For the Lord helping me this
evening, I will direct your prayerful attention to Psalm 16, verse
11, the last verse of the psalm. Psalm 16, verse 11. Thou wilt show me the path of
life. In thy presence is fullness of
joy. At thy right hand there are pleasures
forevermore. thou wilt show me the path of
life in thy presence is fullness of joy at thy right hand there
are pleasures forevermore. This psalm, Psalm 16, is entitled
Mictam of David. The word Mictam is left untranslated
from the Hebrew It's a transliteration, and this is the first of six
psalms with this word in the title, the other psalms being
psalms 56 to 60. As to the meaning of the word,
Mictum, there are various suggestions and views. The Geneva Bible,
the Old Bible of the Puritans, renders it, in the margin, a
certain tune. And Calvin agrees with this,
and says that he is inclined to adopt the opinion that it
seems to be some kind of tune. The learned Dr. Gill, however,
points out that the Septuagint translated stellography, or an
inscription, upon a pillar. The Septuagint was the Greek
translation of the Old Testament, and this rendering agrees with
the Targum, which is the Aramaic translation. And the Aramaic
renders the word a right engraving. So the information is that this
psalm deserves to be inscribed in letters of gold upon a marble
pillar. So precious are these words. So precious are the words of
this psalm. John Trapp, in his commentary,
renders it David's precious jewel. or psalm of gold. And again,
Dr. Gill says, but what seems to
be the best sense of the word is that it signifies a work of
gold. And so The margin of our authorised
version renders the title of this psalm a golden psalm of
David. A golden psalm of David. But
what makes this psalm so precious, so worthy to be inscribed, as
it were, in letters of gold? Well, surely it's the subject
matter. This psalm is full of Christ. It is speaking plainly
of the death and of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. See
especially from verse 18, I have set the Lord always before me,
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore
my heart is glad and my glory rejoiceth, my flesh also shall
rest in hope, for thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. thou wilt
show me the path of life. In thy presence is fullness of
joy, at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. The fact that this psalm is speaking
of Christ is confirmed by apostolic testimony and New Testament authority. The apostles Peter and Paul both
quote this scripture, and they apply it to the Lord Jesus Christ. Peter, in Acts chapter 2, verses
25 to 28, For David speaketh concerning
him, that's concerning Christ, I foresaw the Lord always before
my face. For he is on my right hand, that
I should not be moved. Therefore did my heart rejoice,
and my tongue was glad. Moreover also my flesh shall
rest in hope, because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast
made known to me the ways of life. Thou shalt make me full
of joy with thy countenance. and Paul in Acts 13 verse 34. says, And as concerning that
he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption,
he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of
David, wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt
not suffer thine holy one to see corruption. For David, after
he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep
and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption. but he whom
God raised again saw no corruption. All this psalm then must be applied
to the Lord Jesus Christ, for David speaketh concerning him. And so this 11th verse must be
applied to the Lord Jesus Christ. Thou wilt show me the path of
life, in thy presence is fullness of joy, at thy right hand there
are pleasures for evermore. These words are a continuation
of verses 8 and 9 and 10, of course. Verses 8 and 9 speak
of his decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem, and
verses 10 and 11 speak of his resurrection and of his ascension
to the right hand of the Father in glory. I have set the Lord
always before me, because he is at my right hand I shall not
be moved. Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoiceth,
my flesh also shall rest in hope, for thou wilt not leave my soul
in hell, that is the grave, neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one
to see corruption. There is his death, and then
there is his resurrection, thou wilt show me the path of life.
In thy presence is fullness of joy, and then there is his ascension
at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore here we have Christ's death and
resurrection and ascension but we may legitimately apply these
words also to the church for what is the church? is it not
Christ's mystical body? and every member of the body
is predestinated to be conformed to the image of Christ, for whom
he did foreknow he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image
of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
And so we should consider this evening the words of our text,
I trust with the Lord's help and with his blessing, these
words as they apply to our Lord Jesus Christ, firstly, and then
as they apply to the church and to every particular member of
Christ's mystical body. Thou wilt show me the path of
life. In thy presence is fullness of joy. At thy right hand there
are pleasures forevermore. So firstly then, Let us consider these words as
they apply to the Lord Jesus Christ. Thou wilt show me the
path of life. Thou wilt show me the path of
life. Now the psalm begins with a prayer for preservation. Preserve me, O God, for in thee
do I put my trust. And it concludes with an answer
of peace. Thou wilt show me the path of life. Christ, as the
Son of Man, trusted in God. For in Thee do I put my trust.
