Blessed Be My Rock

Trusting it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient word.

! It's God's very own word for you, his people.

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But with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd, for you rescue and oppress people, but you

humble those with haughty eyes.

Lord, you light my lamp.

My God illuminates my darkness.

With you I can attack a barricade, and with my God I can leap over a wall.

God, his way is perfect.

The word of the Lord is pure.

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

For who is God beside the Lord?

And who is a rock?

Only our God.

God, he clothes me with strength and makes my way perfect.

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer.

He sets me securely on the heights.

He trains my hands for war.

My arms can bend a bow of bronze.

You have given me the shield of your salvation.

Your right hand upholds me, and your humility exalts me.

You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way.

I pursue my enemies and overtake them.

I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

I crush them, and they cannot get up.

They fall beneath my feet.

You have clothed me with strength and for battle.

You subdue my adversaries beneath me.

You have made my enemies retreat before me.

I annihilate those who hate me.

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them.

They cry to the Lord, but he does not answer them.

I pulverize them like dust before the wind.

I trample them like mud in the streets.

You have freed me from the feuds among the people.

You have appointed me the head of nations, a people I had not known serve me.

Foreigners submit to me, cringing.

As soon as they hear me, they obey me.

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications.

The Lord lives.

Blessed be my rock.

The God of my salvation is exalted.

God, he grants me vengeance and subdues people unto me.

He frees me from my enemies.

You exalt me above my adversaries.

You rescue me from violent men.

Therefore, I will give thanks to you among the nations, Lord.

I will sing praises about your name.

He gives great victories to his king.

He shows loyalty to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

The word of God for the people of God.

Thanks be to God.

You may be seated.

As you're seated, I encourage you to keep Scripture open in front of you to Psalm 18

as we work through this wonderful song of praise together.

Isaiah 40 tells us that the grass withers and the flower fades,

but the word of the Lord stands forever.

In Luke 1, we hear that no word from God shall be void of power.

Let's pray.

Let's pray.

Let's pray.

Let's pray.

Let's pray.

Let's pray.

Let's pray.

Let's pray.

Let's pray.

Let's pray.

Oh, God, you are the living rock, the rock of ages.

We pray that you will speak to your people by your power.

We thank you for how you are the same yesterday, today, and forever.

How we can run to you, and how by your gentleness, your humility in Christ,

you uphold your people by the power of your Holy Spirit that you've poured out.

Please minister to your people today, Lord.

Please equip us according to your purposes we ask.

Amen.

Amen.

Well, as we are here reading this poetry from ancient Israel by the great King David,

the military leader and conqueror, many have mentioned to me this morning how there are

missiles flying across the sky between Israel and Iran.

the whole world is watching what is going on in that part of the world this made me curious to

look up where's the church in both of those nations right now it was 1.5 percent of the

population of Iran that are Christians there are Christians there very very small minority

then I looked it up for Israel 1.9 percent in Israel are Christians and 75 percent of that less than

2 percent total 75 percent are Arabs living in Israel that are Christians

someone mentioned to me how in both of those countries they're still running into the rocks

and the bunkers in the caves and behind the mountains to find shelter we can only imagine

the terror of being in a a nation with a land war especially nowadays with this technology

under that type of oppression the greatest hope possible is for victory in fear for all of us

our greatest need is shelter when you're at war your biggest desire is rest in terror with hatred

from generations piling on feelings of wanting of revenge and vengeance what we really long for is to be

happy at peace and resting again the word in the bible for that feeling is blessed

and what both of those countries need and what the Christians in either country can find comfort in

is exactly what psalm 18 lifts up for us and this is your comfort and mine today it's your hope

in mind that we will be able to pray and I hope with even more conviction in the next moments what David

prays in verse 46 would you please look there David cries out to God remember he says this at the end of

his ministry at the end of second Samuel calling all the nation all of God's people to declare this together

blessed be my rock and that's my encouragement for us today that you will be able to say that blessed be my rock

the first movement is this this great rock for God's people it provides a source of shelter for them to enjoy life

so life in the shade of the rock life in the shade of the rock would you look at the beginning of psalm 18 look at verse 2

