1. RISE ABOVE
DISCOURAGEMENT
JEREMIAH 20:1-13
AUGUST 19, 2012
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
USA

2. UPCOMING MINISTRIES
*Water Distribution for
the State employees at the
Sillers Building and at the
Supreme Court Building
Wednesday, August 22
3:15 p.m.

3. Meet in the Chapel Dining
Room for instructions,
assignments and prayer
time at 3:15 p.m., then at
4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
hand out water for FBCJ’s

4. invitation to our
“Good Neighbors”
If anyone would like to
volunteer, contact Cathy
Jeffcoats or come at 3:15
on Wednesday to the
Chapel Dining Room

5. REVIVAL
SEPTEMBER 9-12
Dr. Frank Page, Preaching
Kevin Batson, Leading
Music, Minister of Music
at Taylors First Baptist
Church, Taylors, SC

6. Sunday, September 9
9:00 and 10:30 a.m.
Sunday School and
Worship
Sunday night
6:00 p.m.—Worship

7. Monday, September 10-
Wednesday, September 12
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Lunch $5.00 Lite Line,
$6.00 for Regular Line
(Lunch: 11:30-12:10)

8. Weekday Revival Services
12:10-12:45 p.m.
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Supper in Fellowship
Hall East (same price as
Wednesday evening)

9. 6:00 p.m.
Revival in Sanctuary
(On Wednesday there will
be no other Wednesday
night activities)

10. Camp-What-A-Family
Lake Forest Ranch
September 28-30
25th Anniversary
Brochures are available or
look online for all details.

11. There will also be an
opportunity to attend on
Saturday only.
$5.00 day fee with $10.00
per person for each meal.

12. RISE ABOVE
DISCOURAGEMENT
JEREMIAH 20:1-13

14. Definition of discourage -
to deprive of confidence,
to deprive of hope or
spirit.
To try to prevent by
expressing disapproval or
raising objections.

16. SYNONYMS: dishearten,
dispirit.
To make less hopeful or
less enthusiastic.
Enthusiastic -
Origin: 1595-1605;
Greek enthousiastikós

17. which ultimately comes
from entheos:
from en (“within”)
and theos (“God”)
“having God within”.
American Heritage
Dictionary

18. It is God in us (en theos)
that gives us our
motivations and passions.
Enthusiasm is the
opposite of
discouragement.

19. God’s enemy wants us to
forget that God is our
Source and attempts to
“discourage” us with his
lies and messages of
hopelessness.

20. The antonym of
discourage is encourage.
God has already given us
enough courage to face
today and the challenges
that it brings.

21. 2 Peter 1:3 NIV
3 “His divine power has
given us everything we
need for life and godliness
through our knowledge of
Him Who called us by His
own glory and goodness.”

23. Every time God’s enemy
attempted to tempt Jesus
in Matthew 4:1-12, Jesus
quoted God’s word in
order to defeat Satan.
We should do the same.

25. Ephesians 3:20
“God is able to do above
and beyond all that we
ask or think according to
the power (His Holy
Spirit) that works in us.”

26. 1 Samuel 30:6
“David encouraged
himself in the Lord his
God.”

27. Jude 20
*“Build yourselves up in
your most holy faith and
pray in the Holy Spirit.”
*“Faith cometh by hearing
and hearing by the Word
of God.” Romans 10:17

28. Discouragement is:
1) dissatisfaction with the
past,
2) distaste for the present,
3) distrust of the future.

29. It is:
1) ingratitude for the
blessings of yesterday,
2) indifference to the
opportunities of today,
3) insecurity regarding
strength for tomorrow.

30. Discouragement is:
1) unawareness of the
presence of beauty,
2) unconcern for the
needs of others,
3) unbelief in the
promises of old.

31. It is:
1) impatience with time,
2) immaturity of thought,
3) impoliteness to God.
William Ward,
Today in the Word, April,
1989, p. 18

32. Plough Ahead
Pay as little attention to
discouragement as
possible.
Plough ahead as a
steamer does, rough or
smooth, rain or shine.

33. To carry your cargo and
make port is the point.
(opPORTunity)
Maltbie Babcock
Bits and Pieces
June, 1990, p. 12
From Bible.org

34. This lesson is about:
1) honestly dealing with
the discouragement and
doubts we will experience
as we serve the Lord and

35. 2) maintaining the proper
focus on God during
those times of
discouragement and
weariness as we serve
Him.

