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Psalms 25
Psalms 25:1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
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Not only were many heathen
nations trying to kill David, his own king,
Saul, was trying to kill him. Your enemies won't
triumph, if you stay with your Father.
2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph
over me.
3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which
transgress without cause.
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The word "wait" in this
verse doesn't mean to sit down and take a break.
This verse means that those who bind themselves
with God will not be put to shame by their
enemies.
4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on
thee do I wait all the day.
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Again, the word "wait"
means "to bind by twisting together". Entwine
yourself in His Word, and you will learn the
Lord's paths and His truth. He will teach you,
if you are willing to learn.
6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses; for they have
been ever of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy
mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.
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We all have sins that God
won't remember, as long as we repent of them.
After He has forgiven us, He doesn't want to
hear of them ever again.
8 Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
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The Lord will teach those
that are humble His way. and there is only one
way to His salvation.
9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant
and his testimonies.
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Notice there is a
qualification in this verse. Only those that
keep His covenant can claim this promise. It is
impossible to keep His covenant if you don't
know His covenant. If that is the case, you
better "get crackin".
11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
12 What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he
shall choose.
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The word "feareth" should
be translated "revereth" or "loveth". Notice
that God can teach you in the way that He
chooses. Some of you have a destiny.
13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his
covenant.
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the
net.
16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in
thee.
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book:
Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh
his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
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