I'm going to come back to this verse several times the first thing I want to point out is he says

the Lord is my rock he's letting us know right at the beginning of this psalm here's my theme

he says God is my strength my God in whom I trust there is a professor at a university in New Zealand

a few decades ago and he noticed many of these images especially in the Old Testament describing God

and brought richness to this so I learned this through James Montgomery Boyce quoting this

professor the first image is this I want to highlight five today a rock is a source of

protection in shade he wrote that in the climate in the Middle East where it's hot and sandy

the natural elements are merciless we understand that a little bit better here in the high desert of

Colorado if you spend three hours without sunscreen in the elements it's merciless imagine in the Middle East

he said that in a period of 12 months there will be spring rains and you'll see this really thin layer

of green like a carpet but that's doomed to quickly turn into sand again after it's scorched by the sun and

it only lasts about two weeks out of 12 months however if you were to put a boulder there or go to a site that has a

same patch of sand that cannot sustain life on the the shady side of that massive boulder an oasis will develop

life will flourish up against this rock and travelers can then go and stop and enjoy rest in the shade and be sheltered

sheltered from the elements during the hottest hours

so I think what we have in verses 25 through 29 is a description of life in that oasis in the shade of the great rock the rock of course is an image of God's kingdom and we get insights into the values of God's kingdom look at verse 25 he first gives us three virtues in a row that are pleasing to God

he says with the merciful or faithful literally in the Hebrew it's with those who are kind you will show yourself kind with the blameless literally with a master of flawlessness one who is above reproach we can say God will show himself blameless in verse 26 with the pure literally with one being

purified you will show yourself blameless you will show yourself pure those are the three virtues but then there's one displeasing vice verse 26 continues with the devious you will show yourself shrewd this is interesting because the Lord his his attributes correspond to what is good and what men would recognize as good and pleasing because it comes from him but when it comes to a way in which mankind

is twisted and fallen is twisted and fallen like being devious or distorted you can't say that of God so he has to pick a more careful word like shrewd and then verse 27 you will save the humble but you will bring down one with haughty looks one who is proud so he's laying out the values of the kingdom of God this is the type of life that will flourish in the shade of the rock and this is the type of attributes that don't fit in this kingdom

that God will pluck out like a weed that God will pluck out like a weed and cast onto the scorching sand

Martin Luther had a good comment I thought here he said see how God deals with the perverse man who perverts everything God turns everything for that man into the opposite of what he hoped for

there's something intrinsically frustrating about sin sin has no place in the kingdom of God

Isaiah 32 verse 2 says behold a king will reign in righteousness and princes will rule with justice now listen to this a man will be as a hiding place from the wind a shelter from the tempest as rivers of water in a dry place as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land

Isaiah 32:2

there will be an anointed king that will come and live in the shadow of a great rock and he will rule with justice and there will be peace for all those who are gathered into his kingdom

he's describing the coming Messiah

so to the extent that David hides himself next to God in the shade of the rock he's a type of Christ who will come

and fulfill all of these prophecies piled up about the kingdom of God anchored to the rock of God himself

the people will thrive under such a king

a king who is in submission to and protected by

God as his rock

now notice what he says in verses 28 and 29

for you will light my lamp

the Lord my God will enlighten

my darkness

this is describing life

in the kingdom of God

1 Samuel 21 17

refers to Samuel the prophet

as the lamp of Israel

what was his job as the prophet

the prophet represents God to the people

Samuel was the mouthpiece of God

he was giving the people God's word

and it's a lamp

for them to live in and flourish under

a lamp is associated with God's word

and whose light the people can enjoy life

now he describes in verse 29

how much safety he enjoys in this kingdom of God

in contrast to the nations all around him

he says for by you I can run against a troop

a troop may be like a raiding party

remember in 1 Samuel how the Philistines had their raiders that would go around

in these you know fast mobile chariot driven battalions to destroy and terrorize villages

