WEBVTT STYLE ::cue { color: #ffffff; } 00:00:00.730 --> 00:00:01.002 Grace, 00:00:01.066 --> 00:00:02.494 mercy and peace to you from God 00:00:02.532 --> 00:00:03.818 our Father and from our Lord 00:00:03.834 --> 00:00:05.440 and Savior Jesus Christ. 00:00:06.290 --> 00:00:07.150 Amen. 00:00:08.930 --> 00:00:13.822 Second Samuel begins with 00:00:13.876 --> 00:00:16.750 Saul being dead. 00:00:17.570 --> 00:00:18.842 The King of Israel, 00:00:18.906 --> 00:00:21.630 the very first king of Israel, 00:00:22.610 --> 00:00:23.790 is dead. 00:00:24.610 --> 00:00:27.814 And David had had the 00:00:27.852 --> 00:00:29.206 opportunity a couple of 00:00:29.228 --> 00:00:31.186 times to kill Saul, 00:00:31.378 --> 00:00:34.360 and yet he wouldn't do so. 00:00:34.810 --> 00:00:35.560 Instead, 00:00:36.330 --> 00:00:41.034 an Amalekite who finds Saul in 00:00:41.072 --> 00:00:44.102 battle wounded. Fatally wounded. 00:00:44.166 --> 00:00:46.010 Nearly fatally wounded, 00:00:46.350 --> 00:00:48.582 the Amalekite puts Saul 00:00:48.646 --> 00:00:50.250 out of his misery 00:00:51.410 --> 00:00:53.902 and takes the crown off 00:00:54.036 --> 00:00:55.760 King Saul's head. 00:00:56.290 --> 00:00:59.262 He runs with great joy and 00:00:59.316 --> 00:01:01.386 excitement and kneels 00:01:01.418 --> 00:01:02.990 before David. 00:01:03.750 --> 00:01:06.254 And with hands outstretched, 00:01:06.302 --> 00:01:07.918 with great pride, 00:01:08.094 --> 00:01:11.490 he offers David the crown. 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:18.400 This was not wise. 00:01:20.820 --> 00:01:21.452 David, 00:01:21.516 --> 00:01:25.360 with great fear and trembling, 00:01:26.260 --> 00:01:28.124 asks this Amalekite, 00:01:28.252 --> 00:01:32.004 who are you to stretch out your 00:01:32.042 --> 00:01:35.344 hand and destroy the Lord's 00:01:35.392 --> 00:01:36.790 anointed One? 00:01:37.720 --> 00:01:39.350 Who do you think you are? 00:01:42.060 --> 00:01:45.272 Because the Amalekite had 00:01:45.326 --> 00:01:47.128 stretched out his hand in great 00:01:47.214 --> 00:01:49.924 pride to help King Saul 00:01:49.972 --> 00:01:51.160 to his death. 00:01:51.740 --> 00:01:53.300 Because the Amalekite, 00:01:53.380 --> 00:01:54.552 with great pride, 00:01:54.616 --> 00:01:57.544 had taken the crown off Saul's 00:01:57.592 --> 00:02:00.152 head. Because the Amalekite, 00:02:00.216 --> 00:02:01.224 in his great pride, 00:02:01.272 --> 00:02:03.660 had offered the crown to David, 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:07.196 David puts the Amalekite 00:02:07.228 --> 00:02:08.160 to death. 00:02:10.580 --> 00:02:11.330 Oh, 00:02:13.380 --> 00:02:14.130 wow. 00:02:15.540 --> 00:02:19.540 Who is this David? 