We will see God and be satisfied!

17 1 תְּפִלָּ֗ה לְדָ֫וִ֥ד שִׁמְעָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ צֶ֗דֶק הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה רִנָּתִ֗י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה תְפִלָּתִ֑י בְּ֝לֹ֗א שִׂפְתֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה ׃ 2 מִ֭לְּפָנֶיךָ מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י יֵצֵ֑א עֵ֝ינֶ֗יךָ תֶּחֱזֶ֥ינָה מֵישָׁרִֽים ׃ 3 בָּ֘חַ֤נְתָּ לִבִּ֨י ׀ פָּ֘קַ֤דְתָּ לַּ֗יְלָה צְרַפְתַּ֥נִי בַל ־ תִּמְצָ֑א זַ֝מֹּתִ֗י בַּל ־ יַעֲבָר ־ פִּֽי ׃ 4 לִפְעֻלּ֣וֹת אָ֭דָם בִּדְבַ֣ר שְׂפָתֶ֑יךָ אֲנִ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗רְתִּי אָרְח֥וֹת פָּרִֽיץ ׃ 5 תָּמֹ֣ךְ אֲ֭שֻׁרַי בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑יךָ בַּל ־ נָמ֥וֹטּוּ 1 פְעָמָֽי ׃ 6 אֲנִֽי ־ קְרָאתִ֣יךָ כִֽי ־ תַעֲנֵ֣נִי אֵ֑ל הַֽט ־ אָזְנְךָ֥ לִ֝֗י שְׁמַ֣ע אִמְרָתִֽי ׃ 7 הַפְלֵ֣ה חֲ֭סָדֶיךָ מוֹשִׁ֣יעַ חוֹסִ֑ים מִ֝מִּתְקוֹמְמִ֗ים בִּֽימִינֶֽךָ ׃ 8 שָׁ֭מְרֵנִי כְּאִישׁ֣וֹן בַּת ־ עָ֑יִן בְּצֵ֥ל כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ תַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי ׃ 9 מִפְּנֵ֣י רְ֭שָׁעִים ז֣וּ שַׁדּ֑וּנִי אֹיְבַ֥י בְּ֝נֶ֗פֶשׁ יַקִּ֥יפוּ עָלָֽי ׃ 10 חֶלְבָּ֥מוֹ סָּגְר֑וּ פִּ֝֗ימוֹ דִּבְּר֥וּ בְגֵאֽוּת ׃ 11 אַ֭שֻּׁרֵינוּ עַתָּ֣ה סבבוני 1 עֵינֵיהֶ֥ם יָ֝שִׁ֗יתוּ לִנְט֥וֹת בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃ 12 דִּמְיֹנ֗וֹ כְּ֭אַרְיֵה יִכְס֣וֹף לִטְר֑וֹף וְ֝כִכְפִ֗יר יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים ׃ 13 קוּמָ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה קַדְּמָ֣ה פָ֭נָיו הַכְרִיעֵ֑הוּ פַּלְּטָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י מֵרָשָׁ֥ע חַרְבֶּֽךָ ׃ 14 מִֽמְתִ֥ים יָדְךָ֨ ׀ יְהוָ֡ה מִֽמְתִ֬ים מֵחֶ֗לֶד חֶלְקָ֥ם בַּֽחַיִּים֮ וצפינך 1 תְּמַלֵּ֪א בִ֫טְנָ֥ם יִשְׂבְּע֥וּ בָנִ֑ים וְהִנִּ֥יחוּ יִ֝תְרָ֗ם לְעוֹלְלֵיהֶֽם ׃ 15 אֲנִ֗י בְּ֭צֶדֶק אֶחֱזֶ֣ה פָנֶ֑יךָ אֶשְׂבְּעָ֥ה בְ֝הָקִ֗יץ תְּמוּנָתֶֽךָ ׃

Psalms 17:1-15

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In the Shadow of Your Wings 17 A f Prayer of David. 1 Hear a just cause, O Lord ; g attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! 2 From your presence h let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right! 3 You have i tried my heart, you have j visited me by k night, you have l tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. 4 With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. 5 My steps have m held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped. 6 I n call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; o incline your ear to me; hear my words. 7 p Wondrously show 1 your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from q their adversaries at your right hand. 8 Keep me as r the apple of your eye; hide me in s the shadow of your wings, 9 from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who t surround me. 10 u They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they v speak arrogantly. 11 They have now surrounded our w steps; they set their eyes to x cast us to the ground. 12 He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion y lurking in ambush. 13 Arise, O Lord ! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword, 14 from men by your hand, O Lord , from z men of the world whose a portion is in this life. 1 You fill their womb with treasure; 2 they are satisfied with b children, and they leave their abundance to their infants. 15 As for me, I shall c behold your face in righteousness; when I d awake, I shall be e satisfied with your likeness.