but he says I can run against them

or it could also be soldiers forming a barricade

it reminds us of 2 Samuel chapter 5

2 Samuel 5 · chapter mention

the Jebusites were mocking David

they said this mountain fortress

this one is impenetrable

they mocked David saying

the blind and the lame

will take care of him

they'll ward David off

there's no way David can capture this one

and God helps David to take this fortress

which was called Zion

and it became the headquarters then Jerusalem

he describes what it was like

in verse 29

by my God

I can leap over a wall

in verse 30 he says

as for God

his way is perfect

the word of the Lord is proven

it's his testimony

I trusted God's word

and he proved himself

he is a shield

to all

who trust

in him

that's what life is like

in the shade

of the rock

I'm guessing that

depending on what

each of us is going through right now

we're either enjoying that

and we can say

yes

amen

that's my testimony

at this moment

or maybe some of us

need to be called back

into the shade

of the rock

of God's kingdom

maybe the Lord

and his providence

has allowed you

to be on the hot sand

and feel those elements

in your soul a bit

and he's saying

come back

come thrive

come enjoy life

against my rock

with Jesus as your king

Isaiah 26 verse 4

Isaiah 26:4

calls us to trust

in the Lord forever

for the Lord God

is a rock of ages

what that means

is that God's nature

is everlasting

God's strength

has no end

enjoy life

in the shade

of the rock

next

he moves into

military language

I want to show you

how

in battle

this rock

is proven

he just said it

God's way is perfect

his word

is proven

let's show

let's see now

using David's imagery

how this rock

is proven

in war

notice back in

Psalm

Psalms 18:2

chapter 18

verse 2

he says

God is my shield

and my stronghold

let's focus on those

two words

so we get

four more images

now of God

as a rock

the first is God

as refuge

and strength

think of how

as the superscription

to Psalm 18

says

David was on the run

from all the enemies

even from Saul

the king of Israel

but God was his protection

he was forced to flee

and hide in caves

and then he reflects

back in verse 31

what we have already

seen earlier

in this Psalm

which is

a testimony

of God's

deliverance

but here he's

meditating on it

a second time

in the same Psalm

Spurgeon's comment

about that

was this

the second thoughts

about God's mercy

should be

and often are

the best

so in verse 31

David says

for who is God

except the Lord

and who is a rock

except our God

it is God

who has armed me

with strength

and it is God

who makes my way

perfect

well you notice

how in the verse

right before that

he says

God's way

is perfect

now he says

as I walk

in God's way

he makes my way

perfect

my way

aligns to God's

perfect way

what a blessing

to walk

in the way

of the Lord

in verse 33

he says

God

makes my feet

like the feet

of a deer

and he sets me

on high places

a deer is a picture

of agility

swiftness

and sure footedness

we were hiking

around

the other day

and just as we're

on the normal

sidewalk trail

we saw something

amazing

which was this

a young deer

maybe one year old

not just

trotting

you know

like a horse

would trot

but bounding

it was like

all four legs

all up in the air

all at once

out of nowhere

just right through

the kind of

the gutter

and kept going

it was just amazing

so it was almost

like deer in a

class of their own

and especially

David on the run

you know

the enemy

persecuting him

running into the cliffs

he's a shepherd

he's simple

he can go in there

and hide

remember in

first Samuel

how the Philistines

they're very

wealthy and powerful

and they had

these iron

chariots

well what good

is a chariot

going to do

if you're in the

middle of these

desert rocks

you can't chase

them down

so there he is

poor

simple

humble

trusting the Lord

and it's like

the Lord

makes him

like a deer

bounding

they can't even

come close

to catching him

in verse 34

he says

he teaches

my hands

to make war

so that my arms

can bend

a bow

of bronze

notice how he's

using his own

body to reflect

on God's

faithfulness

he started

with his feet

in verse 33

now he's onto

his hands

in verse 33

also in his arms

now in verse 35

he says

you also

have given me

the shield

of your salvation

your right hand

has held me up

your gentleness

has made me

great

verse 36

you enlarged

my path

underneath me

so my feet

did not slip

some translations

say so my

ankles

didn't twist

this is what

it's like

to be under

the rock

of God

even at war

even persecuted

may this be

the comfort

for God's people

around the world

and for you

and me

with spiritual

attacks

and persecution

as well

Jesus said

in Matthew 7

Matthew 7:24

verse 24

whoever

obeys

God's word

builds their

life

on the rock

God is your

refuge

and strength

God is my

shield

and my

stronghold

you see that

image here

here's the next

image

it's of a

strong tower

and where that

last one left

off where

he's saying

my feet

won't slip

in chapter 2

he says

God is my

fortress

like it's

it's an

elevated rock

way up there

and my

deliverer

God is my

tower

when you're

