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Psalm 9: The Refuge That Remembers
Praise, in this psalm, is not a vague feeling of warmth toward the divine. It is specific, particular, rooted in things God has actually done. David praises with his whole heart — not half, not the part left over after worry has taken its share, but the whole of it — because he has seen enemies turned back, thrones of judgment occupied, and the names of the wicked blotted out. But the real jewel of the psalm sits quietly in the middle, easy to miss: the Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And then this: they that know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Notice the logic. Trust is not blind here. It is built on evidence. Those who know God's name — who have experienced His character, not merely heard about it — find that He does not abandon the seekers. The psalm also carries a sharp edge: the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands, caught in their own nets. There is, David suggests, a kind of divine irony woven into the fabric of things. And the closing plea is breathtaking in its honesty: let the nations know themselves to be but men. That is perhaps the most necessary prayer in any age.
00:00 Praise with My Whole Heart
00:22 Enemies Turned Back
00:40 The Throne of Righteous Judgment
01:00 Refuge for the Oppressed
01:20 Snared in Their Own Net
01:40 Let Man Know He Is but Man
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0:009. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart. I will show forth all thy marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in thee. I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most high. When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. For thou has maintained my right and my cause. Thou saddest in the throne judging right. Thou hast rebuked the heathen. Thou hast destroyed the wicked. Thou hast put out their name forever and ever. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and Thou hast destroyed cities. Their memorial is perished with them. But the Lord shall endure forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment, and he shall judge the world in righteousness. He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. For they that
1:06know thy name will put their trust in thee. For thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Sing praise to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion, declare among the people his doings, before he makeeth inquisition for blood. He remembered them. He forgeteth not the cry of the humble. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, consider my trouble, which I suffer of them that hate me. Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death. That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in thy salvation. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made, and the net which they hid is their own foot taken. The Lord is known by the judgment, which he executed. The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. He guy on, say la. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all of the nations that forget God. For the needy shall not always be forgotten. The expectation
2:09of the poor shall not perish forever. O rise, O Lord, let not man prevail, let the heathen be judged in thy sight. Put them in fear, O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Say la.
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