Psalm 2

Chartridge Mission Church

#Psalm #Series #Two #2 #bibleteaching #Rebellion #Blessing #Obedience #Rejoice #Zion #Advent #Christmas #history #christianity #christian #God #doctrine #ChartridgeMissionChurch #chesham #DrPhilipWoodley #HeatherWoodley #HydeHeathBaptist #thefriendliestfellowship #LearningTheBibleTogether  Dr Philip Woodley from Hyde Heath Baptist begins our intermittent series on the Psalms. Opening with Psalm 2, an Advent Psalm and perfect for our season of Christmas messages. Rejoice with us as we learn the Bible together!   Dr Philip Woodley YouTube Playlist:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeLtfVhcCUFsbMjekcadpfP3u5BXt8xmu  Chartridge Mission Church, a beacon of faith, was founded in 1844 and remains in the village of Chartridge, just outside Chesham, in the picturesque Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire, England, UK.  We are a warm and welcoming fellowship and would be delighted to have you visit us in person. Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm, followed by refreshments.   Our Church is fully accessible, with wheelchair ramps and an accessible toilet, ensuring everyone can participate in our services.     Chartridge Mission Church, Chapel Lane, Chartridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2TH  The village Church with an international audience.  Support our work at Chartridge Mission Church:  Donations via Stewardship.org.uk:    https://www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/20005300    Cheques can be made payable to Chartridge Mission Church and sent to the above address for the attention of Pastor Barry Kempson.   Recorded on Sunday, 7th December 2025.     Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm.  www.Chartridge.UK   The Friendliest Fellowship.

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00:00Come, O come, the love of David, come, and open wide our heavenly home.

00:13Make us safe the way that leads on high, and close the path to misery.

00:25Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

00:42Good evening, it's good to be with you again.

00:46And we're going to start this evening by reading from God's Word, Mark chapter 1, verse 21.

00:53They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath day came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.

01:03The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.

01:14Just then, a man in their synagogue, who was possessed by an impure spirit, cried out,

01:19What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.

01:30Be quiet, Jesus said sternly. Come out of him.

01:34The impure spirit shook the man violently, and came out of him with a shriek.

01:40The people were so amazed, and they asked each other, What is this, a new teaching, and with authority?

01:49He even gives orders to impure spirits, and they obey him.

01:56News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.

02:00As soon as they had left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.

02:11Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her.

02:18So he went to her, took her hand, and helped her up.

02:24The fever left her, and she began to wait on them.

02:27That evening, after sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who were ill and demon-possessed.

02:38The whole town gathered at the door, and Jesus healed many who had various diseases.

02:46He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak, because they knew who he was.

02:55Would you like to take your Bibles now, please, and turn to Psalm 1 and Psalm 2, and Heather is going to come and read those psalms.

03:03Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked, or stand in the way that sinners take, or sit in the company of mockers,

03:13but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.

03:21That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season, and whose leaf does not wither.

03:32Whatever they do prospers.

03:35Not so the wicked.

03:37They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

03:41Therefore, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

03:50For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

03:59And now Psalm 2.

04:00Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain?

04:07The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,

04:15Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles.

04:20The one enthroned in heaven laughs.

04:23The Lord scoffs at them.

04:26He rebukes them in his anger, and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,

04:32I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.

04:38I will proclaim the Lord's decree.

04:42He said to me,

04:43You are my son.

04:45Today I have become your father.

04:47Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.

04:55You will break them with a rod of iron.

04:58You will dash them to pieces like pottery.

05:01Therefore, you kings, be wise.

05:05Be warned, you rulers of the earth.

05:08Serve the Lord with fear, and celebrate his rule with trembling.

05:14Kiss his son, or he will be angry, and your way will lead to your destruction.

05:21For his wrath can flare up in a moment.

05:24Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

05:28It's unclear precisely when the books of Psalms were compiled into their current form.

05:36From what I've read, the most likely time seems to be around that of Ezra.

05:40But some believe that it may have been as late as the first century AD.

05:47Of course, some Psalms are much older, with names such as Moses, David, and Solomon dating them to clear times and events.

05:57Although some believe that some of the dedications to David may be of a much later period.

06:04However, some now believe that Psalm 1 was written as an introduction to the whole compilation.

06:14And others believe that Psalm 1 and Psalm 2 may at one time have been joined together.