up on the

tower

the fortress

of God's

kingdom

your view

expands

it's elevated

it's lifted up

and your

perspective is

set in the

broadest frame

the contrast

to God

as our

fortress

would be

to be

down in the

pit

in the

mire

the quicksand

that's pulling

you down

and burying

you

no but God

lifts me up

and sets my

feet where I

won't slip

I won't get

sucked down

Psalm 40

Psalms 40:2

verse 2

builds on this

theme as well

God brought me

up out of a

horrible pit

out of the

miry mud

and has set

my feet on a

rock

he establishes

my steps

it's the same

theme that David

is reflecting on

in Psalm 18

Psalms 18:34

verse 34

as well

and 36

he says

from this position

of protection

verse 37

I can now

pursue my enemies

and overtake

them

neither did

I turn back

again

till they

were destroyed

verse 38

I have wounded

them so that

they could not

rise

how has David

done this

verse 39

because you

have armed

me with

strength

for the battle

the Lord

lifts David

up into the

strong tower

and equips

him for war

well the next

image is God

now on the

offensive

God as a

crushing

boulder

in verse 39

he says

you have

subdued

under me

those who

rose up

against me

you have

also given

me the

necks of

my enemies

so that I

destroyed those

who hated

me

verse 41

they cried

out but

there was

none to

save

even to

the Lord

but he

did not

answer them

so there's

David lifted

up on the

rock of

God

and there's

those who

have rejected

the kingdom

of God

and opposed

God

now they're

begging for

mercy

and God

is bringing

justice

it's like a

crushing

boulder

rolling down

advancing

and if he's

not your

fortress

and you're

hidden in

him

he's gonna

steamroll

everything

in its way

the kingdom

of God

will advance

it will not

slow down

as we drive

to the mountains

maybe going

west on

I-70

from here

you'll see

those yellow

signs that

say rocks

falling

I pointed

one out

to one

of my

sons the

other day

I said

look at

the size

of those

boulders

it was

like half

of our

vehicle

and there's

much bigger

boulders up

there waiting

to just

fall and

smash

whatever's

gonna get

under their

way

I want

you to

notice the

contrast

here

if you

go back

to verse

21

David says

something

about his

faith in

the Lord

as his

rock

in verse

21

David says

I have

not wickedly

departed

from my

God

he's not

committed

apostasy

he's not

rejected

God

the Lord

has preserved

his faith

if you go

back to

verse 6

we hear

David saying

in my

distress

I called

upon the

Lord

I cried

out to

my God

and he

heard my

voice

from his

temple

and my

cry came

before him

even to

his ears

David has

put himself

under the

Lord

as his

king

and as

his

rock

what a

contrast

this is

to those

who reject

the Lord

who cry

out

but now

it's too

late

their cry

in verse

38

and verse

39

I'm sorry

their cry

is in

verse 41

they cried

out to

the Lord

but there

was none

to save

this is not

a cry

of faith

and repentance

like David's

was

but it was

a cry

of those

who have

departed

from God

and who

just now

want to

escape

the natural

consequences

of their

rebellion

God is

offered to

all by

grace

now

and there's

a time

where he

is offered

by grace

no longer

that would

be the

time of

his

judgment

and his

wrath

now is

the time

to receive

his grace

and the news

doesn't get

any better

as we see

this final

image of

the rock

we could

say it's

a rock

now used

as a

millstone

the millstone

was one

rock put

on top

of the

other

and you'd

put the

kernels

of grain

in between

and then

you would

have something

very strong

like oxen

pull it

around

in a

circle

so that

the millstone

is crushing

what's in

between

turning grain

into fine

flour

notice what

he says

in verse

42

then I

beat them

as fine

as the

dust

before the

wind

I cast

them out

like dirt

in the

streets

you have

delivered me

from the

strivings

of the

people

at the

end of

his reign

David

is going

to unite

all these

tribes

into one

kingdom

before that

they're in

civil war

there's a

massive

upheaval

who will

be the

king

of

Israel

who will

we follow

and they

become united

under David

it was a

mixed company

that was

striving

a striving

people

by contrast

verse 43

tells how

the Lord

ends it

under David's

reign

a people

I have

not yet

known

shall serve

me

it's a

description

of Israel

uniting

but also

more than

that

it's

worldwide

dominion

and verses

44 and

45

describe

how God

will advance

his kingdom

in two

ways

the first

way

God will

advance

his kingdom

invisibly

look at

verse 44

as soon as

they hear

of me

they obey

me

they don't

even need

to see a

display of

power

they will

hear

the reputation

and the

name

and they

will obey

the second

way his

kingdom will

advance

is powerfully

these foreigners

will submit

to me

verse 45

they fade

away

and they

come

frightened

from their

hideouts

God's

kingdom

it cannot

be stopped

and after

a great

war

there will

be great

victory

in verse

46 he

declares

the Lord

lives

blessed

be my

rock

and let

the God

of my

salvation

be exalted

!

It is God

who avenges

me

in verse

47

and subdues

the people

under me

he delivers

me from

my enemies

you also

lift me

up above

those who

rise against

me

you have

delivered me

from the

violent men

great victory

as the

Lord's

kingdom

advance

with his

anointed

king

under his

shade

well dear

friends

brothers and

sisters

who is God

to you

you will

get from

God either

deliverance

or destruction

you either

run to the

living rock

for refuge

or you

oppose him

and get

buried under

the weight

of his

glory

you reject

God as

your tower

and you

will get

him as

your

millstone

if God

is your

fortress

however

you will

flourish

he will

establish

you

he will

train you

to walk

on his

perfect

path

make sure

that he

is your

fortress

the next

movement

in our

final two

verses of

Psalm 18

is going to

thrust us

forward

in redemptive

history

in a way

that David

could have

only imagined

and with the

spirit's help

be held

by faith

verse 49

says

therefore I

will give

thanks to

you oh

Lord

among the

Gentiles

I will sing

praises to

your name

verse 50

great deliverance

he gives

to his

king

and he

shows mercy

to his

anointed

to David

and his

offspring

forevermore

how does

this thrust

us forward

in verse 50

the word

offspring

is singular

one

seed

David

was given

great victory

during his

reign

so that he

and all of

God's people

and all the

Gentiles

one day

could praise

God

through what

God would

do through

David's

seed

forevermore

Charles Spurgeon

commented

over and

beyond David

or any

other believer

the Messiah

our Savior

is evidently

the main

and chief

subject

of this

song

and studying

it I have

grown more

and more

sure

that every

line

of Psalm

18

has its

deepest

and

profoundest

fulfillment

in him

that's the

end of

Spurgeon's

quote

now

we need to

take one

step

we could

take many

in between

let's go to

one step

before the

New Testament

would you

turn please

to Daniel

Daniel 2 · chapter mention

chapter 2

I'd love

for you to

see this

with your

own eyes

Daniel

Daniel 2 · chapter mention

chapter 2

so after

the Lord

unites his

kingdom

under David

as you know

the history

of Israel

the people

rebel

they don't

stay under

the rock

of God

they turn

away from

him

they turn

to all

the pagan

idols

their hearts

don't love

the Lord

and for

disobedience

they bring

upon themselves

curses

they won't

stay close

to the Lord

as their

fortress

and so

they get

banishment

from his

land

they get

exiled

and carried

away

I love

how it's

from that

place of

exile

and banishment

that the

Lord gives

some of his

most glorious

promises of

covenant

faithfulness

and grace

would you

look at

Daniel

Daniel 2:34

chapter 2

verse 34

as an

exile

in Babylon

carried off

the Lord

reveals to

this wicked

king of

Babylon

in a

dream

the

advancement

of his

kingdom

which

Daniel

then

interprets

a stone

cut

out

without

hands

will

strike

this

image

this

idol

and it'll

hit it

on the

feet of

iron

and clay

and break

them to

pieces

verse 35

then the

iron

the clay

the bronze

the silver

and the gold

all representing

different kingdoms

of men

will be

crushed

together

you hear the

same language

as Psalm

18

turn to

dust

and they

will become

like

chaff

from the

summer

threshing

floors

the wind

will carry

them away

so that

no trace

of them

will be

found

these

kingdoms

of men

and the

stone

the one

that was

hewn out

of the

rock

not by

human

hands

but by

God

that stone

that struck

the image

became a

mighty mountain

and filled

the whole

earth

now look at

verse 45

the God of

heaven will

set up a

kingdom

which shall

never be

destroyed

and the

kingdom shall

not be left

to other

people

it shall

break in

pieces

and consume

all these

kingdoms

and it

shall stand

forever

God

the rock

of ages

made

God

the son

to be

born

as a

