Psalm 19, if you would, please, Psalm 19 in your Bibles, if you would. I know that Brother Richard King is a part of this church and thankful for him. And I remember one of his quotes that he said, and I'm sure you've heard it several times, if another man's bullets fit my gun, I'll shoot him. And what he means by that is if somebody else has got something good to say, there's nothing wrong with saying it from the pulpit as well. And so I borrowed one of his messages. I'm going to preach that this morning. No, I'm kidding. I'm not. But just a blessing to be here. Psalm 19. in your Bibles. I think we'll do a psalm series today, if the Lord allows, and talked with your pastor about a couple of things, and didn't even bring this up in the conversation, so hopefully he's okay with this. If not, I won't be preaching tonight. But I think we'll do a Psalm series today, and the Lord's allowed me to preach some messages out of Psalms and still continue that way. It's just been a blessing. And although these might be borrowed from some of those thoughts, a couple of these are still new in the way that we'll present them this morning. And so we'll look at Psalm 19 to start with. And maybe you've read this, this is a powerful passage of scripture, Psalm 19. Do we stand in honor of God's word in Sunday school? All right, so go ahead and let's do that, and we'll read this together in honor of God's word. I'm gonna ask you to read verses seven through nine out loud with me. But I'll read the rest, all right? So when we get to verse 7, you read verses 7 through 9 out loud with me, and I'll read the verses before and the verses after. Also, I didn't ask for permission to do this. It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission. But I'm going to ask some of you, if you have a King James Bible and you're willing to read some verses out loud throughout the Sunday school, lesson this morning to help with the flow of things and whatnot, we might do that. Is that okay for the rest of you? Crystal said it was fine. She shook her head. Yes, so it's okay. All right, Psalm 19, verse 1. The Bible says, The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world in them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun." Now I want to mention that David is not glorifying creation or he is not worshiping creation here. He's worshiping the creator of creation, but he is acknowledging the awesomeness of creation. Can we allow that this morning? He's acknowledging that there is something awesome about God's creation, and we'll talk about that here in a minute. It says in verse 5, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race, his going forth is from the end of the heaven and his circuit unto the ends of it, and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. Ready, begin. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. I'm going to point out a transition that's been made. David spent some time talking about God's glory in creation. But he puts more emphasis on the Word of God than on creation. That's a big deal. We'll talk about that here in a minute. Verse 11, moreover by them is thy servant warned, and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then shall I be upright and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. And that ought to be our prayer as well. Let's pray and we'll get into it. Our God in heaven, Lord, I need you this morning. And Lord, as we consider this thought, am I acceptable in God's sight? And Lord, I pray that you'd help me to say what you would have me to say. And I thank you for everyone who's here. Bless them. I'll be with those who might still be on their way. I don't know the needs. Lord, only you can meet them. And Lord, I pray that you'd be pleased through everything that is said and done, and then how we respond to your word as well. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Thank you so much. You can be seated. Now, if you'll notice, the superscription of this psalm to the chief musician, a psalm of David, it kind of gives us a clue this psalm is meant to serve as a hymn. It's to the chief musician. This is first seen in Psalm 4 as an identifying mark. This chief musician was the one who directed the music in Israel's worship service It was used by so-called maybe the choir leader of the Levitical priests, and the congregation would get involved singing and accompany worship. We find that in 1 Chronicles 23 and Nehemiah 11. Psalm 19 was a song that worshiped God, but it encouraged people to worship God, as we just acknowledged a second ago as we were reading, worship God for his creation. and worship God for his word. And we ought to learn from that, right? We ought to worship God, amen? And we ought to worship God for his creation, and we ought to be thankful and worship God for the word of God as well, without question. Psalm 19 is also a kind of a centerpiece. So between Psalm 15 and Psalm 24, we have kind of a pattern that goes on. And without going into too much detail, Psalm 15 and Psalm 24 are much alike. Psalm 16 and Psalm 23 are much alike. Psalm 17 and Psalm 22 are much alike. And just spend some time maybe looking at it, you'll find that 15 and 24 are talking about worship, and 16 and 23 are talking about a type of worshiper, And so on and so forth. There's different similarities that are found