As said, I intended, fully intended,
had a message prepared from Luke 10, but I woke this morning feeling
downcast and dejected like all of us do and are so often. And there are many reasons, don't
ask me why, This psalm came to mind immediately. This psalm
came to mind. Why are thou downcast, cast down
within me, O my soul? Why are you downcast? And I hope
that this will make us hope in God. David wrote this, we believe. His name is not given to it,
but most people believe he wrote it, and it's fitting because
David The Lord said, as a man after his own heart. And the
Lord had given David as He does all of His people. He had shed
abroad in David's heart a love for his God. And the thoughts
of God were on his mind and on his tongue. God's name is used
13 times in 11 verses. Did you notice that? is spoken
in nearly every single verse but one. Thirteen times. So very
often throughout the Scripture, David calling upon his God. And he's cast down. And he asks
this three times. Verse 5, Why art thou cast down,
O my soul? Why art thou disquieted, troubled
in me? Hope thou in God. And then he
encourages himself with the thought that he will yet praise God for
His presence, the help of His countenance. Verse 11, Why art
thou cast down, O my soul? Why art thou disquieted within
me? Hope thou in God, for I shall
yet praise Him who is the health, for His presence is health, my
God. And then he says it again in
chapter 43. Someone pointed out that this
is the only time where the same sentence is used more than twice
in Scripture. Three times. The exact same sentence. O my soul, why art thou cast
down within me? And this is written for all of
us. Because we, like David, get dejected, we get depressed, we
get downcast or cast down, and it's hard to get up. And that's when God's Word is
most especially precious to us, the promises. The only thing
that can lift up a truly downcast soul is the Word of God, the
promises of God, the sure mercies of David. And let me quote this
again to you. Whatsoever things were written,
or written aforetime, whatsoever things were written aforetime
were written for our learning. That we through patience, that
means to wait on the Lord. You know how many times Scripture
says wait on the Lord? Just wait. That we through patience,
that is waiting on the Lord, submitting quietly, waiting on
the Lord, might have comfort of Scripture. There is no other
place of comfort. So we have to wait, and we're going to get
all our comfort from Scripture. And these things are written
that we might have hope. David's principal reason for
being so down is he feels far off from God. And you read that Psalm 77. That has stuck with me since
you read that. He feels far off from God. Why? Well, all of God's
people know. their own sin, their guilt. And
he feels as if God has forsaken him. And every one of God's people
go through times like that. The enemies. Do you know how
often David speaks of his enemy? You can't go one psalm without
him speaking of his enemy. And it's the same with all of
God's people. We have these enemies without. Our adversary. And the enemies within. and enemies
all around us. It taught us. David had literally
been away from the house of God. I believe this is one of those
times when he is an outcast, he is in exile. I believe this is perhaps the
same time when Absalom was chasing him. Do you know what a tribe... If any of you have had rebellious
children, And what a terrible grief that is. But can you imagine
one after you to try to kill you? One you loved. A child you loved. And when the
Lord took him, he wept bitterly over Absalom, didn't he? Remember?
Absalom, my son, my son. But that boy chased him, and
what his dad did... I can't enter into that. I believe that was at this time,
and he was away from the house of God, like Psalm 84. He wrote that at that time. He
said, I amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts. He said, I end
to the bird in the rafters. And he was far from hearing,
like verse 4 said, the voice of joy and praise. He had nothing
but heaviness. The voice of joy and praise when
he went with the multitude. So he's away from the house of
God. Some of you have been away at times for various reasons,
and you know a little bit of how it feels to be away from
the worship of God, and you wish you were there. Verses 1 and
2, he says, As the heart panteth after the water brook, so panteth
my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for
the living It says, like a deer, like a deer that's being hunted
by dogs, running, scared, frightened, fearful. The enemy is after me,
David said, and my soul, thirsteth, my soul, my innermost being,
thirsteth like a thirsty soul in a dry and a thirsty land.
Have you ever been through drought, spiritual drought? Who hasn't?
My soul, that's your innermost being, my soul, all that I am,
thirsteth for God, for the living God. This is not a man who is
satisfied with outward religion or the form of religion, having
a form of godliness. He lives and moves and has his
being in God. God is in him and he is in God.
