All right back to Psalm 59 and verse number 6 they return at evening
They make a noise like a dog the title for the sermon this morning is noise like a dog
I like that. I like that in this psalm in fact
It actually gets brought up twice in this psalm noise like a dog
And I'll give you some thoughts around that in a moment
But if you've got your many Bibles when it comes to the psalms
You've got a little introduction before the verse even begins and in my Bible
It says you probably have yours at the same. It says the chief musician
Altas altas church
Mitchum of David and now do you guys have that title in your Bibles?
And then it says when soul sent and they watched the house to kill him
So we get the setting of this psalm when we get the reason why?
David wrote this psalm wrote this song wrote this piece of poetry
Because it's a time when when soul sent some messengers or sent some soldiers
I should say it's a spy on the house of David getting ready to find an opportunity to kill him
Okay, remember King Saul is who David's father-in-law. Okay, and in fact in this story we have David's wife
Which is Saul's daughter, you know protecting David during this time
So before we get into the psalm
Let's get the context of this story turn with me to 1st Samuel 19
Come with me to 1st Samuel 19 and verse number 11 1st Samuel chapter 19 and verse number 11
1st Samuel 19 and verse number 11
The Bible reads soul also sent messengers unto David's house
To watch him and to slay him in the morning. So you got these messengers
Just just you know these spies just just wait in for the morning as soon as David leaves the house
They're going to slay him. They're going to kill him
You know you remember the story of course many times they King Saul sought to kill David because of his envy and it says here
And Michael David's wife Michael is the daughter of King Saul
Okay, and Michael David's wife told him saying if thou save not by life tonight
Tomorrow thou shalt be slain. So Michael gets this information
Okay, we'll find out in the psalm how she gets this information
Okay, but she knows that her father has sent spies they're going to kill him in the morning
So so look tonight before the morning comes you need to leave the house. Okay. She's warning David or you'll be killed
verse number 12 so Michael let David down through a window and
He went and fled and escaped
It's not the first time or it's not the only time in the Bible that you see the people of God being
Escaping out of a window. Okay, but you know, I guess this is a some type of tower
You know, maybe like an apartment block kind of the idea, you know, where he's actually going to be let down
It's not an easy maneuver to just you know, jump out of a window if it's a single-story house
But it says here and he went and fled and escaped
verse number 13 and Michael took an image and laid it in the bed and put a pillow of goats hair
For his balsa and covered it with a cloth
So she finds some type of
Audiment some some large statue they've got in the house
She puts that in the bed making it seem like he's asleep and some goats hair to make it look like it's his head
There in his bed, right?
She's trying to deceive these messengers and then it says in verse number 14 and when Saul sent messengers to take David
She said he is sick
Right trying to buy time for David. Look. Look, he's sick. He can't come out
He's not feeling well hoping that they'll leave him alone for a period of time
Right, and then it says verse number 15 and Saul sent the messengers again to see David saying bring him up to me in the bed
That I may that I may slay him
Okay, so they go back to Saul. So look just go and get him bring him
I don't care if he's sick bring him to me. I'll kill him
like so such a such such a wimp like such like
Because if David like if he wants to give David a fighting chance
Look give me a sword and give David a sword and we'll go at it, but Saul knows David's the better fighter
Okay, that's so fine. Oh, he's sick. All right, bring him to me and I'll kill him
Now there's my chance to kill him, right?
Verse number 16 and when the messengers were coming behold
there was an image in the bed with a pillow of goats hair for his bolster and
So said unto Michael remember this is his daughter
Why hast thou deceived me so and since away mine enemy that he is escaped and
Michael answered so he is he said unto me. Let me go. Why should I kill thee?
So she makes up this story. She said look I couldn't stop him that right
He said to me look
I was trying to stop him from escaping that actually and he said to me look if you don't let me go
I'll kill you as well
Alright, so she's making it seem like David is the bad guy in this situation even though it was her plan to let him escape
So and then verse number 18
So David fled and escaped and came to Samuel to Rhema and told him all
That Saul had done to him and he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naiaph
Alright, so he finds the the judge and the Prophet Samuel, you know to take to take refuge
You know, he's with a man of God and of course
He feels safe being in the presence of a man of God in that situation. So that's a story
That's a story, you know the father-in-law tried to kill him his wife helps him escape
You know, she hears the the news that this is the plan and she helps David escape
So then we get to the psalm and I assume I don't know exactly I assume
Once he's in the ref in under protection of Samuel's hand. This is probably when he had the inspiration to write these words
So we get back to Psalm 59 Psalm 59 in verse number one Psalm 59 in verse number one
It says deliver me from mine enemies. Oh my god
Defend me from them that rise up against me
So we know immediately now the story verse number one who are the enemies of David here?
