{"id":17440,"date":"2023-06-04T01:01:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T01:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/?p=17440"},"modified":"2023-05-24T00:43:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T00:43:01","slug":"great-god-my-maker-and-my-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/2023\/06\/great-god-my-maker-and-my-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Great God! My Maker And My King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 25:1-22: &#8220;Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.\u00a0O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed,\u00a0let not mine enemies triumph over me. yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed:\u00a0let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.\u00a0Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.\u00a0Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:\u00a0for thou art the God of my salvation;\u00a0on thee do I wait all the day.\u00a0Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;\u00a0for they have been ever of old.\u00a0Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:\u00a0according to thy mercy remember thou me\u00a0for thy goodness&#8217; sake, O LORD.\u00a0Good and upright is the LORD:\u00a0therefore will he teach sinners in the way.\u00a0The meek will he guide in judgment:\u00a0and the meek will he teach his way.\u00a0All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth\u00a0unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.\u00a0For thy name&#8217;s sake, O LORD,\u00a0pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.\u00a0What man is he that feareth the LORD?\u00a0him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.\u00a0His soul shall dwell at ease;\u00a0and his seed shall inherit the earth.\u00a0The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him;\u00a0and he will shew them his covenant.\u00a0Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD;\u00a0for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.\u00a0Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;\u00a0for I am desolate and afflicted.\u00a0The troubles of my heart are enlarged:\u00a0O bring thou me out of my distresses.\u00a0Look upon mine affliction and my pain;\u00a0and forgive all my sins.\u00a0Consider mine enemies; for they are many;\u00a0and they hate me with cruel hatred.\u00a0O keep my soul, and deliver me:\u00a0let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.\u00a0Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;\u00a0for I wait on thee.\u00a0Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"17440\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"box-shadow:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;\"><div class=\"bookmark-off\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 25:1-22: &#8220;Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.\u00a0O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed,\u00a0let not mine enemies triumph over me. yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed:\u00a0let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.\u00a0Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.\u00a0Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:\u00a0for thou art the God of my salvation;\u00a0on thee do I wait all the day.\u00a0Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;\u00a0for they have been ever of old.\u00a0Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:\u00a0according to thy mercy remember thou me\u00a0for thy goodness&#8217; sake, O LORD.\u00a0Good and upright is the LORD:\u00a0therefore will he teach sinners in the way.\u00a0The meek will he guide in judgment:\u00a0and the meek will he teach his way.\u00a0All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth\u00a0unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.\u00a0For thy name&#8217;s sake, O LORD,\u00a0pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.\u00a0What man is he that feareth the LORD?\u00a0him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.\u00a0His soul shall dwell at ease;\u00a0and his seed shall inherit the earth.\u00a0The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him;\u00a0and he will shew them his covenant.\u00a0Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD;\u00a0for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.\u00a0Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;\u00a0for I am desolate and afflicted.\u00a0The troubles of my heart are enlarged:\u00a0O bring thou me out of my distresses.\u00a0Look upon mine affliction and my pain;\u00a0and forgive all my sins.\u00a0Consider mine enemies; for they are many;\u00a0and they hate me with cruel hatred.\u00a0O keep my soul, and deliver me:\u00a0let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.\u00a0Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;\u00a0for I wait on thee.\u00a0Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":17434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1273,1294],"tags":[1253],"class_list":["post-17440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trials-and-tribulations","category-benjamin-beddome","tag-tribulation","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17441,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17440\/revisions\/17441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}