in these. And Psalm 19 is almost in the center of all of that. Psalm 15 and 24 being bookends of those things and Psalm 19 being in center. So there's an arrangement that kind of follows a secular pattern of sorts here. And Psalm 15 and Psalm 24 kind of make up the outer ring, talking about the majesty of God, talking about our awesome God. And he is awesome. And then it talks about, as you move in, it talks about a moral character of what we ought to look like and how our view of God has a direct impact on how we worship God. I'm gonna say that one more time. Your view of God, how you view him, has a direct impact on how you worship him. And so we find that in the psalms, we'll talk about it in the 11 o'clock hours, we get into different psalms in psalm six, but the psalms give us insight into some emotions. Now we know that they're songs, but the psalms have, they give us a lot about history, some prophecy. There's a lot about prophecy in the psalms. Some is just, it seems like almost just straight emotion. Some of it is all praise and worship to God. And some of it is doctrine. Some of it is lamenting over sin. I mean, most of the Psalms were written by David, but you get more than just, you get the experiences, the emotions behind the experiences, I should say. You find, how many of you are familiar with David? Just raise your hand here if you're familiar with David. And let's just help you out here so you can maybe wake up a little bit. David and what? Nobody said Bathsheba. OK, that's good. But we could say David and Bathsheba, right? There's stories we're familiar with regarding David. Well, those familiar stories, you get the emotions behind some of those things in the Psalms as well. You get some insight into what was going on in David's struggle and David's heart and life in these things as well. When we look at scripture in this way, we find that we are well served to be a student of the Word of God, 2 Timothy 2.15, be a workman that needeth not to be what? Ashamed. Rightly dividing the Word of Truth. And so I think it's important before we move into the heart of this psalm that we realize those things. Psalm 19 is is not just a psalm, but it's not just a hymn, but this is also considered a wisdom psalm. It's noted with psalm one. So you got psalm one, psalm 19, psalm 32, psalm 37, psalm 49, psalm 73, psalm 112, psalm 119, and psalm 128. All of these have been labeled as what you would call wisdom psalms. In other words, you read this, you apply, what you read here, and it's wisdom, all right? The Bible talks much about, in the book of Proverbs, understanding and knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is what you know, what you've been given, what you know, right? About what God's word says. Understanding is knowing why it says it, and wisdom is applying what you've learned, all right? And so Psalm 19 is one of those. So, At the heart of this psalm, we find that it praises God for creation, and it praises God for His Word. So let's get into it. Look at verse 1, if you would. Psalm 19, verse 1. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day are their speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, to the end of the world, and then he hath set a tabernacle for the sun. Now I want you, as we look at this first six verses, to maybe think about a beautiful place that you've seen, part of God's creation. I don't know where all y'all have been and what you've seen, but I think of the mountains. I love the mountains. I love being in the mountains. I lived near the mountains for a long time, and I loved to go on hikes. and to camp out in the mountains and just see peaks and God's glory found in creation. And David is saying here in verse one, the heavens declare the glory of God and to that I say amen. I mean, there's no question about it. It's awesome. And there's different The beauty of God's creation is found in different ways all over the place. You can find beauty in different characteristics of creation, maybe not just mountains, but in the ocean or even in the desert you might find some beauty there. It depends on your taste. But just the plains of America, the different places around the world, there's beauty in God's creation, no doubt about it. It declares the glory of God. It definitely shows His handiwork. And verse 2, day in a day, it utters speech. It's speaking to us about God's creation. I think about Romans 1 and how mankind has no excuse because God's creation declares Him. It declares there is a Creator God. And notice here, though, we take note again of the fact that the heavens literally show us the vastness, the splendor, the order, the majesty of the hand of God. Romans 1.20 says, for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse. And David marks it down as the handiwork of God. There's a huge contrast between in our day versus those ancient days, David looked around and he saw the sun. David looked around, he saw creation, he saw the stars, and around him in the pastures maybe where the sheep were, and when he saw those things, He said, there is a God. When he saw those saints, he saw God. He knew that God had worked a wonder with creation. He knew that God had worked a wonder with his hand. He looked around, and no doubt about it, he said, there is a God. Now, the modern world looks at the very same