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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 in Psalms seventy five, seventy six,

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Speaker 1: and seventy seven, and we'll be reading from the contemporary

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Speaker 1: English version Psalm seventy five, a psalm and a song

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Speaker 1: by Asaff for the music leader to the tune don't

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Speaker 1: destroy our God. We thank you for being so near

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Speaker 1: to us. Everyone celebrates your wonderful deeds. You have set

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Speaker 1: a time to judge with fairness. The earth trembles and

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Speaker 1: its people shake. You alone, keep its foundations firm. You

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Speaker 1: tell every bragger stop bragging to the wicked. You say,

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Speaker 1: don't boast of your power. Stop bragging. Quit telling me

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Speaker 1: how great you are our Lord and our God. Victory

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Speaker 1: doesn't come from the east or the west, or from

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Speaker 1: the desert. You are the one who judges. You can

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Speaker 1: take away power and give it to others. You hold

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Speaker 1: in your hand a cup filled with wine, strong and foaming.

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Speaker 1: You will pour out some for every sinful person on

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Speaker 1: this earth, and they will have to drink until it

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Speaker 1: is gone, but I will always tell about you, the

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Speaker 1: God of Jacob, and I will sing your praise. Our Lord,

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Speaker 1: you will destroy the power of evil people, but you

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Speaker 1: will give strength to those who are good. Psalm seventy six,

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Speaker 1: a song and a psalm for the music leader use

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Speaker 1: stringed instruments. You, our God, are famous in Judah and

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Speaker 1: honored in Israel. Your home is on Mount Zion, in

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Speaker 1: the City of Peace. There you destroyed fiery arrows, shields, swords,

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Speaker 1: and all the other weapons. You are more glorious than

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Speaker 1: the eternal mountains. Brave warriors were robbed of what they

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Speaker 1: had taken, and now they lie dead, unable to lift

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Speaker 1: an arm. God of Jacob. When you roar, enemy chariots

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Speaker 1: and horses drop dead in their tracks. Our God, you

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Speaker 1: are fearsome and no one can oppose you. When you

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Speaker 1: are angry from heaven. You announced your decisions as judge,

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Speaker 1: and all who live on this earth were terrified and

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Speaker 1: silent when you took over as judge, ready to rescue

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Speaker 1: everyone in need. Even the most angry people will praise

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Speaker 1: you when you are furious. Everyone make your promises to

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Speaker 1: the Lord, your God, and do what you promise. The

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Speaker 1: Lord is fearsome, and all of his servants should bring

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Speaker 1: him gifts. God destroys the courage of rulers and kings

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Speaker 1: and makes cowards of them. Psalm seventy seven a psalm

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Speaker 1: by Asaff for Jeduthan, the music Leader. I pray to you,

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Speaker 1: Lord God, and I beg you to listen. In days

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Speaker 1: filled with trouble, I search for you, and at night

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Speaker 1: I tirelessly lift my hands in prayer, refusing comfort. When

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Speaker 1: I think of you, I feel restless and weak. Because

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Speaker 1: of you, Lord God, I can't sleep. I am restless

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Speaker 1: and can't even talk. I think of times gone by,

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Speaker 1: of those years long ago. Each night my mind is

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Speaker 1: flooded with questions. Have you rejected me forever? Won't you

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Speaker 1: be kind again? Is this the end of your love

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Speaker 1: and your promises? Have you forgotten how to have pity?

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Speaker 1: Do you refuse to show mercy because of your anger? Then,

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Speaker 1: I said, God, Most High, what hurts me most is

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Speaker 1: that you no longer help us with your mighty arm our. Lord.

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Speaker 1: I will remember the things you have done, your miracles

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Speaker 1: of long ago. I will think about each one of

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Speaker 1: your mighty deeds. Everything you do is right, and no

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Speaker 1: other God compares with you. You alone work miracles, and

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Speaker 1: you have let nations see your mighty power. With your

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Speaker 1: own arm, you rescued your people, the descendants of Jacob

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Speaker 1: and Joseph. The ocean looked at you, God, and it

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Speaker 1: trembled deep down with fear. Water flowed from the clouds.

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Speaker 1: Thunder was heard above, as your arrows of lightning flashed about.

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Speaker 1: Your thunder roared like chariot wheels. The world was made

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Speaker 1: bright by lightning, and all the earth trembled. You walk

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Speaker 1: through the water of the mighty sea, but your footprints

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Speaker 1: were never seen. You guided your people like a flock

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Speaker 1: of sheep, and you chose Moses and Aaron to be

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Speaker 1: their leaders. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for your word,

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Speaker 1: and we thank you for the privilege to be able

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Speaker 1: to look at it together today. And Lord, as we

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Speaker 1: look through these psalms, we can see as the Psalmist

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Speaker 1: expresses the deep concerns of his mind and his heart,

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Speaker 1: even the things that tended to keep him awake at night.

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Speaker 1: But ultimately, Lord, the Psalmist was comforted by the same

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Speaker 1: things that comfort us. We're comforted by the fact that

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Speaker 1: you are in complete control, even when it seems like

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Speaker 1: we experience all sorts of disappointment or opposition or whatever

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Speaker 1: come back to the fact that you are in complete control. Lord.

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Speaker 1: We enjoy seeing references here like the fact that you

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Speaker 1: walked on water of the mighty Sea, but your footprints

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Speaker 1: were never seen, and that you guide your people like

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Speaker 1: a flock of sheep. And Lord, we know that these

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Speaker 1: promises find fulfillment in your son Jesus Christ, who walked

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Speaker 1: on the water, who is the good shepherd who provides

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Speaker 1: us guidance and direction as we need it. So we're

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Speaker 1: grateful for these things. We're grateful for these reminders, and

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Speaker 1: we pray Lord that you'd give us peace, that you'd

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Speaker 1: comfort our hearts through faith in your son Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: We're grateful for all of these things. Lord, thank you

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Speaker 1: for being present here with us, and we pray this

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Speaker 1: all in Jesus' name. Amen.