King Saul and the messengers that he sent to spy out on David to kill him verse number two
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity and save me from bloody men
Now wait to think about that for a moment these enemies of David. It's King Saul
Was King Saul a saved man of God
He was a saved man of God wasn't he? You know, he was God's choice
As the king and the Bible says that even prophesied, you know
And the Bible tells us that all prophets are saying like, you know, you cannot be a prophet of God and not be saved
King Saul is a man of God you need to understand this he's saved and
As hard as it can be we know we understand that our enemy is you know
Can be this world our enemies can be the devil. Hey our enemies can even be our family members that are that do not love the Lord
But isn't it a sad thing when your enemies are actually a brother or sister in the Lord it can happen
It can happen in this church, you know, it can happen in any church
In fact, I've seen it happen my whole life where God's people are against God's people
Where God's people turn against their own brother or sister in the Lord and you wonder how can that be?
How can that be there are so few that are saved to begin with there are so few that have trusted Christ
You know, we ought to have the same goal. We ought to have the same love toward the kingdom of God and
yet division and envy can enter into a
Friendship and destroy and cause the you know, the wicked to rise up against those that are innocent. I
Love what he says in verse number three
This is for low they lie in wait for my soul
Obviously thinking about the fact that they're gonna kill him in the morning the mighty are gathered against me
He says not for my transgression
Nor for my sin Oh Lord the mighty are gathered the mighty is King soul, you know, he's got the authority
He's the government of the land even the government's against me
My father-in-law is against me the government's against me my brother in the Lord is against me
I mean, it doesn't get any worse for for David
But notice that he says not for my transgression. They're not against me Lord for anything that I've done against them
I've never transgressed against them. I've never sinned against him Lord, but they're still lying to kill me
verse number four he says they run and
Prepare themselves without my fault
Awake to help me and behold
They run look without my fault. Once again, I haven't transgressed. I haven't sinned
I haven't done any and it made any faults against them Lord
One of the things that's going to confuse you the most is
When someone turns against you someone betrays you someone seeks to hurt you and you've never done anything wrong toward them
You know the so I'm sure you know the story of Dave and soul
David has done nothing worthy of the hatred that soul has against him nothing
Okay, I mean
Soul is introduced to David when David comes and there's Goliath defying the stir the army of Israel and
David volunteers to go and take on Goliath. He slays him delivers Israel from the from the
Philistines
David is nothing but a loyal man a loyal soldier, you know
Even when he gets the opportunity to kill soul he refuses to do so
You know, he wants vengeance to be the Lord's hand not his hand and you know
David is like the perfect son-in-law
this is so he's so loving so so respectful toward his father-in-law the king and
You know when this happens, you know, sometimes that there is just well
there is a reason why there is a reason why and you need to understand that as
Good as you can be toward people. We've never hurt them
You've never sought to to harm them. You've never sinned against them
You've never transgressed against them people are just going to turn against you and think of you wickedly and you just won't know why
Okay, you've done nothing and brethren. This is this is a reality of life
If you live life long enough, you're gonna find these situations pop up and they're very hurtful
Because you've shown a lot of love toward this person and now they've become your enemy
So, you know if you're going through that today if you're going for that this morning or you've gone through that in the past
I hope this Psalm speaks to you, you know
You can see what David's prayer and his song is toward his Lord God now if you can
Keep your finger there and come back with me to 1st Samuel 19
I probably should have told you to keep a finger there, but come back with me to 1st Samuel 19
Because I want to show you that David truly is a man that's never harmed
King Saul and he's never harmed his nation in 1st Samuel 19
So we read verses 11 to 18 which was the story of the the messages seeking to kill David in his house
But just before that I want you to notice just a quick little story just before that in 1st Samuel 19 verse 8
1st Samuel 19 verse 8
it says and there was war again and
David went out and fought with the Philistines and slew them with a great slaughter and they fled from him
So again, we see David in the army. All right, there's war again with the Philistines
They've come to attack Israel and they've come to attack King Saul's kingdom and who's the one out there doing the fighting?
David David once again an honorable soldier
Loving his kingdom loving his nation for King Saul and he and he has a great victory against the Philistines
Look at verse number 9 and the evil spirit from the Lord
Was upon Saul as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand and
David played with his hand. So David's
David's delivered King Saul's kingdom once again from Philistines
Now David is in the in the presence of King Saul and he's playing his harp playing his beautiful music
Okay, he's trying to entertain
King Saul, but King Saul has this evil spirit from the Lord
I'll talk about that in a moment and then verse number 10 and Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin
but he slipped away out of Saul's presence and he smelt the javelin into the wall and
David fled and escaped that night and then we get the story of King Saul seeking to kill him in his house
Has David done anything wrong to King Saul?
