

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 to Jesus

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 in Romans 6.

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 We know

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 that Christ

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 being raised

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 from the dead

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 rescued

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 from death,

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 being raised

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 from the dead

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 will never die

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 again.

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 Death no longer

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 has dominion

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 over him.

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 For the death

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 he died,

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 he died to sin

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 once and for all.

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 But the life

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 he lives,

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 he lives to God.

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 Divine strength.

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 Then we get

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 to the second movement.

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 Divine judgment

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 now.

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 Divine judgment.

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 Now it's not hard

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 to see how this

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 mirrors the earlier

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 section.

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 What is it

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.000
 that we see

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 following David's

00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:49.719
 cry for help?

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 We see the holiness

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:51.800
 of God,

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 the terror

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 of God

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 coming against

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 David's enemy

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 to rescue him,

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 don't we?

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 Now we see

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 the flip side

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 of that.

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 We see the judgment

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 of God,

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 that terror

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 being applied

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 through the king

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 to conquer

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 his enemies.

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 What is it

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 that God

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 strengthens

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 his king

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 to do?

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 Carry out

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 his divine

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.639
 wrath

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.460
 against the wicked

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 who forsake

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 his way.

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 Look at it,

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 verse 37.

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 I pursued

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 my enemies.

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 I overtook

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 them.

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 I did not

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 turn back

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 till they

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 were consumed.

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 Every

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 last

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 one

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 defeated.

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 And then

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 it gets graphic,

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 doesn't it?

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 You boys

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 will like this.

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 I thrust

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 them through

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 so that they

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 were not able

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 to rise.

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 They fell

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 under my feet.

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 There's no hope

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 for them.

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 For you

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 equipped me

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 with strength

00:41:45.399 --> 00:41:46.000
 for the battle.

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 You made

00:41:46.399 --> 00:41:46.819
 those who

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 rise against

00:41:47.379 --> 00:41:47.899
 me sink

00:41:47.899 --> 00:41:48.379
 under me.

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 You made

00:41:48.779 --> 00:41:49.559
 my enemies

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.059
 turn their

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.719
 backs to me

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 and those

00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:51.599
 who hated

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.739
 me I

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:54.399
 destroyed.

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 He says.

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 He is

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.739
 God's instrument

00:41:58.739 --> 00:41:59.659
 of judgment.

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 The same

00:42:02.799 --> 00:42:03.739
 cosmic power

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.359
 that delivered

00:42:04.359 --> 00:42:04.819
 the king

00:42:04.819 --> 00:42:05.439
 is now at

00:42:05.439 --> 00:42:06.059
 work against

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.539
 the enemies

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 to destroy

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:07.439
 them.

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 David's

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:09.539
 earlier

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:10.099
 allusion

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:10.960
 to Moses

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 and the

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 parting

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:12.079
 of the Red

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 Sea

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 is now

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:13.680
 an allusion

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:14.539
 to Joshua

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:14.900
 and the

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.380
 conquest

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:16.019
 of Canaan.

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 All

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 pointing

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 forward

00:42:18.660 --> 00:42:19.820
 to a

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 final

00:42:20.180 --> 00:42:20.660
 judgment

00:42:20.660 --> 00:42:22.300
 when Jesus

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:22.860
 the true

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 king

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:24.960
 will conquer

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:26.820
 and destroy

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 all

00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:29.640
 who remain

00:42:29.640 --> 00:42:30.579
 impenitent

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 and align

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 themselves

00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:33.880
 with the

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.500
 wicked one

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:36.240
 by continuing

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:36.720
 in their

00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:37.140
 rebellion

00:42:37.140 --> 00:42:37.860
 against God.