Psalms 16:1-15

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16 1 προσευχὴ τοῦ Δαυιδ εἰσάκουσον κύριε τῆς δικαιοσύνης μου πρόσχες τῇ δεήσει μου ἐνώτισαι τῆς προσευχῆς μου οὐκ ἐν χείλεσιν δολίοις 2 ἐκ προσώπου σου τὸ κρίμα μου ἐξέλθοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἰδέτωσαν εὐθύτητας 3 ἐδοκίμασας τὴν καρδίαν μου ἐπεσκέψω νυκτός ἐπύρωσάς με καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη ἐν ἐμοὶ ἀδικία 4 ὅπως ἂν μὴ λαλήσῃ τὸ στόμα μου τὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων διὰ τοὺς λόγους τῶν χειλέων σου ἐγὼ ἐφύλαξα ὁδοὺς σκληράς 5 κατάρτισαι τὰ διαβήματά μου ἐν ταῖς τρίβοις σου ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶσιν τὰ διαβήματά μου 6 ἐγὼ ἐκέκραξα ὅτι ἐπήκουσάς μου ὁ θεός κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου ἐμοὶ καὶ εἰσάκουσον τῶν ῥημάτων μου 7 θαυμάστωσον τὰ ἐλέη σου ὁ σῴζων τοὺς ἐλπίζοντας ἐπὶ σὲ ἐκ τῶν ἀνθεστηκότων τῇ δεξιᾷ σου 8 φύλαξόν με ὡς κόραν ὀφθαλμοῦ ἐν σκέπῃ τῶν πτερύγων σου σκεπάσεις με 9 ἀπὸ προσώπου ἀσεβῶν τῶν ταλαιπωρησάντων με οἱ ἐχθροί μου τὴν ψυχήν μου περιέσχον 10 τὸ στέαρ αὐτῶν συνέκλεισαν τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν ἐλάλησεν ὑπερηφανίαν 11 ἐκβάλλοντές με νυνὶ περιεκύκλωσάν με τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν ἔθεντο ἐκκλῖναι ἐν τῇ γῇ 12 ὑπέλαβόν με ὡσεὶ λέων ἕτοιμος εἰς θήραν καὶ ὡσεὶ σκύμνος οἰκῶν ἐν ἀποκρύφοις 13 ἀνάστηθι κύριε πρόφθασον αὐτοὺς καὶ ὑποσκέλισον αὐτούς ῥῦσαι τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ ἀσεβοῦς ῥομφαίαν σου ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν τῆς χειρός σου 14 κύριε ἀπὸ ὀλίγων ἀπὸ γῆς διαμέρισον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν κεκρυμμένων σου ἐπλήσθη ἡ γαστὴρ αὐτῶν ἐχορτάσθησαν υἱῶν καὶ ἀφῆκαν τὰ κατάλοιπα τοῖς νηπίοις αὐτῶν 15 ἐγὼ δὲ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ὀφθήσομαι τῷ προσώπῳ σου χορτασθήσομαι ἐν τῷ ὀφθῆναι τὴν δόξαν σου

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We will see God and be satisfied! Intro this is a 'prayer' 1. Hear my cry for help, O LORD! (v1-9) v1 -2 Theme of 'righteousness' (just cause v1, and then v15 'in righteousness'). Asking for vindication. v3-5 He is confident of being 'right' before God v6-9 Confidence in God's unshakeable, loyal, abundant covenant love. FCF: We're tested and we are found guilty of deceit. We do transgress with our mouth. We don't avoid the paths of the violent, we don't hold fast to your paths. Our feet do slip. How can we sing this? Person of Jesus: because this is Jesus who personifies and fulfils and thus sings this. He entrusts himself to God for deliverance (like v7-9) 2. Life without God is brutal, but God's people will be abundantly satisfied (v10-15) v10-12 brutal, as in dehumanised. v13 call for God to arise and deliver v14 despite the many blessings, this life is all there is to enjoy if you are not right with God. Links to previous Psalm; 'portion'; the contrast between men of this world whose portion is in this life, and God's people, whose portion is God himself. v15 cf Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Work of Jesus: we see in v10-12. Jesus crucified like an enemy of God; godless men tear at him like angry lions. But God arose and delivered his soul from death. Through the cross, God has confronted and subdued this evil age, and won. Union with Jesus. We are saved out of the transient vanity of this life (v14), and into the eternal joy of v15, through union with Jesus by faith. So we sing, along with Jesus, this Psalm calling on God to deliver us here and now out of awful godlessness. Knowing and enjoying all along the joy of 'beholding God', now and to come. -Key question to check our hearts. Are we thrilled by remembering v15? Wrap-up 'Behold'; he wants God to 'behold' what is right in the situation. And we have the promise that we will, in and through Christ, 'behold' God himself.

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