06:21Be that as it may, we still believe that these scriptures were all written under the guidance and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

06:30Psalm 1 is considered to be a wisdom psalm.

06:35It's one of those passages which is written in very black and white language.

06:40It contrasts the person committed to the Lord with the wicked.

06:47The righteous man is described as being like a tree planted by streams of water.

06:53Consequently, it is well watered.

06:56It enables it to grow strongly.

06:58It's leaves are always fresh.

07:01They don't suffer in times of drought.

07:06And it produces its fruit in due season.

07:10This natural image, which we can readily understand and interpret,

07:15comes from taking delight in the law of the law of God, God's word, the Holy Scriptures.

07:23Such a man meditates on God's word day and night.

07:27It guides his actions.

07:30And consequently, everything he does is right.

07:33So he prospers under God's hand.

07:37In contrast, the wicked, sinners, the mockers, they are lightweights.

07:43They're like the chaff that gets blown away by the wind as the farmer threshes his wheat.

07:48Whilst we don't thresh corn and winnow it by tossing it into the breeze like they would have done in biblical times,

07:55we understand the imagery.

07:58Even our combined harvesters in the 21st century are followed across the field by a pillar of dust

08:04as the grains are mechanically collected.

08:07Verse 5 says that such people will not survive the judgment.

08:15They will not be admitted to the assembly of the righteous on the day that Christ returns.

08:22And verse 6 highlights the contrast.

08:25God watches over the righteous as they travel through life.

08:28In this way, the psalmist, the compiler of the psalms, sets out eternal truths that shape the five books of psalms.

08:46But the structure also reflects the shape of our lives, the struggles, and sadly, the failures of the earthly kings and even of God's people.

08:57Ultimately, these give way to the rule and reign of the Lord's eternal king.

09:06And that's where we come to Psalm 2.

09:08Perhaps an extension of Psalm 1, but certainly picking up the great theme of the ultimate rule of God's chosen king.

09:18And the psalm breaks down nicely into four sections.

09:21Verses 1 to 3, the rebellion of the nations.

09:25Verses 4 to 6, God's response to the nations.

09:30Verses 7 to 9, the declaration of God's intention for his king.

09:34And verses 10 to 12, God's warning to the nations.

09:41As we approach Christmas, it's appropriate to look at this psalm in terms of the first and second comings of our Lord Jesus.

09:50But let us not forget the context in which many of these psalms were written.

09:57The way that the books of psalms were subsequently shaped.

10:00Because it bears out the shape of this psalm itself.

10:04But note, too, the connection between the end of Psalm 2 and the beginning of Psalm 1.

10:12Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked.

10:18And blessed are all who take refuge in him.

10:23Both declare a blessing on the righteous.

10:26Those who reject evil.

10:27Those who seek the Lord.

10:30Here is true wisdom.

10:32It stands in strong contrast to the rebellion of the wicked.

10:39So first then, looking at verses 1 to 3, the rebellion of the nations.

10:45Psalm 2 starts with a question in two parts.

10:51As so often in Hebrew poetry, one line is echoed by the following.

10:56Why do the nations conspire?

11:01Why do they get together and fight against God and his people?

11:06But the second part of the question throws a different light on it.

11:10It's not simply, why do the people plot?

11:14No, the psalmist wonders why they plot in vain.

11:18Call it prejudice if you like, but the psalmist is pre-empting what is coming up.

11:26Developing a plan is one thing, but planning a futile venture is pointless at best and dangerous or destructive at worst.

11:36In Luke chapter 14, Jesus talks about the cost of being a disciple.

11:43In verses 25 to 26, he highlights that discipleship, being a righteous person, is sacrificial.

11:52But then he uses two examples to illustrate his point.

11:59You don't build a tower without first finding out the cost and ensuring that you have the means of completing the work.

12:08Over at Hyde Heath, when we decided to build a manse, we got the architect to give us an estimate of the cost of his designs.

12:17Would we be able to afford to build?

12:19And yes, the plan was deemed affordable.

12:24And then when the Lord gave us the planning permission, we were preparing for the building.

12:31And that's when we got a quantity surveyor to build a proper estimate of all the materials, etc., that would be needed.

12:39And his figures agreed largely with those of the architect.

12:44So we went to the next stage.

12:46We went ahead with getting the builders' estimates.

12:51And that's where we got the shock.