Look he fights for him risks his life in battle
Then he like he goes from warrior to musician
I mean King King and like David is is obviously multi skilled multi talented
You know, he's a hard man is a hard warrior on the inside, but he's got an artistic heart on the on the inside
You know, he's able to just play beautiful music, you know trying to alleviate King Saul from this evil spirit
King Saul has a javelin in his hand
He just gets so enraged that David tries to kill him David quick is able to escape before
you know, he gets he gets hurt and
I don't understand this. I don't well, I we do know why let me say I don't understand
I do understand the reason why King Saul is feeling this way
Not only is it an evil spirit by the way people get confused about this. I
Believe that a believer, you know cannot be possessed by a devil
You know, I did I do not believe that any child of God can be possessed by a devil
Okay, so you say what is this evil spirit
Well, don't forget in the Bible evil spirit does not necessarily mean a devil or a demon as we you know
Or an unclean spirit as we commonly talk about that
You know when Christ is walking the surface delivering people from an unclean devil or an unclean spirit, you know
That's not what we're talking about here
The word evil does not mean sinful in the Bible and you need to look if you're gonna be King James Bible readers
You need to understand this. Okay, the word evil does not mean sinful
Evil just means harmful
Okay, evil means harmful. Now all sin is evil because all sin is
Harmful, but not all evil is sin
In fact, the Bible talks about you know, the Lord doing evil many times you go
Well, the Lord's doing evil. Does that mean it's a sinner? Of course not
It's just that it's harm. That's all he means
Okay, like, you know in the Bible days if a murderer was you know found guilty
He was to be stoned to death, you know, you'd be doing evil by putting that person, you know
But by by killing that person, you know and the corporate corporal punishments you'd be doing evil against him
You'd be causing him harm obviously putting him to death, but that's not sinful
That's the the righteous law of God, which he had laid out in the Bible
So you need to understand when God has given a soul an evil spirit. It's not that he's possessed him with a devil or something
It's just that one of the spirits of God, you know
That is causing harm causing grief in the heart of soul
Because of course King Saul's heart has turned away from the Lord
And so the Lord is allowing this this grief and burden this spirit to influence King Saul
Now why why is this happening? Why is this happening? Why does he hate David so much?
You may recall that as David was getting victories over the Philistines and and showing himself to be this great warrior
That people in the kingdom started to praise David
You know, what was that saying that goes something like, you know
So has slayed slain
Thousands and David tens tens of thousands something like that. I'm just paraphrasing something like that
Okay, but look they're praising the praise and soul King Saul
But they're also praising David and it's true. David was a much better warrior than King Saul knows this
This is why he doesn't just face him go face to face, you know
Give him a fair fight King Saul knows that they will beat him in battle
Okay, this is obvious
But it becomes envious
It becomes envious
now this is sad because again David is only doing what is right in the sight of God and
Also blessing soul in return, but he becomes envious
Now why can it be that someone that you love and care about you do only good things toward?
Why is it that they turn against you?
because of envy
Because of envy that's the reason why and Brevin we need to be careful of envy in our hearts, okay? I
Look, I I know I've been envious, you know growing up in in church and
Let me show you some stories that just and maybe maybe you can relate to this
You know, I grew up in a Baptist Church is a Baptist Union Church, but it wasn't all liberal
It was pretty pretty solid. It's pretty much what you'll find in any ifb style churches those structure of things
but I went to a high school and
It was it was meant to be Baptist, but it was just it was everything
It was it was you know, in my view
It was more like a Pentecostal charismatic type school, even though I had Baptist on the name
Anyway, I would hear these stories you have these people come in and speak in before the the students in the school
And they'd give their wonderful stories how they were able to you know, raise someone from the dead
You know how some little child got hit by a car and his leg got ripped off and he was able to go and just
pray over the child and the leg
Reconnected and all the nerves and it's you know, when the ambulance came, you know, the doctors are like well
What why'd you call us? There's nothing wrong with this child
like you hear all these crazy stories, right and I
For those of you that have been in the Pentecostal charismatic circles, you know, what stories I'm talking about
But I remember just being a student listening to these stories going. What about me Lord?
How come I can't do all these miracles
How about me Lord? How come you're not talking to me audibly, you know, is there something wrong with me Lord?
Yeah, I didn't get mad with God
You know, I don't think there's I can't even think of a time that I've ever been angry at God personally
I got maybe I have I don't know about just I can't remember. Okay, but I'm just thinking man
These guys have all these wonderful stories. I don't like them
Now all those stories were rubbish don't don't get me wrong, but I'm just thinking you know, what how come
It bothered me that why aren't I going for these amazing experiences?