00:02:21.320 --> 00:02:21.732 Later, 00:02:21.786 --> 00:02:23.552 in chapter one of Second Samuel, 00:02:23.616 --> 00:02:25.460 David sings a song, 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:29.876 a somber song of lament for 00:02:29.898 --> 00:02:32.250 the Lord's anointed One, 00:02:33.500 --> 00:02:36.200 who now rests with the fathers, 00:02:37.100 --> 00:02:38.324 and for Jonathan, 00:02:38.372 --> 00:02:40.170 David's very best friend, 00:02:41.420 --> 00:02:43.464 who also fell with 00:02:43.502 --> 00:02:44.840 his father Saul. 00:02:46.940 --> 00:02:48.410 In chapter two, 00:02:49.020 --> 00:02:51.000 after singing this lament, 00:02:52.460 --> 00:02:55.192 David humbly goes before 00:02:55.246 --> 00:02:57.600 the Lord to inquire 00:02:59.060 --> 00:03:00.800 what is my next step? 00:03:01.730 --> 00:03:02.634 What, O Lord, 00:03:02.682 --> 00:03:04.240 would you have me do? 00:03:04.690 --> 00:03:06.474 How do I, O Lord, 00:03:06.522 --> 00:03:09.310 fit into the story of Israel? 00:03:09.730 --> 00:03:13.870 And God says, Go to Hebron. 00:03:15.170 --> 00:03:16.270 Hebron? 00:03:17.170 --> 00:03:17.920 Really? 00:03:18.610 --> 00:03:19.790 Hebron, 00:03:20.850 --> 00:03:23.790 the burial place of Sarah, 00:03:24.610 --> 00:03:27.350 the resting place of Abraham, 00:03:27.770 --> 00:03:30.498 Isaac, and Jacob. 00:03:30.674 --> 00:03:33.302 That Hebron is where you want 00:03:33.356 --> 00:03:35.190 me to be crowned king, 00:03:35.930 --> 00:03:37.110 O Lord. 00:03:38.110 --> 00:03:38.860 Yes. 00:03:40.750 --> 00:03:43.050 David goes to Hebron. 00:03:44.990 --> 00:03:46.614 And so in Second Samuel, 00:03:46.662 --> 00:03:48.934 three after David 00:03:48.982 --> 00:03:50.250 is crowned king. 00:03:50.930 --> 00:03:52.480 In our text today, 00:03:52.850 --> 00:03:54.720 there's a war going on, 00:03:55.970 --> 00:03:57.326 a war between the 00:03:57.348 --> 00:03:58.670 people of Saul, 00:03:59.329 --> 00:04:01.242 the very first king of Israel, 00:04:01.305 --> 00:04:02.829 the Lord's Anointed, 00:04:03.910 --> 00:04:05.326 and David, 00:04:05.518 --> 00:04:07.810 the newly crowned king. 00:04:08.230 --> 00:04:10.462 War between these two factions 00:04:10.526 --> 00:04:12.990 who know God's plans, 00:04:13.070 --> 00:04:14.274 who think they have it 00:04:14.312 --> 00:04:15.959 all figured out. 00:04:18.440 --> 00:04:20.790 And then we have a strange list 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:25.552 of David's sons. There is Amnon, 00:04:25.696 --> 00:04:26.656 the first born, 00:04:26.688 --> 00:04:29.332 and Kileab and Absalom, 00:04:29.396 --> 00:04:31.140 you know, Absalom. 00:04:31.300 --> 00:04:32.330 And then 00:04:33.900 --> 00:04:36.276 Adonijah and Shephatiah. 00:04:36.308 --> 00:04:40.600 And Ithraim David's sons, 00:04:43.440 --> 00:04:45.740 the son of David, 00:04:46.400 --> 00:04:49.096 who will be the son of David. 00:04:49.207 --> 00:04:51.340 It's as if the writer of Second 00:04:51.409 --> 00:04:53.876 Samuel wants us to be dwelling 00:04:53.928 --> 00:04:55.904 upon and meditating upon the 00:04:55.942 --> 00:04:57.696 question who will be 00:04:57.718 --> 00:04:59.036 the next king? 00:04:59.228 --> 00:05:01.932 Who will sit on David's throne? 00:05:02.076 --> 00:05:05.004 The whole text of Second Samuel 00:05:05.052 --> 00:05:07.332 is a story about who 00:05:07.466 --> 00:05:09.190 will be next. 