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 Psalm 9.

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 For the director of music, to the tune of the death of the Son, Psalm of David.

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 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart.

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 I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

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 I will be glad and rejoice in you.

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 I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

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 My enemies turn back.

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 They stumble and perish before you.

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 You have upheld my right hand and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.

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 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked.

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 You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

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 Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies.

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 You have uprooted their cities.

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 Even the memory of them has perished.

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 The Lord reigns forever.

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 He has established his throne for judgment.

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 He rules the world in righteousness and judges the people with equity.

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 The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

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 Those who know your name, trust in you.

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 For you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

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 Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion.

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 Proclaim among the nations what he has done.

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 For he who avenges blood remembers.

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 He does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.

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 Lord, see how my enemies persecute me.

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 Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death.

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 That I may declare your praises in the gates of a daughter Zion.

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 And there rejoice in your salvation.

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 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug.

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 Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

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 The Lord is known by his acts of justice.

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 The wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

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 The wicked will go down to the realm of the dead.

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 All the nations that forget God.

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 But God will never forget the needy.

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 The hope of the afflicted will never perish.

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 Arise, Lord.

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 Do not let mortals triumph.

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 Let the nations be judged in your presence.

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 Strike them with terror, Lord.

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 Let the nations know they are only mortal.

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 Well, this is God's word for us this evening.

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 And Ray is going to come and explain it for us.

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 Ray, over to you.

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 Before we look at it, let's ask God to help us to understand it.

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 Father, we thank you for your word.

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 We thank you that it describes who you are.

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 It describes who we are.

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 And Lord, it shows us how to live.

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 I do pray, Father, that you would speak to us now.

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 You would help me to be clear.

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 And speak to us all, Lord, according to your will.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 As we look at Psalm 9 tonight, keep your Bibles open.

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 I don't have any great overheads.

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 In fact, I don't have any overheads at all.

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 So I'd like you to look at your Bibles and follow through with me as we cover the verses.

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 I hope we're going to see two themes come out.

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 The main theme is about God's reign.

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 Psalm 9 is predominantly about God's rule over mankind.

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 And the verses that point us to this are verses 7 and 8.

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 It's really like a key verse in the psalm.

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 The Lord reigns forever.

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 He has established his throne for judgment.

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 He rules the world in righteousness and judges the people with equity.

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 So we're told there in verse 7, the time frame for God's reign is eternal.

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 And we're told also in verse 8, the way he reigns.

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 It's with righteousness and equity.

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 Equity means fairness.

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 So he reigns in righteousness and fairness.

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 The other theme that we can pick out from this psalm is that of memory.

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 Let me explain that.

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 There are two parts to this theme.

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 And it's the wicked forget God, but God remembers.

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 And you'll see that threaded through the psalm.

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 I hope we'll see that tonight.

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 The verses that summarize this, verses 17 and 18.

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 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.

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 But God will never forget the needy.

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 The hope of the afflicted will never perish.

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 So just as a final bit of introduction, who wrote the psalm?

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 You'll see there from the heading that it's a psalm of David.

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 And so tonight we see through his eyes how God deals with his enemies,

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 how God deals with his enemies, God's enemies,

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 and how God deals with those who trust him.

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 And you'll see as you read through it that it's a personal reflection

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 that's born out of David's experience.

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 And it is predominantly, above all else, that covers many things,

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 it's predominantly a psalm of praise.

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 And I'm hoping that we're going to look tonight under two headings,

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 taking the theme of memory,

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 that the wicked forget God,

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 and the result is that they will be forgotten,

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 and that God does not forget the believer.

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 And then we'll look at those quickly,

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 and then we'll look at the main application of the psalm.

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 So the wicked forget God, and they will be forgotten.

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 That's our first theme going through.

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 Those of you that have been around in the Sunday mornings,

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 we've been looking through 2 Samuel,

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 and you'll see that we've seen how God deals with David's enemies.

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 And we see that David's enemies are God's enemies.

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 And the reason for that is David is the anointed king,

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 and therefore those who fight against David are fighting against God.

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 So when we read the psalms of David,

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 we can thread those thoughts into our reading of the psalm as well.

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 It's not just David's enemies we're looking at,

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 we're looking at God's enemies.

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 And in this psalm, they're known as the wicked,

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 or predominantly they're called the nations.

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 So the wicked nations.