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:40.320
 God

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 but what

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.240
 are we

00:42:41.240 --> 00:42:41.640
 to do

00:42:41.640 --> 00:42:41.880
 with

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:42.220
 verses

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 41

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:43.519
 and 42

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 they cried

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.559
 for help

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:48.780
 but there

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.160
 was no

00:42:49.160 --> 00:42:49.500
 one to

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.099
 save them

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:52.240
 they cried

00:42:52.240 --> 00:42:52.559
 to the

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:52.820
 Lord

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.780
 he did

00:42:53.780 --> 00:42:54.360
 not answer

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:54.680
 them

00:42:54.680 --> 00:42:56.720
 so I

00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:57.120
 beat them

00:42:57.120 --> 00:42:57.599
 fine as

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:57.880
 dust

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.340
 before the

00:42:58.340 --> 00:42:58.579
 wind

00:42:58.579 --> 00:43:00.400
 I cast

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:00.800
 them out

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:01.180
 like the

00:43:01.180 --> 00:43:01.460
 mire

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:01.720
 of the

00:43:01.720 --> 00:43:02.140
 streets

00:43:02.140 --> 00:43:03.240
 what are

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:03.440
 we to

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:03.579
 do

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:04.180
 with this

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:06.719
 what are

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:06.919
 we to

00:43:06.919 --> 00:43:07.039
 do

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.319
 with the

00:43:07.319 --> 00:43:07.519
 fact

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:07.699
 that

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:07.879
 these

00:43:07.879 --> 00:43:08.179
 people

00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:08.399
 do

00:43:08.399 --> 00:43:08.799
 finally

00:43:08.799 --> 00:43:09.119
 cry

00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:09.500
 to God

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.219
 for salvation

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:10.599
 in the

00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:10.779
 end

00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:11.039
 but they

00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:11.199
 don't

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:11.519
 receive

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:11.739
 it

00:43:11.739 --> 00:43:14.539
 does

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:14.719
 that

00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:14.940
 not

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.519
 contradict

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:17.179
 the

00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:17.659
 fundamental

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:18.139
 premise

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:18.559
 of these

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:18.980
 Psalms

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.379
 that God

00:43:19.379 --> 00:43:19.679
 is a

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:20.079
 refuge

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:21.159
 for all

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:21.579
 who seek

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:21.719
 him

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:22.099
 for it

00:43:22.099 --> 00:43:24.839
 but is

00:43:24.839 --> 00:43:25.099
 that what

00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:25.259
 they're

00:43:25.259 --> 00:43:25.619
 doing

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:27.359
 are they

00:43:27.359 --> 00:43:27.699
 turning

00:43:27.699 --> 00:43:28.199
 to God

00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:31.259
 Christopher

00:43:31.259 --> 00:43:31.739
 Ash

00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:32.139
 quoting

00:43:32.139 --> 00:43:32.839
 John

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:33.319
 Calvin

00:43:33.319 --> 00:43:33.699
 said it

00:43:33.699 --> 00:43:34.259
 this way

00:43:34.259 --> 00:43:35.480
 these

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:35.980
 are they

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.519
 who want

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:36.879
 God

00:43:36.879 --> 00:43:37.519
 to rescue

00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:37.859
 them

00:43:37.859 --> 00:43:38.919
 but are

00:43:38.919 --> 00:43:39.480
 not willing

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:40.179
 to forsake

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:40.379
 their

00:43:40.379 --> 00:43:41.059
 wickedness

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:43.019
 this

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.359
 verse

00:43:43.359 --> 00:43:44.139
 reminds us

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:44.339
 that

00:43:44.339 --> 00:43:44.980
 whosoever

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.579
 look for

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:46.139
 release

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:46.919
 out of

00:43:46.919 --> 00:43:47.059
 their

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:47.539
 trouble

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:48.899
 and that

00:43:48.899 --> 00:43:49.359
 not

00:43:49.359 --> 00:43:49.659
 through

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:50.219
 Christ

00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:51.579
 shall

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:52.079
 have no

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:52.619
 release

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:53.579
 at all

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:54.899
 what is

00:43:54.899 --> 00:43:55.299
 this

00:43:55.299 --> 00:43:57.059
 this

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.399
 is a

00:43:57.399 --> 00:43:57.839
 cry

00:43:57.839 --> 00:43:58.599
 for

00:43:58.599 --> 00:43:59.079
 rescue

00:43:59.079 --> 00:43:59.579
 from a

00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:00.079
 circumstance

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:01.500
 without a

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:01.859
 heart of

00:44:01.859 --> 00:44:02.299
 repentance

00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:03.640
 and faith

00:44:03.640 --> 00:44:04.120
 toward God

00:44:04.120 --> 00:44:04.500
 that's what

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:05.080
 this is

00:44:05.080 --> 00:44:08.100
 it's a

00:44:08.100 --> 00:44:08.440
 sober

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:09.000
 reminder

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:10.840
 that now

00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:11.700
 is the

00:44:11.700 --> 00:44:12.039
 day of

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.580
 salvation

00:44:12.580 --> 00:44:15.519
 it's God's

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:15.980
 call

00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:16.920
 to seek

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:17.480
 the Lord

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:18.880
 while he

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:19.400
 may be

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:19.840
 found

00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:20.920
 because there

00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:21.340
 will come

00:44:21.340 --> 00:44:21.800
 a day

00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:22.460
 where you

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:23.019
 will find

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.660
 no refuge

00:44:23.660 --> 00:44:24.180
 in him

00:44:24.179 --> 00:44:27.759
 it's the

00:44:27.759 --> 00:44:28.159
 warning

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:29.000
 that today

00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:29.679
 if you

00:44:29.679 --> 00:44:30.179
 hear his

00:44:30.179 --> 00:44:30.719
 voice

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:31.639
 do not

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:32.059
 harden

00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:32.339
 your

00:44:32.339 --> 00:44:32.859
 heart

00:44:32.859 --> 00:44:34.839
 in this

00:44:34.839 --> 00:44:35.440
 psalm

00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:36.179
 you can

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:36.639
 either be

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.299
 saved

00:44:37.299 --> 00:44:38.219
 by faith

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:38.759
 in the

00:44:38.759 --> 00:44:39.119
 king

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:39.899
 or you

00:44:39.899 --> 00:44:40.319
 can be

00:44:40.319 --> 00:44:40.899
 conquered

00:44:40.899 --> 00:44:41.759
 by the

00:44:41.759 --> 00:44:42.099
 judgment

00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:43.039
 of the

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:43.379
 king

00:44:43.379 --> 00:44:45.319
 and if

00:44:45.319 --> 00:44:45.839
 you wait

00:44:45.839 --> 00:44:46.440
 until the

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:46.739
 judgment

00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:47.359
 comes

00:44:47.359 --> 00:44:48.339
 it will

00:44:48.339 --> 00:44:48.899
 be too

00:44:48.899 --> 00:44:49.399
 late

00:44:49.399 --> 00:44:50.639
 but now

00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:51.639
 is the

00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:52.059
 time

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:52.960
 now

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.539
 is the

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:54.000
