I want you to look with me this
evening at Psalm 67. Psalm 67. As I'm sure that each of you
have, those of you who are God's people, I spend lots of time
reading the psalms. And I have found as I read through
them, I give each psalm a title. That is, as I read it and read
a particular psalm, think about it. And I will give you this piece of
advice. I know it's good to read through
the scriptures in a year. We provide that for you. You
get your calendar and you can read so many chapters a day and
you can read through the Word of God in a year and that is
beneficial. I also think that as we read
the Word of God, we should read it deliberately, read it slowly,
prayerfully, asking God to give us some insight, some understanding
what these Psalms are about. As I read through this one, this
is what I entitled it. It's God shall bless us. That's
the theme of this Psalm. God shall bless us. In fact,
that is stated in verse 6. God, even our own God, shall
bless us. And then verse 7, God shall bless
us. And I love to think about God
blessing His people. In fact, He blessed us with every
spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, even
before He ever made the world. He chose a people unto Himself,
and Christ Jesus is the Redeemer of those people. The Spirit of
grace comes to us at the appointed hour and He takes the word of
the gospel, the word of truth as a sword and He wounds us,
He wounds us and then He heals us and brings us to rejoice in
the Lord and to rejoice in the fact that we've been blessed
with all of these blessings in Christ Jesus. Every blessing
God's got for every sinner, for any sinner, is to be found in
Christ Jesus. Everybody's not blessed. Everybody
benefits from the mercies of God. But those spiritual blessings
are reserved for particular people. And David says, God shall bless
us. God shall bless us. And He has,
He does, He will, and He always shall bless His people. God shall bless us. That's the
title of the message. That's the title that I have
given to this psalm, which we would suppose is a Psalm of David. Though it isn't stated, I think
we can rather easily conclude that it is a psalm of David.
You'll notice under Psalm 67, it does have a title to whom
it is addressed. It is addressed, it says, to
the chief musician on Nicanoth, a psalm or song to the chief
musician. Some, as you study this, you
read through the various commentators that are reputable that believe
the gospel of God's sovereign grace. Most of them say that
this means it was given to the main leader of the music, just
like Joe does such a good job in leading us. He's the main
leader of music. Sometimes others fill in for
him. Kevin will fill in for him. Once
in a while, I'll lead the music. But this is to the main leader
of the music, and that's the way most people would take this,
and that's typically the way it is viewed. However, as you
look into this word, C-H-I-E-F, chief, chief musician, can actually be literally translated
to the one who is the end. To the one who is the goal. And that means it's a psalm to
Christ Jesus. Because He's the end of all things.
He's the end of the law for righteousness. He's the end of everything God
has purposed. He's the goal. He's the end.
This is, and this is a view of many of the Hebrew experts, which
I am not by any means, but I can read them and they say this is
actually what it's saying and I love reading Robert Hawker.
And those of you who have not read the writings of Robert Hawker
would You could greatly benefit yourself if you'd read his morning
and daily devotions. And then if you're so privileged
as to have his, what he called the poor man's commentary. This
is what he states that this is about. This is a psalm to Christ
Jesus, who is the Messiah. For after all, he's the end and
the goal of all things. His glory is our goal. And the
end of all things is Christ Jesus himself, that he be magnified
in everything. He is the chief musician. The
chief musician. And I think the fact that this
is written to Christ Jesus would shed a bit of light on that scripture
that Brother Joe read to us a little bit ago from Luke chapter 24
when he spoke to the disciples and he revealed the things that
were hidden in the Psalms concerning himself. I know people have said, well,
this psalm is a messianic psalm, this psalm is a messianic psalm.
Let me tell you something, all the Old Testament's messianic.