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 Psalm 10 that we'll look at next time, in a month's time,

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 is a partner to this psalm,

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 and that deals with the more individuals being wicked,

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 being wicked in their behaviour.

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 So three quick things to see about the wicked,

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 and then one quick thing on David's response.

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 So we're going to look now at verses 3 to 6.

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 I'm not going to read through it,

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 but try and pick up as I read through quickly,

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 as I point quickly to the verses.

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 Verse 3, you can see that David's enemies are turned back.

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 And why is that?

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 Because in verse 4, David's cause is upheld.

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 The wicked are rebuked and destroyed, in verse 5,

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 to such an extent that verse 6 we read,

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 their name is blotted out.

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 So they are under God's judgment,

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 their memory perishes,

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 and in the end,

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 the wicked are forgotten.

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 Secondly, we see that their evil plans recoil on them.

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 And again, we've been seeing this in 2 Samuel.

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 But here we're in verses 15 to 18.

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 Verse 15,

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 they fall into the pit that they've dug.

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 They're caught in their own net.

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 And we see also that this is borne out in the readings we've had in 2 Samuel.

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 Two weeks ago, we were looking at, if you remember,

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 2 Samuel 16, Absalom,

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 and that name that nobody can pronounce,

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 Ahithophel.

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 How did I do?

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 Ahithophel.

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 They sought to destroy God's anointed, David.

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 And we learned that week, two weeks ago,

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 God always wins.

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 Trouble recoils on the heads of those

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 who go against God,

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 who are wicked.

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 Verse 17,

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 their fate is death.

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 Why is their fate death?

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 Because they forgot God.

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 The third thing about the wicked

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 is that they will see that they are only mortal.

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 Verses 19 and 20.

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 In their pride,

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 they think they're going to triumph.

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 Verse 19.

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 But they forget that they are only men.

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 God would judge them,

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 and they will be forced to recognize their mortality.

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 So it's three quick things.

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 They're under God's judgment.

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 Their evil plans will recoil on them,

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 and they will finally see that they're only mortal.

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 From these verses we've read so far,

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 there are two things that stand out to us.

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 God is in control.

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 That is the first thing.

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 God's enemies are not in control.

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 God is in control.

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 And we see that particularly in verses 13 and 14.

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 Because David knows that God is in control,

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 and that finally God will judge his enemies,

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 for that reason he calls out to God

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 and asks for deliverance

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 from the present troubles he was going through.

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 Verse 13.

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 See how my enemies persecute me.

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 Lord, see how my enemies persecute me.

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 Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

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 that I may declare your praises

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 in the gates of daughter Zion,

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 and there rejoice in your salvation.

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 So because of David's experience

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 of knowing God is in control

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 in his past problems,

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 he can now call out to God

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 and ask God to rescue him

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 from his present problems.

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 Why is he praying this?

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 Well, clearly he needs deliverance.

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 But his overarching desire there we see,

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 can you see this in verse 14,

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 that he may rejoice and declare God's praises.

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 Therefore, David's preoccupation,

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 even in his troubles,

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 is not rescue,

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 it's that God will be glorified.

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 I wonder how often we,

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 mine is close to never,

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 how often we

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 take the focus off of our problems

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 and rescue from that

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 and onto the glory of God.

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 Amazingly,

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 in God's providence,

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 he's able to do both of those things

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 at the same time,

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 rescue us and glorify himself as well.

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 The other thing that these verses

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 about the wicked show us

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 is that God's judgment is real.

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 Verse 17,

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 we've seen that the wicked are judged

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 because they have forgotten God.

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 God always judges evil.

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 Always.

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 Sometimes in this life,

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 but always it will be in eternity.

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 Unless Jesus has taken God's judgment for us,

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 we stand under God's judgment

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 for the evil that we have done.

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 So,

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 we've seen here that the wicked forget God.

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 What does this phrase mean?

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 They take no account of God

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 in their day-to-day living.

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 They consider they are not accountable to God

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 and they'll live as they want,

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 thank you very much.

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 They'll live as God doesn't exist.

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 That's what it means to forget God.

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 And the result we have seen

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 is that it results in God's judgment

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 and that they are forgotten.

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 Notice what David says

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 about God's judgment here.

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 These are very solemn

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 if we take this serious.

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 Verse 3 and verse 19.

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 Verse 3,

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 my enemies turn back,

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 they stumble and perish before you.