Obviously once you find out that it's all lies and rubbish and you hear the same stories repeated by different people
You definitely know it's all lies by then. Okay, and
But you know, I remember feeling envious
You know
I remember going to my first IFB church and there are people out soul winning and I was too timid
I was too scared to go and knock on a door
I'm beginning envious toward those that had the courage to go knock doors. I'm thinking man
You know, they're getting the recognition
the Lord's probably blessing them and I'm missing out and I become sort of
Bitter a little bit toward even my own brothers in the Lord. I've never attacked them
I never treated them harshly, but I know what any of you can feel like in the heart
You know when you see the Lord blessing someone and you feel like how I'm missing out, you know
And instead of just realizing hey, maybe there's a shortcoming or maybe Lord
I maybe I need to focus on the great blessings. You have given me
Maybe I'm not appreciative what you've given me and I'm focusing this is why so how many times do I preach about not comparing yourself
with others
Because I know what it's like. I know when you start comparing yourself with other people
The enemy will creep in you might even get mad at the Lord Lord
Why are you blessing them and seemingly I'm not getting the blessings that they get in
so envy starts to grow in the heart of
of King soul and by the way
You know today when we use the word jealous we use it in a negative connotation
But really what we should be using is the word envy. Okay when we use jealous today in our in our
Vernacular we're really talking about envy because jealousy in the Bible is a positive attribute to have
Okay, the Lord's name is jealous. The Lord is jealous
Okay, the Lord is jealous. That's a lot of sins. That's a positive attribute again
What's the difference when you're jealous for something? It's something that rightfully belongs to you
Okay
The reason why God is jealous over his people is because his people's love and worship
Rightfully belong to the Lord
But when his people the nation of Israel would worship false gods God would talk about being jealous
because that worship belongs to him and
Brethren my wife belongs to me and I belong to her it's right for us to be jealous one toward another
It'd be a problem. Don't you think if I'm just hanging around all these girls and my wife doesn't mind
She'd be like I'm jealous. Yeah, rightfully so because I belong to you
You see what envy is envy is when something rightfully belongs to another and you want that
And you get bitter and angry toward that person who has those things that doesn't belong to you
It rightfully belongs to them. And so as David has been praised for the great a compliment that he's done
Soul gets envious, you know, he doesn't think David that praise should belong to David that praise should belong to him
And
So this is what causes people as much as you love them as much as you do good on to them
You've never hurt them. You never harmed them. You've never sinned against them
They just hate you and I'm telling you now. It's always envy when you're like, I don't understand pastor
It's envy. There's something about your life that they want and they're mad about it
Okay, and they get mad at you. They should be examining themselves
Again brethren don't compare yourself one to another please
Don't compare your family
Okay, ladies don't compare your cooking
Man, don't compare how much money you make in the bank accounts
Don't compare how much you go soul-winning versus someone else
Don't compare yourself how many times you're in church service compared to someone else
Please get that out of your life. It's gonna cause envy in you
it's gonna grow bitterness in your heart and anger toward your brother in the Lord and
They've done nothing wrong against you and you're going to turn against them
So this is a lesson that we see here in Psalm 59
So obviously David's got a clean heart
He's going to battle he's trying to help soul with his evil spirit. He's trying to be a good friend
And King Saul tries to kill him multiple times
It doesn't make any sense. That's it except for envy except for that bitterness. That's growing the heart of soul
back to Psalm 59 verse number 5
Psalm 59 verse number 5
By the way
The end of verse number 4 David says awake to help me and behold
He's asking God God. Can you please wake up behold means look Lord wake up and look what's happening
Now do you think for a moment that God's sleeping?
Do you think for a moment God does not know what's going on?
And it just shows you that well
Let's keep going there because in verse number 5 he says the similar things verse number 5
He says thou therefore Oh Lord God of hosts the God of Israel
Awake once again wake up to visit all the heathen be not merciful to any wicked transgressors sealer
All right, so he's asking God a few times. Can you wake up Lord wake up?
Now again God is not asleep. Okay. God knows all things God knows the persecution
David is going through but when you're going through this kind of pain and betrayal from your
Loved ones from your friends. You may feel like that. God is sleeping on the job
Okay, and the biggest lesson that we can take out of this is that once again, and you know this
But it's hard when you're going through it. Your timing is not God's timing
Okay, you're saying God take action now wake up Lord. He must be sleeping
Remember when the disciples are with Jesus on the ship and there's a storm and and they're all afraid that they're going to be capsized
And once Jesus is sleeping, but do you think for a moment Jesus does not know that that's not what they're going through
Jesus is testing their faith to say look we've got Jesus in our midst. We've got Jesus in our ship
Nothing horrible is gonna happen to us. That should have been the reaction of the disciples
But we know the heart of man and you know your own heart when you're going through these situations
Feel like Lord are you gonna step in look can't you see what's happening Lord? I've never done anything against this person
I've never sinned against them. Why do they want to hurt me so much?
