1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. 3 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter Oday Audio Bible. I'm John Stangey, 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: and today we're in Psalms one sixteen, one seventeen, and 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: one eighteen, and we'll be reading from the New Living 6 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: Translation Psalm one sixteen. I love the Lord because he 7 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: hears my voice and my prayer for mercy, because he 8 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: bends down to listen. I will pray as long as 9 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:44,599 Speaker 1: I have breath. Death wrapped its ropes around me. The 10 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: terrors of the grave overtook me. I saw only trouble 11 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the Lord, Please, 12 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: Lord save me. How kind the Lord is, how good 13 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: he is, so merciful, this guy, the Lord protects those 14 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: of childlike faith. I was facing death, and he saved me. 15 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,919 Speaker 1: Let my soul be at rest again, for the Lord 16 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: has been good to me. He has saved me from death, 17 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. And so 18 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: I walk in the Lord's presence as I live here 19 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: on earth. I believed in You, so I said, I 20 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: am deeply troubled. Lord, in my anxiety I cried out 21 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: to you. These people are all liars. What can I 22 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: offer the Lord for all he has done for me. 23 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: I will lift up the cup of salvation and praise 24 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: the Lord's name for saving me. I will keep my 25 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: promises to the Lord. In the presence of all his people. 26 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: The Lord cares deeply when his loved ones die. O, Lord, 27 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: I am your servant. Yes, I am your servant, born 28 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: into your house. You have freed me from my chains. 29 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call 30 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: on the name of the Lord. I will fulfill my 31 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: vows to the Lord. In the presence of all his people, 32 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: in the House of the Lord, in the heart of Jerusalem. 33 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: Praise the Lord Psalm one seventeen. Praise the Lord, all 34 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: you nations. Praise him, all you people of the earth, 35 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: for his unfailing love for us is powerful. The Lord's 36 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: faithfulness endures forever. Praise the Lord Psalm one eighteen. Give 37 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His faithful 38 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 1: love endures forever. Let all Israel repeat His faithful love 39 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: endures forever. Let Aaron's descendants the priests repeat his faithful 40 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: love endures forever. Let all who fear the Lord repeat 41 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: His faithful love endures forever. In my distress, I prayed 42 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: to the Lord, and the Lord answered me and set 43 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 1: me free. The Lord is for me, so I will 44 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: have no fear. What can mere people do to me? Yes, 45 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: the Lord is for me. He will help me. I 46 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: will look in triumph at those who hate me. It 47 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: is better to take refuge in the Lord than to 48 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 1: trust in people. It is better to take refuge in 49 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: the Lord than to trust in princes. Though hostile nations 50 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: surrounded me, I destroyed them all with the authority of 51 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: the Lord. Yes, they surrounded and attacked me, but I 52 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord. They 53 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: swarmed around me like bees. They blazed against me like 54 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: a crackling fire. But I destroyed them all with the 55 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: authority of the Lord. My enemies did their best to 56 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: kill me, but the Lord rescued me. The Lord is 57 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: my strength and my song. He has given me victory. 58 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp 59 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: of the godly. The strong right arm of the Lord 60 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: has done glorious things. The strong right arm of the 61 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: Lord is raised in triumph. The strong right arm of 62 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: the Lord has done glorious things. I will not die. Instead, 63 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: I will live to tell what the Lord has done. 64 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: The Lord has punished me severely, but he did not 65 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: let me die. Open for me the gates where the 66 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,799 Speaker 1: righteous enter, and I will go in and thank the Lord. 67 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 1: These gates lead to the presence of the Lord, and 68 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: the godly enter there. I thank you for answering my 69 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: prayer and giving me victory. The stone that the builders 70 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: rejected has now become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing, 71 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: and it is wonderful to see. This is the day 72 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad 73 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: in it. Please Lord, please save us. Please Lord, please 74 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: give us success. Bless the one who comes in the 75 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: name of the Lord. We bless you from the house 76 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: of the Lord. The Lord is God shining upon us. 77 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: Take the sacrifice and bind it with chords on the altar. 78 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: You are my God, and I will praise you. You 79 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: are my God, and I will exalt you. Give thanks 80 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: to the Lord, for he is good. His faithful love 81 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 1: endures forever. Let's pray. Lord, We thank you for your word, 82 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: and we thank you for the privilege to be able 83 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: to look at these psalms together. Today, and Lord, we 84 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: thank you for the fact that when we look at 85 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: a portion of scripture like this, we're reminded that we 86 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: can call out to you in our distress, and you 87 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: answer your children, and you intervene on our our behalf, 88 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: and you delight to rescue us. Lord, we know that 89 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: the ultimate rescue we received was through faith in your son, 90 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, who came to this earth, suffered for us 91 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: and forgives our sins as we place our trust in him. Lord, 92 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: we're grateful for that reality. We're grateful for that gift, 93 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: and we're grateful for the privilege to walk with Jesus 94 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: Christ each and every day as we seek to be 95 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: men and women after your own heart. We love you, Lord, 96 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: and we're grateful for your presence with us today. And 97 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: we thank you for all of these things in Jesus' name. Amen.