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 Before you here literally means

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 at your presence.

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 so that David's enemies

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 stumble and perish at God's presence.

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 Verse 19 says,

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 Arise Lord,

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 do not let mortals triumph.

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 Let the nations be judged

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 in your presence.

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 So here,

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 judgment is by God

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 and it is in his presence.

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 This applied to God's enemies

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 in David's day.

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 It applies to God's enemies

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 in our day.

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 And in the future,

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 when Christ returns

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 in the final judgment,

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 it will apply then.

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 And we get an awesome glimpse

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 of this final judgment

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 and the fact that it is

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 in God's presence

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 in Revelation.

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 Let me read to you.

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 You can turn to it if you want.

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 It's page 1133.

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 Revelation 5,

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 Revelation 5,

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 and we're going to read

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 three verses there,

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 15 to 17.

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 Then the kings of the earth,

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 the princes,

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 the generals,

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 the rich,

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 the mighty,

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 and everyone else,

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 both slave and free,

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 hid in caves

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 and among the rocks

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 and among the rocks

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 and among the rocks

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 of the mountains.

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 They called to the mountains

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 and the rocks,

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 fall on us

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 and hide us

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 from the face of him

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 who sits on the throne

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 and from the wrath

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 of the Lamb.

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 For the great day

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 of their wrath

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 has come

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 and who can withstand it?

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 So those who refuse

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 to acknowledge God,

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 here it's described

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 as those who forget God

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 in this psalm,

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 they will be judged

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 in his presence.

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 And what an awesome

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 and fearsome thing

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 that will be.

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 And it's awesome

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 and fearsome

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 because as we read

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 in verse 8 earlier on,

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 God is the righteous

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 and fair judge.

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 Verse 8 says,

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 he rules the world

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 in righteousness

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 and he judges

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 the people with equity.

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 So for the believer,

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 Jesus is our saviour.

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 For the unbeliever,

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 he is the final judge.

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 And Paul tells us

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 in Acts 17 verse 31

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 that the final judge

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 will be our Lord Jesus.

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 All judgment

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 has been handed over

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 to him.

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 It says that

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 he has fixed a day

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 on which he will judge

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 the world in righteousness

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 by a man

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 he has appointed

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 and that is Jesus.

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 So

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 that is rather solemn

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 that God will judge

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 his enemies

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 but it's because

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 he is the righteous judge

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 and he always does

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 what is right.

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 But here we see

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 God's memory

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 does not fail.

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 God

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 remembers

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 his people.

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 You see that

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 in verses 7 to 12

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 particularly.

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 Let me read those

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 to you.

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 The Lord reigns

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 forever.

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 He has established

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 his throne

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 for judgment.

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 He rules the world

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 in righteousness

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 and judges the peoples

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 with equity.

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 The Lord is a refuge

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 for the oppressed

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 a stronghold

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 in times of trouble.

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 Those who know

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 your name

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 trust in you.

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 For you Lord

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 have never forsaken

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 those who seek you.

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 Sing the praises

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 of the Lord

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 enthroned in Zion.

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 Proclaim among

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 the nations

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 what he has done.

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 For he who avenges

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 blood remembers

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 he does not ignore

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 the cries

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 of the afflicted.

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 So this

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 psalm also

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 teaches us

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 that

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 though God's

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 people

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 are seen

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 as oppressed

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 in verse 9

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 afflicted

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 in verse 12

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 and needy

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 in verse 18

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 God does not

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 forget them.

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 God can be

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 trusted.

