More worship today! More praise! King David taught us how to do this, for ourselves and for others, if we will. We worship the God Who rescues us from dangers, from enemies spiritual and mortal. We worship with gladness, with songs of proclamation, with assurances that ring in the heavens.
Wicked enemies, those that have tormented and injured those we love, must turn back; they stumble and perish, and one day, even the memory of them will be lost forever.
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; UNTIL ___________________, (MY DEAR FRIEND, MY DARLING CHILD, MY SPOUSE, MY PARENTS, MY CO-WORKER,) CAN WORSHIP WITH ME. I WILL SING OVER THEM, AND YOU WILL HEAR, LORD.
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
I SING OF YOUR LOVE TOWARD THEM AND TOWARD ME; I SING OF YOUR FAITHFULNESS AND YOUR UNFAILING LOVE.
3 My enemies turn back … THEIR ENEMIES TURN BACK!;
they stumble and perish before you.
4 For you have upheld ___________’s right and (THEIR) cause,
sitting enthroned as the righteous judge. THEIR RIGHT IS THE LOVE AND SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST, AND THEIR CAUSE IS THE RESTORATION OF ALL THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN BY THE DEVIL AND HIS MINIONS, BY THOSE WHO HAVE COME BUT TO STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY.
5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6 Endless ruin has overtaken ______________’s enemies,
you have uprooted their cities;
even the memory of them has perished.
(Psalm 9:1-6, NIV, with annotated prayer)
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
3 My enemies turn back;
they stumble and perish before you.
4 For you have upheld my right and my cause,
sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.
5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6 Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
you have uprooted their cities;
even the memory of them has perished.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard von Honthurst, 1622, wikipedia, by permission
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