36. 9“Let us not lose heart in
doing good, for in due
time we will reap if we do
not grow weary. 10 So
then, while we have
opportunity, let us do
good to all people”Gal 6:9

37. Jeremiah 20:1-13 HCSB
1“Pashhur the priest, the
son of Immer and chief
official in the temple of
the Lord, heard Jeremiah
prophesying these things.

38. 2 So Pashhur had
Jeremiah the prophet
beaten and put him in the
stocks at the Upper
Benjamin Gate in the
Lord’s temple.

40. 3 The next day, when
Pashhur released Jeremiah
from the stocks, Jeremiah
said to him, “The Lord
does not call you Pashhur,
but Magor-missabib
(MAY gahr-mih SAY bib),

41. 4 for this is what the Lord
says, ‘I am about to make
you a terror to both
yourself and those you
love. They will fall by the
sword of their enemies
before your very eyes.

42. I will hand Judah over to
the king of Babylon, and
he will deport them to
Babylon and put them to
the sword.

43. 5 I will give away all the
wealth of this city, all its
products and valuables.
Indeed, I will hand all the
treasures of the kings of
Judah over to their
enemies.

44. They will plunder them,
seize them, and carry
them off to Babylon.
6 As for you, Pashhur,
and all who live in your
house, you will go into
captivity.

45. You will go to Babylon.
There you will die, and
there you will be buried,
you and all your friends
that you prophesied
falsely to.’”

46. 7 You deceived me, Lord,
and I was deceived.
You seized me and
prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all
the time;
everyone ridicules me.

47. 8 For whenever I speak,
I cry out, I proclaim,
“Violence and
destruction!” because the
word of the Lord has
become for me constant
disgrace and derision.

48. 9 If I say, “I won’t
mention Him or speak
any longer in His name,”
His message becomes a
fire burning in my heart,
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding

49. it in, and I cannot prevail.
10 For I have heard the
gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!
Report him; let’s report
him!”

50. Everyone I trusted
watches for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be
deceived so that we might
prevail against him and
take our vengeance on
him.”

51. 11 But the Lord is with
me like a violent warrior.
Therefore, my persecutors
will stumble and not
prevail.

52. Since they have not
succeeded, they will be
utterly shamed,
an everlasting humiliation
that will never be
forgotten.

53. 12 Lord of Hosts, testing
the righteous and seeing
the heart and mind, let me
see Your vengeance on
them, for I have presented
my case to You.

54. 13 Sing to the Lord!
Praise the Lord,
for He rescues the life of
the needy from the hand
of evil people.”
Jeremiah 20:1-13

55. Scripture never tries to
hide the weaknesses of
God’s servants.
Their failures often
stemmed from either fear,
anger or

56. Fear motivated Abraham
to lie about his
relationship with Sarah
more than once (Genesis
12 & 20).

57. Anger at the Israelites’
hard-heartedness caused
Moses to strike the rock to
gain water instead of just
speaking to it as God had
commanded him
(Numbers 20).

58. Elijah became extremely
discouraged after Jezebel
threatened his life for
defeating the 500 prophets
of Baal on Mount Carmel
(I Kings 19).

59. On one occasion when
Paul’s life was threatened,
Christ appeared to him to
encourage him
(Acts 23:10-11;
also see Acts 27:23-24).

60. Jeremiah had his weak
moments too.
Like Moses, Jeremiah was
opposed by God’s people.
Like Elijah, Jeremiah was
threatened by a powerful
ruler.

61. Like Paul, Jeremiah was
imprisoned.
This lesson focuses on
Jeremiah’s
discouragement , explains
that it is not uncommon
for God’s people to get

62. down and discouraged as
they serve Him, and
provides insights that will
help us to overcome
discouragement as we
serve Christ.

63. Jeremiah 20:1
1 “Pashhur the priest, the
son of Immer and chief
official in the temple of
the Lord, heard Jeremiah
prophesying these
things.”

64. The very one who should
have welcomed
Jeremiah’s words from the
Lord, Pashhur, was the
main aggressor against
him. Pashhur had
prophesied falsely.

65. Jeremiah had been
prophesying the truth.
True friends tell people
what they need to hear,
not what they want to
hear.

66. Your best friend is the one
who tells you the most
truth.
Have you been avoiding
speaking a difficult word
to a friend?