Wake up Lord
Okay, just a reminder
Set aside your timing and say Lord in your timing in your right timing. Please take vengeance for me
Now there is a change from verse number four to verse number five
We know that verses one to four were about David and King Saul, okay, we get to verse number five
David takes his psalm and applies it broadly broadly because then he says I'll read again therefore a lot of God of hosts the
God of Israel awake to visit all the heathen the heathen are the nations or the Gentiles
Okay, so it's gone from his personal battle with soul to Lord. Actually. I've got enemies all across the nations
In fact, we know because he just had a battle with the Philistines
So obviously he's thinking of the Philistines at this point in time
He probably has other enemies in other places, you know
And he's just saying Lord actually just all the heat that everyone that is against me Lord
Can you please it says be not look be not merciful to any wicked transgressors Lord. Don't show their mercy
Lord just a full brunt of your anger and vengeance. Can you please avenge me is the idea that he's asking there?
You know sometimes when you're going for that personal one-on-one situation
All of a sudden it
You know every other problem and every other enemy, you know
It starts to bother your mind and I think this is what's happening to David
Well, you got this sort of immediate threat King Saul, but then you think about all of a sudden all the problems you have
Like everything just starts to and people, you know starts to share, you know
They've got these concerns in their heart and they feel burdened by all the different situations and hardships that they have
and
So he's kind of gone from personal one-on-one to just the general burden that he has
Against all the enemies all those that are against him verse number six
And this is what we get the total for the sermon
They return at evening. They make a noise like a dog and go round about the city
Make a noise like a dog barking
They're loud. Okay, they're obnoxious
you know and
What this reminds me of I don't think we experience it so much here in Australia
Because we've got so many laws around animals and pets and dogs
You know if there's a stray dog walking around the streets
What's gonna happen the council is gonna send someone to collect it gets put into some pen
Okay, but what this reminds me of dogs going about the city
This so reminds me of Chile
Okay, and if you ever go to Chile one of the experiences that you'll you I don't think I don't think any other country is
like this
But you're gonna find dogs everywhere like just stray dogs
Everywhere it's estimated as about three million dogs stray dogs stray dogs not to about domesticated in the in the house
looks like three million dogs just roam in the streets and
The capital city of Chile Santiago, which has about five million people. I think it's a bigger city of capital city
And if you're staying the night there
All night long. It's just barking all along
Just constant howling constant barking and we got your stray dogs on the street barking
You've got your household dogs barking as well. It's just loud and and like you
You know during the day you just walk the streets and and by the way these dogs
They're kind of cared for but I don't really understand
like in Chile
It's the it's a second largest
Consumers of bread I think second from Germany
There's always a lot of bread a lot of a lot of our bakeries and quite often
You know because it's fresh bread after a day or two
It's stale and so usually people just throw bread on the streets for the dogs and these dogs are kind of cared for and
Nourished like even when I went with the kids a few years ago
You know, my girls are kind of like patting the dog trying to fear, you know, they're eating chips like that
Can I feed the dog?
Like they're not like skinny, you know, they're actually kind of in Chile. They're almost considered like community dogs
But they are dangerous like, you know in the evening once the Sun Goes Down that they're also they're in packs
It's like gangs
It's like just watching a whole bunch of gangs walking around
Like you know and it can be a scary thing if you're walking in the night and you're by yourself and there's a pack
Of dogs following you. Okay, they probably just want some food
But you know, it's still there are attacks these things do happen
And so I'm reminded more of Chile because I don't really you don't really experience this in Australia
but there are literally you go there there are dogs like even even um
Even if you got a house or dog in the house, it's common for Chileans when they walk out of the house
So just okay dogs, you know off you go
you know and then you know by the time you get back from work your dogs just sit in there in the front gate
Ready to go back in and so they just breed like crazy and it's just this is
It's just like, you know in Australia
We if you have a dog you kind of like, okay, you gotta walk the dog
You gotta take it to the vet in Chile. It's not we don't walk the dog
Just there you go off you go of your mates, you know
But
Like I'm saying like I'm not it's just barking bark and you eventually get used to it, you know, it's hard at first
I'm not just the first night's not being asleep properly
But then eventually you kind of just get used to the noise and I'm reminded of this
They return this summer six they return at evening because that's when they're mostly active
They make a noise like a dog and go round about the city and then look at this on the seven
What kind of know the barking loud?
Obnoxious verse number seven behold they belch out with their mouth
Swords are in their lips
For who say they doth hear they're talking loud. All right, and they're asking who's gonna hear us who cares?
you know that they're so arrogant the soul lifted up and
Now we understand actually why David's wife knew of the plans
Guess what because soul and his his messengers they go into the city and they talk up. Oh, we're gonna kill David
Okay, and and the soldiers that I guess they're just loud and belching like a dog
Barking they're so confident that they're gonna win against David and the news travels to
David's wives ears and
Then she can help him escape now. We know why because they're loud like dogs. Everybody knows their plans
They make noise like a dog they go around about the city behold they belch out with their mouth
Swords are in their lips for who say they doth hear and
So with their overconfidence, they release secret information
Okay, and they lose their advantage, you know, the advantage is Michael hears the words means able to warn David is able to escape
okay, and
verse number eight
But thou a lord shall laugh at them thou shall have all the heathen in the region
The word the region means it's kind of similar to being ridiculed or being ridiculous
You know, they deserve in a ridicule. It's a look the heat and these these enemies that I have against me Lord
You're just going to laugh at them
You can see the confidence of David slowly growing because at the beginning is like Lord. Can you wake up?
