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Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm

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Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're reading Psalms nine and ten,

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Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the contemporary English version a

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Speaker 1: Psalm by David for the music leader to the tune

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Speaker 1: the Death of the Sun. I will praise you, Lord

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Speaker 1: with all my heart, and tell about the wonders you

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Speaker 1: have worked, God most High, I will rejoice. I will

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Speaker 1: celebrate and sing because of you. When my enemies face you,

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Speaker 1: they run away and stumble and are destroyed. You take

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Speaker 1: your seed as judge, and your fair decisions prove that

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Speaker 1: I was in the right. You warn the nations and

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Speaker 1: destroy evil people. You wipe out their names forever and ever.

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Speaker 1: Our enemies are destroyed completely for all time. Their cities

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Speaker 1: are torn down, and they will never be remembered again.

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Speaker 1: You rule forever, Lord, and you are on your throne,

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Speaker 1: ready for judgment. You judge the world fairly and treat

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Speaker 1: all nations with justice. The poor can run to you

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Speaker 1: because you are a fortress in times of trouble. Everyone

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Speaker 1: who honors your name can trust you because you are

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Speaker 1: faithful to all who depend on you. You rule from Zion, Lord,

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Speaker 1: and we sing about you to let the nations know

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Speaker 1: everything you have done. You did not forget, to punish

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Speaker 1: the guilty, or listen to the cries of those in need.

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Speaker 1: Please have mercy, Lord, My enemies mistreat me. Keep me

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Speaker 1: from the gates that lead to death, and I will

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Speaker 1: sing about you at the gate to Zion. I will

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Speaker 1: be happy there because you rescued me, Our Lord. The

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Speaker 1: nations fell into their own pits, and their feet were

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Speaker 1: caught in their own traps. You showed what you are like,

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Speaker 1: and you made certain that justice is done. But evil

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Speaker 1: people are trapped by their own evil deeds. The wicked

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Speaker 1: will go down to the world of the dead to

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Speaker 1: be with those nations that forgot about you. The poor

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Speaker 1: and the homeless won't always be forgotten and without hope.

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Speaker 1: Do something, Lord, don't let the nations win, Make them

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Speaker 1: stand trial in your court of law. Make the nations afraid,

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Speaker 1: and let them all discover just how weak they are

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Speaker 1: Psalm ten. Why are you far away? Lord? Why do

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Speaker 1: you hide yourself when I am in trouble? Proud and

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Speaker 1: brutal people hunt down the poor, but let them get

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Speaker 1: caught by their own evil plans. The wicked brag about

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Speaker 1: their deepest desires. Those greedy people hate and curse you, Lord.

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Speaker 1: The wicked are too proud to turn to you or

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Speaker 1: even think about you. They are always successful, though they

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Speaker 1: can't understand your teachings, and they keep sneering at their enemies.

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Speaker 1: In their hearts, they say, nothing can hurt us. We'll

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Speaker 1: always be happy and free from trouble. They curse and

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Speaker 1: tell lies, and all they talk about is how to

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Speaker 1: be cruel or how to do wrong. They hide outside villages,

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Speaker 1: waiting to strike and murder some innocent victim. They are

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Speaker 1: hungry lions hiding in the bushes, hoping to catch some

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Speaker 1: helpless passerby. They trap the poor in nets and drag

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Speaker 1: them away. They crouch down and wait to grab a victim.

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Speaker 1: They say, God can't see, he's got on a blindfold.

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Speaker 1: Do something, Lord, God, and use your powerful arm to

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Speaker 1: help those in need. The wicked don't respect you. In

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Speaker 1: their hearts, they say, God won't punish us, but you

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Speaker 1: see the trouble and the distress, and you will do something.

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Speaker 1: The poor can count on you, and so can orphans.

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Speaker 1: Now break the arms of all merciless people, punish them

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Speaker 1: for doing wrong, and make them stop. Our Lord, you

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Speaker 1: will always rule, but nations will vanish from the earth.

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Speaker 1: You listen to the longings of those who suffer, You

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Speaker 1: offer them hope, and you pay attention to their cries

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Speaker 1: for help. You defend orphans and everyone else in need,

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Speaker 1: so that no one on earth can terrify others. Again,

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Speaker 1: let's pray. Lord, we thank you for your word, and

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Speaker 1: we thank you for the privilege of being able to

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Speaker 1: look at these psalms today. And Lord, we're grateful for

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Speaker 1: the fact that when you look at the orphan, when

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Speaker 1: you look at the widow, when you look at the

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Speaker 1: poor and those in need, you see the need and

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Speaker 1: you help those who are in distress. Lord, we know

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Speaker 1: that there are people in this world that try and

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Speaker 1: take advantage of others, and people who look at those

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Speaker 1: who are at a lower season of life and pile

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Speaker 1: taking advantage of those who are down. But Lord, you

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Speaker 1: see the cause of the poor, you see the cause

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Speaker 1: of the widow and the orphan, and you are compassionate. Lord,

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Speaker 1: there's no greater example of your compassion than what you've

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Speaker 1: shown us in your son Jesus Christ, who came to

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Speaker 1: this earth and saw us in such a weak and

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Speaker 1: helpless state and chose to do all that was necessary

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Speaker 1: so that we could have new life through faith in him.

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Speaker 1: So we're grateful for this new life. We're grateful for

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Speaker 1: your compassion. We're grateful Lord that you look at us

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Speaker 1: with all our needs and with all our frailties, and

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Speaker 1: with all our weaknesses, and you speak into this context

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Speaker 1: that we live in, and you rescue and you redeem

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Speaker 1: those who struggle, those who come to you, recognizing their

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Speaker 1: need and trust in your son Jesus Christ. So thank you,

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Speaker 1: Lord for rescuing us, thank you for your love and compassion,

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Speaker 1: and thank you for your presence with us today. We

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Speaker 1: commit this day to your care, and we pray this

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Speaker 1: all in Jesus' name. Amen,