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:11.808 And it's almost as if the writer 00:05:11.824 --> 00:05:13.443 of Second Samuel puts this 00:05:13.482 --> 00:05:15.476 Amalekite at the beginning of 00:05:15.498 --> 00:05:18.964 his narrative to put a warning 00:05:19.012 --> 00:05:20.490 sign up for us, 00:05:21.740 --> 00:05:23.080 a sign that says, 00:05:23.150 --> 00:05:23.960 Beware 00:05:25.659 --> 00:05:28.296 as you wonder about who will 00:05:28.318 --> 00:05:30.280 be the next king of Israel, 00:05:31.039 --> 00:05:33.820 don't be like the Amalekite. 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:37.943 Don't think that you have God's 00:05:37.991 --> 00:05:39.870 plans all figured out. 00:05:40.400 --> 00:05:42.860 Don't think you understand where 00:05:42.930 --> 00:05:45.550 God's story is going. 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:50.220 Dear brothers and sisters, 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:52.652 you who have come here to 00:05:52.706 --> 00:05:54.908 Concordia Seminary to study 00:05:54.994 --> 00:05:58.659 Greek or Hebrew or to learn 00:05:58.730 --> 00:05:59.810 in a PhD class. 00:06:00.330 --> 00:06:02.302 About the creed or about 00:06:02.356 --> 00:06:05.022 hermeneutics or you, 00:06:05.076 --> 00:06:07.454 who have come with someone to 00:06:07.492 --> 00:06:10.654 Concordia Seminary to watch them 00:06:10.772 --> 00:06:13.262 and support them as they do 00:06:13.316 --> 00:06:16.254 their studies or as you work 00:06:16.292 --> 00:06:17.520 here in this place. 00:06:18.690 --> 00:06:21.214 I want to reflect on this 00:06:21.252 --> 00:06:22.400 question today. 00:06:23.170 --> 00:06:27.400 Where do we fit in God's story? 00:06:31.490 --> 00:06:32.560 Last week 00:06:33.570 --> 00:06:36.430 I was in Glacier National Park. 00:06:36.850 --> 00:06:38.909 Northwestern Montana. 00:06:39.409 --> 00:06:42.002 My son Noah and I were doing 00:06:42.056 --> 00:06:45.186 some hiking and we were on the 00:06:45.207 --> 00:06:47.890 trail to Iceberg Lake. 00:06:48.310 --> 00:06:50.158 I was telling Noah, 00:06:50.254 --> 00:06:52.142 my twelve year old son last 00:06:52.216 --> 00:06:55.350 week on this trail. Noah, 00:06:55.770 --> 00:06:57.560 23 years ago, 00:06:57.930 --> 00:06:59.720 in the summer of 2000, 00:07:01.130 --> 00:07:03.202 I hiked this very same trail 00:07:03.266 --> 00:07:04.526 when I worked at Glacier 00:07:04.578 --> 00:07:06.342 National Park all summer. 00:07:06.486 --> 00:07:09.850 And Noah, on this very trail, 00:07:10.430 --> 00:07:13.290 I saw a grizzly bear. 00:07:14.670 --> 00:07:15.740 True story. 00:07:17.330 --> 00:07:20.014 Noah and I hike a little bit 00:07:20.052 --> 00:07:22.558 further and we come across 00:07:22.644 --> 00:07:23.760 this young couple. 00:07:24.610 --> 00:07:25.786 We're laughing, 00:07:25.898 --> 00:07:27.120 having a good time. 00:07:27.810 --> 00:07:30.450 And this young man says, Shh. 00:07:31.350 --> 00:07:32.100 Look. 00:07:33.510 --> 00:07:35.106 We couldn't yet see it. 00:07:35.207 --> 00:07:36.930 We got a little closer 00:07:37.430 --> 00:07:38.580 and he said, 00:07:39.350 --> 00:07:40.770 It's a grizzly. 