Christ is in him and he in Christ. And he thirsts for the living
God, the true God, for the presence of God, the voice of God, the
communion with God. And he says, when shall I come
appear before God? I thirst. You know, thirst is
an all-consuming thing, isn't it? Have you ever been really
thirsty? It's one of the most intense desires that we can experience
in our flesh. It is an intense desire. It's
actually our greatest need, water. We can go many days without food. 30, 40, even longer days. But you can only go three days
without water. If you've ever been in a time
where you were extremely thirsty, you thought you would die of
thirst. And this is what David is saying
about thirsting for God. And many things will cause thirst,
won't they? Fear. Have you ever been so afraid? Nerves. You see, it's pretty
obvious, isn't it? Every man that stands up here.
Nerves. The mouth gets dry. Nerves. But
fear. Real fear will do it. Guilt. Shame. Dread. Worry. That'll do it, won't it? Worry. Water. Nothing will meet your thirst
like water, is it? There's nothing on earth that
can quench real thirst like water. Is it any wonder that Christ
said, I am the water? I am the water of life. He is
our God and Savior. He's the only one that can quench
this thirst, the water of life. He said the waters of this world,
wherever you go, wherever you seek help from whomever or whatever,
it will leave you thirsty. It will not quench your thirst.
He said, but the water that I give you, my Word, my promises will
be like a well spring within you, springing up. As cool waters to the thirsty
soul, so is good news from afar. Our Lord's presence, His favor,
His blood, His righteousness is like cool water to the thirsty
soul. Oh, our Lord said, Blessed are
they that hunger and thirst for righteousness, and they'll be
filled. Open your mouths wide, He said. David says, When shall
I appear before God? When shall I come and appear
before God? I know he is. I know he's talking
about two things. The first thing, as we said,
he's away from the house of God, and he's been away too long,
and he needs to come to the house of God to worship. He needs to
hear from the Lord. He needs to worship with the
people of God. He needs to sing the praises
of God. He needs to call on the Lord with his people. He needs
to hear a man get up and preach the Word of God. That's what
he needs, like all of God's people do. And he said, when shall I
come to appear before God? I want to be in the house of
God with God's people. Wouldn't it be a good thing for
us to always think of this as appearing before God? That would make it serious, wouldn't
it? That would make us attentive with appearing before God. Then
I believe David is definitely talking about going home to be
with the Lord. I'm quite certain he says that because I feel that
way sometimes, don't you? The older we get, God's people,
the more we want to go home and be with the Lord. When? Dad just said, he got in the
car tonight, he said, I'm anxious. He said, I'm so anxious to go
home. And he meant to be with the Lord. When? I saw him to a dying sister one
time and told her to read it. I read it for my own comfort
and told her to read it. When shall I come to appear before
my God? Well, when it's time. When it's
time. And we're anxious at times more
than others, aren't we? When shall I come? David wanted
to go home. Verse 3, he said, My tears have
been my meat day and night. My tears have been my meat. That
is, he couldn't eat. Have you ever been
so sorrowful, so downcast that you couldn't
eat? You couldn't think about eating. And every one of God's people
knows something about tears, about grief. David said, I've
watered my couch. He said he would not be comforted
at times Well, I'll read it for you. In 1 Samuel, David and his
men came back from a battle and they found that the Amalekites,
I believe it was, or was it the Philistines? Yeah, the Amalekites. It says the city they lived in
was burned with fire. Their wives and their sons and
their daughters were taken captive. And oh, that we would think and
be in such grief about our lost loved ones like them, who are
indeed taken captive in our nation. And it says, David and the people
that were with him, listen, have you ever been here? They lifted
up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep. Sure you have. I've been there.
We all have. David was greatly distressed.
But do you know what it says? Do you know the rest of that
story? Before they knew of the welfare
of their wives and sons and daughters, it says, David encouraged himself
in the Lord his God. and encouraged himself to courage,
the Lord is my God. Like Eli, it's the Lord. Like Job, it's the Lord. David,
whatever it is, it's the Lord. And so this is what David is
writing here. And oh my, he went through so many things, didn't
he? As all of God's people do. Different trials for different
people. And then the people on top of that, his enemies, were
saying in the face of all of his troubles, verse 3 in our
text, the enemy was saying continually unto him, taunting him and mocking
him, saying, where is your God? Where is your God? Look at all
this trouble you're going through. You say you believe God is sovereign?
Then why is all this happening to you? That's the cruel mocking of the
world. And if God is God, then why? How could this happen? You believe God is God, then
how could this happen? Anybody? Ever had people? And
they especially taunt those who believe the living and true God,
not just religious people. No, they don't bother them, but
the true believers of God who believe God, all things of the
Lord, even evil. And that's when they say, Do
you really believe that? Where is your God? They cruelly
said this when my elder brother was killed, my parent's first
born son was killed. They actually said this. Where
was your God when your son died? Can you believe how cruel people
can be? They're of their father the devil.
He's the cruel one. Well, you know my pastor's wife's
answer to them? The same place he was when his
son died on the throne. And he's the one that did it.
Where else can you find comfort? Except in God. Hope in God. He's God. He does not give an
account of His matters to anyone. And where else were you going
to find any comfort? Listen to this. Aren't these
the words of Christ from the cross? Couldn't this be? Isn't this
the very words of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself when on the cross
He said, My God, My God, why art thou forsaken Me? My God, My God. And then He said
another time, I thirst. I thirst. Surely no one thirsted
as He did. No one. Thirsted not for water,
but for God. And they gave Him vinegar. They
mocked His thirst, didn't they? And they said, as they surrounded
the cross, what did they say to Him? Where's your God? He's crying unto God. Let's see
if God will have Him. So take courage, believer, and
comfort. As He is, so are we in this world. He's our covenant head. He did
all that. He was forsaken of God. So you
can be certain of this, that everyone who trusts in Him will
not be forsaken by no means. He said, I'll by no means cast
them out. If Christ was forsaken, you will
not be if you trust Him, if you look to Him. Scripture says,
He was strong at crying and tears. Our Lord wept. Strong crying
and tears, Hebrews says. And it says He was heard. And
we're heard for His crying. He's touched with the feeling
of our infirmity. He was made sin for us. Did He know anything
about sin? More than we do. Verse 4, then David remembered
the days of old, past mercies. And he said, I remember these
things. I pour out my soul in me. I had gone with the multitude. I went with them to the house
of God with a voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that
kept holy day. He remembered when he was back
there worshiping with the people of God. He remembered the good
times, joy and gladness in God's Word. He remembered that. He thought
back on that with great longing. See, there are times when we
can pray. There are times when we feel
like we can pray. Then there are times we feel,
like David said, the heavens are brass. And we think, what's
the use? No one. There are times when
we can hear the Word of God and it gives us great joy and great
comfort and great peace and great consolation and our faith is
strengthened. Then there are times we can't
hear a thing. We don't get a thing. There are times when we can read
the Word of God for our comfort and everywhere we go we find
comfort and peace and just what we need. Then there are times
all we can read is condemnation. You ever do that? And you look
for comfort and you can't find it. You know, remembering past mercies
ought to give us hope. Hope in God. Hope in His mercy.
Because there have been many times we've gotten down like
this. Many times we're downcast, aren't we? We're like the troubled
sea, aren't we? Our souls are like the troubled
sea. We're going to read that in a minute. Psalm 107. Our souls
are like the troubled sea. We're down and we're up. We ought to remember that when
we're down, we'll come back up. Though a righteous man falls
seven times, the Lord will raise him up. When we're up, when we're
up too far, hold on. We're going to come down. Except
the one over against the other, Job said. The end that we might
not find anything after us here. These joys. mingled with sorrow. My, my. Many times, many times
we thought His mercies were cleaned off, didn't we? Many times we
thought, I'm too far down now, too sinful now. He's not going
to have me back. Did He? That's why it says in verse 5,
He communes with His own heart. That's what He tells us to do,
doesn't it? Commune with thine own heart upon thy bed. And he
asks himself this question. He communes with his own heart.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? What is bringing you down? Why art thou disquieted in me?
Matthew Henry pointed out in this that the original, some
of the earliest translations or versions before, even to King
James, read like this. Why are you casting yourself
down, O my soul? Why are you making yourself disquieted? And we do that to ourselves,
don't we? We do that to ourselves. We fill ourselves with doubts and
fears. We bring ourselves down by our
unbelief, by our doubts and fears, don't we? We feed upon that. And he asked this question, why?
