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When I felt secure, I said, "I will never be shaken."
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O LORD, when you favored me, you made my mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.
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To you, O LORD, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy:
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"What gain is there in my destruction, in my going down into the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
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Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O LORD, be my help."
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You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
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that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.
5a" For his anger lasts only a moment"..Whenever the Psalmist speaks of Gods anger, he is describing his experience with physical wounds or ailments that cause him to be spiritual weak. He is saying that when he suffers in this way that his way of opposing this opposition through the pronouncements and curses is Gods medicine , which is Gods anger replacing his own anger and Gods ability to use spiritual Novocaine so that the bad experience is erased from his memory. This opposition that we experience can be fierce and violent. If we tried to do something to oppose it in our own way then we would cause a lot more pain and we would be trapped by the devil. Some people go down side roads for many years. They never grow in their spiritual exercises.
5b "but his favor lasts a lifetime" The only way to create deliverance is through the language Spirit and word. This is the philosophy that we advance through Gods word and we proclaim that its not in our own swords or horses. How can we act correctly if we are not participating in the advancement on the organization level? Well we are called to act in a way that is consistent with Gods work. But we never trust in this community of men. Rather we advance by pronouncements, laws , decrees, curses that are on our lips in which we rise to experience mystery. In other words we rise up above the level of mans interaction. Now listen every person has the ability to be secure and happy in themselves. We do not need each other to be complete in ourselves. But we need each other on a much deeper level. We need the exercise of spiritual gifts. This kind of community interaction is seldom experienced in this day. We can divide the history of the church into high times and low times. When there is very little spiritual conversion there is all kinds of fleshly connections to one another. He is saying that our normal experience of the christian life is through the eyes of a king who rules over a kingdom. This is like going beyond the description of the present culture and through word reordering the whole christian context. Gods strength is like fighting in a battle and coming out victorious and self confident by not having any opposition. He explains how he feels unopposed in that God through the pronouncements of the laws, curses etc...has subdued his opposition. His favor is a life time!
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To you, O LORD, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy" In this context the Psalmist is using the argument that he experienced freedom so that he was able to change the culture. He is saying " Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?" that this is his only focus. He is freed through experiencing mystery. The mystery that he has obtained through praises and curses. This is described in the word "mercy." Mercy is Gods description of this world and His ability to overcome all opposition. Mercy is our receiving a gift according to Gods standard of justice and equity on the basis of Christ work. It is never just a glob of trials mixed with blessings. This is why the Psalmist communicates about Gods governing ability according to Gods standard of acceptance. So we find that the Psalmist is freed from his own limitations by Gods description of making him a king through the work of the perfect king. The Psalmist speaks these words that transcend his own time and culture. These rise to the level of Gods eternal perspective.
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