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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 eleven and twelve,

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Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the English Standard version to

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Speaker 1: the choir Master of David. In the Lord, I take refuge.

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Speaker 1: How can you say to my soul, flee like a

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Speaker 1: bird to your mountain. For behold the wicked bend the bow.

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Speaker 1: They have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot

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Speaker 1: in the dark at the upright in heart. If the

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Speaker 1: foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? The Lord

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Speaker 1: is in his holy temple. The Lord's throne is in heaven.

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Speaker 1: His eyes see his eyelids tech the children of man.

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Speaker 1: The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the

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Speaker 1: wicked and the one who loves violence. Let him rain

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Speaker 1: coals on the wicked. Fire and sulfur and a scorching

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Speaker 1: wind shall be the portion of their cup. For the

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Speaker 1: Lord is righteous, he loves righteous deeds. The upright shall

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Speaker 1: behold his face Psalm twelve to the choir Master. According

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Speaker 1: to the cheminith, a Psalm of David, save o Lord,

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Speaker 1: for the godly one is gone, for the faithful have

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Speaker 1: vanished from among the children of man, everyone utters lies

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Speaker 1: to his neighbor with flattering lips and a double heart.

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Speaker 1: They speak, May the Lord cut off all flattering lips.

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Speaker 1: The tongue that makes great boasts those who say, with

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Speaker 1: our tongue, we will prevail. Our lips are with us.

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Speaker 1: Who is master over us? Because the poor are plundered,

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Speaker 1: because the needy grown, I will now arise, says the Lord.

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Speaker 1: I will place him in the safety for which he longs.

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Speaker 1: The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver

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Speaker 1: refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. You,

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Speaker 1: oh Lord, will keep them. You will guard us from

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Speaker 1: this generation forever. On every side the wicked prow as

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Speaker 1: vileness is exalted among the children of man. Let's pray, Lord,

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Speaker 1: we thank you for your word, and we thank you

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Speaker 1: for the privilege of taking a look at this portion

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Speaker 1: of scripture today from these two psalms that we just

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Speaker 1: read together. And Lord, we're grateful for the fact that

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Speaker 1: when you look at us, you do not ultimately allow

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Speaker 1: the wicked to prevail. We know, Lord, that we see

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Speaker 1: wickedness all around us. But that's just a temporary condition.

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Speaker 1: We know that ultimately the victory is yours, and the

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Speaker 1: victory has been secured by your son, Jesus Christ, who

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Speaker 1: defeated the power of sin through his death and his resurrection.

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Speaker 1: So we're grateful, Lord that you guard your children. We're grateful,

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Speaker 1: Lord that you guard us in the midst of a

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Speaker 1: generation that doesn't honor you and doesn't esteem the name

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Speaker 1: of your son Jesus Christ. Lord, just as the Psalmist

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Speaker 1: states in these portions of scripture, that on every side

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Speaker 1: it seems like the wicked are prowling and vileness is

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Speaker 1: exalted among the children of man. But Lord, you are

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Speaker 1: planning to return again, and you will restore your creation.

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Speaker 1: And we're grateful, Lord for the restoration that you've accomplished

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Speaker 1: in our life. And we look forward to what you

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Speaker 1: have in store for all creation, as one day there

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Speaker 1: will be no more sin, it will be completely eradicated.

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Speaker 1: You will establish a new Heaven and new Earth, join

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Speaker 1: them together, and we will spend eternity under your benevolent reign. Lord.

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Speaker 1: We're grateful for these things, and we're grateful for your

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Speaker 1: love for us. We don't deserve any of these blessings,

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Speaker 1: but we look forward to all you have in store,

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

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Speaker 1: We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen,