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Psalm chapter 74 verse 22, arise, O God, defend your cause.

Remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day.

So this, this Psalm is an interesting follow-up to Psalm 73, which we prayed through yesterday.

So Psalm 73 talked about the prosperity of the wicked and the psalmist found a refuge comfort in the

fact that he could be near God, that we are near God. He loves us and leads us and guides us.

And then you get to Psalm 74 and you see a similar depiction of the injustice of the world,

the prosperity of the wicked and specifically, even the prosperity of those who scoff at God,

the success, so to speak, in the world of people who mock God, who are enemies of God,

and who hurt God's people in different ways. And in this Psalm, we hear this theme, it's encapsulated

really in verse 22, arise, O God, defend your cause. Remember how the foolish scoff at you all

the day. In other words, yes, it is right in a Psalm 73 kind of way, just to find refuge in God,

personally, in a world where the wicked prosper in different ways. And it is good to call out to God

for him to show his justice and him to show his glory and him to show his righteous rule and reign

in the world to bring an end to injustice, to bring an end to scoffing at his name, to bring an end

ultimately to injustice in the world. And so we pray right now with the psalmist in Psalm 74,

and it feels bold to pray this, but this is what the Bible's teaching us to pray, how the Bible's

teaching us to pray. We pray right now, O God, arise, arise and defend your cause. Show your glory,

we pray, O God, this is how Jesus, you taught us to pray, our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

cause your name to be made known as holy. Your name that is scoffed and mocked, we pray that you

would cause your name to be revered and feared and glorified among more and more people around us

in the places where we live and work in the cities where we are, God, we pray that you would cause

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