Well wake wake Lord, but can't you see and now it's like has now he's got got confidence
And this is probably why he's probably writing this at the time when he's with Samuel
I'm sure Samuel will have encouraged him. Samuel would have reminded him. Hey, don't forget the Lord's chosen you to be the next king
You're not going to die anytime soon. Don't worry about it. And I guess his confidence is growing now
It's like actually Lord. I know you're not sleeping. I know actually you're laughing at them
You know, you're you're laughing at their antics
verse number eight reminds me a lot of Psalm chapter 2 if you can come with me to Psalm 2
Psalm 2 verse number 1
Psalm 2 and verse number 1
And you know Psalm 2
Just personally has given me a lot of comfort over the years a lot of comfort when you see the world just getting worse
When you see governments becoming more ungodly
All right
You just remind yourself of Psalm to read it read it and just meditate upon it and be encouraged in the Lord
Because it says in verse number one
Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing?
What are they raging about?
Verses number 2 the kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together
against the Lord and against his anointed saying
The Bible is saying here that the government's
Politicians they get together and they conspire against the Lord
When you see ungodly laws passed into our nation don't think it's just odd
They're just you know, they don't know any better the Bible telling us here
No, they know it's against the Lord and that they decide, you know what let's do what is contrary to God's Word
Let's do contrary against Christianity
Verse number three, let us break their bands of sundown cast away their cords from us
These were the heathen kings are saying look we want nothing to do with the Lord
Let's take away all the restrictions all the rules that are out laid in God's Word. Life will be better for us like this
And when you see this happen your heart grows a little fearful maybe
A little concerned a little bit worried about this earth and this world and what kind of future is going to be for my children
the next generation
And look what we see in verse number four. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh
The Lord shall have them in the region. There it is again
The Lord's laughing at these politicians. He's mocking at them. He's not laughing with them
He's laughing at them
Okay, the Lord's like you think you can break me away you think you can control this world without me
You know, you think you can pass these laws and there are no consequences to your actions
And
then in verse number five it says then shall we speak unto them in his wrath and
Vex them in his sword displeasure
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion
Verse number six is interesting. It can apply to David
And this could be similar to what Samuels reminding David of as he's gone and sought refuge there
This is look if this is about David himself as a man. Yeah. Have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion
we know that Zion can be used for as a as a word for Jerusalem and
And David's probably been reminded by same once again. Look the Lord set you as king over Jerusalem. Don't worry
Okay, you'll be fine. You'll get through this, you know souls not going to kill you
All right
But also I do believe this is by extension a prophecy of Jesus Christ that one day he will come back and rule
Get that millennial reign of Jesus Christ when he comes back
He's going to rule over this entire earth and all powers all corrupt governments are gonna have to submit themselves
unto the power of Jesus Christ
And so that's what the encouragement is is like Lord, don't you see
Actually, you're laughing you're mocking your mark you're mocking the wicked you're mocking the enemies
Back to Psalm 59, please
Psalm 59 verse number 9 Psalm 59 and verse number 9
You can see he's getting encouraged because in verse number 9 it says because of
His strength will I wait upon thee for God is my defense. So remember originally is like awake wake up
No, it says I'll wait upon you
Okay. Oh wait for your time in Lord. I
Just think it's it's a wonderful thing to think about how he's with Samuel
You know and then he's riding these that's I don't know is again. Is he right now with Samuel afterwards?
You know, there's something about being encouraged by other brethren
You know, even when your heart might be a little distant you may not even want to be in church
And let me call you just come to the house of the Lord, you know, you only need one friend
You only need one person to say hey brother praying for you. Hey, brother. I love you, you know thinking about you this week
You know, is there anything that you need?
