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Thursday, May 14, 2015

2 Samuel 22 ~ With the merciful you show yourself merciful

Zion Gate - exterior of the Old City. King David is buried on the exterior about 150 meters from here


2 Samuel 22


David's Song of Deliverance


1 And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.
2 He said, "The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
3 my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.

4 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
5 "For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me;
6 the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
7 "In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears.

8 "Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
9 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
10 He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
11 He rode on a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.
13 Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and routed them.

16 Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare, at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

17 "He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
18 He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

20 He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
21 "The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his rules were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside.
24 I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.

25 And the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.

26 "With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
27 with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
28 You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
29 For you are my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness.

30 For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.

31 This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

32 "For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
33 This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless.
34 He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
35 He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36 You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your gentleness made me great.

37 You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip;

38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.

40 For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
41 You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
42 They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

43 I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.

44 "You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
45 Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46 Foreigners lost heart and came tremblingout of their fortresses.
47 "The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,
48 the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,
49 who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from men of violence.

50 "For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises to your name.
51 Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever."





















Queen Elizabeth I was inclined to believe David and His God. She set out against the piracy of the Spanish Armada. And won.

For years she was regarded with suspicion and people sought to both use her Royal credentials and to trap her. When the day finally arrived for her freedom. She quoted David because God fashioned us to learn from real people in sticky, real life situations.

Elizabeth was indeed worried about death before her time arrived for peace.

Psalm 118 says:
I shall not die, but I shall live,
and recount the deeds of the Lord.

18 The Lord has disciplined me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.



Elizabeth did not flaunt all of her feelings or bemoan, instead she said the following upon
news of her arrival into peace - saying as the news reached her:

23 This is the Lord's doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes!



And Elizabeth kept this in her heart:
24 This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.


Why should we care about a 500 year old story about a Queen?
Because we will all have trials and if we look to the Lord and His Bible for strength -
we will find God's strength which no job, government, person, place or thing can provide
as we all run into seasons, problems and mere opportunities for a solution. Elizabeth was known to read the Scriptures for an hour each morning. And she wrote Hymns. One of the accomplishments of her long reign - one of the largest causes of death in the prior Kings and Queen's reigns was 1/3 of the population died of starvation.  Elizabeth's era saw the increase of jobs and trade. Prosperity and peace.

For Davids, for shepherds, for people suffering injustice, for leaders - the Scriptures
illuminate the certainty - looking to God for answers - bears fruit of God.


Father God, for myself, for the ones I love, I pray Your abundant blessings on this nation. And the way statistics ask questions and for the answers our Nation needs - we say Jesus is Lord. We pray these blessings be given to us - love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. And look expectantly to You, Jesus. Amen.


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