67. Jeremiah 20:2
2 “So Pashhur had
Jeremiah the prophet
beaten and put him in the
stocks at the Upper
Benjamin Gate in the
Lord’s temple.”

68. Pashhur had Jeremiah
beaten which may refer to
the maximum of 40 lashes
from Deut. 25:3 that was
later modified in Jewish
legal procedures to 39
lashes for misconduct.

69. The Law of Moses
demanded the death
penalty for false prophets
in Deut. 18:20 so it seems
strange that Pashhur did
not have Jeremiah
executed.

70. As the priest, one of
Pashhur’s jobs was to
preserve order in the
Temple. To him, Jeremiah
was trouble & he had him
beaten and placed in the
stocks.

71. The Hebrew word for
stocks means “causing
distortion” since the
prisoner was nearly
doubled up.
Pashhur had been
distorting what God

72. wanted said so now he
would attempt to distort
Jeremiah, God’s prophet
at the Upper Benjamin’s
Gate, one of the busiest
locations of the city where
people could observe

73. Jeremiah in an effort to
add to his pain and
humiliation.

74. Jeremiah 20:3
3 “The next day, when
Pashhur released Jeremiah
from the stocks, Jeremiah
said to him, ‘The Lord does
not call you Pashhur, but
Magor-missabib’ (MAY gahr-
mih SAY bib),

75. 4 for this is what the Lord
says, ‘I am about to make
you a terror to both
yourself and those you
love. They will fall by the
sword of their enemies
before your very eyes.

76. I will hand Judah over to
the king of Babylon, and
he will deport them to
Babylon and put them to
the sword.’”

77. Name changes are
significant in Scripture,
and this one predicted
God’s judgment on
Pashhur.
The name Pashhur could
be of Egyptian origin,

78. meaning “son of Horus”.
His new name means
“terror all around”.
If God renamed you, what
might He call you based
on your behavior and
character?

79. Pashhur may have been
one of the leaders
superficially claiming,
“Peace, peace” to a broken
people (Jeremiah 8:11).
But there would be no
peace, only terror.

80. Jeremiah 8:10b-12a
10b “From prophet to
priest, everyone deals
falsely.
11 They have treated
superficially the
brokenness of My dear

81. people,
claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
12a Were they ashamed
when they acted so
abhorrently?

82. They weren’t at all
ashamed.
They can no longer feel
humiliation.”
Jeremiah 8:10b-12a

83. The Day of the Lord
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3, 6, 8b, 11
2 ”For you yourselves
know very well that the
Day of the Lord will come
just like a thief in the night.

84. 3 When they say, “Peace
and security,” then
sudden destruction comes
on them, like labor pains
come on a pregnant
woman, and they will not
escape.

85. 6 So then, we must not
sleep, like the rest, but we
must stay awake and be
serious.
8b we must be serious and
put the armor of faith and
love on our chests, and

86. put on a helmet of the
hope of salvation.
11 Therefore encourage
one another and build
each other up as you are
already doing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3, 6, 8b, 11

88. *Signs of the End of the
Age Luke 21:7-19
*The Destruction of
Jerusalem Luke 21:20-24
*The Coming of the Son
of Man Luke 21:25-28

89. Signs of the End of the
Age Luke 21:7-19
7 “so when will these
things be?
And what will be the sign
when these things are
about to take place?

90. 8 Watch out, many will
come in My name.
Don’t follow them.
9 You will hear of wars
and rebellions
11 earthquakes, and
famines.

91. 12 Before all these things,
they will lay their hands
on you and persecute you
because of My name.
13 It will lead to an
opportunity for you to
witness.

92. 15 for I will give you such
words and a wisdom that
none of your adversaries
will be able to resist or
contradict.

93. 16 You will even be
betrayed by parents,
brothers, relatives, and
friends.
They will kill some of
you.”
Luke 21:7-19

94. The Destruction of
Jerusalem Luke 21:20-24
20 “When you see
Jerusalem surrounded by
armies.
24 Jerusalem will be
trampled by the Gentiles

95. until the times of the
Gentiles are fulfilled.”
Luke 21:20-24

96. The Coming of the Son
of Man Luke 21:25, 27
25 “Then there will be
signs… 27 Then they will
see the Son of Man
coming in a cloud with
power and great glory.”

97. The Need for
Watchfulness
Luke 21:34-36
34 “Be on your guard, so
that your minds are not
dulled from carousing,
drunkenness, and worries

98. of life, or that day will
come on you
unexpectedly
35 like a trap. For it will
come on all who live on
the face of the whole
earth.

99. 36 But be alert at all
times, praying that you
may have strength to
escape all these things
that are going to take
place and to stand before
the Son of Man.” Luke 21

100. Pashhur would observe
the destruction of those he
was supposed to protect:
family, friends, city and
Temple.
He most likely was taken
to Babylon in 586 B.C.

101. where he witnessed the
deaths of his own family
and where he died far
from everything that
meant anything to him.

102. 6 “As for you, Pashhur,
and all who live in your
house, you will go into
captivity.
You will go to Babylon.
There you will die, and
there you will be buried,

103. you and all your friends
that you prophesied
falsely to.”

104. Despite having just been
tortured by Pashhur,
Jeremiah did not refrain
from continuing to speak
God’s truth and to tell the
priest what God had in
store for him.

105. Sometimes circumstances
bring discouragement and
sometimes people do but
God always expects us to
remain faithful in serving
Him regardless of the cost
to us & to those around us.

106. Even though we expect
discouragement
(John 16:33),
we do not have to allow it
to have victory over us
(Romans 8).
Examples from your life?

107. Publicly Jeremiah
continued his ministry,
but privately he was
discouraged and he went
to God in prayer and
honestly expressed his
feelings.

108. Let this be a reminder to
us that some of our
leaders may appear
strong to us publically
when inside, they may be
on the brink of despair
and need our support.

109. 7 “You deceived me,
Lord, and I was deceived.
You seized me and
prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all
the time;
everyone ridicules me.

110. 8 For whenever I speak,
I cry out, I proclaim,
“Violence and
destruction!” because the
word of the Lord has
become for me constant
disgrace and derision.

111. 9 If I say, “I won’t
mention Him or speak
any longer in His name,”
His message becomes a
fire burning in my heart,
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding

112. it in, and I cannot prevail.
10 For I have heard the
gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!
Report him; let’s report
him!”

113. Everyone I trusted
watches for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be
deceived so that we might
prevail against him and
take our vengeance on
him.”’

114. Jeremiah had been
serving God faithfully for
20 years when this
happened to him.
He had been warning
folks of God’s judgment
and no one was listening.

115. God had showed
Jeremiah that a train
wreck was approaching
and he longed for
repentance from those he
loved.
We as parents feel

116. discouraged when our
children don’t heed our
warnings and it takes a
toll on us.
Francis Schaeffer said that
“If you love God and love
men and have compassion

117. for them, you will pay a
real price psychologically.”
*Don't be discouraged if
your children reject your
advice. Years later they
will offer it to their own
offspring.

118. Following Jeremiah’s
example, one of the first
steps in overcoming
discouragement is to
confess our feelings to
God.

119. He is certainly big enough
to handle our frustrations.
Jeremiah told God that the
gossip was getting to him
in verse 10, “For I have
heard the gossip of many
people”.

120. Gossip is deadly to God’s
kingdom work.
We are to “speak the truth
in love” (Ephesians 4:15)
but never to gossip.

121. The Hebrew word translated
“gossip” in the OT is defined
as “one who goes about as a
talebearer or scandal-
monger.”

122. Gossip is distinguished from
sharing information in two
ways:
1. Intent. Gossipers often
have the goal of building
themselves up by making
others look bad and exalting

123. themselves as some kind of
repositories of knowledge.
2. The type of information
shared. Gossipers speak of
the faults and failings of
others, or reveal potentially

124. embarrassing or shameful
details regarding the lives of
others without their
knowledge or approval.
Even if they mean no harm,
it is still damaging gossip.

126. In the book of Romans, Paul
reveals the sinful nature and
lawlessness of mankind,
stating how God poured out
His wrath on those who
rejected His laws (including
gossiping). Romans 1:29b-32

127. Romans 1:28b-31
“God delivered them over
to a worthless mind to do
what is morally wrong.
29 They are filled with all
unrighteousness, evil,
greed, and wickedness.

128. They are full of envy,
murder, quarrels, deceit,
and malice. They are
gossips,
30 slanderers, God-haters,
arrogant, proud, boastful,
inventors of evil,

129. disobedient to parents,
31 undiscerning,
untrustworthy,
unloving, and
unmerciful.”
Romans 1:28b-31

130. We see from this passage
how serious the sin of gossip
is and that it characterizes
those who are under God’s
wrath.