It's all pointing to Christ Jesus, as are all of these psalms. And
we would benefit, greatly, greatly benefit if we would understand
it. When we read these psalms, we would see this, that everything
points to Christ Jesus. Now he uses this word to the
chief musician on Neganoth. If you look through the book
of Psalms, all 150 of them, you'll find six psalms have this underneath
the name of the psalm, or this is part of the title of the psalm. Neganoth, psalm four, six, 54,
55, 67, and 76. Literally, it means this
is a song to be played on string instruments. That is, instruments
with your hands, not instrument that you would blow. So it's
not a ram's horn. It's not a trumpet or anything
like that. But this is an instrument that
would be played with your fingers and your hands, And it is a passage
of scripture, it is a psalm that the Israelites did enjoy singing
as they raised their voices to Messiah, to the one who would
come and put away their sins by the sacrifice of himself. You know, I thought about this
fact that it is a psalm or a song, the reason we have music, The
reason I pick out these songs that we sing is not to just fill
up some time. It's not so we'll enjoy the beat,
so we'll enjoy whatever the tune happens to be. It's the message
of the songs. And I'm very much afraid that
you and me, when we sing these songs that we've sung hundreds
of times, I'm afraid that lots of times we don't do as the Apostle
Paul said in Ephesians chapter 5, singing and making melody
to the Lord from the heart. From the heart. I try to pay
attention to words. Words mean a lot. That's the
reason I'm real picky about what songs we sing. If it's in our songbook, that
don't mean we're going to sing it. Because there are some of
the songs, some of the hymns, that don't have any gospel in
them. They're not honoring to God. I understand there is, in
our worship service, there is a place for what we might call
testimony songs. recognize, we lift our voices
about what God's done for us. But I'll tell you what real singing,
real church music ought to be. It ought to be about blessing
God. It ought to be about worship. And this is a way we should sing
from the heart. And you say, I can't carry a
tune. Well, that's okay. That's okay. Sing from your heart. Let the singing come forth from
your heart. Don't just mouth the word. Blessed
assurance. Jesus is mine. Oh, what a foretaste
of glory divine. Isn't it a blessing to have the
assurance that Christ Jesus is ours? That he's our savior? And
we've sung that so many times that this is what I get fearful
of. We don't pay any attention to
the words anymore. Well, I know that one. That's another one.
I don't even need the songbook. I'll just sing without the songbook.
And we sing it from up here. But we need to sing it from down
here. You know what I mean. Sing it from the innermost being.
Sing it from your heart. Let us sing heartily to the Lord. Let the musicians Let the song
leaders, let those who lift up their voices, let all of us exalt
our God in our singing. We have come here to worship.
It's not about, well, okay, when we have special music, boy, that
was really entertaining, wasn't it? Every once in a while somebody
wanted to even applaud. I'll give that song a round of
applause. That song's not for our entertainment,
at least not supposed to be. I don't want somebody to appear
and get down there and sing. I don't want Susanna to sing
or the group to sing or a duet to sing in order to entertain
us. That's not what it's about. It's
about honoring God. This entire service From beginning
to end, it's about worship. We come here to worship. Now,
we're blessed. I'm blessed by the music. We
have such excellent musicians. I so appreciate and I compliment
our musicians on their operatories, the special music. I'm so thankful,
but it's not because I'm entertained by it, but because it's reverent
It's respectful and it's honoring to God. And that's what we want
to do. So, he says, this is a psalm
or a song. This is the people of God, all
of Israel, lifting up their voices from the hearts to Messiah, singing
of His greatness. God shall bless us. And I tell
you, there is no greater blessing than God giving us His Son, the
Lord Jesus Christ. One writer said of this psalm
that it's a missionary psalm. A missionary psalm. For it not
only asks for personal mercies, but it asks for mercies for others.
I want God to be merciful to me. I want God to bless me. I want God to speak to me. I
want God to save me. I want God to forgive me. But
I don't want Him to stop there. I want Him to do something for
you too. It's a missionary song. I think especially it's a psalm
written with the Gentiles in mind. In other words, as David
wrote this unto the Lord, unto Messiah, he is looking not only
at the Israelites who believe God, that remnant according to
the election of grace, but he looks on beyond that and he sees
the Gentiles, those of the isles who will be brought to fear the
Lord and love the gospel of redeeming grace. So this is indeed a missionary
psalm, a missionary psalm. You see, after we've been taught
the Gospel, we want others to learn the Gospel too. You read
and like, here's what the Apostle Paul said, Brethren, my heart's
desire and prayer to God for Israel is that it might be saved.
