... in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen. Through the prayers of our
holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen. Glory
to You, our God, Glory to You.
O Heavenly King,
the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, You are everywhere and fill all things,
Treasury of blessings, and Giver of life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us
from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us (three times).
To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
The king shall joy in Your strength, Lord. In Your salvation how
greatly shall he rejoice! You have given
him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Consider: for You met him with the blessings
of goodness. You set a crown of pure
gold on his head. He asked life of You, You
gave him, length of days forever and ever.
His glory [is] great in Your
salvation. Honor and majesty, You have laid
on him: for You have made him most blessed forever. You have made him exceeding glad with Your
countenance: for the king trusts in the Lord, Through
the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
Your hand shall find out all Your enemies. Your right hand shall find out those who hate You. You shall make them as a fiery oven in the
time of Your anger. The Lord shall swallow them up in His fury. Fire shall devour them.
Their fruit[2] You shall
destroy from the earth, and their seed[3] from
among the children of men: for they intended evil against You. They imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform]. Therefore You shall make them turn their
back,[4] You shall make ready [Your
arrows] on Your strings against their face.
Be exalted, Lord, in Your
own strength. We will sing and praise Your
power.
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[1] We
have called this publicly sung Psalm, a Psalm for Palm Sunday, because it
reminds is of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry as the king of Israel, and because it
immediately precedes the Psalms of Crucifixion (22), Death (23), and
Resurrection in Glory (24). David
rejoices in the Davidic Covenant, which guarantees to him and eternal King and
kingdom. This king is Jesus. The promises to David are worthy of his trust
because the mercies of Most High Yahweh are immovable. David’s glory is the gift from God’s Glory.
God’s relationship with those who hate Him is entirely
different: they will be found out and devoured in eternal fire. This eternal fire is reserved for the Devil
and his evil angels. However, those who
persist in attaching their lives to demons will share their fate, a fate that
God never intended for them.
The wicked and their fruit must be separated from the lovers
of God. The fine dividing line is not
between the doers of good, and the doers of evil; but, between those who hate, and
those who love God. The wicked are not
able to carry out their nefarious plot.
While Jesus is making His pre-coronation entry procession, they are
scheming about ways to murder Him. Their
plot is foiled because death is not strong enough to contain Him. He raises from the dead, and takes His seat
on David’s throne (Acts 2:30-31).
For this very reason, for the fulfilment of the Davidic
Covenant, we celebrate Yahweh’s exaltation; we praise and sing His strength and
power.
[2] Not
their children, angels do not have children: the wicked plots they fail to
hatch through the manipulation of weak men, are the fruit involved here.
[3]
Those who are willingly seduced by demons.
[4] They
shall turn and run from the face of God.
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