131. Gossips hear and observe
situations which they can
distort.
“A gossip betrays a
confidence; so avoid a man
[or woman] who talks too
much” (Proverbs 20:19).

133. “A fool's mouth is his
undoing, and his lips are a
snare to his soul. The words
of a gossip are like choice
morsels; they go down to a
man's inmost parts”
(Proverbs 18:7-8).

135. Those who guard their
tongues keep themselves
from calamity
(Proverbs 21:23).
So we must guard our
tongues and refrain from
the sinful act of gossip.

136. May we all follow the Bible’s
teaching on gossip by
keeping our mouths shut
unless it is necessary and
appropriate to speak.

137. Jeremiah felt as if no one
had his back and that
everyone was talking behind
his back by turning
Pashhur’s God-given name
into a slurring nickname for
Jeremiah.

138. The gossips would say,
“Here comes old Mr-Terror-
on Every-Side himself”.
Jeremiah’s pain was so great
that he, like Job, lamented
the day of his birth
(Jer. 20:14-18; Job 3:1-12).

139. 14 “May the day I was
born
be cursed.
May the day my mother
bore me never be
blessed.”
Jeremiah 20:14

140. There is a difference
between complaining
about our circumstances
to others and confessing
our frustrations to God.

141. When God calls us to a
task, He will give us the
strength and fortitude to
do what He wants us to
do.

142. Jeremiah 20:9
9 If I say, “I won’t
mention Him or speak
any longer in His name,”
His message becomes a
fire burning in my heart,
shut up in my bones.

144. I become tired of holding
it in,
and I cannot prevail.”
Jeremiah 20:9

145. How would the world be
different if all believers
felt as though God’s
message was “fire in our
hearts” and we were
compelled to share it with
others?

147. Jeremiah 20:11-13
11 “But the Lord is with
me like a violent warrior.
Therefore, my persecutors
will stumble and not
prevail.

148. Since they have not
succeeded, they will be
utterly shamed,
an everlasting humiliation
that will never be
forgotten.

149. 12 Lord of Hosts, testing
the righteous and seeing
the heart and mind, let me
see Your vengeance on
them, for I have presented
my case to You.

150. 13 Sing to the Lord!
Praise the Lord,
for He rescues the life of
the needy from the hand
of evil people.”
Jeremiah 20:1-13

151. “But the Lord is with me”
in v11 is also proclaimed
in Zephaniah 3:17:
17“The Lord your God is
with you,
He is mighty to save.
He will take great delight

152. in you,
He will quiet you with
His love,
He will rejoice over you
with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17

154. “the Lord is with me like
a violent warrior” views
God as a Champion and
Defender of those who
serve Him.
God has gone to war and
will go to war for you!

155. The change in tone in
these last three verses is
quite abrupt and marks
the change in Jeremiah’s
attitude.

156. Jeremiah stopped
thinking about his
situations through the
filter of his experiences
and began to consider
them in the light of God’s
greatness and power.

157. This is the only way
Jeremiah – and we – can
keep our difficulties in
perspective.
We must remember Who
is in control and our
problems begin to fade

158. into the background as
praise rises to the
foreground.
What are some of your
experiences when God
calmed your fears and
helped you to see Him?

159. What are some situations
when you tend to feel
out of control?
•
illnesses?
•
bad weather?
•
financial difficulties?
•
family crises?

160. How can we give God the
praise in each of these
situations?
How does our desire to be
in control prevent our
trusting God to take care
of us?

161. Following Jeremiah’s
journey is like riding a
roller coaster.
He’s up, then he’s down,
then he’s up again!
We may wonder about
ourselves during times of

162. discouragement.
Voices try to drag us
down. Others bring us
up. Which ones speak for
God?
What voices do you hear
when you’re discouraged?

163. Which messages do you
pay the most attention to?
What does that do for
your level of
discouragement?
The whispers of those
who declared they would

164. prevail against Jeremiah
threatened to drag the
prophet into the
quicksand of
discouragement.
But he refused to give in
to those messages.

165. Instead he chose to
believe God’s promise,
“I am with you to rescue
you.” (Jeremiah 1:19)
Jeremiah quit focusing on
the hardship and
humiliation and chose to

166. focus on the God Who
would deliver him from
those who opposed him.
Jeremiah remembered
that God was his faithful
warrior and everything
He told Jeremiah came

167. true.
Jeremiah was so certain
that God would prevail
that he sang a victory
song!