elements, and they acknowledge so-called natural laws. The modern world looks at the same thing that David looked at, and they look today, and they never see God. David looked and saw God. They never see God. In fact, they think they can remove him totally from the picture, and they can say there is no God. Romans 1.22 says, professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. Look at Isaiah 40, verse 12, if you would. Savior placed there. In Psalms, go to Isaiah 40. It's to the right, not too far. See, the glory of God is literally unmistakable in creation. In Isaiah 40, let's read this, verse 12. The Bible says, who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains and scales and the hills in a balance. It sounds like Job talking here, doesn't it? If you're familiar with Job, he asked questions about, or he's asked questions really about God. Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord, or being his counselor, hath taught him. We could go on all the way to verse 31 regarding these questions in verse 21. Have ye not known? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is He, God, that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in, that bringeth the princes to nothing, he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity, yea, they shall not be planted, yea, they shall not be sown, yea, their stalks shall not take root in the earth, and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. I mean, we're talking about God's majesty here. We're talking about God's power. We're talking about God's creation. We've got to have a proper view of who God is. And listen, creation helps us do that. It's awesome. It's amazing. Go back to Psalm 19, if you would. See, here's a distinct difference between the Christian and the humanist. If you're saved this morning, say amen. So there ought to be a distinct difference between you and the humanist, and I know that there is. We see God's creation and worship Him. They see God's creation and they worship the creation more than the creator, which is the pattern that Paul worked out in Romans 1 that we've been referencing. A vicious cycle to worship God's creation more than you worship God. Notice in verse 2 of Psalm 19, Day unto day, utterest speech. So in verse one, I guess my point was this, God's glory in creation is unmistakable. In verse two, God's glory in creation is unceasing. Day unto day, utterest speech, and night unto night, showest knowledge. If God's glory in creation is unmistakable, it's also unceasing. Whether or not the world realizes it or not, the heavens are shouting out a constant message. The heavens are shouting out a sermon, a word from God every single day. And day unto day, night unto night, His glory in daytime, His glory in the nighttime, it's unceasing, it has no ending to it. And the part that is unceasing is that this has been taking place from the beginning of creation. God's glory has always been there, He's had no beginning, amen? But from the moment of creation, creation has been shouting out God's glory. The image that is given is, when you studied out the Hebrew language, the image that is given is this, a gushing spring that is constantly pouring out sweet and cool, refreshing revelation from God. Everywhere we look, the revelation of God is being poured out in all of creation. Now there's a reason I'm building this up so much about this first part, verses 1 through 6, regarding God's creation. We'll talk about that in just a second, but just stay with me. The stars testify of a God with great power. The human body testifies of a all-wise Creator. The petals of a flower, the majesty of a snowflake, the orbit of not just the planets, but the orbit of a tiny atom, and all of its parts, the nature of light, the aspects of gravity, and a host of other things. All of these sayings point to a Creator God. We scratched the surface just talking about that. And the more deeper you get into it, the more complicated and greater it is, and literally beyond the mind of man to comprehend it or fathom it. Day after day, speech is poured out. Night after night, knowledge is poured out. It just pushes its way towards us. It's gushing out like a spring. Look at verse three. So His glory and creation is unceasing, in verse two. In verse three, His glory and creation is unspoken. There is no speech nor language where the voice is not heard. This message is unceasing. This message is unmistakable. It's clear. The creation is crying it out, sure, but we can't put it into words. We can't articulate it. We can't even come close. When we talk about the glory of God, we've fallen far short in comparison to what the glory of God really is. There's never a word. or there's nothing that can be done exactly that gives justice to God's glory. And I get an idea here that because of that, God's creation does a pretty good job of declaring it. In fact, God said, if we don't cry out, the rocks will. Notice in verse four, his glory and creation is universal. It says, their line has gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. Into them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun. Even though there's no words needed to preach the message of God's glory and creation, it still reaches all of creation. That voice that goes through all the earth, how creation is crying out, there isn't a limitation to it. To the north or to the south, east or west, there's no limitation to God's message being reached out. It reaches beyond all that. Look at verse five, we'll hurry through this part. His glory in creation is undiminished. Actually, look at the end of verse four. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. David works with the end of verse four and five to show us three pictures of the way that God's glory in creation is undiminished. The sun is undiminished, okay? It says, in them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun. The sun is undiminished. Then like a glowing bridegroom or somebody, a bridegroom, I mean, he's excited, right? He's, you picture when men, when you were getting married, I mean, you were excited about things and life was new and looking forward to these things and you just had this energy about you and like a glowing bridegroom, full of strength and joy. Then like a strong champion, rejoice that there's a strong man to run a race. like a hero that will win a championship. David reverts maybe back to his days as a shepherd boy. Just try to put yourself in his shoes here when he would see the rising and the setting of the sun. Maybe he was just thinking about the fact that God was so glorious. He created a tabernacle, a tent just to house the sun when it fell in the darkness. He'd watch the sun come up in the morning and cover the world in lights and just try to imagine kind of his his illustration here of all of these sayings regarding the fact that there's energy in a bridegroom, there's energy in a champion, and then the power of the sun coming out in the morning. And I know it's something that we're familiar with, but the sun rising in the morning is still an awesome thing each and every single day, whether we realize it or not. And David is saying, that's how awesome our God is. Notice verse 6. His glory in creation is unresting. His going forth is from the end of the heaven and a circuit under the ends of it and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. Two examples here that show us God's glory and creation never rests. The sun is always rising and the sun is always setting. You think about the sun being literally a ball of gases, 93 million miles away, burning as a nuclear reaction constantly over and over again. And even scientists who don't believe in God and creation scientists agree on this, that if the sun rises, At 6 a.m., it will take 8 minutes before the light actually gets to Earth. And when you consider the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second, even just that little thought about God and His creation is staggering to my mind. It's awesome. They say that it would take, if the world tarried that long, even creation scientists say, if the world tarried that long and God didn't intervene, they say it would take billions of years for the sun to burn out. Every morning, sun rises. Every morning, the sun sets, unceasing until God destroys it all and creates a new heaven and a new earth. And when you think of a man who wants to lift himself up against God, when you consider these sayings and you think of us who we know God has a will, we know God has a plan, we know God has a purpose for our lives, he's revealed it to us in his word, which we'll talk about here in just a second. And we say, no, it's my life. I'm going to live it the way I want to do. That's why David said in Psalm 8, what is man that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man that thou thinkest of him. Who are we to say to God, I'm going to live my life the way I want to live my life? I'm not going to obey your word. I'm not going to be faithful to your house. I'm not going to be faithful to read your word or pray or tell us about Christ. Who am I to say that to God? We just scratched the surface of how awesome our God is. I don't want to mess with that. I don't want to mess with that. And so then we have verse 7 through 11. So we have the glory of God in creation, and then we have the glory of God in his word. Look at verse 7. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart The commandments of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. As great as creation may be, when David shifts gears in this psalm, he shows to us that the law of the Lord is even greater than creation. In verse 7, he's saying scripture is perfect. Say, why would you say that statement you just said? Why would you say that as great as creation is, the word of God is greater than creation? Because the Bible says in Matthew 24, 35, the world will pass away. Heaven and earth will pass away. But then it goes on to say, but my words shall not pass away. Scripture's perfect. Scripture is God-breathed. Scripture is inspired, that's what the word means. Revered, honored, it's exalted. Henry Ward Beecher said, the Bible is God's chart to you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea and to show you where the harbor is and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars. A. W. Tozer said, we must not select a few passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian. I don't know who said this, but I'm going to quote it or read it to you. Century follows century, there it stands. Empires rise and fall and are forgotten, there it stands. Dynasty succeeds dynasty, there it stands. Kings