12:54We suddenly discovered that the cost had risen by between 30 and 50%.

12:59Building materials and skilled labour were in short supply due to the building industry getting back to work

13:08after the sharp decline caused by the financial crisis of 2008.

13:15So we had to ensure that we would be able to complete the project.

13:21We had a meeting and we concluded that we could.

13:25And so we went ahead.

13:26Had we not done that, we would have got to the stage where we would have had to have stopped the work.

13:35The building work that had been completed would have suffered damage from the weather

13:40and costs would have risen further, putting the whole project beyond us.

13:46We would have been considerably embarrassed and a laughing stock to those around us.

13:52And it's the same in verses 31 to 32.

13:58A king, a president, doesn't take his country to war without first establishing whether he has a good chance of winning.

14:06Such assessments need to be thorough, as our process was in building the mounts at Hyde Heath.

14:12A flawed assessment could leave a king embarrassed by starting a fight in which he is ultimately defeated.

14:22And I'll leave you to think of your own illustrations of that from the events of 2022.

14:30Verses 2 and 3 of this psalm continue to expand the theme of the folly of nations conspiring against God and his appointed ruler.

14:40The nations plot to break free from the rule of God.

14:46They see God's rule as enslavement, as being bound by chains like a slave.

14:52Does this not echo the first sin of Genesis chapter 3?

14:59The temptation that Adam and Eve had was to break God's command because it was restricting their freedom.

15:05Satan's deception was to distort the gracious command of the Lord that protected his creation.

15:14Rejection of God's command only led to disaster for the whole of mankind.

15:22God's commands are for our good.

15:26But having broken them, mankind comes under God's judgment.

15:30And God has given us laws to guide us and to teach us that we are sinners.

15:36Salvation only comes through the confession of our sins and trusting in the saving work of the Lord Jesus on the cross.

15:45Yet constantly throughout the Old Testament, we see rebellion against the people of God, of the nations who seek to overthrow the rule of God, against the law, against the word of God.

16:01We don't get far into the Bible before we see that the rebellion against God has taken such hold that God destroys the whole world, restarting the human race through Noah.

16:17But then pride takes hold again and the Tower of Babel is built to reach up to the heavens, seeking to reach up and become equal to God.

16:28Here again, mankind has not accurately calculated the price of building a tower.

16:36Their efforts come to nothing and result in confusion.

16:41God has frustrated their efforts by confusing their languages.

16:48Pharaoh tried to stand against God.

16:51It led to the destruction of Egypt and its wealth.

16:55They lost their slaves who took their personal wealth away with them as they left at the command of God.

17:03Sion, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, tried to stand against God's people as they travelled to the promised land.

17:12They too had not counted the cost of standing against the people of God.

17:18They paid for their folly with the total destruction of their nations.

17:25Goliath and the Philistines thought size trumped the power of God.

17:32The giant was felled by a boy trusting in God.

17:36The army fled in fear and was pursued to destruction.

17:42And so we go on and on as the might of man is destroyed by the power of God.

17:48How can man, the creature, possibly stand against his creator?

17:56Yet in vain, mankind continues to try and defeat the Almighty.

18:01And to our detriment, we break the chains of God's gracious commands that would keep us safe.

18:08Second, then, we'll look at God's response to the nations.

18:15From heaven, God looks down on mankind.

18:18Psalm 14 and Psalm 53 tell us that the Lord looks down from the heavens on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.

18:33All have turned away.

18:35All have become corrupt.

18:37There is no one who does good.

18:39Not even one.

18:40These are the parallel psalms about the fool, the morally corrupt person, who says in his heart, there is no God.

18:52And like the wicked of Psalm 1, such people are corrupt and their deeds are vile, because they have no moral compass to guide them.

19:01They have rejected the righteous commands of a loving God, as we have said earlier.

19:08And the reaction to what God sees causes him to laugh.

19:12That may seem strange, but it is a theme that occurs a few times in the Psalms.

19:19Psalm 37, verse 13 says,

19:21But the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.

19:26As with Psalm 2, the context is the wicked are plotting against the righteous.

19:34Again, the vanity of their rebellion can be seen in the fact that God knows their day of judgment is coming.

19:41And so, in verse 15, it says,

19:44But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

19:50Their rebellion against God and his people is destroyed.

19:56In Psalm 58, David pleads to God for deliverance from his enemies.

