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Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm
Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're in Psalms one oh one
Speaker 1: and one O two, and we'll be reading from the
Speaker 1: English Standard version Psalm one oh one, a psalm of David.
Speaker 1: I will sing of steadfast love and justice to you,
Speaker 1: Oh Lord, I will make music. I will ponder the
Speaker 1: way that is blameless. Oh, when will you come to me?
Speaker 1: I will walk with integrity of heart within my house.
Speaker 1: I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless.
Speaker 1: I hate the work of those who fall away. It
Speaker 1: shall not cling to me. A perverse heart shall be
Speaker 1: far from me. I will know nothing of evil. Whoever
Speaker 1: slanders his neighbors secretly, I will destroy whoever has a
Speaker 1: haughty look and an arrogant heart. I will not endure.
Speaker 1: I will look with favor on the faithful in the
Speaker 1: land that they may dwell with me. He who walks
Speaker 1: in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.
Speaker 1: No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house.
Speaker 1: No one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes mourning.
Speaker 1: By morning, I will destroy all the wicked in the land,
Speaker 1: cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.
Speaker 1: Psalm one O two. A prayer of one afflicted when
Speaker 1: he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord.
Speaker 1: Hear my prayer, O Lord, let my cry come to you.
Speaker 1: Do not hide your face from me in the day
Speaker 1: of my distress. Incline your ear to me. Answer me speedily.
Speaker 1: In the day when I call for, my days pass
Speaker 1: away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
Speaker 1: My heart is struck down like grass and has withered.
Speaker 1: I forget to eat my bread because of my loud groaning,
Speaker 1: my bones cling to my flesh. I am like a
Speaker 1: desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the
Speaker 1: waste places. I lie awake. I am like a lonely
Speaker 1: sparrow on the housetop. All the day. My enemies taunt me.
Speaker 1: Those who deride me. Use my name for a curse.
Speaker 1: For I eat ashes like bread, and mingle my tears
Speaker 1: with my drink. Because of your indignation and anger. For
Speaker 1: you have taken me up and thrown me down. My
Speaker 1: days are like an evening shadow, I wither away like grass.
Speaker 1: But you, o Lord, are enthroned forever You are remembered
Speaker 1: throughout all generations. You will arise and have pity on Zion.
Speaker 1: It is the time to favor her. The appointed time
Speaker 1: has come for your servants. Hold her stones dear, and
Speaker 1: have pity on her dust. Nations will fear the name
Speaker 1: of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth
Speaker 1: will fear your glory. For the Lord builds up Zion.
Speaker 1: He appears in his glory. He regards the prayer of
Speaker 1: the destitute, and does not despise their prayer. Let this
Speaker 1: be recorded for a generation to come, so that a
Speaker 1: people yet to be created may praise the Lord. That
Speaker 1: he looked down from his holy height from heaven. The
Speaker 1: Lord looked at the earth to hear the groans of
Speaker 1: the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,
Speaker 1: that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord,
Speaker 1: and in Jerusalem his praise. When peoples gather together and
Speaker 1: kingdoms to worship the Lord. He has broken my strength
Speaker 1: in mid course, he has shortened my days. Oh my God,
Speaker 1: I say, take me not away in the midst of
Speaker 1: my days, You whose years endure throughout all generations of old.
Speaker 1: You laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens
Speaker 1: are the work of your hands. They will perish, but
Speaker 1: you will remain. They will all wear out like a garment.
Speaker 1: You will change them like a robe, and they will
Speaker 1: pass away. But you are the same, and your years
Speaker 1: have no end. The children of your servants shall dwell secure,
Speaker 1: their offspring shall be established before you. Let's pray, Lord,
Speaker 1: we thank you for your word, and we thank you
Speaker 1: for the privilege of being able to look at it
Speaker 1: together today, and we thank you for the reminders we
Speaker 1: see and what we read together today of the fact
Speaker 1: that there will be a day when the nations recognize
Speaker 1: you and they bow down to you and they worship you.
Speaker 1: And we know, Lord, that this will ultimately be fulfilled
Speaker 1: in the return and the rule and the reign of
Speaker 1: your son Jesus Christ, whom the scriptures tell us will
Speaker 1: return to this earth and rule with perfect justice. So
Speaker 1: we're grateful to have the privilege to trust in your
Speaker 1: son during this season of our life, and likewise to
Speaker 1: have the privilege to be part of his eternal kingdom.
Speaker 1: We're grateful for these realities. Lord, We're grateful for your love.
Speaker 1: We're grateful for the fact that your scriptures remind us
Speaker 1: of these truths, and in addition to being reminded of them, Lord,
Speaker 1: they're revealed to us in the first place through your scriptures.
Speaker 1: So again, we're grateful to have the privilege to access
Speaker 1: your word and internalize its content. Lord, We're grateful for
Speaker 1: your presence with us today. We're grateful for your love,
Speaker 1: and we commit this day to your care and pray
Speaker 1: this all in Jesus' name. Amen. Mm hmmm mm hmm