00:07:42.810 --> 00:07:43.800 Sure enough, 00:07:44.330 --> 00:07:46.082 50 yards off the trail, 00:07:46.226 --> 00:07:48.866 a huge grizzly bear digging 00:07:48.898 --> 00:07:51.080 in the dirt. No problem. 00:07:52.970 --> 00:07:57.130 Razor sharp claws, huge bear. 00:07:58.190 --> 00:07:59.754 And what do I do? 00:07:59.952 --> 00:08:02.140 I take out my iPhone, of course. 00:08:03.870 --> 00:08:05.974 We snap a pic of the grizzly 00:08:06.022 --> 00:08:07.718 bear I showed Travis right 00:08:07.744 --> 00:08:09.520 before chapel service started. 00:08:10.610 --> 00:08:13.306 And then I said, Noah, Noah, 00:08:13.337 --> 00:08:14.622 you know what we got to do? 00:08:14.756 --> 00:08:16.074 We got to get a selfie 00:08:16.122 --> 00:08:17.034 with the bear. 00:08:17.162 --> 00:08:20.385 I turn around and the bear is in 00:08:20.408 --> 00:08:21.265 the background and 00:08:21.288 --> 00:08:23.330 I snap a selfie. 00:08:24.550 --> 00:08:25.700 Great idea. 00:08:27.510 --> 00:08:30.034 We get back and I'm telling this 00:08:30.072 --> 00:08:31.940 story to some students. 00:08:32.569 --> 00:08:35.686 Their eyes get big and they kind 00:08:35.707 --> 00:08:37.606 of look at me and I can see 00:08:37.627 --> 00:08:38.822 the look on their face. 00:08:38.956 --> 00:08:40.600 Are you stupid or something? 00:08:41.450 --> 00:08:44.914 It wasn't so bad that I dipped 00:08:44.962 --> 00:08:46.966 Noah's hand in honey and made 00:08:46.988 --> 00:08:48.626 him go down to the cute teddy 00:08:48.658 --> 00:08:50.466 bear to take a cute 00:08:50.498 --> 00:08:51.154 little picture. 00:08:51.202 --> 00:08:53.110 I wasn't quite that dumb, 00:08:54.170 --> 00:08:55.925 but I took a selfie with a 00:08:55.948 --> 00:08:58.510 grizzly bear. What in the world 00:08:58.580 --> 00:08:59.180 was I thinking? 00:09:01.930 --> 00:09:05.070 Sort of like the Amalekite 00:09:05.650 --> 00:09:08.526 stretching out his hands to 00:09:08.548 --> 00:09:11.018 offer the king the crown 00:09:11.114 --> 00:09:13.630 in all his pride. 00:09:14.850 --> 00:09:16.670 Dear brothers and sisters, 00:09:17.170 --> 00:09:18.640 I think sometimes 00:09:19.650 --> 00:09:22.174 as Christians we stretch out our 00:09:22.212 --> 00:09:24.750 hands with great pride 00:09:25.130 --> 00:09:27.160 and we have no idea 00:09:28.650 --> 00:09:31.686 who this God is and what 00:09:31.708 --> 00:09:33.000 we're dealing with. 00:09:34.810 --> 00:09:38.262 Sometimes you'll hear religious 00:09:38.326 --> 00:09:40.330 people, people like us, 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:41.900 say things like, 00:09:42.430 --> 00:09:45.786 oh, if I know who God is, 00:09:45.968 --> 00:09:47.690 I think God would do 00:09:47.760 --> 00:09:48.940 such and such. 00:09:51.010 --> 00:09:52.990 Selfie snapped. 00:09:53.570 --> 00:09:55.440 I got God figured out. 00:09:55.810 --> 00:09:58.462 Or If Jesus walked on 00:09:58.516 --> 00:09:59.920 this earth today, 00:10:01.090 --> 00:10:04.046 I think he would do dot, dot, 00:10:04.078 --> 00:10:04.850 dot. 00:10:05.910 --> 00:10:08.610 Selfie snapped. 