And God, His Father, showed Him the path of life, though that
path lay through the valley of the shadow of death. As we read
in the 23rd Psalm, He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for His name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil, for thou
art with me." To be shown the path of life, Christ must first
be shown the path of death, as it were. That's what we see in
this psalm, is it not? My flesh also shall rest in hope,
for thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, that is the grave, neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt
show me the path of life. Christ will be shown the path
of life according to the purpose of God. But that path led through
the cross and through the grave. According to the purpose of God,
Christ must die. To this end was I born, and for
this cause came I into the world, Jesus said, as he stood before
Pontius Pilate before his crucifixion. And before that, again in John's
Gospel, as the hour approached that he should suffer death,
he said, Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father
save me from this hour, but for this cause came I unto this hour. Oh, he is to be shown the path
of life, but that path lay through death. And it was according to
the purpose of God. But why? Why must Christ die? Well, in the eternal covenant
of grace, made before the foundation of the world, Christ willingly
engaged to be the surety of his people, that people which was
given to him in the eternal covenant, his bride, his church. And so
we read in Hebrews, by so much was Jesus made a surety of a
better covenant. But what is a surety? Well, a
surety is, and I quote from the, I think it was the Cambridge
Dictionary, if I don't look this up, a person who accepts legal
responsibility for another person's debt or behavior. A person who
accepts legal responsibility for another person's debt or
behavior. In the eternal covenant of grace,
the Lord Jesus Christ willingly accepted the responsibility for
his people's transgression of the law. That is God's law. He would pay his people's debt
as their divine surety. And the payment of his people's
debt is twofold. There is the rendering of a perfect
obedience to all the commandments of God. This is what is required
of us under the law, a perfect obedience to every single commandment
of God in thought, in word, and in deed. This is what we owe to God as
our creator and our benefactor. And the Lord Jesus Christ has
fulfilled that righteous requirement of the law. for all those for
whom he stood as surety. He went about doing good, we
read. He did no sin, neither was guile
found in his mouth. And then, having satisfied all
the righteous requirements of the law, he suffered the consequence
of a broken law, the penalty for transgressing the law, which
is death. For the transgression of my people,
he was stricken. This is why he came. This is
why he died. It was according to the purpose
of God. For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness
of God in him. John says, For this purpose the
Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of
the devil. The works of the devil were twofold,
sin and death. That's the works of the devil,
sin and death. The remedy was likewise twofold,
Christ's righteousness and his shed blood. For as much then as the children
are partakers of flesh and blood, He also himself likewise took
part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that
had the power of death, that is, the devil. It was through death that Christ
was shown the path of life. My flesh also shall rest in hope,
for thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption. that will show me the path of
life. Oh, death could not hold him. As Peter said in his preaching
to the Jews on the day of Pentecost, just before he quoted this psalm,
he said, Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
crucified and slain, whom God hath raised up, having loosed
the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should
be holden of it. Death could not hold him. He
was the innocent one. He never sinned. Death could
not hold him. It had no claim upon him. And
then Peter goes on, doesn't he, to quote from this psalm. For David speaketh concerning
him. I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is in
my right hand, that I should not be moved. Therefore did my
heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad. Moreover, my flesh
shall rest in hope, because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,
neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption. Thou
hast made known to me the ways of life. Thou shalt make me full
of joy with thy countenance. All these words then, that will
show me the path of life they speak of the resurrection of
our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead and these words in thy presence
is fullness of joy they speak of the joy that filled the heart
of our Lord Jesus Christ having finished the work which the father
gave him to do we read of that joy in Zephaniah In Zephaniah
chapter 3 verse 17. The Lord thy God in the midst
of thee is mighty. He will save. He will rejoice
over thee with joy. He will rest in his love. He
will joy over thee with singing. This scripture is speaking of
Jesus, the mighty God, that one who is mighty to save, who as
a bridegroom rejoiceth over his bride, so he rejoices over his
church, which he has loved and which he has redeemed. His bride,
his church, is the travail of his soul. bone of his bones and flesh of
his flesh, taken out of his spear-pierced side when he was put to death.
Isaiah prophesied of the sufferings of Christ and the joy that should
follow. He shall see of the travail of
his soul and shall be satisfied. How could Christ be satisfied
if he had shed his blood and there were those for whom he
shed his blood who went to hell? It cannot be. It cannot be. No. Zephaniah prophesied of that
same joy. Here, Zephaniah 3 verse 17. The
Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty. He will save.