Sometimes it just requires one person
You know, I remember going to church and you know and just kind of being discouraged and that life in general
Don't even feel like being in church, but I know it should be there and
You know in my old we're not like here, but in my old church
We had like an usher a man who just greet you at the door and give you hymnal
It's a bigger churches, you know
Needed more order in that sense and I'm just coming in one Sunday just being downcast and and the ash just greets me
Hey, brother Kevin, how's your week been praying for you? You know, I
Don't know you've been an encouragement something like this
You've been an encouragement to me, you know, and I just walk all of a sudden all of a sudden I'm like, whoo
All of a sudden man, what a great day
Oh, so I'm just encouraging the Lord because just have a brief interaction with a brother in the Lord
And this is what you know, David needed a friend. They even needed to go to Samuel someone
It's some godly fellowship someone to encourage him someone to remind him of the promises of God
Verse
Number 10
The God of my mercy shall prevent me. God shall let me see my desire upon my enemies
I know God you're going to take vengeance when it says the God of my mercy shall prevents me
It doesn't mean that God's stopping David somehow preventing remember the word prevent in the Bible can also mean proceed
So when you talk about like in 1st Thessalonians 4 about the rapture it says that
I
Get I'm paraphrasing but then that our lives shall not prevent them which are asleep
In other words the ones that have gone to die of Christ are going to be the ones that will first receive the new
Resurrected bodies of the rapture and then following that those that are still alive
But when it says this just think about in that sense, you know
David's saying the God of my mercy shall proceed or go before me
Okay, I don't have to fight this battle is what he's saying the Lord's gonna fight the battle for me
I don't need to take vengeance
This is why again you see the hand of David even when he gets the opportunity to kill Saul many times
He doesn't take it. He says look this is in the hand of the Lord
and that's what he's saying and
Brethren, if you're being if you've been betrayed or people hate you for without a cause without a reason
You need to be able to say these words Lord be merciful to me show them no mercy
But Lord, can you please go before me? Can you please take care of the situation?
Leave it in the hands of the Lord
Verse number 11
Slay them not
Lest my people forget
Scatter them by thy power and bring them down. Oh Lord our shield
Now I wanted to because verse 11 says slay them not so don't kill them
Now in the previous psalm, we had David speaking about his enemies, you know, Lord
Can you can I smell I melt like a snail, you know and pass away
So obviously he's asking the Lord to kill his enemies
Now when he says in verse number 13 verse 11 say they're not he's not saying Lord
Don't do any killing don't end their life because let me just if you compare to verse number 13
Drop down very quickly to verse number 13. What else does it say?
consume them in wrath
Consume them that they may not be
So verse number 13, what is it saying Lord destroy them? Don't let them be anymore
Don't let them live anymore
Okay, so what is he saying if we understand that's what he's praying for in verse number 13
What is he speaking about in verse number 11 slay them not this is what he's saying
Slay them not lest my people forget
Okay, what is he saying? He's saying this Lord if you destroy all my enemies
Lord if you take away all my problems all my trials all my difficulties
Then we'll forget about you
That's what he's saying lest my people forget Lord
We can easily forget that you bless us that you help us Lord
we can easily forget that you comfort us and
Again, I can relate. I'm sure you can as well when things seemingly are going so well, no problems
You know, you know life is easy
That's when you your heart says to you. We don't need the Lord
You just forget
You're just like well
I you know because usually I go and pray to the Lord when I'm having difficulties
Usually I go and pray the Lord when need some help. I don't need any help right now
things are so breezy so easy and it's so easy for your heart to forget the Lord and
Again, this is why in Australia
It's not a receptive country
It's the gospel because people compared to the rest of the world are doing pretty well
Their bank accounts are full their pantries are full. They're living in nice houses
They can even afford to retire they gave it affords going holidays and then it's like well, why do I need the Lord?
because things are too easy in Australia and
So he's saying to the Lord look Lord say not less my people get well, don't kill them all
Well, don't get rid of all our problems just this immediate threat that I have right now. Yes deal with that Lord
But Lord, I don't want to get to a point where I have no problems. No issues. I know it sounds nice. I
Know we all kind of would hope we would never have any trials or problems to go through
But I promise you this the moment that happens your heart will drift away from the Lord
Your heart will drift away from church. Your heart will drift around away from praying to him calling upon him for help and
So many times the Lord allows us to go for a difficulty a trial
Because we have gotten far from the Lord and we need to get back to the Lord say Lord help us
He's been there all the time. It's just that we are the ones that drift away from the Lord's help
Verse number 12
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips
let them even be taken in their pride and
For cursing and lying which they speak so David's asking look
Can you judge them by even the words of their mouth?
Okay, now we know that saying sticks and stones
Will break my bones, but words will never hurt me. It's not really true
What that I like the idea because it's basically teaching us to have thick skin
It's it's it's a good thought. Okay, but words will hurt you
like you know
It will have some effects
Especially if it's a brother in the Lord
Especially if it's those that you consider
You know these people that I love and care about and they're saying these things against me
And so they was asking look not only their actions, but their words
Their pride these these words like they box like dogs. They've made noise like dogs
They've spoken openly against me Lord. Can you please judge them for the things that they've said?
In the Bible says in Matthew 12 36 words of Christ
But I say unto you that every idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of judgments
For by the words thou shalt be judged and by thy words thou shalt be condemned
Now we've caught upon the name of the Lord, you know, we'll be judged that we have trusted in Christ
Praise God for that, but for those that have not trusted in Christ
They've trusted in their own flesh or you know, whatever whatever wicked words whatever sin had come out of their mouth
They're gonna be judged for that as well not just for their actions
I
Listen to 13
Again, we read this about consume them in wrath. Let me really told God don't be merciful to them
And what is wrath extreme anger? This is Lord. Can you judge them? Can you destroy them in your full anger?