 accepted

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.400
 time

00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:54.659
 writes

00:44:54.659 --> 00:44:54.900
 Paul

00:44:54.900 --> 00:44:55.179
 to the

00:44:55.179 --> 00:44:55.559
 Corinthians

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:56.500
 now

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:57.019
 is the

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.199
 day

00:44:57.199 --> 00:44:57.380
 of

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:57.940
 salvation

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.719
 and God

00:44:58.719 --> 00:44:59.299
 will save

00:44:59.299 --> 00:44:59.820
 all

00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:00.559
 who come

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:01.039
 to him

00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:01.900
 in repentance

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:02.539
 and faith

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:03.400
 all

00:45:03.400 --> 00:45:04.340
 who call

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:04.900
 on the

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:05.239
 name of

00:45:05.239 --> 00:45:05.599
 the Lord

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:06.340
 as David

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:06.860
 did in

00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:07.460
 verse 3

00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:08.400
 all who

00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:08.860
 decide

00:45:08.860 --> 00:45:09.599
 exclusively

00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:10.420
 I will

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:10.860
 worship

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:11.579
 him alone

00:45:11.579 --> 00:45:12.159
 I will

00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:12.599
 follow

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:12.880
 him

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.320
 alone

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:13.920
 all

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:14.440
 that cry

00:45:14.440 --> 00:45:14.840
 out to

00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:15.059
 him

00:45:15.059 --> 00:45:15.699
 and trust

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:16.500
 that his

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:16.940
 king

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.500
 king

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:17.940
 Jesus

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.759
 truly is

00:45:18.759 --> 00:45:19.340
 the savior

00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:19.799
 and the

00:45:19.799 --> 00:45:20.099
 king

00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:20.659
 I will

00:45:20.659 --> 00:45:21.279
 trust in

00:45:21.279 --> 00:45:21.559
 him

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:21.799
 for

00:45:21.799 --> 00:45:22.360
 salvation

00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:23.199
 everybody

00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:23.579
 who

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:23.840
 does

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:24.039
 that

00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:24.460
 now

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:25.519
 gets

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.159
 saved

00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:27.179
 that's

00:45:27.179 --> 00:45:27.380
 the

00:45:27.380 --> 00:45:27.699
 wonderful

00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:28.039
 truth

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.159
 of

00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:28.279
 the

00:45:28.279 --> 00:45:28.659
 word

00:45:28.659 --> 00:45:29.400
 but

00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:29.739
 everyone

00:45:29.739 --> 00:45:30.000
 who

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.440
 waits

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:31.320
 everyone

00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:31.599
 who

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:32.279
 delays

00:45:32.279 --> 00:45:33.039
 till the

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:33.199
 day

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:33.360
 of

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:33.759
 judgment

00:45:33.759 --> 00:45:34.500
 will

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:34.960
 find

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:35.299
 no

00:45:35.299 --> 00:45:35.880
 salvation

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:36.179
 at

00:45:36.179 --> 00:45:36.500
 all

00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:37.119
 you

00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:37.320
 will

00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:37.619
 cry

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:37.820
 to

00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:38.139
 him

00:45:38.139 --> 00:45:38.639
 and

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:38.820
 he

00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:39.099
 will

00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:39.360
 not

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:39.920
 answer

00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:41.539
 just

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:41.779
 as

00:45:41.779 --> 00:45:42.199
 those

00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:42.440
 who

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:43.380
 mocked

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:43.599
 and

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:44.179
 ridiculed

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:44.579
 Noah

00:45:44.579 --> 00:45:44.980
 all

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:45.159
 the

00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:45.460
 years

00:45:45.460 --> 00:45:45.639
 that

00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:45.739
 he

00:45:45.739 --> 00:45:45.980
 built

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.179
 the

00:45:46.179 --> 00:45:46.539
 boat

00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:47.199
 and

00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:47.380
 then

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:47.940
 clamor

00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:48.139
 to

00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:48.380
 get

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:48.559
 in

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:48.759
 for

00:45:48.759 --> 00:45:49.320
 safety

00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:50.000
 after

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:50.320
 God

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:50.480
 had

00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:50.679
 shut

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:50.860
 the

00:45:50.860 --> 00:45:51.120
 door

00:45:51.120 --> 00:45:51.960
 so

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:52.280
 will

00:45:52.280 --> 00:45:52.420
 it

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:52.640
 be

00:45:52.640 --> 00:45:52.800
 in

00:45:52.800 --> 00:45:52.940
 the

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:53.300
 judgment

00:45:53.300 --> 00:45:54.360
 all

00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:54.640
 who

00:45:54.640 --> 00:45:55.039
 mock

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.579
 and

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:56.099
 rebel

00:45:56.099 --> 00:45:56.740
 and

00:45:56.740 --> 00:45:57.059
 turn

00:45:57.059 --> 00:45:57.280
 from

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:57.460
 him

00:45:57.460 --> 00:45:57.900
 now

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.480
 on

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:58.700
 that

00:45:58.700 --> 00:45:58.940
 day

00:45:58.940 --> 00:45:59.120
 they

00:45:59.120 --> 00:45:59.300
 will

00:45:59.300 --> 00:45:59.579
 cry

00:45:59.579 --> 00:45:59.780
 out

00:45:59.780 --> 00:45:59.980
 for

00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:00.320
 mercy

00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:00.800
 and

00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:01.000
 there

00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:01.280
 will

00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:01.460
 be

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:01.660
 no

00:46:01.660 --> 00:46:01.980
 mercy

00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:02.200
 for

00:46:02.200 --> 00:46:02.340
 them

00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:02.519
 to

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:02.860
 find

00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:03.579
 it

00:46:03.579 --> 00:46:03.780
 will

00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:04.140
 only

00:46:04.140 --> 00:46:04.380
 be

00:46:04.380 --> 00:46:04.760
 judgment

00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:06.420
 and

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:06.700
 who

00:46:06.700 --> 00:46:06.920
 will

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:07.059
 be

00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:07.260
 the

00:46:07.260 --> 00:46:07.660
 instrument

00:46:07.660 --> 00:46:07.960
 of

00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:08.120
 the

00:46:08.120 --> 00:46:08.440
 judgment

00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:10.059
 in

00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:10.300
 this

00:46:10.300 --> 00:46:10.720
 case

00:46:10.720 --> 00:46:11.920
 David

00:46:11.920 --> 00:46:12.200
 is

00:46:12.200 --> 00:46:12.340
 the

00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:12.740
 instrument

00:46:12.740 --> 00:46:12.940
 of

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:13.280
 judgment

00:46:13.280 --> 00:46:14.000
 the

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:14.260
 king

00:46:14.260 --> 00:46:14.660
 is

00:46:14.660 --> 00:46:15.780
 and

00:46:15.780 --> 00:46:15.920
 he

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:16.099
 is

00:46:16.099 --> 00:46:16.760
 prefiguring

00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:17.400
!