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 As we've seen

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 God is declared

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 to be the one

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 reigning in

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 righteousness

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 and fairness

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 now and forever

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 and for those

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 who continue

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 to forget God

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 it results

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 in judgment

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 but for the believer

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 even when they

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 are persecuted

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 when they are

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 afflicted

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 when they are

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 needy

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 because we know

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 God is righteous

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 and fair

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 we know we can

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 trust him fully

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 whatever our

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 situation

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 whether we're

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 led through

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 good times

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 or bad times

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 whether our

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 week has been

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 good or bad

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 whether we're

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 struggling

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 we can trust

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 God to do

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 the right thing

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 because he rules

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 in righteousness

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 Jesus here is

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 our perfect

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 example in

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 1 Peter 2

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 23

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 it says that

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 Jesus continued

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 in trusting

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 himself to

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 him who

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 judges

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 justly

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 and what was

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 trusting God

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 for there

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 what has he

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 laid down

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 his life

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 for us

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 he was

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 trusting that

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 God would

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 do the right

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 thing

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 as he bore

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 our sin

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 God can

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 God can always

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 be trusted

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 to do what

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 is right

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 that's in

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 his very

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 nature

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 we also

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 see in God

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 remembering

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 his people

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 that God

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 is a refuge

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 for his

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 people

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 when God's

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 people are

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 oppressed

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 afflicted and

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 needy and

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 even persecuted

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 in those

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 times

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 we read in

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 verse 9

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 that he is

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 our refuge

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 verse 12

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 he remembers

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 us

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 he does

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 not

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 ignore

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 our cries

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 so what

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 marks out

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 the difference

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 between the

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 believer

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 and the

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 wicked

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 we're told

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 here in

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 verse 10

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 this is the

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 difference

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 it's that

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 they know

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 God

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 they trust

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 him

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 and they

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 seek him

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 and because

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 they know

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 him

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 they trust

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 him

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 and they

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 seek him

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 they are

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 never

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 forsaken

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 verse 10

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 God will

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 never forsake

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 or forget

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 you

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 that's certain

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 the question

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 we need to

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 ask ourselves

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 if we trust

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 him in our

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 times of

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 need

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 in those

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 difficult

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 things that

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 maybe we've

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 been going

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 through this

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 week or

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 maybe we

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 will go

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 through this

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 following week

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 maybe

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 difficulties

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 in relationships

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 problems at

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 work or

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 school

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 perhaps

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 problems of

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 health

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 or perhaps

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 struggles to

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 live the

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 Christian life

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 that you

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 seem to be

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 weighed down

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 by certain

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 things

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 when all

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 these things

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:05.720
 God doesn't

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.519
 forget you

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:08.000
 God is your

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.619
 refuge

00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:10.119
 we need to

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 trust him

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 so let's

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 let's finish

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 with the

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 application of

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 this and it

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 was very late

00:20:17.639 --> 00:20:18.099
 on in my

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 studies I

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 discovered

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 discovered

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 that there's

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 a verse

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 that gives

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 the application

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 so we're

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 going to

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 look at

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 it in

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 verse 11

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 the application

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 of all we've

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.400
 read in

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 Psalm 9

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 is this

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 sing the

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 praises of

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 the Lord

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 enthroned in

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 Zion

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 proclaim among

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 the nations

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 what he has

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 done

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 so two

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 applications

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 number one

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 sing the

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 praises to

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 the Lord

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 number two

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 proclaim what

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 he has

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 done

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 now David

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 is our

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 example in

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 verses one

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 and two

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 right at the

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 beginning of

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 the psalm

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 in singing

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 praises to

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 God

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 verse one

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 says I

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 will give

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 thanks to

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 you Lord

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.619
 with all

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 my heart

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 I will

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 tell of

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 all your

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 wonderful deeds

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 I will be

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 glad and

