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David's Plea Series
Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Mar 19, 2024 (message contributor)
Summary: David's Plea
Psalm 119:153 - 160 - Resh - "head" or "beginning."
1. David's Plea - A Plea For Restoration -
153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
A Plea -
For God’s Pity to be Received - 153 Consider mine affliction,
For God’s Power to be Revealed - and deliver me:
For God’s Promise to be Realized - for I do not forget thy law.
A Plea For Redemption -
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
A Plea -
For Recognition - 154 Plead my cause,
For Reclamation - and deliver me:
For Resurrection - quicken me
For Revelation - according to thy word.
A Plea For Revival - quicken me according to thy word.
It's Powerful - quicken me
It's Personal - quicken me
It's Practical - according to thy word.
2. David's Protest - 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Salvation's Place - 155 Salvation is far from the wicked:
Salvation's Price - for they seek not thy statutes.
Salvation's Path - thy statutes.
3. David's Praise - 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord:
quicken me according to thy judgments.
For God's Mercy - 156 Great are thy tender mercies,
For God's Majesty - O Lord:
For God's Ministry - quicken me
For God's Mastery - according to thy judgments.
4. David's Problem -
It's Force - 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies;
It's Foundation - and mine enemies;
It's Failure - yet do I not decline
It's Focus - from thy testimonies.
5. David's Pain - 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved;
because they kept not thy word.
His Watch - 158 I beheld the transgressors,
His Woe - and was grieved; - Grief is an outgrowth of love.
His Witness - because they kept not thy word.
Their Failure - 158 I beheld the transgressors
Their Folly - and was grieved;
Their Flaw - because they kept not thy word.
Their Fall - 1 Cors 2:7 but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
6. David's Passion - For -
God's Word - 159 Consider how I love thy precepts:
God's Will - quicken me, O Lord,
God's Worship - according to thy lovingkindness.
7. David's Proclamation - Of -
The Source of God's Word - 160 Thy word is true from the beginning:
The Sincerity of God's Word - 160 Thy word is true
The Supremacy of God's Word - from the beginning:
The Surety of God's Word - and every one of thy righteous judgments
The Stability of God's Word - endureth for ever.
God’s Word is a
True Word - 160 Thy word is true
Tested Word - from the beginning:
Terrible Word - and every one of thy righteous judgments
Timeless Word - endureth for ever.