Defender of the Needy (Psalm 72:12–14)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Psalm 72:12–14, David Platt challenges us to pray for caring leaders and to be a caring people. We want to invite you to something we look forward to every year: Secret Church. This year, we’ll study the life of Elijah. We’ll pray specifically for those who are suffering for their faith, and we’ll act together to make Jesus known among the nations. Early registration at the best rate is now open through February 17. Register at radical.net/sec...

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:05.7	Psalm chapter 72, verses 12 through 14, where he delivers the needy when he calls.
0:11.2	The poor and him who has no helper, he has pity on the weak and the needy and saves the lives
0:17.1	of the needy. From oppression and violence, he redeems their life and precious is their blood
0:22.3	in his sight. Now when you just initially hear these verses, you probably think they're talking
0:27.7	about God, which in an indirect sense they are, but this Psalm is a prayer about the king.
0:34.7	It's a Psalm of Solomon and from the very beginning it starts with a prayer, God give your king
0:41.7	your justice and your righteousness to the royal son that it begins to pray. May he judge your
0:46.8	people with righteousness and your poor with justice. And then it goes on to talk about the king
0:52.0	of Israel and how people will respond to him. And now the nations will respond to him.
0:56.9	And then you get to verse 12 that talks about how the king delivers the needy when he calls.
1:01.7	And the poor and him who has no helper and the king has pity on the weak and the needy and saves
1:06.2	the lives of the needy and redeems their life from oppression and violence and precious is the
1:11.0	blood of the needy in the king's sight. So when I read this, my mind goes in two directions. I
1:17.2	want to encourage us to pray in both directions one, to pray for leaders like this, to pray for
1:22.6	leaders who reflect the character of God when it comes specifically to God's care for the needy.
1:30.7	For the poor, for him who has no helper for the oppressed and those who have violence committed
1:37.2	against them, they God would raise up leaders in our country, whatever country we live in,
1:43.0	in our cities and the world around us who lead with this kind of care for people who are in need.
1:51.2	The poor, the weak, those who have no help, the oppressed and those against whom violence is
1:57.1	committed. So for us to pray for leaders like this and then at the same time to realize that God
2:03.8	is called all of us to do justice and to work on behalf of those who are in need. On behalf of
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