168. Do you think Jeremiah’s
song of praise came after
God raised him out of
discouragement or did the
praise raise Jeremiah?
Or both?
What say ye?

169. The ultimate source of our
discouragement is Satan.
We must remember that
God has already defeated
Satan.

170. Everything God has
promised about our
victorious future will
come true.
He shows us what to do
in the meantime.

171. God has provided us with
this glimpse into
Jeremiah’s psyche to
encourage us and let us
know that His servants
get discouraged.
The people God uses are

172. not emotionless super-
humans but real people
who genuinely care.
They want to please God!
Every bout of
discouragement presents
us with a choice.

173. We can keep looking
down at the frustrations
and decide to stop serving
God.
Or we can look up in
prayer and continue
serving the God Who

174. saved us from the pit of
Hell.
It is certainly appropriate
to confess our frustrations
to God, but if we want to
rise above
discouragement, we must

175. conclude with worship.
Jeremiah followed Job’s
example and made the
large jump from
pessimism to
praise.

176. Discouragement is not
always a sign of
unhealthy mood swings.
During those times of
discouragement and
despair, we call on God
for help and guidance.

177. We should sing praises to
Him even in the midst of
persecution, suffering
and despair.
We remain confident that
He is in control.

178. He proved His love for us
at the cross!
Let us rise above
discouragement.

179. 5 Biblical truths of this
lesson:
1) Those who serve God
faithfully can expect
opposition from God’s
enemies, even to the point
of torture.

180. 2) God calls on us to be
faithful in proclaiming
His Word regardless of
the cost to us or to those
around us.

181. 3) God’s Word is
sometimes hard to
proclaim, especially if it
says something people we
love and want to help are
offended by – but we do
so anyway.

182. 4) Feeling frustrated or
discouraged while serving
the Lord is not
uncommon.
At such times, we should
be honest with God about
those feelings.

183. 5) God’s people need to
remain confident in Him
as the Sovereign of the
universe Who will
accomplish His purpose
and vindicate them at the
proper time.

185. 2 Cor 4:8 We are pressured
in every way but not
crushed; we are perplexed
but not in despair; 9 we are
persecuted but not
abandoned; we are struck
down but not destroyed.

186. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
16 “Therefore we do not
give up. Even though our
outer person is being
destroyed, our inner
person is being renewed
day by day.

187. 17 For our momentary
light affliction is
producing for us an
absolutely incomparable
eternal weight of glory.

188. 18 So we do not focus on
what is seen, but on what
is unseen. For what is
seen is temporary, but
what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:16-18

189. Assignment for next week
is to study Jeremiah
chapters 37 and 38.

190. Psalm 27
My Stronghold
Written by David
1 ”The Lord is my light
and my salvation—
whom should I fear?

191. The Lord is the
stronghold of my life—
of whom should I be
afraid?
2 When evildoers came
against me to devour my
flesh,

192. my foes and my enemies
stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army
deploys against me, my
heart is not afraid; though
a war breaks out against
me, still I am confident.

193. 4 I have asked one thing
from the Lord; it is what I
desire: to dwell in the
house of the Lord all the
days of my life, gazing on
the beauty of the Lord
and seeking Him in His

194. temple.
5 For He will conceal me
in His shelter in the day of
adversity; He will hide me
under the cover of His
tent; He will set me high
on a rock.

195. 6 Then my head will be
high above my enemies
around me; I will offer
sacrifices in His tent with
shouts of joy. I will sing
and make music to
the Lord.

196. 7 Lord, hear my voice
when I call; be gracious to
me and answer me.
8 My heart says this about
You, “You are to seek My
face.” Lord, I will seek
Your face.

197. 9 Do not hide Your face
from me; do not turn Your
servant away in anger.
You have been my
helper; do not leave me or
abandon me,
God of my salvation.

198. 10 Even if my father and
mother abandon me,
the Lord cares for me.
11 Because of my
adversaries, show me
Your way, Lord, and lead
me on a level path.

199. 12 Do not give me over to
the will of my foes, for
false witnesses rise up
against me, breathing
violence.
13 I am certain that I will
see the Lord’s goodness

200. in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the Lord;
be strong and
courageous.
Wait for the Lord.”
Psalm 27