Why? Hope in God. He's talking to
himself there. We need to have a talk with ourselves
quite often, though. Hope thou in God. Hope in God. Hope in His love. God hears love. And our Lord said that in His
Sermon on the Mount. If you being evil, to His disciples, you being evil,
Know how to give good gifts unto your children. How much more
shall your heavenly Father give unto you? Good thing. Hope in God. Hope in His love.
His love never changes. His love is unconditional. His
love doesn't depend on you. His love is unchanging. His love
will not change. Perfect love ought to cast out
fears. Not our love. His love. His perfect, perfect
love. Having loved His own, loving
Him to the end. Hoping God. Hoping His love.
God loves His people too much to do any evil to them. Everything. I'm going to read
that to you. Go with me. Romans 8. I don't
want to quote it to you. I want you to read it with me.
Romans chapter 8. Let's look at these things again.
Hoping God. Hoping His love. Hoping His mercy. He is merciful. He's full of
mercies, tender mercies over all his work. He's even merciful
to his enemies. I mean, he's merciful to his
enemies. That's how merciful God is. Well, you're not his
enemy. You were. We were once enemies in our minds
by our own wicked works and in our minds, but not now. Being
reconciled to God. How much more merciful is he
to his people? He's merciful even to the unjust. full of mercy, delights to show
mercy, is wisdom. Hoping is wisdom. He's controlling everything.
He's ruling everything. That's where you want it to be.
And you don't need to know what he's doing. We don't need to
know what he's doing. Just hope in his wisdom, okay? Leave it
right there. He's too wise to err. And it's
all working together. Hope in his grace. He delights
to show grace, to give grace. He delights more in giving than
receiving. He doesn't need anything we have
anyway. But we need everything. And he just loves to give. Don't
you? As a parent? Grandparent? It's
Christmas time, isn't it? And there are going to be gifts
given. I don't need another thing for the rest of my life. Honestly,
I told Mindy and I made a pact that we're not going to buy another
article of clothing for the rest of our lives. We take sacks to
the Goodwill about every week. Don't we all? We don't need another
thing. But now why do we do this? We
love to give to those that we love, don't we? That's what brings
us joy. I can't wait to give some things
to those that I love. Not just my children, but my
brethren. In fact, I've already given something to somebody.
I couldn't wait. Dad's really bad about that. No way he could
ever wait till Christmas. Started giving things out weeks
before. Can't wait. Might not get there. The Lord
loves a cheerful giver. Why? Because He is. Delights
to give. Romans 8. Oh, look at this again,
as if the first time. Now we know, verse 22, the whole
creation groaneth, travaileth in pain together until now. Not
only they, he's talking about the animals, everything, just
groaning because of this sin. We ourselves, which have the
first fruit of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves waiting
for the adoption. When shall I come to appear before
thee, O Lord? For the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our bodies, to rescue us from this sin and misery. Come, Lord Jesus. But we're saved
by hope. Do you hear that? We're saved
by hope. Hope where? In God. Hope in Christ. Hope
in His Word. That's why David said, remember
your Word under your servant. That is, remind me of it upon
that which you've caused me to hope. He says, hope that is seen
is not hope. We live by faith, not sight. What a man sees, he doesn't hope
for it anymore. But if we hope for that we see
not, then do we with patience wait for it. Patience. And see, the trial of our faith
worketh what? Patience. Wait on the Lord. Wait. Likewise, the Spirit helps
our infirmities. Oh, you all love this verse,
don't you? We don't know what we should pray for. The Spirit
makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
And he that searches the heart knows what is in the mind of
the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints.
according to the will of God. And we know, we know that all
things work together for good to them that love God. Do you
love God? I know we're all hesitant to
say that, aren't we? Because we're so ashamed of our
love. But you do, don't you? Simon Peter, the Lord asked him
this, didn't He? After he denied him terribly.
And he went through the worst denial of his life of our Lord,
didn't he? It was the first thing our Lord
asked him. Did you love Him? Don't you know it pricked his
heart? It filled him full of shame because just a little while
before that, denied that he even knew Him. But our Lord tries
his heart and said, Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou Me more
than these things? Yes, Lord. Thou knowest. And that God's people can say
that. So, look at it again. We know that all things work
together for good to them that love God. To them that are called
according to His purpose. And He went on to say, those
He foreknew, He predestinated. It's all been predestined, everything
about it, to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He
might be the firstborn among many brethren. Read on. And whom
He predestinated, He called. Have you been called by the gospel?
I believe I have. I know I have. And whom He called,
He justified. Do you believe Christ? Do you
trust Christ? Is He your only hope? Is Jesus Christ your only
hope of salvation? Justified. That's what God said
from all things. and whom he justified, he glorified."
Sounds like past tense. It is. In the eyes and the mind
of God, we're already there, seated with Him. What shall we
say then to these things? Look at it, verse 31. If God
be for us, and He is, Who can be against us? What can be against
us? He despaired not His own Son, but delivered Him up for
us all. How shall He not with Him, with
that unspeakable gift, freely give us all things? Who shall
lay anything to the charge of God's elect? Who is He that condemneth?
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Nothing. No one. It goes on the list,
all these things. No matter what it is, death,
life, principality, angels, all the enemies in the world, Satan
himself, height, depth, any other creature will not separate us
from the love of God in Christ. Hope in God. Hope in His mercy. And you'll praise Him. Go back
to our text. You will. You're down now. Maybe you're
not down now. I was. But you will be down. And when you come down, you will
come back up. The Lord will bring you. You'll
praise Him for the help of His countenance. Verse 5 says, His
presence is salvation. You'll feel like you've been
cast out. You'll feel like His mercies are clean gone. You'll
feel like you'll be left out of the kingdom. You won't stay
that way. He won't say that one. The Lord takes back all his prodigals
every time. Oh my God, verse 6, my soul is
cast down within them. He asks himself, why are you
cast down? But he has to admit, I am, for
various reasons, sometimes unknown. Have you ever been downcast and
depressed and you don't know why? You don't know why. I think that's
these yearnings that the soul, the child of God has that you
just can't put a finger on. You can't utter it. Groanings
that can't be uttered, do you think? I want out of here. I want out of here. Out of here. Just out of here. Like Paul said,
we don't groan just to be unclothed with all these troubles, Who
shall deliver me from this body of death? Oh my God, my soul
is cast down within me. Therefore will I remember thee
from the land of Jordan and the Hermonites from the hill of Mizar.
What's he saying? Meaning wherever you are, no
matter how far off you are, you're never too far away. What David
says in another psalm, he said, Whither shall I go from thy presence?
from thy spirit. Whither shall I flee from thy
presence? If I ascend up, thou art there. If I go down, you're
there. If I take the wings of the morning, dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy
right hand shall hold me." And then he went on to say, Oh,
how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God. Then he says this, verse 7, in
thinking about his depths. Deep calleth unto deep the noise
of thy waterspouts." That is, wave after wave, deep
depth, sorrows and troubles have gone over me. All thy waves and
thy billows have gone over me. He wrote so many psalms about
this that every one of God's people can enter into. Go out of the depths. Have I
cried unto thee, O Lord? O Lord, hear my voice. Let thine
ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. If thou,
Lord, shouldst mark iniquity, O Lord, who shall stand? But
there is forgiveness with thee. I wait for the Lord, he said,
my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth
for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning. Let Israel
hope in the Lord. With Him is mercy. With Him is
plenteous redemption. He shall redeem Israel from all
its iniquities. Out of the depths. You see, those
that go down to the sea in ships, those who enter into this fellowship
of the mystery, fellowship of the gospel, those that are in
Christ in this fellowship, They go down to the sea in ships,
they're in Christ's Ark, and they do business in great waters,
deep waters. And these see the works of the
Lord and His wonders in the deep. And the Lord is the one that
commanded and raised it, the stormy wind. Lift up the waves
thereof, and we mount up to the heavens, and then go down to
the depths. The soul is melted because of trouble. A real to
and fro and staggered like a drunken man. And at their wits end, like
Jehoshaphat and all the people stood before the Lord that day
and they said, we're at our wits end. We don't know where to turn.
