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CJ
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Shelby
Hey, this is Shelby and CJ and we are walking you through the Book of Psalms right now. We hope that you are following along or that you have subscribed wherever you listen to this podcast, because we're excited to walk through the whole year of Scripture with you. Today we're in Psalms 86. 90. Yes, ma'. Am. C.J. we're focusing in on one psalm. What psalm have you chosen for us to focus on?
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CJ
Today we are going to talk about Psalms Psalm 89. It's another very significant psalm, and it actually reminds us a lot of Psalm 72. Because, like Psalm 72, Psalm 89 also focuses on the Davidic promise. So if you were to read verses 3 and 4 in Psalm 89, it's almost like a direct illusion or a direct pull from 2nd Samuel 7, which, again, is where God promises that someone from David's line will rule forever. And this psalm is interesting because it seems that the psalmist is presenting a paradox. The psalmist seems to be living after the exile because he describes Jerusalem being in ruins. So he has 2nd Samuel 7 and God's promise to David in mind. There's gonna be a king. But then he says, based on his experience and how what he sees around him, you. You've repudiated the covenant with your servant. You have completely dishonored his crown. You have broken down his walls, reduced his fortified cities to ruins. So in other words, you've told me that you have a promise to bring about a Davidic ruler, but I just see destruction of the very city he's supposed to rule. How on earth can we hold these two things in tension? The psalmist goes on and he says, how long, Lord, will you hide forever? Will your anger keep burning like fire? Anger implying that the exile was punishment for Israel and their rampant idolatry. And then he goes on and he says, lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love that you swore to David in your faithfulness? Again, you've promised this thing, but where are you God? I don't see it. And he's trying to hold these two things in tension.
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Shelby
Yeah. So I'm glad you're pointing out the significance of this in the overarching narrative of Scripture. And at this point where we've gotten in the psalm, there's a lot of tension. Does this tension resolve in this psalm?
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CJ
Yes. So the tension ultimately is resolved in Christ. So we read In Romans 1:1:5, Paul talks about how Christ is the son of David, the one who is going to bring about the obedience of the nations. The one who was raised up by God in the resurrection and now is seated on the throne in heaven. And even though that psalmist felt the tension, and even though we might actually feel a tension in terms of we know God is ruling and is sovereign, but we also see evil around us. Kind of recalling yesterday's podcast episode, we still can trust that it's through Christ that this tension is resolved. God's justice and God's mercy met at the cross. And God promises that when he returns, he'll set all things right. And that is the way that we can deal with this tension that we feel here on earth.
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Shelby
Yeah, super helpful, Encouraging. Even though it also acknowledges the tension that we all feel. You know, that that isn't going to be immediately relieved, though we know it will be one day. I in these psalms today, there's like one of my top five Psalms, which is Psalm 90. Moses wrote this psalm and there's so many things that I love about it, but there's two verses in here that probably come to mind to me on a. On a daily basis, and they're verses 12 and 14. Psalm 90. 12 says, Teach us to number our days carefully so that we develop wisdom in our hearts. This is a constant prayer for me to the Lord. Teach me to number my days carefully. I'm really praying, Lord, help me to prioritize the things that are important to you. Help me to go about my day with the wisdom that is your wisdom and not just what seems most important to me. And Then also verse 14 says, Satisfy us in the morning with your faithful love. And I don't know about you, cj, but my life is so busy. There's so many things going on between work, between family, between commitments that I just need to know about the Lord's faithful love in the morning. I need that reminder of his faithful love each and every morning. And so, man, that psalm has been an anchor in my life for a really long time. And it was a joy to get to it in our reading today and to share that as my takeaway. All right, we're gonna keep going in the Book of Psalms. We'll be back tomorrow.
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CJ
Good deal.
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