are crowned and uncrowned, there it stands. Emperors decree its extermination, but there it stands. Despised and torn to pieces, there it stands. Storms of hate swirl about it, there it stands. Atheists rail against it, there it stands. Agnostics smile cynically, there it stands. Profane prayerless punsters parody it, obviously I didn't come up with that one, there it stands. Unbelief abandons it, there it stands. Higher critics deny its claimed inspiration, there it stands. Thunderbolts of wrath smite it, there it stands. The flames are kindled against it, there it stands. Arrows of hate are discharged against it, there it stands. Fogs of sophistry conceal it temporarily, there it stands. That's a tough one right there. The tooth of time gnaws but denies it not, there it stands. Modernism tries to explain it away, there it stands. It is God's highway to paradise. It is the light on the pathway of darkest night. It leads businessmen to integrity and uprightness. It is the great consoler in bereavement. It awakens men and women drugged by sin. It answers every question of the soul. It solves every problem of life. It is a fortress often attacked but never failing. Its wisdom is commanding and its logic convincing. Salvation is its watchword. Eternal life is its goal. It punctures all pretenses. It is forward-looking, outward-looking, upward-looking. It outlives, outlifts, outloves, outreaches, outranks, and outruns all other books. Trust it, love it, obey it, and eternal life is yours. David knew about the power of God's word, and David emphasizes the power of God's word right here in Psalm 19. And he emphasizes the power of God's law, and he describes it with a word. Perfect. Verse seven. God's Word is perfect. It's flawless. It's without defect. It's inerrant. And you need it. Do you hear me? You need God's Word. But if you're gonna have the testimony of God's Word working in your life, you will have to pursue God's word. Let me just say this simple statement here and just think about it. God knows you. He knows everything about you. He knows what you're gonna face tomorrow. And here's David is magnifying God's power in creation. And then he's saying God's word is more powerful than even that. And God knows you, therefore you need God's word to help guide and direct your life. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and what? A light unto my path. I will hide God's word in my heart that I might not sin against thee. Don't ever forget that God's word is what you need in your life. Verse 8 tells us the commandments of the Lord are pure. So he uses the word perfect in verse 7, he uses the word pure in verse 8. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandments of the Lord are pure, enlightening the eyes. Commandments are precepts, laws, or points that make me aware of what I need in my life. The power of the gospel is a wonderful thing, and not just for salvation, and we'll talk about that here in the 11 o'clock hour, but being made aware of my state without God, I'm a sinful man, I'm in need of something to happen, otherwise I'm headed for a devil's hell, and Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins, and all of that is because of the fact that God knows me, and to David, The law of the Lord is not something that was burdensome to him, but it added satisfaction to his life. Notice verse 10. Scripture is precious. Scripture is perfect. Scripture is pure. But it is also precious. I hope you understand that God's Word is perfect for you today. I hope you understand that God's Word is without error. It's pure. In other words, you can count on God's Word. And I hope you understand that it is precious, or it ought to be precious to you. It ought to be precious for you to take time and spend time in God's word, read God's word. It ought to be so precious to you that it affects how you live your life. If my wife is precious to me, which she is, if my wife is precious to me, then the decisions I make in my day are gonna be affected by that. I mean, come on, how many of you remember when you fell in love? Raise your hand, don't lie. You're like, it was a long time ago, okay. Yeah, so you remember when you fell in love? And I mean, when you woke up in the morning, who did you think about? Who you were in love with? How you got dressed? Is so-and-so gonna like or appreciate the way I'm dressed? Is she or he gonna like my outfit or hate my outfit? Where do you want to eat? No, no, where do you want to eat? Where do you want to go? No, no, where do you want to go? Let me get the door for you. Oh, you don't have to get the door for me. I mean, everything was about the other person. And your decisions that you made were affected by the person you fell in love with. Now you've been married for 10, 20, 30 years. What happened? I mean, come on, you know, why start nudging your husbands here, okay? And let them know, you need that to happen again. But every decision you made was affected by that person that you loved, because that person was precious to you. If God is precious to you, if God's word is precious to you, then it ought to have an effect on the decisions you make. What does God think about this? What does God's word say about this decision? What does God's Word say about my music? What does God's Word say about my dress? What does God's Word