20:01He says he has been attacked despite having done no wrong.

20:07He describes his enemies as dogs who prowl about the city at night.

20:11They think that God does not see or hear their plot.

20:16But David declares in verse 8,

20:19But you laugh at them, Lord.

20:21You scoff at all those nations.

20:23It's much the same language as we have in Psalm 2.

20:28God will triumph over his enemies and those who oppose his people.

20:34But in Psalm 52, it is the people of God who laugh.

20:39The picture is much the same, though.

20:41God brings down the enemies of his people to everlasting ruin.

20:45Verses 6 and 7

20:47It may seem strange to think of God laughing,

21:07And it may seem wrong to us that we should laugh at other people.

21:12For us, as in the context of Psalm 52,

21:16Laughter is a sign of joy,

21:18As at the relief of escaping from the oppression,

21:22The joy of justice.

21:24But when God laughs at his enemies,

21:27It is through the thought of futility of the created,

21:31Thinking that they could possibly overturn

21:33The power of their creator.

21:38Look at Psalm 2, verse 5.

21:42God's laughter turns to anger.

21:45God must and will bring justice

21:47For his persecuted people.

21:49So he rebukes his enemies.

21:52His rebuke terrifies them,

21:54Because God declares that he has placed his king

21:57On the throne.

21:59In the context of this psalm,

22:02And its setting at the beginning of this altar,

22:05The king in Zion may be a reference to David.

22:09Here was one who,

22:11As God's chosen warrior king,

22:14Would bit by bit destroy the power

22:17Of the surrounding nations of Israel.

22:20They would become subject to David,

22:23And bring him tribute.

22:24But in the context of the compilation

22:28Of the book of Psalms,

22:30Almost certainly the days of the Jewish kings

22:32Ruling in Jerusalem

22:34Were a distant memory.

22:36Their thoughts would have been

22:38For the coming Messiah,

22:40Someone who would restore

22:42The glories of the Davidic kingdom.

22:47Our thoughts are not for the sort of Messiah

22:49That was longed for it

22:51By those living at the turning of the ages

22:54As the saviour was born,

22:56And as Judah was bound

22:57By the oppression of Roman rule

22:59And the Roman puppet ruler Herod.

23:03Our thoughts go to the king

23:05Who will return to rule

23:07In righteousness and justice forever.

23:10No one will be able to overturn God's king,

23:14Just as no nation could stand before David.

23:18God's chosen king

23:19Who brought the old kingdom

23:21To its pinnacle.

23:24And so we come to the declaration

23:26Of God's intentions for his king.

23:29This section from verse 7 to verse 9

23:33Expands on verse 6.

23:36God has installed his king in Zion.

23:40But this king is no ordinary king.

23:43This is the son of God.

23:45Now, in its broadest context,

23:48This could be seen as speaking

23:49Of the Davidic kings.

23:51Kings appointed by God.

23:54In 1 Chronicles 17,

23:57David wants to build a temple

23:58To honour the Lord.

24:01But God refuses to allow him to do so.

24:04Because David has been God's warrior king.

24:08Shedding much blood

24:09As he destroyed God's enemies.

24:11The enemies of God's people.

24:13And so it is Solomon

24:15Whom God selects

24:17To build the temple.

24:20And God says to David

24:21In verses 11 to 14

24:24Of 1 Chronicles 17

24:26When your days are over

24:28And you go to be with your ancestors

24:30I will raise up your offspring

24:32To succeed you

24:34One of your own sons

24:36And I will establish his kingdom.

24:38He is the one

24:39Who will build a house for me

24:41And I will establish his throne forever.

24:44I will be his father

24:46And he will be my son.

24:48I will never take my love away from him

24:51As I took it away from your predecessor.

24:53I will set him over my house

24:56And my kingdom forever.

24:58His throne will be established forever.

25:01In this important passage

25:05There is effectively a concatenation

25:08Of Solomon and Jesus

25:10The Messiah

25:11And the returning king.

25:13This Davidic line is compressed

25:15Into one ultimate son.

25:19This decree appoints Solomon

25:20To be the one who will build a temple.

25:23But it is Jesus

25:24Who will build a house

25:26A dwelling place

25:28For the eternal God.

25:29And this is reflected in Revelation

25:32Where the picture of the new creation

25:34Of the bride and the temple

25:36Seem to merge

25:38So that it is the people of God

25:39In which he will dwell forever.