00:10:09.910 --> 00:10:14.178 Or Why do I even need to learn 00:10:14.344 --> 00:10:17.430 the Hebrew Niphal paradigm 00:10:18.170 --> 00:10:20.706 or the Greek participle, 00:10:20.898 --> 00:10:23.042 or the history of the Nicene 00:10:23.106 --> 00:10:26.870 Creed? Selfie snapped. 00:10:27.630 --> 00:10:30.682 Or you get this text, 00:10:30.816 --> 00:10:33.500 second Samuel, chapter three, 00:10:33.870 --> 00:10:35.226 and you read it and you 00:10:35.248 --> 00:10:36.300 think to yourself, 00:10:36.750 --> 00:10:38.362 what in the world am I supposed 00:10:38.415 --> 00:10:39.900 to do with this text? 00:10:40.210 --> 00:10:42.000 You roll your eyes. 00:10:42.930 --> 00:10:45.870 Selfie snapped. 00:10:49.160 --> 00:10:52.144 It's not a good idea to snap 00:10:52.192 --> 00:10:54.100 selfies with grizzly bears 00:10:55.340 --> 00:10:57.210 or with the living God. 00:11:01.540 --> 00:11:02.976 And so as we hike a little 00:11:02.998 --> 00:11:03.484 bit further, 00:11:03.532 --> 00:11:04.604 I want to introduce 00:11:04.652 --> 00:11:05.970 you to another man 00:11:08.660 --> 00:11:12.004 in Mark's gospel in 00:11:12.042 --> 00:11:13.510 Mark chapter ten, 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:16.660 as we hike along with Jesus. 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:20.244 We've just been walking with 00:11:20.282 --> 00:11:23.120 Jesus and some of Jesus 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:24.723 disciples just like us, 00:11:24.762 --> 00:11:26.356 who love to snap selfies of 00:11:26.377 --> 00:11:28.020 themselves and love to believe 00:11:28.090 --> 00:11:29.428 that they have God's plan 00:11:29.514 --> 00:11:30.548 all figured out. 00:11:30.634 --> 00:11:32.271 These disciples are debating 00:11:32.336 --> 00:11:35.516 with themselves and who's going 00:11:35.538 --> 00:11:38.460 to sit on Jesus throne 00:11:39.040 --> 00:11:41.020 when Jesus dies? 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:44.732 Will I sit on his left 00:11:44.866 --> 00:11:46.300 or on his right? 00:11:46.450 --> 00:11:48.830 Will it be me to take his place? 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:51.404 I'm pretty sure that I know how 00:11:51.442 --> 00:11:52.844 this story goes and I'm pretty 00:11:52.882 --> 00:11:54.510 sure I know where it's going. 00:11:58.250 --> 00:11:59.380 And Jesus says, 00:12:00.650 --> 00:12:02.160 to them. 00:12:02.770 --> 00:12:04.720 For the Son of man 00:12:05.890 --> 00:12:10.090 came not to be served, 00:12:10.250 --> 00:12:13.502 but to serve and to give his 00:12:13.556 --> 00:12:17.440 life as a ransom for many. 00:12:18.610 --> 00:12:20.560 And then we meet him. 00:12:21.730 --> 00:12:23.994 It's a man who's crying 00:12:24.042 --> 00:12:25.390 out on the fringes, 00:12:26.170 --> 00:12:29.670 a man who sits at the margins, 00:12:31.450 --> 00:12:34.898 and he cries out this blind 00:12:35.074 --> 00:12:37.990 beggar named Bartimaeus. 00:12:39.390 --> 00:12:42.170 He cries out, Jesus, 00:12:43.230 --> 00:12:45.370 Son of David, 00:12:47.950 --> 00:12:49.660 have mercy on me. 00:12:52.290 --> 00:12:55.040 No iPhone taken out, 00:12:56.130 --> 00:12:58.830 no selfie snapped with Jesus. 00:12:59.330 --> 00:13:02.270 This blind beggar Bartimaeus 00:13:02.790 --> 00:13:05.970 knows that he is in the presence 00:13:06.630 --> 00:13:08.530 of the King of Israel, 00:13:09.190 --> 00:13:11.422 Son of David 00:13:11.486 --> 00:13:12.819 he calls him. 00:13:14.390 --> 00:13:15.098 The Lord's 00:13:15.134 --> 00:13:16.069 Anointed. 00:13:17.690 --> 00:13:20.086 He doesn't expect anything 00:13:20.188 --> 00:13:21.160 from him. 00:13:22.650 --> 00:13:24.054 He knows that he's in the 00:13:24.092 --> 00:13:26.600 presence of an Almighty One, 00:13:27.950 --> 00:13:31.610 and he cries out for mercy. 00:13:35.590 --> 00:13:39.730 And Jesus loves to have mercy 00:13:40.069 --> 00:13:43.030 on those who need mercy. 00:13:44.170 --> 00:13:48.082 Jesus heals blind beggar 00:13:48.146 --> 00:13:49.350 Bartimaeus, 00:13:50.410 --> 00:13:50.982 he says, 00:13:51.036 --> 00:13:53.398 your faith has healed you. 00:13:53.564 --> 00:13:55.334 Bartimaeus had taken up this 00:13:55.372 --> 00:13:56.926 little phrase, Son of David, 00:13:56.978 --> 00:13:58.422 which is such a strange 00:13:58.486 --> 00:13:59.446 little phrase. 00:13:59.558 --> 00:14:01.574 It hardly shows up anywhere 00:14:01.622 --> 00:14:02.886 in the Old Testament, 00:14:02.998 --> 00:14:04.774 it hardly shows up anywhere 00:14:04.822 --> 00:14:05.830 in the New Testament, 00:14:05.910 --> 00:14:07.762 it hardly shows up anywhere 00:14:07.846 --> 00:14:09.230 in our liturgy. 00:14:10.610 --> 00:14:14.330 But I have a hunch that blind 00:14:14.410 --> 00:14:17.402 beggar Bartimaeus sat 00:14:17.466 --> 00:14:18.910 in the synagogue 00:14:20.310 --> 00:14:22.130 and listened intently 00:14:22.790 --> 00:14:24.690 to Second Samuel, 00:14:25.350 --> 00:14:29.154 wondering and waiting for the 00:14:29.192 --> 00:14:31.473 Lord's anointed the 00:14:31.512 --> 00:14:33.990 next Son of David. 00:14:35.450 --> 00:14:39.458 Like the Bereans whom Luke 00:14:39.554 --> 00:14:41.906 praises in Acts 17, 00:14:42.018 --> 00:14:43.734 because they searched the 00:14:43.771 --> 00:14:45.430 scriptures daily. 00:14:46.490 --> 00:14:49.670 Blind Bartimaeus took up these 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:53.830 words jesus, Son of David, 00:14:54.410 --> 00:14:57.262 with great faith and with great 00:14:57.356 --> 00:14:59.130 humility before the Scriptures. 00:15:01.730 --> 00:15:02.778 Brothers and sisters, 00:15:02.794 --> 00:15:04.074 you've come to Concordia 00:15:04.122 --> 00:15:04.990 Seminary 00:15:06.210 --> 00:15:08.414 because in this place we take 00:15:08.452 --> 00:15:10.350 the Scripture seriously, 00:15:11.330 --> 00:15:15.118 because we don't have to run out 00:15:15.204 --> 00:15:17.694 real quick to take care of a few 00:15:17.732 --> 00:15:21.440 things for God before we sit 00:15:21.970 --> 00:15:25.200 and listen to His Word. 00:15:26.410 --> 00:15:29.510 We pay great attention to Niphal 00:15:30.170 --> 00:15:32.322 participles, Greek 00:15:32.386 --> 00:15:34.630 participles, to the history 00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:36.338 of our Lord's Church, 00:15:36.514 --> 00:15:39.194 waiting and wondering and 00:15:39.232 --> 00:15:40.650 with great humility. 