He will rejoice over thee with joy. He will rest in his love. He will joy over thee with singing. Or remember how Paul speaks of
the Lord Jesus in Hebrews. who, for the joy that was set
before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of God. And so we have it in this psalm.
In thy presence is fullness of joy at thy right hand. There
are pleasures forevermore. The Lord Jesus Christ, having
finished the work which the Father gave him to do, is now ascended
up where he was before. and is now set on the right hand
of the throne of the majesty on high in the heavens. These words, then, at thy right
hand, there are pleasures forevermore. They speak of the glorious ascension
of our Lord Jesus Christ to the right hand of the Father. There
is another psalm, of course, which prophesied the same thing,
Psalm 110. The Lord said unto my Lord sit
thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. And we know again that this is
speaking of Christ as it is quoted three times in the New Testament.
And Paul again on the day of Pentecost quotes that psalm to
prove the doctrine of Christ's ascension. to the right hand
of God. There in Acts chapter 2 verse
34, for David is not ascended into the heavens, but he saith
himself, the Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand
until I make thy foes thy footstool. The Lord Jesus Christ is ascended
to the right hand of God in heaven. At thy right hand there are pleasures
forevermore. But what are these pleasures
of which Christ is speaking here? At thy right hand there are pleasures
forevermore. Well, we're told in another psalm. In Psalm 149, for the Lord taketh
pleasure in his people. For the Lord taketh pleasure
in his people. Here again we see the bridegroom
delighting in his bride. Hear what the bridegroom says
to the bride in the Song of Solomon. How fair and how pleasant art
thou, O love for delights. Oh Christ delights in his people,
he will rejoice over his church, he will delight in his bride,
he will take pleasure in his people, he shall be satisfied
throughout all eternity because not one of them shall be missing
for whom he died and for whom he shed his precious blood. He has redeemed his church. At
thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore. Oh and he loves
his church and he will love his church through all eternity. We see then how these words apply
to our Lord Jesus Christ. Thou would show me the path of
life in thy presence is fullness of joy at thy right hand there
are pleasures forevermore. Well let us go on to consider
these words as they apply to every particular member of Christ's
mystical body, the church. The Lord Jesus Christ is the
first begotten of the dead. He's the first begotten of the
dead. And those that are Christ's are
to be raised in His likeness. As Paul says there in 1 Corinthians
15 verse 22, For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
all be made alive. But every man in his own order,
Christ the firstfruits. Afterward, they that are Christ's
at his coming. Such is the union between the
Redeemer and the redeemed. For both he that sanctifieth
and they who are sanctified are all of one. For which cause he
is not ashamed to call them brethren. saying, I will declare thy name
unto my brethren in the midst of the church will I sing praise
unto thee. All those that are Christ's,
elected by God the Father, redeemed by God the Son, quickened by
God the Holy Ghost, are predestinated to be conformed to the likeness
of Christ. for whom he did foreknow, he
also did predestinate, to be conformed to the image of his
Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. And so we
may legitimately apply these words, the words of our text,
to the church, to the Lord's people, to the saints of the
Most High. Thou wilt show me the path of
life. In thy presence is fullness of joy. At thy right hand there
are pleasures. forevermore. All there is set
before us in these words a journey. There are four things that we
shall consider briefly this evening regarding this journey. Firstly,
the guide. Secondly, the traveller. Thirdly,
the way. And fourthly, the journey's end.
The Christian life is often portrayed in the scriptures as a journey. So Peter says, Dearly Beloved,
I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, strangers and pilgrims,
abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul. And remember
what Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage
are an hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days
of the years of my life. Well, let us consider firstly,
then, regarding this journey, the guide. The guide is, of course,
God. Preserve me, O God, for in Thee
do I put my trust. O my soul, Thou hast said unto
the Lord, Thou art my Lord. My goodness extendeth not to
thee. In verse 5 of the psalm, The
Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup. Thou maintainest
my lot. In verses 7 and 8, I will bless
the Lord who hath given me counsel. His reigns also instruct me in
the night seasons. I have set the Lord always before
me. Because he is at my right hand,
I shall not be moved. God is the guide. We see it in the words of our
text, for these words are addressed to God. Thou will show me the
path of life. Thou will show me the path of
life. Now think how good a guide God
is. And he led them forth by the
right way. We read in Psalm 107, he led
Israel of old out of Egyptian bondage and gave them a land
flowing with milk and honey. He led them with a cloud, and
all the night with a light of fire. We read in Psalm 78. And
He led them on safely, so that they feared not, but the sea
overwhelmed their enemies. Now if God so led Israel of old,
Israel after the flesh, how much more will He guide His spiritual
Israel, the Israel of God, and bring them at last to the
celestial city. and he led them forth by the
right way that they might go to a city of habitation. Every step along the way is ordered
by the God of creation, providence, and grace. The steps of a good
man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way.