God already done something for that man. Man, He met him on
the Damascus road. He unhorsed him and He revealed
to that man His glory. And this is what that man said,
Lord, I want others to see your glory too. I want others to bask
in the wonders of the everlasting covenant love of God through
Christ Jesus to poor old sinners like us. He wants others to see
the glories and the beauties and the wonders and the attributes
of his great God and Savior Jesus Christ. So this is a missionary
song. Well, look at verse 1, God be
merciful unto us. Here's a cry for personal mercy. No need for me to ask God for
mercy for others until I first of all ask God for mercy for
me. Oh God, be propitious to me. Be propitious to me. That's what that, over in Luke
chapter 18, that's what the poor old publican prayed. after hearing
the Pharisee pray thus within himself and he spouted out about
all his greatness and his faithfulness and what he was doing for God
and thanking God that he wasn't his other people and he kind
of looked over there and said, man, I'm glad I'm not like that
guy. And then that guy, that guy, that publican, he wouldn't
even lift up so much as his head to heaven. He just smote upon
his breast and he said, God, be merciful to me. Be merciful
to me. I'm the sinner. Be propitious
to Me on the basis of the mercy seed, the blood on the mercy
seed. The blood on the mercy seed,
it was put on there one time and seven times before the mercy
seed. On the basis of the blood that's
already been shed, show mercy to Me. Be propitious to Me. And it says in 1 John, He is
our Lord Jesus, He came to make propitiation for us. What does
that word mean? You say, preacher, you use them
long words sometimes. That's a Bible word. And it means
this. Justice is satisfied. Christ
has made propitiation for us. God, be propitious for me. God,
look on the sacrifice. Oh God, look on the blood. Look
on the Lord Jesus. Look on Him. My sacrifice, my
sin, look on Him. Save me. Show me pity. Because
in His death, justice has been satisfied. That's what propitiation
means. God, be merciful unto us. And
then He says, and bless us. Bless us. Oh God, open up the windows of
heaven and bless this poor sinner. And I recognize the fact that
in Christ Jesus, as I've already said from Ephesians chapter 1,
we've been blessed with all spiritual blessings in Him already. But I want to be more aware of
those blessings. Make me aware. Make me to know
what you've done for me in Christ Jesus. Give me a real, like,
new realization of it. Make it fresh to me. Fresh to
me. This gospel, it doesn't grow
stale to you, does it? It doesn't grow old to you, does
it? Oh, the same old subject every single time. Oh yes, oh
yes, the grace of God to pour sinners through the Lord Jesus
Christ. This is a wonderful and glorious
message. Oh God, bless us again with a
new realization of what you have done for us already in Christ
Jesus. Make my soul to rejoice. Oh Lord, warm up my heart. Don't
you find sometimes, be honest, don't you find sometimes your
heart gets a little cold toward the things of God? Lord, warm
me up. Warm me up. The Lord looked at
the church of Laodicea. He said, I wish you was cold
or hot. You're just kind of lukewarm.
I wonder if that isn't us oftentimes. We're just lukewarm. Oh, Lord,
put me on boil. Lord, whatever is necessary,
turn the heat up to drive me to yourself that I might rejoice
in you all over again, that this salvation might be ever new and
ever fresh to me. I don't want to get over what
God is doing for me, what He's already done for me, and what
He's going to do for me. I want to rejoice in Him right
now with joy, unspeakable and full of glory. Don't you? I want
to do that right now. And then He says, and calls His
face to shine upon us. I want to bask in the radiance
of God's presence. I want fellowship with Him. And
I tell you, I can't have any fellowship with God except through
the Lord Jesus Christ. And that's the only way he can
have any fellowship with me. And bless God, there's a meeting
place. There's a meeting place. There is somebody, somebody who
stands between me and a holy God. And he meets every requirement
of God. He is God. And he meets every
need of this poor sinner because he's the man Christ Jesus. In and through Him, God's face
shines upon us. I wrote to a dear lady just this
last week, and I said, I hope this finds you basking in the
warmth of the love of God. I tell you, that's something
to bask in there. Just enjoy the love of God in
Christ Jesus to you. Think about what He's done for
you. Think about what He is doing for you. Now look a little closer
at those words in verse 1. God be merciful unto us and bless
us and cause His face to shine upon us. And then there's that
word Selah. Say it. Don't say it. But do
what it means. Stop. Take a breath. Think about it. Think about what
you just read. Don't just read over that. Well,
I'll get to that. I'll just keep on going. Full
steam ahead. No! That's not what that means. It don't mean full steam ahead.
It means let's take a little time out now. And you better
meditate. Give some real serious thought
to what you just read. As you read that verse, does
that bring up any other passage of Scripture to your mind? It
does to me. Numbers chapter 6. Go over there. Look at Numbers chapter 6. Numbers chapter 6. Look at verse 22. The Lord spake
unto Moses, Numbers chapter 6, verse 22. The Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto Aaron, and unto his son, saying, On this wise ye
shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The Lord bless
thee, and keep thee. The Lord make his face shine
upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance
upon thee, and give thee peace. Now here's one of the first things
that strikes me. This is very personal. Now this
is spoken to all the people of Israel, and yet it is spoken
to them as it were Individually, it's Thee. Now watch how many
times. On this wise shoe you bless the
true and original sin. The Lord bless Thee. And keep Thee. And make His face
to shine upon Thee. Be gracious to Thee. Lift up
His countenance upon Thee. And give Thee peace. It's very
personal. It's very personal. I know it's
spoken to the whole group. but then it's directed individually
to each of God's people. Now, let me give you the context
of this, because we usually just read this. This was spoken, these
words were to be spoken after meeting in the tabernacle. And this is upon the separation
of, or the consecration of, a Nazirite. And in that sense we're all Nazirites
and we're all committed and consecrated to Christ Jesus. We've been set
apart. We've been set apart for Him.
We've been set apart by the Lord for His purpose. Set apart in
His grace. Set apart in old eternity. to
be His people set apart at Calvary. We've been redeemed. Others weren't
redeemed, set apart in regeneration and in conversion. Others weren't
regenerated. Others weren't converted, but
we were. We're the Lord's people. We've
been set apart. Set apart. Here's what happened
just before this. Here's what the high priest did.
At the end of the service, just before this is to be spoken,
he takes a wave offering. And yet he literally waved it
before God. And he's saying, Lord, this is
for You. This sacrifice is for You. This
offering is for You. This blood is for You! It's the
blood of the covenant! It's the blood of the Testament. It's for you. And all pointed
to the substitutionary death of the Lord Jesus Christ. And
I'll tell you what, this is the way we come to God. We come to
God through the Lord Jesus Christ and His substitutionary work.
And as it were, we lift up the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. We lift that up to the Father.
We say to the Father, as it were, Oh God, bless us on this basis. I hold up before you the sacrifice
of your Son. That's a wave offering. Isn't
that what he meant? He waved it right before the
Lord. Lord, you see this blood? Lord,
you see this sacrifice? Now, bless us. That is the only
basis by which God can bless anybody is on the basis of the
sacrifice being offered. The bloody atonement of our Lord
Jesus Christ. So these words are They correspond
to the words over in Psalm 67. But to go back to that scripture
that Joe read to us, in fact, I want you to go back to Luke
24. Look at Luke 24. This is a passage Brother Turner
read to us just a few minutes ago. Now, remember the words of Numbers
6. The Lord bless thee. The Lord
keep thee. You see, Aaron couldn't bless
them. He couldn't bless them. He had
no ability to bless anybody. In fact, he needed to be blessed
himself. But that one of whom Aaron was
a picture or a figure, he does bless people. He does bless people. And it says here, look at verse
50. Luke chapter 24. And he led them
out, he led his disciples out as far as to Bethany. And he
lifted up his hands. And I thought about this. He
lifted up, what was it about his hands? Nail-scarred hands. Wounded hands. Hands that had
been nailed to the cross. Hands that indicated this is
the Lamb of God who was slain for sinners. He holds them up
to God, as it were, and over men, as though saying, Father,
on the basis of this, my wounds, my death, my blood,
my obedience. I now bless these. I can only
ask God to bless you. I can only ask God to bless me. But the Lord Jesus Christ, being
God, He does bless us. He's got that authority to bless
us. Well, go back to Psalm 67. Psalm
67. And let me give you something
else. While we're on that thing about Numbers chapter 6, you
don't have to go back there. I enjoy reading quite a bit. And I enjoy reading Robert Hawker
I enjoy reading John Gill. John Gill was a very wise man. He was a real student of the
scriptures and he was a student of the languages, the original
languages in which the scriptures were written. On that portion
of scripture in Numbers chapter 6, the Lord bless thee and keep
thee. We should keep these in mind
now. Number one, the Lord bless thee and keep thee. Number two,
the Lord make his face shine upon thee and be gracious unto
thee. Number three, the Lord lift up his countenance upon
thee and give thee peace. How many times the Lord's name
used? Three times. John Gill says, and he was very
much, he was very knowledgeable of Hebrews. He said on each of
those in the word Lord, the accent mark is in a different location,
which indicates the Lord in all three of his persons. The Lord
bless thee and keep thee, that is, that's the blessing, may
the blessing of God the Father be upon us. God the Father who
has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus, with
electing grace, and adopting grace, and justifying grace,
and forgiving grace, and regenerating grace, calling grace, preserving
grace, and eternal life. The first, the Lord bless thee,
is may God the Father bless you. Then he says he acts and march
in a different place for the second one. The Lord make His
face shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee. That's the blessings
of God the Son. God the Son, He's blessed us
with redemption. He has blessed us with righteousness. He is our righteousness. Oh, my fellow believer, my dear
loved ones, beloved of the Lord, God himself considers us to be
the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ. That is absolutely astounding
because you and me, we drink iniquity like water. And yet
God made him who knew no sin to be sin for us. that we might
be made in order that we would be made, that's what the word
might means, in order that we would be made the righteousness
of God in him. He is our righteousness. All
blessings are in his hands, are all procured for us by him and
bestowed upon us by him as the bountiful blessings of God's
covenant. They're all in Christ Jesus.
And then thirdly, the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee
and give thee peace. And dear brother Gill says that's
the work of the blessings of God the Holy Spirit who conveys
to us all the blessings that God has given us in Christ Jesus,
makes them real to the soul. He gives us life. He raises us
from the dead. He takes us out of spiritual
darkness into the light of the glory of God in Christ Jesus.
He comforts us. He seals us under the day of
redemption. This, my friend, is a threefold
blessing from Jehovah, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Well, notice here in verse 1,
Watch this. God be merciful unto us and bless
us and cause His face to shine upon us. Selah. Pause and think
about this. Give some serious consideration
to this. Now notice verse 2. That thy
way may be known upon the earth by saving health among all nations. We want God's way to be known. God's way, the way to God, is
a narrow way. It's a way of life. It's a way
of righteousness. It's a way of grace. There is
just one way. There's one way to God. Our Lord
Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh
unto the Father but by me. Now, we know that. We know that. But I want others to know His
way. Don't you? I want others to know His way.
I want others to know the way of grace. That's the reason we
have CDs and DVDs. That's the reason this is being
broadcast live on the internet right now, because I don't merely
want you to know the way, I want all of y'all to know the way.
Everybody who's watching on the internet and those who are listening
to this. That's why we feature messages
and they're pretty expensive. We try to do that about once
a week, don't we? As often as we can get on there
because our goal is to send this message forth because we want
other people to know the way. Christ is the way. We want people
to know the way to God. This was the desire of the psalmist
and this is the desire of all of God's people. That thy way
might be known upon the earth and thy saving health. Most of the time that word health
is translated salvation. See, we're sick. We're diseased. But bless the name of God, there's
a balm in Gilead. There's medicine for folks like
us. There is a cure. There's a remedy
for this disease, but the remedy is one. It's just one remedy. And that's Jesus Christ and Him
crucified. I tell you, I want others to
know of His salvation. I want them to rejoice with us.
Look at verse 3. Let the people praise Thee, O
God. Let all the people praise Thee.
That is, let all ascribe value and worth to thee, O God. Oh, the value of God. Oh, the
worth of God. Oh, the greatness of God. Oh,
the glory of God. And what we want is for all people
to ascribe greatness to our God. Our God is great. David will
say later on in the Psalms, our God's not like the gods of the
heathen. The gods of the heathen are dead.
They have eyes, but they can't see. They have ears, but they
can't hear. They've got hands, but they can't do anything. They've
got feet, but they can't walk. But our God, our God, oh, He is great. He's great. So he says in verse
four, oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy. Sing for
joy about what? About God's great salvation?
Sing for joy. God's people are to be a joyful
people. I'm not talking about just rejoicing
in things of the world and things of the flesh. I mean, we laugh
and we have fun with one another and enjoy one another's company,
but I want to be glad and sing for joy in the Lord. It's a joy
that comes into the heart. This is a joy you can have even
when times are bad. I'll tell you, the Apostle Paul
there in prison in Rome, and writes to the Philippians. There's a poor church. And there
he is, in shackles, down where they didn't have bathrooms. He is in unpleasant condition. And he writes, he took his, by
the leadership of the Spirit of God, he took his quill out
and took some parchment paper And the Lord said, write to this
church in Philippi, tell them to rejoice in the Lord always. He said, I've learned to be content
whatever state I'm in. I don't exactly write this for
my ideal conditions, but I'm joyful because I have a joy in
my heart. Let me tell you something, if
it takes the things of this world to make you joyful, you've got
serious problems. If it takes bright sunny days
to put joy in your soul, there's something bad wrong. I tell you,
a child of God can sing and rejoice even when the heart's breaking.
And that's the truth. That's the truth. It's like I
said this morning there from Revelation chapter 10. The book
of God. God's eternal purpose. The Lord
says it's going to be bitter to you. It's going to be bitter
to your belly. But it's going to be sweet to the taste. And
we rejoice that our God rules over all. We rejoice in His absolute
sovereignty. But that doesn't mean that we
won't go through bitter times. We're going to go through some
tough times. But even during those tough times, and even when
the tears are running down your face, in your heart of hearts,
you're still rejoicing in Christ Jesus. Lord, I know you're doing
this. And it's hurting. It's hurting.
I'm sick, or whatever the problem. Lord, we've had this death in
the family, and Lord, my heart is broken. But I'm still rejoicing
in you. Can you still rejoice in the
darkest hour of life? Can you still rejoice in the
Lord? for who He is and what He's done for you. God's people
do, and if you don't, you should. He's gonna teach us that joy. He says, oh, let the nations
be glad and sing for joy, for thou shalt judge the people righteously,
and govern the nations upon the earth. God's always gonna do
what's right. And He's going to judge the people
righteously. In fact, that is the standard
of judgment is righteousness. Acts 17.31 says that. And He
governs the world. He governs the nations on the
earth. That brings me joy. Man, I look upon this world.
I see a guy over there in North Korea that says he's got a hydrogen
bomb. And he put it on a missile, already
shot a missile over a nation in which our son lives. Boy,
and I say, whoa, that guy, he's a dangerous guy. And then I look
in the word of God and I find that our God governs the nations. He governs these rulers. He governs
these presidents, these dictators. That gives me joy. Now, see law. Stop and think about that. And then he says this, let the
people praise thee, O God. Let all the people praise thee.
That's what I want to do. Isn't that what you want to do?
That's what I want our church to be all about. Praising the
Lord, blessing the Lord. None of this, oh, praise the
Lord, praise the Lord. I'm not talking about that. I'm
talking about real worship. I'm talking about real reverence,
real respect for God. Let all the people praise Thee.
Then shall the earth yield her increase, and God, even our God,
shall bless us. I think now the psalmist is looking
on toward the end. The earth shall yield her increase. Increase of what? Increase of
the church of our Lord Jesus Christ. It's growing. It's growing. You say, well, we don't see any
growth here. Throughout the world, God is
saving His people. And this earth is yielding increase
to our God. And our God, even our own God,
shall bless us. And I like that. Our God, even
our own God. He's our own God. He's our own
God. I think about all those heathen
nations that Israel had to deal with. And they said, that's our
God right there. Well, I tell you, our God knocked
your little God over. He knocked Dagon over in Dagon's
temple. That's what our God did. He did
that to your God. Our God's not like your God.
Our God is God indeed. He's not a pretend God. He doesn't
want to be God. He is God and He conducts Himself
as God. He's sovereign over everything.
Everything in creation, everything in divine providence, and everything
in salvation. Our God reigns. That's our God. I don't know about your God.
I don't know about the God that you call God, I don't know about
the Jesus that you call Jesus, but the Jesus of the Bible, the
God of the Bible, my Jesus, my Savior, my God and my King, even
our God, He reigns over all things and He shall bless us. That's what David said. He shall. There's no uncertainty here.
God shall bless us, he says in verse 7, and all the ends of
the earth. She'll fear Him. That's going
to happen one day. Everybody's going to fear Him.
They'll be so afraid, the unbelievers are going to be so afraid that
they'll call on the rocks and the mountains to hide them from
the face of the Lamb of God. Everybody's going to fear Him
someday. We fear Him in this sense. We have a reverence. We
have a reverence for Him in our souls. And we worship Him. God shall bless us. Like all
the psalms, that's a great psalm, isn't it? Well, let's sing the
closing song. I've got a new one for you, at
least new words. 81. But, this number 81,