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 rejoice in

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 you I

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 will sing

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.639
 the praises

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 of your

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 name O

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.139
 Most High

00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:07.960
 so why

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.659
 is David

00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:10.220
 praising God

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.839
 according to

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.419
 verses one

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 and two

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 because of

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 his wonderful

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 deeds

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 because of

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 what he's

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 done

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 what were

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 these things

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 for David

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 their

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 deliverance

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 from his

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 enemies

00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.879
 they are

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 rescue

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 for God's

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 people

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 and they're

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 too that

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 God will

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 not forget

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 us

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 but he also

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 praises God

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 because of

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 who he is

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 here it

00:21:34.439 --> 00:21:34.939
 talks about

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 his name

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 his very

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 essence

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 and he

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 is the

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 Most High

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 the one

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 who is high

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 above all

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 that is the

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 all powerful

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 sovereign

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 the one

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 who is

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 the righteous

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 judge

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 so no

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 wonder David

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 rejoices

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 no wonder

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 he sings

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 God's

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 praise

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 he says

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 here that

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 he's 100%

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 committed to

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 this

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 we're told

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 that he's

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 going to

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 give thanks

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 with all

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 of his

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 heart

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 he's

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 not

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 he's

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 not

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 50-50

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 he's

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 not

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 you know

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 partly

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 praising

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 God

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 but

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 you know

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 there's

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 so much

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 other

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 things

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 to think

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 about

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 100%

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 committed

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 with all

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 his

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 heart

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 he will

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 praise

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 God

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 what an

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 example

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 he is

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 to us

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 and it's

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 significant

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.539
 that David

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.619
 starts his

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 psalm

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.480
 his wording

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 is a

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 resolution

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 to praise

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 let me

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 explain what

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 I mean by

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.319
 that he

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 doesn't say

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 I give

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 thanks I

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 tell of all

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 your wonderful

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 deeds but

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 four times he

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 says I

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 will I

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 will give

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 thanks I

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 will tell of

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 all your

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 wonderful deeds

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 I will be

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 glad and

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 rejoice in

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 you I

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 will sing

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 the praises

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 of your

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 name that's

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 significant

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 because here

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 he's setting

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 out his

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 resolution

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:02.220
 this is

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.640
 what I'm

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 going to

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 do

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 whether I'm

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 rescued from

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 my enemies

00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:07.140
 or not

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:08.340
 whether good

00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.140
 times or bad

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.940
 times I

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:11.320
 will praise

00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:12.160
 my God

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:16.220
 so whether

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.900
 he's joyful

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.960
 or sad

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.980
 he will

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:20.259
 praise his

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.640
 God

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:23.320
 now to be

00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:23.720
 a people

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 full of

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 praise if

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.180
 you can

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.880
 100%

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.640
 praise God

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:28.140
 and if

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.800
 you need

00:23:28.800 --> 00:23:30.100
 to reflect

00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:30.560
 on what

00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:30.940
 God has

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.460
 done as

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.799
 David

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.200
 did

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.200
 you need

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.759
 to reflect

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.299
 on who

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.840
 he is

00:23:34.840 --> 00:23:35.519
 as David

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.740
 did and

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.140
 you need

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.820
 to resolve

00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.600
 to praise

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.080
 as we go

00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.539
 into this

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.320
 week let's

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:40.779
 do that

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.539
 let's resolve

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.279
 to praise

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.140
 for who

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:43.720
 God is

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.600
 and for

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:44.940
 what he's

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.279
 done

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:47.000
 but the

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.779
 other application

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.360
 here from

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:48.980
 verse 11

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.460
 is to

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.220
 proclaim his

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 name among

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.320
 the nations

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:52.860
 proclaim

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:54.039
 what he

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.600
 has done

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.960
 to proclaim

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.759
 means to

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.380
 declare

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.320
 to speak

00:23:58.320 --> 00:23:58.760
 out

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 and it's

00:24:00.780 --> 00:24:01.300
 telling the

00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:02.000
 good things

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.300
 that he

00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:02.720
 has done

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.300
 for us

00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:04.080
 that he

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:04.380
 is a

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.060
 refuge for

00:24:05.060 --> 00:24:05.620
 the oppressed

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.820
 and a

00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:07.580
 stronghold in

00:24:07.580 --> 00:24:08.060
 times of

00:24:08.060 --> 00:24:08.440
 trouble

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.220
 verse 8

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.600
 and that

00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:11.180
 he never

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.820
 forsakes

00:24:11.820 --> 00:24:12.540
 his people

00:24:12.540 --> 00:24:13.760
 verse 10

00:24:13.760 --> 00:24:15.820
 now we're

00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.480
 told to do

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.040
 this not

00:24:17.040 --> 00:24:17.640
 just to

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.220
 those we

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.820
 gather with

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.620
 in church

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:22.379
 we're told

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:24.159
 to proclaim

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:24.879
 this to

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.719