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:19.059
 God's

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:19.420
 instrument

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:19.640
 of

00:46:19.640 --> 00:46:19.980
 judgment

00:46:19.980 --> 00:46:21.480
 he

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:21.699
 will

00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:21.960
 judge

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:22.099
 the

00:46:22.099 --> 00:46:22.340
 world

00:46:22.340 --> 00:46:23.980
 but

00:46:23.980 --> 00:46:24.079
 then

00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:24.199
 we

00:46:24.199 --> 00:46:24.320
 have

00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:24.480
 the

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:24.760
 third

00:46:24.760 --> 00:46:25.240
 movement

00:46:25.240 --> 00:46:26.320
 in

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:26.480
 the

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:26.880
 conquest

00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:27.960
 we

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:28.099
 have

00:46:28.099 --> 00:46:28.659
 decisive

00:46:28.659 --> 00:46:29.280
 victory

00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:31.440
 decisive

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:31.920
 victory

00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:32.139
 this

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:32.340
 is

00:46:32.340 --> 00:46:33.320
 43

00:46:33.320 --> 00:46:34.420
 to

00:46:34.420 --> 00:46:35.059
 48

00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:37.059
 you

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:37.420
 delivered

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:37.659
 me

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:37.880
 from

00:46:37.880 --> 00:46:38.420
 strife

00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:38.579
 with

00:46:38.579 --> 00:46:38.699
 the

00:46:38.699 --> 00:46:39.079
 people

00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:39.659
 in

00:46:39.659 --> 00:46:40.079
 other

00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:40.199
 words

00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:40.299
 he

00:46:40.299 --> 00:46:40.420
 means

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:40.519
 you

00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:40.719
 gave

00:46:40.719 --> 00:46:40.840
 me

00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:41.239
 victory

00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:43.019
 you

00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:43.259
 made

00:46:43.259 --> 00:46:43.639
 me

00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:44.639
 the

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:44.820
 head

00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:44.920
 of

00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:45.039
 the

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.500
 nations

00:46:45.500 --> 00:46:46.799
 and

00:46:46.799 --> 00:46:46.980
 ruled

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:47.159
 the

00:46:47.159 --> 00:46:47.480
 world

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:50.119
 people

00:46:50.119 --> 00:46:50.480
 whom I

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:50.860
 had not

00:46:50.860 --> 00:46:51.139
 known

00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:51.539
 served

00:46:51.539 --> 00:46:51.820
 me

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:53.619
 his

00:46:53.619 --> 00:46:53.880
 kingdom

00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:54.119
 is

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:54.659
 vast

00:46:54.659 --> 00:46:57.980
 as

00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:58.159
 soon

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:58.440
 as they

00:46:58.440 --> 00:46:58.639
 heard

00:46:58.639 --> 00:46:58.900
 of me

00:46:58.900 --> 00:46:59.059
 they

00:46:59.059 --> 00:46:59.460
 obeyed

00:46:59.460 --> 00:46:59.940
 me

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:01.739
 foreigners

00:47:01.739 --> 00:47:02.059
 came

00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:02.380
 cringing

00:47:02.380 --> 00:47:02.619
 to

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:02.940
 me

00:47:02.940 --> 00:47:04.260
 foreigners

00:47:04.260 --> 00:47:04.619
 lost

00:47:04.619 --> 00:47:05.019
 heart

00:47:05.019 --> 00:47:05.900
 lost

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:06.119
 heart

00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:06.300
 in

00:47:06.300 --> 00:47:06.460
 their

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:06.659
 own

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:07.159
 efforts

00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:08.039
 that is

00:47:08.039 --> 00:47:09.000
 in order

00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:09.360
 that they

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:09.780
 might come

00:47:09.780 --> 00:47:10.099
 to the

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:10.400
 king

00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:11.519
 for mercy

00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:12.840
 and they

00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:13.039
 came

00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:13.460
 trembling

00:47:13.460 --> 00:47:13.820
 out of

00:47:13.820 --> 00:47:13.960
 their

00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:14.760
 fortresses

00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:15.320
 their

00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:15.960
 fortresses

00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:16.159
 built

00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:16.440
 on

00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:16.840
 sand