25:42They are the city of God.

25:46Clearly this passage

25:48Is not simply talking about Solomon

25:51Because Solomon does not rule

25:53Over God's house forever.

25:55But we see something similar

25:58In Ezekiel 34

25:59God is going to send a shepherd

26:02To care for his flock

26:04That has been abused

26:07By the leaders of the nation.

26:09The new shepherd

26:10Is called David.

26:14Verse 23

26:15I will place over them one shepherd

26:18My servant David

26:20And he will tend them

26:22He will tend them

26:23And be their shepherd.

26:26But actually

26:27It is the son of David

26:29The Lord Jesus.

26:32In Psalm 82 verse 6

26:34God is speaking

26:36I said

26:37You are gods

26:38You are all the sons

26:40Of the most high.

26:42And it is this verse

26:43That Jesus refers to

26:45In John chapter 10

26:46Verses 34 to 35

26:48Where he says

26:50That they are gods

26:51To whom the word

26:52Of the Lord came.

26:54Now clearly

26:54This is not everyone

26:55Who hears the word of God

26:57But only those

26:58To whom it comes

26:59As an effectual call

27:01Those who are transformed

27:03By the gospel.

27:05Such

27:05Bored again believers

27:06Disciples of the Lord Jesus

27:08Are gods

27:09Because God dwells in them

27:11By the power

27:12Of the Holy Spirit.

27:15So in their broadest

27:17Interpretation

27:17Not only are

27:18Verses 7 to 9

27:19Talking about

27:20The conquering

27:21Of the nations

27:21By David

27:22They are also

27:23Talking about

27:24The triumph of Jesus

27:25By the gospel.

27:28The rebellious nations

27:29Are conquered

27:29They are broken

27:30The gospel triumphs

27:32In the hearts

27:33And minds

27:34Of God's chosen people

27:35They are called

27:37Out of the world

27:38From the ends

27:39Of the earth

27:40To be a new creation

27:42An eternal possession

27:44For the Lord Jesus.

27:47So we come

27:49Lastly to

27:50The God's warning

27:51To the nations

27:52Psalm 2

27:55Building on the contrast

27:56Of the righteous

27:57And the wicked

27:58In Psalm 1

27:59Challenges the actions

28:02Of the nations

28:03Who

28:03In utter futility

28:05Seek to throw off

28:07The rule

28:08Of God

28:09But God laughs at them

28:11Their efforts

28:12Are doomed to failure

28:13Why?