say about my attitude? What does God's Word say about anything that I'm doing today? And ought to have an impact in that way. Notice verse 11. Scripture is powerful. Scripture is not only perfect and precious, it is also powerful. See, David tops it off by telling us that there is a great reward in keeping the law of God. Look what it says. Moreover, by them is thy servant warned, and in keeping of them there is great reward." The Bible is not like any other book. A man, J.B. Phillips, said as he was writing, he did not initially believe in the inerrancy of scriptures when he first started. It was more or less an academic exercise to him. But in the process, he saw so many shocking facts from the New Testament that it changed his mind. The material he was handling, he realized, had power. I don't necessarily agree with everything J.B. Phillips has said or written in his writings, but I agree with this. He said the Word of God was like literally working with live electricity as he worked through it. It was powerful. It changed his life. And I want you to understand this morning, God's Word is powerful. How many of you have ever been under the preaching of God's Word and your heart has been convicted? How many of you were saved in or because of a church service? How many were saved because somebody presented the Word of God to you, maybe at your house or your home or somewhere else? How many were saved that way? Amen. Either way, God's Word was presented. Amen? God's Word is powerful. Very powerful. See, as powerful as creation is, God's Word is more powerful. It's not like anything else. It'll change everything about your life if you let it. So then, just last few minutes that we have left here, I want you to notice verses 12 through 14. Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Now, David seems to be, in his psalm, responding in a prayer here. And in verse 12, he's saying this, reveal my sin. Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me. David's saying, cleanse thou me from secret faults. What is it that stirred a response of David? Listen, what got David to verse 12 through 14 is this. David's realizing the perfection, the preciousness, and the power of Scripture. And the whole crux of David's prayer is this. When we're exposed to the law of God, we're exposed to who God is, it should cause us to express a personal need of God. In other words, when God's Word is revealed to you, It's our duty and obligation to respond to it. When Isaiah saw who God was, he saw himself for who he was. James says that we ought not to be just hearers of God's Word, but what? Doers of the Word of God. And so when God's Word is presented to me, I ought to respond and say, okay, not only what is it saying, but what does it have to do with me? We have a lot of knowledge mindsets, know more about God's word, know more about God's word, know more about God's word, and have all this information and knowledge, but it has a problem of moving from here to here, to our hearts. And David is saying here, he realizes these truths about God's creation and God's word, but he says, God, I need you to work on my heart. And that resulted in a response. But when you're exposed to God's Word, it ought to cause you to express a need for God. He says in verse 12, Reveal my sin, show me my faults. I mean, we've got to gain a good grasp of this thought here. The clearer that our view of God's Word is, the more glaring our sin is. Did you hear that? The clearer our view of God's Word is, the more glaring our sin is. Our only hope is the grace of God. Praise God for God's grace. Amen. David's saying, show me my fault, acquit me of my sin, restore me from practicing these things, free me from the power of sin. The whole drive of every child of God should be what Paul said in 1 Timothy 3, how our spirit, our attitudes, our actions, our behavior should be blameless. David uses the word secret faults here. the ones hiding and no one else knows about. We don't have time to go into what all these could be. In verse 12, he's saying, reveal my sin. In verse 13 through 14, he's saying, restrain my sin, look at it, keep back thy servant from also my presumptuous sins. Restrain it, let them not have dominion over me. Then shall I be upright and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, so creation is pleasing to God. Listen, David said in verses one through six, creation glorifies God. He said in verses 7 through 11, God's word is glorifying to God. And now he's saying, I want to be glorifying to God. And he says in verse 14, let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart. Can I interject the word also without saying we're adding to scripture here? Because I don't believe in adding scripture at all. Let the words of my mouth and meditation of my heart acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. I also want my words and my actions and my meditation in my heart to be pleasing to God." We ought to literally cry out the same words that David is. A preacher by the last name Lange said, there has never been a lack of preaching God in There has never been a lack of preaching, God. I know there's a lack of preachers, but preaching has always happened. There has never been a lack of preaching, God, but often a lack of people to hear the sermon, heed it, and obey it. What about you?