00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:18.800
 and they

00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:19.000
 come

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:19.300
 to the

00:47:19.300 --> 00:47:19.639
 rock

00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:20.740
 whom

00:47:20.740 --> 00:47:21.019
 David

00:47:21.019 --> 00:47:21.500
 praises

00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:21.760
 in

00:47:21.760 --> 00:47:21.960
 verse

00:47:21.960 --> 00:47:22.440
 46

00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:22.840
 again

00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:23.019
 the

00:47:23.019 --> 00:47:23.220
 Lord

00:47:23.220 --> 00:47:23.599
 lives

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:23.780
 and

00:47:23.780 --> 00:47:24.099
 blessed

00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:24.300
 be

00:47:24.300 --> 00:47:24.619
 my

00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:25.119
 rock

00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:26.700
 exalted

00:47:26.700 --> 00:47:26.960
 be

00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:27.119
 the

00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:27.300
 God

00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:27.440
 of

00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:27.760
 my

00:47:27.760 --> 00:47:28.440
 salvation

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:28.920
 the

00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:29.119
 God

00:47:29.119 --> 00:47:29.280
 who

00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:29.500
 gave

00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:29.780
 me

00:47:29.780 --> 00:47:30.260
 vengeance

00:47:30.260 --> 00:47:30.800
 and

00:47:30.800 --> 00:47:31.220
 subdued

00:47:31.220 --> 00:47:31.579
 peoples

00:47:31.579 --> 00:47:31.840
 under

00:47:31.840 --> 00:47:32.300
 me

00:47:32.300 --> 00:47:32.920
 who

00:47:32.920 --> 00:47:33.280
 rescued

00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:33.580
 me

00:47:33.580 --> 00:47:33.820
 from

00:47:33.820 --> 00:47:34.039
 my

00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:34.400
 enemies

00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:34.780
 yes

00:47:34.780 --> 00:47:35.300
 you

00:47:35.300 --> 00:47:35.840
 exalted

00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:36.120
 me

00:47:36.120 --> 00:47:36.360
 above

00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:36.800
 those

00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:36.980
 who

00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:37.180
 rose

00:47:37.180 --> 00:47:37.519
 against

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:37.820
 me

00:47:37.820 --> 00:47:38.560
 you

00:47:38.560 --> 00:47:38.940
 delivered

00:47:38.940 --> 00:47:39.180
 me

00:47:39.180 --> 00:47:39.380
 from

00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:39.500
 the

00:47:39.500 --> 00:47:39.680
 man

00:47:39.680 --> 00:47:39.820
 of

00:47:39.820 --> 00:47:40.320
 violence

00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:41.940
 this is

00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:42.340
 the king

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:42.840
 speaking

00:47:42.840 --> 00:47:45.700
 in contrast

00:47:45.700 --> 00:47:46.200
 to his

00:47:46.200 --> 00:47:46.560
 earlier

00:47:46.560 --> 00:47:47.060
 peril

00:47:47.060 --> 00:47:47.780
 this is

00:47:47.780 --> 00:47:48.660
 mirroring

00:47:48.660 --> 00:47:48.900
 verses

00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:49.360
 4 and

00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:49.800
 5

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:50.600
 David

00:47:50.600 --> 00:47:51.080
 is given

00:47:51.080 --> 00:47:51.680
 a decisive

00:47:51.680 --> 00:47:52.220
 victory

00:47:52.220 --> 00:47:53.340
 and the

00:47:53.340 --> 00:47:53.600
 kingdom

00:47:53.600 --> 00:47:53.980
 language

00:47:53.980 --> 00:47:54.440
 here is

00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:54.980
 it's

00:47:54.980 --> 00:47:55.780
 unmistakably

00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:56.620
 messianic

00:47:56.620 --> 00:47:57.920
 David's

00:47:57.920 --> 00:47:58.140
 kingdom

00:47:58.140 --> 00:47:58.700
 did not

00:47:58.700 --> 00:47:59.080
 look

00:47:59.080 --> 00:47:59.880
 the way

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:00.580
 that he's

00:48:00.580 --> 00:48:01.019
 describing

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:01.400
 here

00:48:01.400 --> 00:48:02.920
 yeah

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.160
 he was

00:48:03.160 --> 00:48:03.619
 a great

00:48:03.619 --> 00:48:03.960
 king

00:48:03.960 --> 00:48:04.220
 and there

00:48:04.220 --> 00:48:04.539
 were a lot

00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:04.860
 of people

00:48:04.860 --> 00:48:05.559
 in subjection

00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:05.980
 to him

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:06.480
 he did

00:48:06.480 --> 00:48:06.820
 not rule

00:48:06.820 --> 00:48:07.160
 the world

00:48:07.160 --> 00:48:07.559
 in the way

00:48:07.559 --> 00:48:07.920
 that this

00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:09.119
 king rules

00:48:09.119 --> 00:48:09.780
 the world

00:48:09.780 --> 00:48:10.220
 and will

00:48:10.220 --> 00:48:10.800
 rule the world

00:48:10.800 --> 00:48:12.579
 people from

00:48:12.579 --> 00:48:13.460
 every nation

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:15.160
 upon hearing

00:48:15.160 --> 00:48:16.099
 of the salvation

00:48:16.099 --> 00:48:16.780
 and might

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:17.579
 of God's king

00:48:17.579 --> 00:48:18.300
 will come

00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:19.099
 to serve him

00:48:19.099 --> 00:48:19.740
 with joy

00:48:19.740 --> 00:48:20.780
 and exalt

00:48:20.780 --> 00:48:21.380
 his name

00:48:21.380 --> 00:48:22.180