00:15:41.790 --> 00:15:43.754 Only with great humility and 00:15:43.792 --> 00:15:45.834 after great study do we take up 00:15:45.872 --> 00:15:49.942 our place in our Lord's story to 00:15:50.016 --> 00:15:52.490 share his work among 00:15:52.570 --> 00:15:53.840 people today. 00:15:55.010 --> 00:15:56.910 And our Lord is gracious. 00:15:57.570 --> 00:15:59.694 He laid His life down for 00:15:59.732 --> 00:16:02.800 you as a ransom for you. 00:16:03.330 --> 00:16:05.278 He delights in you 00:16:05.444 --> 00:16:07.360 and He loves you. 00:16:09.430 --> 00:16:11.726 Listen to these gospel filled 00:16:11.758 --> 00:16:14.258 words from Psalm 72, 00:16:14.424 --> 00:16:16.802 the very last psalm 00:16:16.866 --> 00:16:18.950 that David pens. 00:16:19.930 --> 00:16:23.350 As David thinks about himself 00:16:24.250 --> 00:16:26.840 and about his coming son, 00:16:28.750 --> 00:16:31.994 David writes give the king that 00:16:32.032 --> 00:16:34.662 is King David your justice, 00:16:34.726 --> 00:16:35.580 O God, 00:16:36.030 --> 00:16:37.654 and your righteousness 00:16:37.782 --> 00:16:40.220 to the royal Son, 00:16:41.330 --> 00:16:42.910 the Son of David. 00:16:43.810 --> 00:16:45.694 May he judge your people with 00:16:45.732 --> 00:16:46.942 righteousness and your 00:16:46.996 --> 00:16:48.490 poor with justice. 00:16:48.650 --> 00:16:49.994 Let the mountains bear 00:16:50.042 --> 00:16:51.726 prosperity for the people and 00:16:51.748 --> 00:16:53.650 the hills in righteousness. 00:16:54.150 --> 00:16:55.986 May he defend the cause of 00:16:56.008 --> 00:16:57.634 the poor of the people, 00:16:57.832 --> 00:16:59.858 give deliverance to the children 00:16:59.944 --> 00:17:02.270 of the needy and crush 00:17:02.350 --> 00:17:03.646 the oppressor. 00:17:03.838 --> 00:17:06.646 May they fear you while the sun 00:17:06.748 --> 00:17:09.521 endures and as long as the moon 00:17:09.586 --> 00:17:11.270 through all generations. 00:17:13.210 --> 00:17:15.253 For he delivers the needy when 00:17:15.291 --> 00:17:19.130 he calls the poor and him 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:21.558 who has no helper. 00:17:21.733 --> 00:17:24.425 He has pity on the weak and the 00:17:24.448 --> 00:17:27.066 needy and saves the lives of the 00:17:27.088 --> 00:17:28.534 needy from oppression 00:17:28.581 --> 00:17:29.382 and violence. 00:17:29.446 --> 00:17:31.662 He redeems their life and 00:17:31.716 --> 00:17:33.710 precious is their blood 00:17:34.050 --> 00:17:36.190 in his sight. 00:17:38.050 --> 00:17:39.610 Dear brothers and sisters, 00:17:39.690 --> 00:17:43.662 what a joy it is to be here to 00:17:43.716 --> 00:17:46.730 study the Scriptures alongside 00:17:46.810 --> 00:17:48.030 Bartimaeus. 00:17:49.090 --> 00:17:50.830 In the name of Jesus, 00:17:51.250 --> 00:17:54.030 the Son of David. 00:17:54.610 --> 00:17:55.889 Amen.