 the nations

00:24:25.719 --> 00:24:26.759
 to all

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.339
 people

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:30.679
 as we've

00:24:30.679 --> 00:24:31.039
 seen in

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.719
 this psalm

00:24:31.719 --> 00:24:33.179
 when David

00:24:33.179 --> 00:24:33.799
 is talking

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.319
 about the

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.899
 nations

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:36.319
 his emphasis

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.359
 is on

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.179
 the wicked

00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:40.000
 so this

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.559
 psalm is

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.279
 telling you

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.099
 to proclaim

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.539
 to the

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:42.859
 wicked

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:44.339
 the good

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.939
 things

00:24:44.939 --> 00:24:45.899
 that God

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.839
 has done

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:50.000
 it's

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.740
 it's to

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.119
 the wicked

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:52.000
 in verse 5

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.599
 it's to

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.059
 those who

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.480
 have fallen

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.039
 into the

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.419
 pit of

00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:54.799
 sin

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:56.199
 in verse 15

00:24:56.199 --> 00:24:56.859
 it's to

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.359
 those who

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.179
 forget God

00:24:58.179 --> 00:24:59.699
 in verse 17

00:24:59.699 --> 00:25:00.959
 it's for

00:25:00.959 --> 00:25:01.559
 those who

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:01.980
 are under

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.419
 God's

00:25:02.419 --> 00:25:02.959
 judgment

00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:03.959
 in verse

00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:04.859
 19

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:07.619
 so what

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:07.899
 do you

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.259
 think

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:10.980
 the deeds

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.299
 of the

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.819
 Lord are

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.159
 that we

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.019
 should be

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.579
 declaring

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.059
 to the

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.359
 wicked

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.199
 particularly

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.900
 well they

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.340
 need to

00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:17.740
 know about

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.180
 the goodness

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.779
 of God

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.460
 in our

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.799
 lives

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.140
 they need

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.460
 to know

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.900
 about all

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.299
 the goodness

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.819
 of God

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.980
 as we

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.480
 all do

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.680
 but they

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.380
 also need

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.819
 to know

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.160
 of the

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.600
 mercy

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.720
 and grace

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:29.500
 of God

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.160
 the same

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.759
 thing we

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.559
 needed to

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.400
 hear of

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.500
 when we

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.960
 were still

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.380
 in our

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.700
 sins

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.140
 where we

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.680
 were still

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.620
 forgetting

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.140
 God

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:38.660
 when we

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.039
 were still

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.420
 living

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:39.940
 without

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.380
 God

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:42.799
 as we

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.279
 saw this

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.660
 morning

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.700
 the grace

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.300
 of God

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:46.060
 we need

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:46.340
 to be

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:46.779
 able to

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.320
 proclaim

00:25:47.320 --> 00:25:47.700
 that

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.700
 to

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.560
 those

00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:49.920
 around

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.300
 us

00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:50.779
 friends

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.340
 and

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:51.800
 those

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:52.160
 who

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.480
 are

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:55.440
 God's

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.820
 enemies

00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:58.400
 in Jesus

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.000
 we see

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.420
 God

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.240
 the righteous

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.820
 judge

00:26:00.820 --> 00:26:01.820
 but also

00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:02.800
 the saviour

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.940
 rich in

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.400
 mercy

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.960
 compassionate

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:07.740
 one who

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.440
 bears and

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.900
 forgives

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.519
 our sin

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:12.500
 so what's

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.940
 our goal

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.160
 in

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.799
 proclamation

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:15.720
 not that

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.059
 we may

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.359
 have a

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.019
 big church

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.420
 not that

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.740
 we may

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.220
 feel we've

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.379
 done

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.759
 something

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.160
 good at

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.579
 last

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:22.220
 but the

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.980
 glory may

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.440
 be brought

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.119
 to God

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:26.599
 verse 11

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:28.460
 says

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.039
 sing the

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.700
 praises of

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.139
 the Lord

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.879
 enthroned in

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.240
 Zion

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 proclaim

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 among the

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 nations

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 what he

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 has done

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 so we

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 proclaim

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 what God

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 has done

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 so that

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 other people

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 may not

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 just hear

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 but they

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 may come

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 to know

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 God as

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 saviour

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 too

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 and that

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 then they

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 will go

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 on to

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 proclaim

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 among

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 the nations

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 other people

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 what he

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 has done

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 for them

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 so let

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 me just

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 close

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 by asking

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 you

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 what do

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 you think

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 this

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 proclamation

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 of what

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 God has

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 done

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 will look

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 like

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 tomorrow

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 morning

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 in the

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 workplace

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 or school

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 perhaps

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 it's

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 praying

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 for

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 opportunities

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 and taking

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 those small

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 opportunities

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 that we're

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 presented

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 with

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 to tell

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 of our

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 experience

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 of God's

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 goodness

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 to us

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 pointing

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 people

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 to Jesus

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 our saviour

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 and our

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 Lord

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 with the

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 long term

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.880
 aim

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 that God

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 will be

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 glorified

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 in their

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 lives as

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 well

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 thank you

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 Twins

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 I

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 had a

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 time

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 for

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 to

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 k

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 wanted

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 to

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 to