All right now, if we're honest, reading the Bible consistently can be a challenge, but it's never

too late to start, and we're in this together. This is the Join the Journey podcast.

Thanks for joining. I am Seth Master, and I serve on the Join the Journey team here. Today,

we're going to be looking at Psalm 140, but before we get started, we do have an exciting event coming up.

On December 7th, Watermark's Equipin team is partnering with the Joint Journey team to host a training day where we will get to hear from various speakers on how to correctly study and interpret scripture.

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But our question today, as we look at

Psalm 140, is this. In light of the cross, do we really want burning coals to fall on our

enemy's heads? Now, I think to get in the right mindset as we look to answer this, we're going to have to

ask ourselves and make this question more personal. Have we ever been wronged? Have we ever been

hurt by the hand of another? Have we been threatened? Or are we currently in a season of hardship

because of an injustice or loss or physical danger due to another's sin or brokenness?

Now the cross, Jesus' sacrifice, does not change the need or desire for justice,

but it does change how justice is administered.

This is important to consider and unpack.

And we want to do this Psalm justice, and we're going to have to dive deep to do so.

But as we come back up, we're going to answer this.

And 140 can be broken down into four movements. Movement one in

verses 1 through 5, we're going to see the invocation and complaints of David. In movement 2,

in verses 6 through 7, we're going to see the expression of trust. In movement 3, the petition

in verses 8 through 11, and in movement 4, the expression of trust and praise, in verses 12 to 13.

Now, the context for Psalm 140 belongs to a collection of eight Psalms at the end of Book 5, all of which are attributed to David and connected in some way.

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