 forever

00:48:22.180 --> 00:48:23.119
 for God

00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:23.500
 has given

00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:24.119
 him a name

00:48:24.119 --> 00:48:24.940
 that is above

00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:25.579
 every name

00:48:25.579 --> 00:48:26.900
 so that at the

00:48:26.900 --> 00:48:27.720
 name of Jesus

00:48:27.720 --> 00:48:29.019
 every knee

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:29.559
 will bow

00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:30.480
 in heaven

00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:31.420
 and on earth

00:48:31.420 --> 00:48:32.079
 and under

00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:32.599
 the earth

00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:34.019
 and every tongue

00:48:34.019 --> 00:48:35.340
 confess that

00:48:35.340 --> 00:48:36.360
 Jesus Christ

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:37.139
 is Lord

00:48:37.139 --> 00:48:38.239
 to the glory

00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:38.799
 of God

00:48:38.799 --> 00:48:39.799
 the Father

00:48:39.799 --> 00:48:41.179
 that's what

00:48:41.179 --> 00:48:41.559
 David

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:42.659
 is pointing

00:48:42.659 --> 00:48:43.059
 us to

00:48:43.059 --> 00:48:43.360
 here

00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:45.380
 this gospel

00:48:45.380 --> 00:48:46.159
 of salvation

00:48:46.159 --> 00:48:46.880
 through God's

00:48:46.880 --> 00:48:47.139
 king

00:48:47.139 --> 00:48:47.739
 it spreads

00:48:47.739 --> 00:48:48.099
 through the

00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:48.380
 world

00:48:48.380 --> 00:48:49.139
 making a

00:48:49.139 --> 00:48:49.699
 spiritual

00:48:49.699 --> 00:48:51.299
 and eschatological

00:48:51.299 --> 00:48:51.860
 kingdom

00:48:51.860 --> 00:48:52.679
 that is

00:48:52.679 --> 00:48:53.739
 unrivaled

00:48:53.739 --> 00:48:55.239
 and will

00:48:55.239 --> 00:48:55.779
 last

00:48:55.779 --> 00:48:56.960
 for eternity

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:58.519
 and he

00:48:58.519 --> 00:48:59.039
 does this

00:48:59.039 --> 00:48:59.400
 for his

00:48:59.400 --> 00:48:59.820
 king

00:48:59.820 --> 00:49:01.139
 because he

00:49:01.139 --> 00:49:01.720
 delights

00:49:01.720 --> 00:49:02.679
 in his

00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:03.099
 king

00:49:03.099 --> 00:49:05.679
 and that

00:49:05.679 --> 00:49:06.059
 gets us

00:49:06.059 --> 00:49:06.320
 to the

00:49:06.320 --> 00:49:06.820
 very last

00:49:06.820 --> 00:49:07.119
 part

00:49:07.119 --> 00:49:08.579
 we've made

00:49:08.579 --> 00:49:08.820
 our way

00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:09.139
 back down

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:09.519
 the mountain

00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:09.900
 we're down

00:49:09.900 --> 00:49:10.360
 at the base

00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:10.720
 again

00:49:10.720 --> 00:49:11.500
 except it

00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:11.920
 changes

00:49:11.920 --> 00:49:12.940
 now it's

00:49:12.940 --> 00:49:13.240
 not a

00:49:13.240 --> 00:49:13.619
 description

00:49:13.619 --> 00:49:14.039
 of the

00:49:14.039 --> 00:49:14.340
 king's

00:49:14.340 --> 00:49:14.699
 love for

00:49:14.699 --> 00:49:15.179
 his God

00:49:15.179 --> 00:49:15.980
 now in

00:49:15.980 --> 00:49:16.679
 verses 49

00:49:16.679 --> 00:49:17.220
 and 50

00:49:17.220 --> 00:49:17.840
 it's a

00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:18.220
 description

00:49:18.220 --> 00:49:18.960
 of God's

00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:19.380
 love for

00:49:19.380 --> 00:49:19.940
 his king

00:49:19.940 --> 00:49:22.740
 for this

00:49:22.740 --> 00:49:23.039
 I will

00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:23.539
 praise you

00:49:23.539 --> 00:49:23.900
 oh lord

00:49:23.900 --> 00:49:24.320
 among the

00:49:24.320 --> 00:49:24.760
 nations

00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:26.019
 and sing

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:26.400
 to your

00:49:26.400 --> 00:49:26.820
 name

00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:28.240
 great

00:49:28.240 --> 00:49:28.980
 salvation

00:49:28.980 --> 00:49:29.579
 he brings

00:49:29.579 --> 00:49:29.920
 to his

00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:30.340
 king

00:49:30.340 --> 00:49:31.559
 and show

00:49:31.559 --> 00:49:32.679
 steadfast

00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:33.380
 love

00:49:33.380 --> 00:49:33.820
 to his

00:49:33.820 --> 00:49:34.300
 anointed

00:49:34.300 --> 00:49:35.720
 to David

00:49:35.720 --> 00:49:37.220
 and to

00:49:37.220 --> 00:49:37.480
 his

00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:38.019
 offspring

00:49:38.019 --> 00:49:39.300
 forever

00:49:39.300 --> 00:49:40.039
 now that

00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:40.440
 language

00:49:40.440 --> 00:49:41.700
 is very

00:49:41.700 --> 00:49:42.200
 important

00:49:42.200 --> 00:49:42.639
 to this

00:49:42.639 --> 00:49:43.019
 text

00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:45.079
 David

00:49:45.079 --> 00:49:45.840
 is resting

00:49:45.840 --> 00:49:46.480
 on the

00:49:46.480 --> 00:49:46.820
 covenant

00:49:46.820 --> 00:49:48.400
 he's

00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:48.880
 trusting

00:49:48.880 --> 00:49:49.680
 in what

00:49:49.680 --> 00:49:50.099
 God

00:49:50.099 --> 00:49:51.059
 will

00:49:51.059 --> 00:49:51.519
 do

00:49:51.519 --> 00:49:53.160
 whereas

00:49:53.160 --> 00:49:53.900
 we look

00:49:53.900 --> 00:49:54.240
 back

00:49:54.240 --> 00:49:54.619
 and we

00:49:54.619 --> 00:49:55.160
 trust

00:49:55.160 --> 00:49:55.740
 in what

00:49:55.740 --> 00:49:56.119
 God

00:49:56.119 --> 00:49:57.019
 has

00:49:57.019 --> 00:49:57.559
 done