Like you're saying Lord don't go easy on them
Lord go hard in your wrath
Verse number 13 again consume them in wrath
Consume them that they may not be and let them know that God ruleth in
Jacob unto the ends of the earth sealer
So get it is you know, it's more of a generalization now
Obviously, I'm assuming talking about the Philistines. I'm thinking that they can be so prideful to take you know
Power over the nation of God and so he's asking Lord. Can you consume them?
He destroy them that they may know that the God of Israel is the true God
Verse number 14 and
At evening let them return and let them make a noise like a dog there
It is again and go round about the city. So he's asking God. Can you actually make them do this?
Can you make them make it make a noise like a dog in the evening?
let them wander up and down for meat and
Grudge if they be not satisfied
Again he's using that illustration and I told you in Chile. It's like this you're walking down some alley and these
Six seven dogs following you. It doesn't feel good. You know, if you're not a dog person
Look, they're kind of nice because they're used to people
Okay, it's kind of like here, you know, you can be eating let's say in Caloundary
You can be eating a lunch and you got all these birds, you know
These seagulls come in and they know you're not going to attack them
But you won't see that in Chile
Because you got a bird coming to attack like coming to get get a feed. Someone's gonna grab that bird
And it's gonna be dinner
Like the birds in Australia are used to just people, you know being nice or the dogs in Chile just used to people being nice
But again that they're following you because they want food
They're following you hoping that you'd be kind toward them, you know, and and David's asking Lord
Can you can my enemies be like these dogs once again in the evening in what sense this time?
Verse number 15 again, let them wander up and down for meat
Lord, I want them to be like hungry dogs. Just roam in the streets and grudge if they be not satisfied
I want them to be upset that they're not satisfied
Okay, obviously a dog's not gonna be happy if it's followed you for blocks and you haven't given them anything
That's what they were saying Lord, I want my enemies to be like these dogs
unsatisfied
Okay, and I do believe this played out. So when David
Escaped out of his house
Do you think King Saul is satisfied? Do you think the messengers are satisfied? Hey, they didn't get their meats
What would have given satisfaction if they killed David?
If they arrested David and brought him before the king and King slayed him
They then they would have been satisfied then they would have received their meat like dogs
But they were saying Lord, I want them to just be
Unsatisfied I still want them to have this bitterness and and and and
Let them feel like they're not like these hungry dogs. I
Don't want them to have any satisfaction. I don't want them to have any fulfillment Lord
Says asking looking can they be like these dogs because they're already louder
Obnoxious, they're really barking, you know, and now I want them to be hungry unsatisfied
Obviously by David escaping this would have been a huge embarrassment for King Saul. I mean, how do we kill this guy?
We already surrounded his house
What do we do? Why is it that David seemingly just gets away time and time again because of the hand of the Lord?
verse number 16
But I will sing of thy power. Oh
Man, this is why it's so good to come to church
because if you're not
If you're not artistic and musical like David
In fact, we don't have many music. Can you pray that the Lord will send us a pianist?
Keep that in prayer the Lord will send us someone who's musical that we can have some live music at church
Please pray for that
Okay, it's a wonderful thing when we can hear live music we can sing together
and I love being in church because you know, it's a time where we can just fellowship and praise the Lord in song and
Again, I believe he's with Samuel. I believe that they're praising the Lord together
I believe they're singing songs together, you know to encourage David in his hardship, but I will sing of thy power
Yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning for thou has been my defense and refuge in the day of my
trouble
Again, it says in the morning because the morning they were meant to kill him
But it's safe verse number 17 unto thee all my strengthful I sing
For God is my defense and the God of my mercy
So with the judge and the Prophet Samuel they're singing praises, you know, they have some temporary refuge from King Saul
They're praising the Lord, you know that that David's been saved, you know, and I
Love the change, you know
What I really love about the Psalms is many times the Psalms start with like a despair of the psalmist
The anguish and the trouble and then you just end it these beautiful words now
There's just singing praises it to the Lord. You see how he just grows in
Courage and he grows in you know in faith knowing that the Lord will step in and protect him
And so brethren that's the end of that that Psalm Psalm 59
I hope it's you know help you maybe you know for some difficulty some trial
You know if someone hates you without a cause I hope you understand why that is
It's it's envy, you know as much as we may not understand that and look if you've got a problem with a brother Lord
That's not wrong to you
Search your heart as well. He may very well be envy may very well be bitterness
You know for something they've they've got or some way the Lord is blessing them
But don't forget look the Lord's not asleep. You don't have to wake up the Lord
He knows all things and
Brethren when people are persecuting you and when governments are passing laws that are contrary to God's Word
Just remind yourself. My Lord God is in heaven laughing at these dogs. Okay, let's pray