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🗓️ 18 May 2023
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
| 0:13.4 | In the beginning of Psalm 26, it may seem like David is boasting about his righteousness, |
| 0:18.6 | but as he continues on, he makes it clear that the source of his righteousness is God's |
| 0:23.2 | steadfast love. |
| 0:24.7 | That's what enables him to trust in God. |
| 0:27.7 | In verse 3, he says he's walking in God's faithfulness, not his own. |
| 0:32.2 | This is another crucial distinction. |
| 0:34.8 | He loves the nearness of God and hates the things God opposes. |
| 0:39.0 | This Psalm was likely written about the time when so many of David's friends and family |
| 0:42.7 | betrayed him and joined forces with his estranged son Absalom. |
| 0:46.8 | So the references to hypocrites and men of falsehood make a lot of sense. |
| 0:51.4 | David used to walk closely with these men, so you can see why he would want to set himself |
| 0:55.4 | apart from him now that they've shown their true colors. |
| 0:58.8 | He wants to be markedly different as a man of integrity for the glory of God. |
| 1:03.0 | He wants to be vindicated as he disassociates from the evil doers. |
| 1:08.2 | Psalm 40 covers a lot of ground. |
| 1:10.4 | This was written to be a corporate song, but it was almost certainly born out of a lot |
| 1:13.9 | of David's personal experiences. |
| 1:16.6 | If we zoom out on the timeline of his life, this Psalm almost seems to fit his storyline |
| 1:21.0 | perfectly so far. |
| 1:23.0 | In verse 1, he waits patiently before the Lord, just as he waited 15 years to be king. |
| 1:28.8 | In verse 2, God drew him up out of the pit of destruction when Saul was trying to destroy |
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