00:49:57.559 --> 00:49:59.619
 faith

00:49:59.619 --> 00:49:59.940
 is at

00:49:59.940 --> 00:50:00.300
 the heart

00:50:00.300 --> 00:50:00.640
 no matter

00:50:00.640 --> 00:50:01.039
 what

00:50:01.039 --> 00:50:03.059
 and it's

00:50:03.059 --> 00:50:03.760
 all motivated

00:50:03.760 --> 00:50:04.440
 and supplied

00:50:04.440 --> 00:50:05.039
 by God's

00:50:05.039 --> 00:50:05.320
 love

00:50:05.320 --> 00:50:07.360
 love

00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:07.740
 is what

00:50:07.740 --> 00:50:08.200
 bookends

00:50:08.200 --> 00:50:08.760
 the story

00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:09.480
 of salvation

00:50:09.480 --> 00:50:11.519
 for David

00:50:11.519 --> 00:50:13.400
 for Jesus

00:50:13.400 --> 00:50:14.940
 for you

00:50:14.940 --> 00:50:15.280
 and me

00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:16.559
 love

00:50:16.559 --> 00:50:18.860
 and David

00:50:18.860 --> 00:50:19.420
 views his

00:50:19.420 --> 00:50:20.099
 life story

00:50:20.099 --> 00:50:20.420
 as a

00:50:20.420 --> 00:50:20.799
 glorious

00:50:20.799 --> 00:50:21.420
 display

00:50:21.420 --> 00:50:22.139
 of God's

00:50:22.139 --> 00:50:22.420
 covenant

00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:22.920
 love

00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:24.759
 but for

00:50:24.759 --> 00:50:25.119
 David

00:50:25.119 --> 00:50:26.299
 this covenant

00:50:26.299 --> 00:50:27.059
 love will be

00:50:27.059 --> 00:50:27.599
 displayed

00:50:27.599 --> 00:50:28.880
 supremely

00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:29.699
 in his

00:50:29.699 --> 00:50:30.340
 offspring

00:50:30.340 --> 00:50:31.840
 the promised

00:50:31.840 --> 00:50:32.679
 son

00:50:32.679 --> 00:50:33.840
 Jesus

00:50:33.840 --> 00:50:36.039
 the anointed

00:50:36.039 --> 00:50:36.619
 Messiah

00:50:36.619 --> 00:50:37.079
 king

00:50:37.079 --> 00:50:38.440
 who fulfilled

00:50:38.440 --> 00:50:39.019
 the psalm

00:50:39.019 --> 00:50:39.539
 truly

00:50:39.539 --> 00:50:41.500
 and completely

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:43.380
 and again

00:50:43.380 --> 00:50:44.639
 John the

00:50:44.639 --> 00:50:45.039
 apostle

00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:45.679
 helps us

00:50:45.679 --> 00:50:45.960
 here

00:50:45.960 --> 00:50:47.599
 1 John 4

00:50:47.599 --> 00:50:48.320
 9 and 10

00:50:48.320 --> 00:50:50.400
 in this

00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:50.900
 the love

00:50:50.900 --> 00:50:51.340
 of God

00:50:51.340 --> 00:50:51.820
 was made

00:50:51.820 --> 00:50:52.400
 manifest

00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:52.940
 among us

00:50:52.940 --> 00:50:53.579
 the love

00:50:53.579 --> 00:50:53.840
 of God

00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:54.480
 is displayed

00:50:54.480 --> 00:50:55.139
 to us

00:50:55.139 --> 00:50:57.579
 that God

00:50:57.579 --> 00:50:58.199
 sent his

00:50:58.199 --> 00:50:58.980
 only son

00:50:58.980 --> 00:50:59.699
 into the

00:50:59.699 --> 00:51:00.000
 world

00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:02.219
 so that

00:51:02.219 --> 00:51:02.880
 we might

00:51:02.880 --> 00:51:03.340
 live

00:51:03.340 --> 00:51:05.019
 through him

00:51:05.019 --> 00:51:07.300
 in this

00:51:07.300 --> 00:51:07.860
 is love

00:51:07.860 --> 00:51:09.739
 not that

00:51:09.739 --> 00:51:10.099
 we have

00:51:10.099 --> 00:51:10.360
 loved

00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:10.659
 God

00:51:10.659 --> 00:51:12.679
 but that

00:51:12.679 --> 00:51:13.139
 he loved

00:51:13.139 --> 00:51:13.539
 us

00:51:13.539 --> 00:51:15.279
 and showed

00:51:15.279 --> 00:51:15.539
 it

00:51:15.539 --> 00:51:17.219
 by sending

00:51:17.219 --> 00:51:17.879
 his son

00:51:17.879 --> 00:51:19.199
 to be the

00:51:19.199 --> 00:51:19.980
 propitiation

00:51:19.980 --> 00:51:21.339
 for our

00:51:21.339 --> 00:51:21.839
 sins

00:51:21.839 --> 00:51:24.500
 that's the

00:51:24.500 --> 00:51:24.920
 love

00:51:24.920 --> 00:51:26.559
 that David

00:51:26.559 --> 00:51:27.099
 sees

00:51:27.099 --> 00:51:29.539
 which takes

00:51:29.539 --> 00:51:29.920
 us back

00:51:29.920 --> 00:51:30.339
 to verse

00:51:30.339 --> 00:51:30.779
 1

00:51:30.779 --> 00:51:32.139
 so that we

00:51:32.139 --> 00:51:32.819
 might understand

00:51:32.819 --> 00:51:33.299
 the love

00:51:33.299 --> 00:51:33.879
 that David

00:51:33.879 --> 00:51:35.000
 expresses

00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:36.839
 why would

00:51:36.839 --> 00:51:37.339
 we gather

00:51:37.339 --> 00:51:37.960
 Sunday by

00:51:37.960 --> 00:51:38.339
 Sunday

00:51:38.339 --> 00:51:40.179
 in an

00:51:40.179 --> 00:51:40.500
 elementary

00:51:40.500 --> 00:51:40.860
 school

00:51:40.860 --> 00:51:41.260
 gym

00:51:41.260 --> 00:51:42.960
 and do

00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:43.280
 what we're

00:51:43.280 --> 00:51:43.519
 doing

00:51:43.519 --> 00:51:44.039
 right now

00:51:44.039 --> 00:51:46.639
 if your

00:51:46.639 --> 00:51:47.099
 answer to

00:51:47.099 --> 00:51:47.639
 that is

00:51:47.639 --> 00:51:48.179
 well

00:51:48.179 --> 00:51:49.380
 I'm trying

00:51:49.380 --> 00:51:49.800
 to live

00:51:49.800 --> 00:51:50.139
 here on

00:51:50.139 --> 00:51:50.579
 the summit

00:51:50.579 --> 00:51:51.159
 of righteousness

00:51:51.159 --> 00:51:51.539
 and I

00:51:51.539 --> 00:51:51.920
 know that

00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:52.420
 if I just

00:51:52.420 --> 00:51:53.539
 get it

00:51:53.539 --> 00:51:53.880
 right

00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:54.780
 if I get

00:51:54.780 --> 00:51:55.239
 it right

00:51:55.239 --> 00:51:55.780
 God will

00:51:55.780 --> 00:51:56.440
 reward me

00:51:56.440 --> 00:51:57.420
 you've missed

00:51:57.420 --> 00:51:57.880
 it

00:51:57.880 --> 00:52:00.019
 you'll never

00:52:00.019 --> 00:52:00.320
 get it

00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:00.840
 right enough