man

from the

line

of David

the promised

seed

Romans

15

7

interprets

Psalm

18

for us

Jesus

Christ

confirmed

all of

God's

promises

so that

the

Gentiles

all the

nations

might

glorify

God

for his

mercy

Paul is

quoting

verse

49

of

Psalm

18

you can

turn back

to

Psalm

18

and Paul

writes in

Romans 15

for this

reason

I will

confess

you

says

Jesus

among

the

Gentiles

and sing

to your

name

Peter

quotes

in

1 Peter

2

6

he quotes

Isaiah

28

16

behold

I am

has laid

Jesus

Christ

as the

foundation

for my

kingdom

a stone

a

tested

stone

a

precious

cornerstone

a sure

foundation

you see

how

this

rock

becomes

a mighty

mountain

and fills

the earth

Jesus

Christ

the living

rock

in the

flesh

he was

proven

in war

Psalm

Psalms 18:39

18

verse

39

think

of how

God

armed

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

with

strength

for the

battle

Jesus

went

to war

as

God's

ultimate

anointed

king

the

promised

Messiah

his

kingdom

of heaven

advanced

on this

earth

like

never

before

Jesus

fulfilled

Psalm

Psalms 18:37

18

verse

37

he

pursued

his

enemies

and he

overtook

them

think

in the

gospels

how

the

demons

ran

away

from

Jesus

in

terror

how

disease

and

sickness

abuse

those

fled

from

him

they

couldn't

stand

to be

in the

holy

presence

of God

the

son

in the

flesh

as

Jesus

preached

the

kingdom

of

heaven

life

flourished

under

his

reign

in

Matthew

5

5

Jesus

says

blessed

are the

meek

for they

shall

inherit

the

earth

blessed

are those

who

hunger

and

thirst

for

righteousness

for

they

shall

be

filled

blessed

are the

merciful

for

they

shall

obtain

mercy

he

described

the

kingdom

of

God

he

described

the

values

of

the

kingdom

of

heaven

under

his

rule

the

blameless

sinless

son

of

God

he

accomplished

the

righteousness

that his

people

need

in

verse

38

of

Psalm

18

the

forces

of

darkness

fell

under

his

feet

it's

a

description

of

the

enemy

turning

their

backs

to

you

running

away

retreating

and

then

you

pursuing

them

and

trampling

them

down

in

Joshua

Joshua 10:24

chapter

10

verse

24

he

uses

that

same

description

to

fall

under

the

feet

of

the

king

in

Joshua

he

had

the

conquered

enemies

lay

down

with

their

backs

facing

upward

their

noses

to

the

dirt

and

Joshua

called

the

leaders

of

Israel

and

they

put

their

feet

on

the

backs

of

the

necks

of

the

conquered

enemies

it's

a

picture

of

total

victory

utter

surrender

by the

enemies

of

God

that's

the

victory

that

Jesus

Christ

claims

he

took

on

the

sin

of

his

people

and

he

paid

his

people's

death

penalty

in order

to give

us

eternal

life

and by

doing

this

our

Lord

Jesus

crushed

the

serpent's

head

the

enemy

the

powers

of

darkness

fell

under

the

feet

of

Jesus

he

trampled

them

down

he

slayed

that

ancient

dragon

and he

killed

sin's

curse

for us

and our

Lord

Jesus

rose

he

fulfilled

Psalm

Psalms 18:46

18

verse

46

the

Lord

lives

blessed

be

my

rock

and let

the

God

of

my

salvation

be

exalted

to say

that God

lives

it's to

say that

he's the

covenant

Lord

and as

our

covenant

Lord

and king

ruling

over his

people

he's not

passive

but active

he's not

static

but dynamic

he's not

sleepy

he's

energetic

he's not

aloof

or distant

he's

vigilant

to save

his

anointed

one

and all

who will

take

refuge

in

Jesus

our

God

lives

and he

lives

to

intercede

for his

people

and he

lives

to

advocate

for his

people

and he

lives

to

comfort

his

people

by his

Holy

Spirit

so that

we have

no guilt

in life

no fear

in death

because

Jesus

Christ

the living

rock

in the

flesh

he was

proven

in war

the Holy

God

did not

deny

Jesus

Christ

his

righteous

anointed

servant

he did

not

deny

him

the

reward

of his

victory

would you