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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture, a calming,

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Speaker 2: scripture centered devotional podcast designed to help you end each

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Speaker 2: day with God's word in your mind and on your heart.

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Speaker 2: Right after this short word from our sponsors, will reflect

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Speaker 2: on tonight's scripture Psalm ninety four. Tonight's scripture reflection is

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Speaker 2: written by A. Manda Idleman and read by Carrie Eichberger.

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Speaker 2: Psalm ninety four. The Lord is a God who avenges,

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Speaker 2: O God who avenges, shine forth, Rise up, judge of

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Speaker 2: the earth. Pay back to the proud what they deserve.

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Speaker 2: How long, Lord.

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Speaker 1: Will the wicked?

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Speaker 2: How long will the wicked be jubilant? They pour out

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Speaker 2: arrogant words. All the evil doers are full of boasting.

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Speaker 2: They crush your people, Lord, They oppress your inheritance. They

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Speaker 2: slay the widow and the foreigner. They murder the fatherless.

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Speaker 2: They say, the Lord does not see. The God of

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Speaker 2: Jacob takes no notice. Take notice, you senseless ones among

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Speaker 2: the people, you fools. When will you become wise? Does

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Speaker 2: he who fashion the ear not here? Does he who

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Speaker 2: form the eye not see? Does he who disciplines nations

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Speaker 2: not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge. The

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Speaker 2: Lord knows all human plans. He knows that they are futile.

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Speaker 2: Blest is the one you discipline, Lord, the one you

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Speaker 2: teach from your law. You grant them relief from days

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Speaker 2: of trouble.

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Speaker 1: Till a pit is dug for the wicked.

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Speaker 2: For the Lord will not reject his people. He will

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Speaker 2: never forsake his inheritance. Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,

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Speaker 2: and all the upright and heart will follow it. Who

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Speaker 2: will rise up from me against the wicked? Who will

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Speaker 2: take a stand for me against evil doers? Unless the

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Speaker 2: Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt

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Speaker 2: in the silence of death. When I said, my foot

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Speaker 2: is slipping. Your unfeeling love, Lord supported me when anxiety

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Speaker 2: was great within me. Your consolation brought me joy. Can

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Speaker 2: a corrupt throne be allied with you? A throne that

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Speaker 2: brings on misery by its decrees, the wicked being together

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Speaker 2: against the righteous, and condemned the innocent to death. But

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Speaker 2: the Lord has become my fortress and my god. The

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Speaker 2: roc and whom I take refuge. He will repay them

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Speaker 2: for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness. The Lord,

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Speaker 2: our God, will destroy them. The truth we often forget

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Speaker 2: is that our lie, who we are, and all we

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Speaker 2: do are not possible without the Lord. He sees us,

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Speaker 2: he knows us, He loves us, and he sustains us.

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Speaker 2: As our busy lives progress, we so quickly get caught

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Speaker 2: up in our own stories, believing that we can control

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Speaker 2: our world, that if we work hard enough, we can

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Speaker 2: achieve self sufficiency, that we have the power to provide

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Speaker 2: our own security. These are lies from the enemy. Our

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Speaker 2: pride leads us to believe that we are not dependent

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Speaker 2: on our maker, that our hands are as powerful as God's.

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Speaker 2: The psalms remind us that God is sovereign. He disciplines

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Speaker 2: the nations. God takes note of injustice. Additionally, he is

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Speaker 2: personally investing in our stories. He formed us and sees us.

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Speaker 2: He supports us with his unfailing love. The Lord offers

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Speaker 2: peace when we are anxious, and protects us when danger

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Speaker 2: arises around us. We can take refuge in the knowledge

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Speaker 2: that God sees and sustains us. To accept this truth,

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Speaker 2: humility is required. Our hearts must be open to God's

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Speaker 2: love when trouble comes our way. Prayer should be our

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Speaker 2: first response when we are spared death or disaster. Gratitude

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Speaker 2: must be on our lips. Give thanks to the Lord

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Speaker 2: for his knowledge and power at work in your life. Father,

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Speaker 2: I give thanks because you see me and you sustain me.

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Speaker 2: Help me to live with humility, acknowledging that you are

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Speaker 2: God and I am your creation. I need you each

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Speaker 2: day of this life you'd have given me. There is

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Speaker 2: no day I live apart from your power at work

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Speaker 2: in my life. I ask that you protect me from harm,

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Speaker 2: remove those who see to destroy me, provide peace when

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Speaker 2: I am feeling anxious, Bring your perfect justice to the earth.

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Speaker 2: I thank you God for today and for the gift

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Speaker 2: of this life. Amen. How did tonight's scripture speak to you?

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