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Psalm 18:18,19 (NIV) says:

18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.

I find it curious that WL & Co couldn't see fit to even notice these words. Folks, can't we possibly see Jesus here?

Verse 19 says that "he rescued me because he delighted in me." Compare, for instance, to:

Matt 3:17 (Aramaic) "And behold a voice from Heaven that said, 'This is my Son, The Beloved, in whom I am delighted.'”

And Matt 17:5 (Aramaic) "And while he was speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice came from the cloud, which said, 'This is my Son, The Beloved, in whom I delight; hear him.'”

Isn't it possible, when reading the words of Scripture, that we read them as though they were the word of Christ (Col 3:16)? Would you rather see the Father's delight, or WL's natural concepts about David's natural concepts?

Paul also equates this word of Christ dwelling in us richly to being "filled in Spirit" (Eph 5:18,19) by singing and speaking these words to each other, and to His Father and our Father. In the midst of our singing and speaking and praising and praying the Lord Spirit Himself promises to inhabit our praises and carry them to the Father (Psa 22:22, 26:12; Heb 2:12; cf Heb 4:14). What spirit do you supposed filled the editorial section of the Living Stream Ministry as they judged these words as merely of fallen men and of scarce spiritual value for nourishing the flock? They either denigrated them or ignored them. Where's the food, here?