#1,169 – Just and Righteous Leaders (Psalm 72:1–7)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 20 October 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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God, please provide us with leaders who are known for their love for justice and for the oppressed.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical dot net. |
| 0:04.7 | Psalm chapter 72 is a powerful prayer for the king of Israel in the Old Testament. |
| 0:14.3 | And there's definitely specific things |
| 0:17.9 | in this Psalm that relate to God's people |
| 0:21.6 | in the Old Testament and the ruler over God's people in the Old Testament and the ruler over God's people in the Old Testament, |
| 0:26.6 | but the picture of a just and good king is something we certainly are compelled to pray for in the leaders of our government, of any government, so what I want to do instead of just reading this Psalm, the first seven verses of Psalm chapter 72 and then talking about it and praying according to it. |
| 0:50.0 | I want to pray through it. And so I just want to read and as I read through it lead |
| 0:57.6 | us to pray right now for just good righteous leaders that God would provide those kinds of leaders |
| 1:10.0 | as we're in the middle of a presidential election as we're thinking about how to steward our vote as followers of Jesus in the |
| 1:17.4 | United States in an election but regardless of where we live to pray for good wise just leaders for God's grace and current leaders |
| 1:30.0 | that they might be good, wise and just and for God's grace and future leaders. |
| 1:35.2 | So let's, let's pray, Psalm chapter 72, verse 1. |
| 1:40.3 | Give the king your justice, oh God, and your righteousness to the royal son. |
| 1:47.0 | Oh God, even from the very beginning we praise you Jesus, that you are the ultimate royal son, that you are the ultimate king and you are |
| 1:57.0 | completely just and completely righteous. |
| 2:01.6 | And so we pray God for these attributes, these characteristics, and those who lead in our government, in the United States, specifically in current leaders and future leaders. |
| 2:15.8 | As other brothers and sisters from around the world join in and the countries where they live, |
| 2:20.9 | God we pray that you would give our leaders justice and righteousness. |
| 2:26.0 | May they, verse to judge people with righteousness and the poor with justice. |
| 2:34.7 | God, we pray for that. |
| 2:36.5 | We pray that you would raise up, give us, grant us by your grace, |
| 2:41.1 | leaders who judge with righteousness and who care for the poor with justice in ways |
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