Our eyes looked at them. Like old Jonah said, I was down
and the weeds were wrapped around my head. He said, I'm cast out of thy
sight. Floods compassed me about, all thy billows and waves passed
over me. The waters compassed me about,
even to the soul. The depths closed round about
me, went down to the bottom of the mountain. Then I cried, O
Lord my God. And my prayer came into His holy
temple. And the Lord spoke. He said,
Salvation is of the Lord. And he said, they cry unto the
Lord in their trouble and He brings them out, always, out
of their distresses. He makes the storm a calm, the
waves are still, and then they're so glad because they'd be quiet.
They were disquieted, now it's quiet. Oh, that men would praise
the Lord for His goodness. And so he says here, even in
all of these troubles, when you feel like, and I wish we had
time, do this for yourself, okay? Listen to what I'm saying. Start
in Psalm 38 and read. Just read all the way through
to Psalm 40. There's a progression there.
There's a progression there. Psalm 38, where he talks about
the Lord dealing with him in anger because of his sin. And
he cries unto the Lord. And then when you get to Psalm
40, you'll shout. You'll shout. Do that. Read Psalm 38 all the
way through the first three verses of chapter 40. And then he says
in verse 8 of our text, the Lord will command His loving in the
daytime, and in the night His songs shall be with me, and my
prayer unto the God of my life." The Lord will command His lovingkindness. He has to, doesn't He? David
said, say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. He's given commandment
to save us, and those times when we get down, He'll send His Word.
He'll send the Word of His lovingkindness, His Gospel, and your song will
return. in the night season and all the
day long. God leaves His dear children alone. My prayer unto
the God of my life. God of my life. But now look
at this. It's almost as if He starts over
again. Verse 9, I will say unto God, my rock, why hast thou forgotten
me? It starts back over again, doesn't it? We're so up and down, aren't
we? So up and down. I will say unto God, My rock,
and He is all other ground is sinking sand. Why hast Thou forgotten
Me? Why go I mourning because of
the oppression of the enemy? And the enemy is like a sword
in my bones, slays me. Self, Satan, sin, temptation,
the enemies that reproach me, doubts, fears, worries, all these
things slay me, kill me. We all go through worries. We
worry, worry, worry, worry, and it just kills us. It's its own
punishment, you know. Unbelief is its own punishment.
It just wrecks you. If somehow we could just trust
the Lord. And they say daily, where is
your God? And he ends this with hope. Why art thou cast down?
Oh, my soul, why? My heart got disquieted with
him. Hope thou in God. No matter how low you get, no
matter how downcast you get, no matter how troubled you become,
you'll praise Him. You will. You belong to Him.
He's the health of your countenance. And as I said, David longed to
be in the house of God. where he could hear about this
help, where he could go to find this help, where he could go
to hear a man stand up and talk about his only hope and tell
of the sure mercies. Don't you know he wanted Nathan
to tell him over and over and over again? Tell me again what
God said concerning my house. The sure mercies. I want to hear
that again. I need to hear it again, especially when it got
down. And so if we miss this, If we find ourselves for whatever
reason being away from here, and it's avoidable, we're forsaking
our own mercy. I think that's why I wait until
Sunday to do that message on Martha. Because for whatever
reason, we all get careful and troubled about many things, when
one thing is needful. What Mary chose, and it is a
choice, and that's Sunday's message. But this is our mercy. This is
our hope. This is our help. We're going
to get down. And we're going to get so far
down, you think you can't get up. We're going to be filled
full of so much worry and grief and sorrow and pain that you
think it's over. And you're going to
need to hear this. I want to pray. And what better
place to come than to where God is promised to be, the God who
sent those tribes? Who better to go to and call
upon than to the God who sent them? And to the people who have
gone through the same thing, who can attest, who can testify
of God's grace being sufficient to go through those very things.
And so you're just kind of like sheep huddled together. Listen
to the Lord give us hope. Okay, stand with me. Our Lord, thank You. Thank You
for Your Word. If we don't need this now, we
will later. So let it sink down deep in our
ears. Write it on the tables of our
hearts that we might need it or use it when we need it another
time. But surely, surely, We all will,
all your people will be cast down at various times for various
reasons. And we ask that you will recall
this word to our minds and hearts. Why art thou cast down within
me, O my soul? Hope thou in God. It's in Christ's
name we've met here tonight and ask these things. Amen. You're
dismissed. Now that's good. That's good.