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Psalm chapter 64 verse 10,

let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him,

let all the upright and heart exalt.

There are two exclamation points in this verse, and there's a reason for that.

If you read the whole Psalm, you see David who's writing this,

crying out for God's help when he's surrounded and threatened by enemies all around him.

The whole Psalm starts in verse 1 by saying,

hear my voice of God in my complaint, preserve my life from dread of the enemy,

hide me from the secret plots of the wicked from the throng of evil doers.

And so David finds himself surrounded, yes, by evil doers, by those who want to do harm to him.

And he gets to the end in the Psalm as he's cried out to God.

He says, let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him,

let all the upright and heart exalt.

So see the description there, David, as the righteous one,

as the upright and heart and when you are seeking righteousness,

when you are living upright in heart,

and even when surrounded by evil and wickedness and people who are wanting to harm you,

you can rejoice in the Lord and take refuge.

Again, we see this all over the Psalms refuge in him.

And as I read the Psalm, I just think about when you and I are surrounded by sin and wickedness

and even people doing harm to us, it is so tempting and easy and a sense to justify sinful thoughts

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