Though he fall, ye shall not be utterly cast down, for the
Lord upholdeth him with his hand. And Christ is set before the
wayfaring men, though fools, to be their example. For even
hereunto were ye called, because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps. And the Holy Spirit is given
to be a guide to all the humble followers of the Lamb. Howbeit,
when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into
all truth. For God is the guide, and every
member of the church, every member of Christ's mystical body can
say, or shall eventually be brought to say, by faith, For this God
is our God for ever and ever. He will be our guide even unto
death. The hymn writer expresses it,
he that formed me in the womb, he shall guide me to the tomb.
All my times shall ever be ordered by his wise decree. Again the
psalmist says, what man is he that feareth the Lord? Him shall
he teach in the way that he shall choose. Well, let us consider
in the second place, the traveller. That would show me the path of
life. There is the traveller. He is
the man that feareth the Lord, as we read there in Psalm 25.
And yet, he's a sinner. Because it's also written in
that Psalm, at verse eight, Good and upright is the Lord, therefore
will he teach sinners in the way. It's interesting to see
the progress there in Psalm 25 from verse 8 to verse 12 of how
sinners are brought by the gracious teaching of God to the true and
filial fear of the Lord, that is, to the true love, reverence,
honoring and worshipping of God. Psalm 25, verse 8. Good and upright is the Lord,
therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he
guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way. All the
paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant
and his testimonies. For thy name's sake, O Lord,
pardon mine iniquity, for it is great. What man is he that feareth the
Lord? Him shall he teach in the way
that he shall choose. Or he had previously asked the
way to Zion. As you see in verses 4 and 5
of that Psalm, Psalm 25. Show me thy ways, O Lord. Teach
me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth and teach
me. For thou art the God of my salvation. On thee do I wait
all the day. That's a good prayer, isn't it?
To be asked to be taught of God. But where does that teaching
lead? Well, we see it here. The traveller is brought to humility,
to meekness. He sees the greatness of his
sin against God. and he is brought to acknowledge
and to confess his sin, as we heard this morning from Dr Peter
Wilkins. He is brought to acknowledge
and to confess his sin and to seek the pardon of his sin. For
thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity, for it is great. Have you been brought to see
the greatness of your sin before God and your accountability to
him? This traveller, you see, is brought
to the place of condemnation and death. This is what it is
to be under the law and the awakened sinner feels that condemnation
in his conscience. He is brought, as it were, to
the place of execution and he cries out in the anguish of his
awakened soul, what must I do to be saved? Have you brought
to that? What must I do to be saved? He's brought, as I say, to the
place of execution. And the law slays him. It kills him. It kills him to
any hope in self. For he's brought to the realisation
that he is a transgressor of the law and that by nature he
cannot do anything but sin. Because he's fallen in Adam. So Paul says, doesn't he, in Romans 7. For I was alive without the law
once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
And the commandment which was ordained to life I found to be
unto death. For sin, taking occasion by the
commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Yes, the law slew
him. Strangely, this is the experience
of the traveller, who is shown the path of life. Again, as Paul
says in 2 Corinthians, but we have the sentence of death in
ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God,
which raiseth the dead. Ah, the traveller is shown the
path of life, and it's when he's shown the path of life that he's
brought to that true and filial fear of the Lord, the worship
of God. "'What man is he that feareth the Lord? "'Him shall
he teach in the way that he shall choose.' And so Paul was brought
to cry out there in Romans 7, "'O wretched man that I am! "'Who
shall deliver me from the body of this death?' "'I thank God
through Jesus Christ our Lord.'" Well, let us go on then in the
third place to consider the way, the way. We note that the way
must be revealed. and it must be revealed by God
Himself. Thou will show me the way of
life. Thou will show me the way of life. Real religion is a revealed
religion. Luke 10 verse 21, In that hour
Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from
the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. even
so father for so it seemed good in thy sight all things are delivered
to me of my father and no man knoweth who the son is but the
father and who the son is and who the father is but the son
and he to whom the son will reveal him paul says speaking of the
things of god but god has revealed them unto us by his spirit and
the way must be revealed to each and every traveller personally. Thou wilt show me the path of
life. And the way, the path of life,
is the Lord Jesus Christ himself. Jesus Christ our Lord. Who shall deliver me from the
body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ,
our Lord. The Lord Jesus Christ himself