28:14Because God

28:15Has appointed

28:16His own king

28:17To rule

28:18His own son

28:19Will conquer all

28:20None will be able

28:22To stand

28:23Against his power

28:24He will break

28:26The nations

28:26But will also

28:28Take from the nations

28:29A people for himself

28:31But God is merciful

28:34In verses 10 to 12

28:36We see a gracious

28:38Warning

28:38A call to repentance

28:40A call to act wisely

28:43As it were

28:45A call to turn

28:46To righteousness

28:47The righteousness

28:49That has been talked of

28:51In Psalm 1

28:52To be like a tree

28:54Established by the water

28:55That is solid

28:57Not disturbed

28:58By the vagaries

28:59Of the weather

29:00Or the environment

29:01Verse 11

29:04Is a call

29:05To serve the Lord

29:06This is the exact opposite

29:08Of their planned rebellion

29:10And instead of arrogance

29:12And pride

29:12Which produces rebellion

29:15They are called

29:17To celebrate

29:18The rule of God's king

29:19With trembling

29:21They are to show

29:22That the fear of the Lord

29:24A respect for his honour

29:26For his glory and power

29:27A humble respect

29:29Of his nature

29:31They are to kiss the sun

29:33God's appointed king

29:35To show him

29:36Allegiance and respect

29:38If they don't

29:40They will face his anger

29:41Despite

29:43Because

29:43Failure to honour the Lord

29:45Is tantamount

29:46To the rebellion

29:47Of verses 1 to 3

29:49Disdain for God's

29:52Chosen and appointed king

29:53Would lead to the destruction

29:56Of being blown away

29:58Like chaff

29:59The wrath of God

30:01Can descend in a moment

30:03And this is not

30:04Simply a reminder

30:06That the return

30:07Of the Lord

30:08Will be sudden

30:09And unexpected

30:10That he will come

30:11Like a thief

30:12In the night

30:13No

30:13Judgment from God

30:15Can fall on anyone

30:16At any time

30:18It is an interesting study

30:20To look

30:21Through

30:23And reflect on those

30:24That the Bible says

30:26That God killed

30:27Two examples

30:28Nadab and Abihu

30:30Offered unauthorised fire

30:32To the Lord

30:33In Leviticus

30:34Chapter 10

30:36Immediately

30:37Fire came out

30:38From the presence

30:39Of the Lord

30:40And consumed them

30:41And they died

30:42Before the Lord

30:43And in the New Testament

30:46Acts chapter 10

30:47Herod failed

30:49To give praise

30:50To God

30:50So an angel

30:51Of the Lord

30:52Struck him down

30:53And he was eaten

30:54By worms

30:55And died

30:56None of us know

30:59Whether we will live

31:00To see the return

31:01Of the Lord

31:01Or whether we will

31:02Die before that

31:03The return of Christ

31:06Is described

31:06In 1 Corinthians 15

31:08As happening

31:09In a flash

31:10In the twinkling

31:11Of an eye

31:12At the last trumpet

31:13And none of us

31:15Can be precisely sure

31:16When we will die

31:18Therefore the warning

31:19Is to honour

31:20The king

31:21His son

31:22While we have

31:23The opportunity

31:24Before his wrath

31:26Flares up

31:27And so we come again

31:30At the end of the psalm

31:31To wisdom

31:32Blessed are all

31:35Who take refuge

31:36In him

31:37Psalm 2

31:41Is a messianic psalm

31:42It is a call

31:44To recognise

31:44That God

31:46Has appointed

31:46His king

31:47It is written

31:48As a prophecy

31:49God's king

31:51Would come

31:52And rule

31:52In power

31:53And that's why

31:54Jesus came

31:55At the first Christmas

31:56He came

31:57To establish

31:58His kingdom

31:59Through his suffering

32:00Without which

32:01All of us

32:02Would not survive

32:04The wrath

32:05Of God

32:06Against our rebellion

32:07Redemption

32:08Came through

32:09The suffering

32:10Of the Lord Jesus

32:11But redemption

32:13Will not be

32:13Fully realised

32:14Until the Lord

32:16Returns

32:17In triumph

32:18And we are

32:19With him

32:19Forever

32:20As we look

32:22At society

32:22Around us

32:23We recognise

32:24That the rebellion

32:26Against the Lord

32:27Continues

32:28We praise God

32:30For those

32:30Who are seeking

32:31To overturn

32:32The assisted suicide

32:33Bills

32:34And the extension

32:35To the abortion laws

32:36These proposals

32:38Are a direct attack

32:40On the principle

32:41That God

32:42Is the giver

32:43Of life

32:44Overseas

32:46We see

32:46Nation after

32:47Nation

32:47Where God's

32:48People

32:48Are persecuted

32:50For belief

32:51In the rule

32:52And the reign

32:53Of the Lord

32:54Jesus

32:54None

32:56None who fight