00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:03.320
 no why

00:52:03.320 --> 00:52:03.559
 do we

00:52:03.559 --> 00:52:03.860
 come

00:52:03.860 --> 00:52:04.440
 why do

00:52:04.440 --> 00:52:04.659
 we do

00:52:04.659 --> 00:52:05.059
 this

00:52:05.059 --> 00:52:06.519
 because like

00:52:06.519 --> 00:52:07.179
 David we've

00:52:07.179 --> 00:52:07.880
 seen the love

00:52:07.880 --> 00:52:08.480
 of God

00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:09.440
 in the

00:52:09.440 --> 00:52:09.920
 person of

00:52:09.920 --> 00:52:10.320
 Christ

00:52:10.320 --> 00:52:11.619
 and because

00:52:11.619 --> 00:52:12.320
 we've seen

00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:12.680
 the love

00:52:12.680 --> 00:52:13.079
 of God

00:52:13.079 --> 00:52:13.320
 in the

00:52:13.320 --> 00:52:13.760
 person of

00:52:13.760 --> 00:52:14.160
 Christ

00:52:14.160 --> 00:52:15.019
 what else

00:52:15.019 --> 00:52:15.420
 would we

00:52:15.420 --> 00:52:15.760
 do

00:52:15.760 --> 00:52:19.539
 except gather

00:52:19.539 --> 00:52:20.079
 with others

00:52:20.079 --> 00:52:20.700
 who have seen

00:52:20.700 --> 00:52:21.260
 his love

00:52:21.260 --> 00:52:22.619
 and say

00:52:22.619 --> 00:52:23.860
 I love the

00:52:23.860 --> 00:52:24.160
 Lord

00:52:24.160 --> 00:52:25.340
 my strength

00:52:25.340 --> 00:52:27.240
 I call upon

00:52:27.240 --> 00:52:27.559
 him

00:52:27.559 --> 00:52:28.780
 and I'm

00:52:28.780 --> 00:52:29.380
 saved from

00:52:29.380 --> 00:52:30.079
 my enemies

00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:33.179
 because he

00:52:33.179 --> 00:52:33.579
 has saved

00:52:33.579 --> 00:52:34.059
 the king

00:52:34.059 --> 00:52:35.920
 he has

00:52:35.920 --> 00:52:36.559
 saved me

00:52:36.559 --> 00:52:41.940
 what does

00:52:41.940 --> 00:52:42.279
 that mean

00:52:42.279 --> 00:52:42.579
 for us

00:52:42.579 --> 00:52:42.819
 what does

00:52:42.819 --> 00:52:43.360
 Psalm 18

00:52:43.360 --> 00:52:43.840
 mean for

00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:44.000
 us

00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:44.460
 that's it

00:52:44.460 --> 00:52:44.900
 isn't it

00:52:44.900 --> 00:52:45.480
 I told you

00:52:45.480 --> 00:52:45.659
 at the

00:52:45.659 --> 00:52:45.940
 beginning

00:52:45.940 --> 00:52:46.739
 Israel

00:52:46.739 --> 00:52:47.079
 seeing

00:52:47.079 --> 00:52:47.380
 Psalm

00:52:47.380 --> 00:52:47.739
 18

00:52:47.739 --> 00:52:48.480
 they're

00:52:48.480 --> 00:52:48.739
 not

00:52:48.739 --> 00:52:49.079
 putting

00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:49.840
 themselves

00:52:49.840 --> 00:52:50.239
 in the

00:52:50.239 --> 00:52:50.500
 place

00:52:50.500 --> 00:52:50.759
 of the

00:52:50.759 --> 00:52:51.079
 king

00:52:51.079 --> 00:52:51.400
 in the

00:52:51.400 --> 00:52:51.759
 psalm

00:52:51.759 --> 00:52:52.179
 we gotta

00:52:52.179 --> 00:52:52.599
 be careful

00:52:52.599 --> 00:52:53.059
 about that

00:52:53.059 --> 00:52:53.299
 here

00:52:53.299 --> 00:52:54.659
 you are

00:52:54.659 --> 00:52:54.900
 not

00:52:54.900 --> 00:52:55.360
 David

00:52:55.360 --> 00:52:56.940
 Jesus

00:52:56.940 --> 00:52:57.239
 is

00:52:57.239 --> 00:52:57.579
 David

00:52:57.579 --> 00:52:59.659
 Israel

00:52:59.659 --> 00:53:00.139
 sings

00:53:00.139 --> 00:53:00.460
 this

00:53:00.460 --> 00:53:00.920
 Psalm

00:53:00.920 --> 00:53:02.099
 about

00:53:02.099 --> 00:53:02.659
 David

00:53:02.659 --> 00:53:03.619
 knowing

00:53:03.619 --> 00:53:03.880
 that

00:53:03.880 --> 00:53:04.480
 because

00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:04.819
 God

00:53:04.819 --> 00:53:05.039
 has

00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:05.299
 done

00:53:05.299 --> 00:53:05.559
 this

00:53:05.559 --> 00:53:05.900
 work

00:53:05.900 --> 00:53:06.159
 through

00:53:06.159 --> 00:53:06.599
 David

00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:07.840
 they

00:53:07.840 --> 00:53:08.519
 received

00:53:08.519 --> 00:53:09.079
 the benefit

00:53:09.079 --> 00:53:09.819
 of salvation

00:53:09.819 --> 00:53:10.840
 we do

00:53:10.840 --> 00:53:11.219
 the same

00:53:11.219 --> 00:53:11.579
 thing

00:53:11.579 --> 00:53:12.799
 we don't

00:53:12.799 --> 00:53:13.079
 try to

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 put

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 ourselves

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 in

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 David's

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 place

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 no

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 we

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 step

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 back

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 and

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 we

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 see

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 what

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 God

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 has

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 done

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 through

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 Jesus

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 knowing

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 that

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 because

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 he's

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 done

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 it

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 we

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 are

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 saved

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 safe

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 and

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 praise

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 God