has declared, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh
unto the Father but by me. There is a way for man to rise
to that sublime abode, an offering and a sacrifice, a Holy Spirit's
energies, an advocate with God. Jesus Christ is that advocate
with God, and if any man sin, we have an advocate with the
Father. Jesus Christ, the righteous. His offering and sacrifice is
the way to that sublime abode, the very presence of God in heaven,
having therefore brethren boldness to enter into the holiest by
the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way. which He hath
consecrated for us through the vial, that is to say, His flesh. Oh, it is the quickening grace
of God the Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit's energies, which brings
us into this new and living way. And you have He quickened, who
were dead in trespasses and sins. But God, who is rich in mercy,
for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were
dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. By grace
ye are saved, and hath raised us up together, and made us sit
together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. And our being raised to new life in Christ by virtue
of Christ's resurrection and by the power of the Holy Ghost. It's a token, as it were, an
earnest of our future resurrection, the resurrection of our bodies
to eternal life. As Paul says again there in Ephesians,
you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise which is the
earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased
possession unto the praise of his glory. And so this brings
us, fourthly, to the journey's end. The journey's end, it's
that great day of redemption that's to come. The redemption
of our bodies from the grave. and grieve not the Holy Spirit
of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. It
is that salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. As Peter says, blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which according to his
abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance
incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved
in heaven for you who are kept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Yes, there
is a salvation that's ready to be revealed there is a redemption
that is to come, the redemption of our bodies from the graves. Oh, what an inheritance awaits
the traveller on this path of life at his journey's end! Thou
wilt show me the path of life! In thy presence is fullness of
joy! At thy right hand there are pleasures
for evermore! Yes! Fading is the worldling's
pleasure, All his boasted pomp and show, Solid joys and lasting
treasure, None but Zion's children know. Oh, it's an inheritance
that fadeth not away, Solid joys and lasting treasure, Fullness
of joy, pleasures for evermore. Where? Reserved in heaven for
you, At God's right hand, with the risen and ascended Christ.
In thy presence is fullness of joy, at thy right hand there
are pleasures forevermore. Oh, who can adequately speak
of these things? I can't. It's high beyond imagination. As it is written, I have not
seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man
the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. I like John Trapp's comment.
He says, For quality there is in heaven joy and pleasures,
for quantity a fullness, a torrent, whereat they drink without let
or loathing. For constancy it is at God's
right hand, who is stronger than all, neither can any take us
out of his hand. It is a constant happiness without
intermission, and for perpetuity it is forevermore. Heaven's joys
are without measure, mixture or end. But what is it that makes heaven,
heaven? What is it that makes heaven, heaven? Is it not to
be with Christ, which is fast? to be with Christ. O Christ,
He is the fountain, the deep sweet well of love, the streams
on earth I've tasted, more deep I'll drink above. There to an
ocean fullness His mercy doth expand, and glory, glory dwelleth
in Emmanuel's land. Thou wilt show me the path of
life, in Thy presence is fullness of joy, at Thy right hand there
are pleasures forevermore. In conclusion, if we are those
who are true travellers on this path of life, fleeing the city
of destruction to go to the celestial city, if we are those who are
indeed true travellers on this path, then let us heed the exultation
of the Apostle. If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right
hand of God. Set your affection on things
above, not on things on the earth, for ye are dead, and your life
is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory, Mortify
therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence and covetousness
which is idolatry. For which things sake the wrath
of God cometh on the children of disobedience. Oh, how we need
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. You see, as the redeemed sheep
of Christ, as living members of His mystical body, the Church,
His bride, is it not our chief desire to please Him in all things,
who is the Church, His living head, the heavenly bridegroom?
Yes, we want to please Him. That's our chief desire. This
is what it is, you see, to be not under the law but under grace. Oh, how we need that grace of
the Lord Jesus Christ and the help of the Holy Ghost, the work
of the Spirit within us. How dependent we are upon God
as our guide. Thou wilt show me the path of
life In Thy presence is fullness of joy, at Thy right hand there
are pleasures for evermore. Amen.