32:57Against the rule

32:58Of the Lord

32:58Will escape

33:00His wrath

33:00Because God

33:01Is just

33:02He will right

33:04The wrongs

33:04That have been

33:05Perpetrated

33:06Against his people

33:07In this world

33:08He will rule

33:10With a rod

33:10Of iron

33:11And dash

33:12His enemies

33:12To pieces

33:13Like pottery

33:15But the day

33:17Of grace

33:17Still continues

33:19There is still

33:20Time to repent

33:21To kiss

33:22The son

33:23To show him

33:24Honour and respect

33:25And that is

33:26What we must do

33:27And if you have

33:28Not already done

33:29So you must

33:30Do it now

33:30But if you have

33:33We too need

33:35To kiss the son

33:36And honour him

33:37With our service

33:38We must stand

33:40Firm against

33:41The evil

33:42That seeks

33:43To destroy

33:43Our society

33:44And God's people

33:46But we are also

33:48Called to be

33:49Faithful witnesses

33:49To those

33:50Around about us

33:51Too

33:51As it says

33:53In verse 11

33:54Serve the Lord

33:55With fear

33:56And celebrate

33:57His rule

33:58With trembling

33:59This is not

34:01An optional extra

34:02We need

34:04To be

34:04Those who

34:05Meditate

34:06On his law

34:07Day and night

34:08But simply

34:10Meditating

34:11On his law

34:11Is of no value

34:14If we do not

34:15Apply what we read

34:16We cannot

34:18Delight in

34:18God's law

34:19And in his king

34:20If we ignore

34:22His instructions

34:23And commands

34:24Such failure

34:25Is effectively

34:27A rebellion

34:27Against the

34:28Instructions

34:29And commands

34:30The Lord

34:30Has given us

34:31And therefore

34:32We must seek

34:33To obey

34:34God's word

34:34In all things

34:36Day by day

34:37Be wise

34:39Like the righteous

34:41Man

34:41Who is like a tree

34:42Planted

34:43By the water

34:45We'll turn to

34:47Our hymn book

34:47Again we'll sing

34:48Our last hymn

34:49A hymn that

34:51Reminds us of

34:51The coming of

34:52The Lord Jesus

34:53That we'll be

34:53Celebrating in a

34:54Few weeks time

34:55O come

34:56O come

34:56Emmanuel

34:57And ransom

34:58Captive Israel

34:59That mourns

35:00In lowly exile

35:01Here

35:02Until the

35:03Son of God

35:03Appears

35:04But it's also

35:05A reminder too

35:06Isn't it

35:06To us

35:07That the

35:08Key of David

35:09Will one day

35:10Come

35:11And open

35:11Wide

35:12The heavenly

35:13Home

35:13And take

35:14His people

35:15To be with

35:16Him forever

35:16O come

35:18O come

35:19Emmanuel

35:22And ransom

35:24Captive

35:25Israel

35:28The

35:30Mourns in

35:31Lonely

35:32Heirs

35:33Are

35:34Here

35:35Until

35:36The

35:37Son of

35:38God

35:40Appear

35:41Rejoice

35:44Rejoice

35:46Emmanuel

35:48Shall come

35:50To thee

35:51O Israel

35:54O come

35:57O come

35:58Thou

35:59Lord

36:00Of might

36:02Who to

36:03Thy tribes

36:04On

36:05Sinai's

36:07Height

36:08In

36:09Ancient

36:10Days

36:11To give

36:13The law

36:14In cloud

36:16And majesty

36:18And o'er

36:19And o'er

36:21Rejoice

36:23Rejoice

36:25Emmanuel

36:27Shall come

36:30To thee

36:31O Israel

36:34O come

36:37Thou

36:38Lord

36:39Of

36:39Jesse

36:41Free

36:42Thine own

36:44From Satan

36:45From Satan's

36:46Tyranny

36:48From

36:50Deaths

36:51Of hell

36:52Thy

36:52People

36:54Save

36:56And give

36:57Them

36:58Victory

36:58O'er

37:00The grave

37:02Rejoice

37:03Rejoice

37:05Rejoice

37:07Emmanuel

37:09Shall come

37:11To thee

37:12O Israel

37:15O come

37:19Thou

37:20Dayspring

37:21Come

37:21And cheer

37:23Our spirits

37:26By thine

37:27Advent

37:29Hear

37:31Disperse

37:32The gloomy

37:34Clouds

37:36Of night

37:37And

37:38Death

37:39Are

37:39Shadows

37:40Food

37:41To

37:43Flight

37:44Reach

37:45Rejoice

37:46Rejoice

37:47Rejoice

37:49Rejoice

37:49Emmanuel

37:51Shall

37:52Come

37:53To thee

37:54O

37:55Israel

37:56O

37:57Israel

37:58O

38:00Come

38:01O

38:02Come

38:03Love

38:04David

38:05Call

38:06And

38:07Open

38:08Wide

38:09Our

38:10Heavenly

38:11Home

38:12Make

38:14Make

38:15Safe

38:16The way

38:17That

38:18Leads

38:19On

38:20High

38:21And

38:22Close

38:23The path

38:24To

38:25Misery

38:26Rejoice

38:28Rejoice

38:29Rejoice

38:30Rejoice

38:31Emmanuel

38:32Emmanuel

38:34Shall

38:35Come

38:36To

38:37Thee

38:38O

38:39Israel

38:40Trial

38:41Ale

38:42On

38:441

38:4512

38:473

38:489

38:495

38:502

38:512

38:523

38:532

38:545

38:595

39:015

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