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 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. 3 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm 4 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're in Psalms ninety two, ninety three, 5 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: and ninety four, and we'll be reading from the new 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: English translation Psalm ninety two a Psalm a song for 7 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the Lord 8 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One. 9 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: morning and your faithfulness during the night, to the accompaniment 11 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: of a ten stringed instrument and a leer, to the 12 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp. For you, 13 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: oh Lord, have made me happy by your work. I 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: will sing for joy because of what you have done. 15 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: How great are your works, Oh Lord? Your plans are 16 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: very intricate. The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this. The 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: fool does not understand this. When the wicked sprout up 18 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: like grass, and all the evil doers glisten, it is 19 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: so that they may be annihilated. But you, oh Lord, 20 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 1: reign forever. Indeed, look at your enemies Oh Lord, Indeed, 21 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: look at how your enemies perish. All the evildoers are scattered. 22 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,639 Speaker 1: You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. 23 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: I am covered with fresh oil. I gloat in triumph 24 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: over those who tried to ambush me. I hear the 25 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. The 26 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: Godly grow like a palm tree. They grow high, like 27 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: a cedar in Lebanon, Planted in the Lord's house. They 28 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: grow in the courts of our God. They bear fruit 29 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: even when they are old. They are filled with vitality 30 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: and have many leaves. So they proclaim that the Lord, 31 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: my protector, is just and never unfair Psalm ninety three. 32 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: The Lord reigns. He is robed in majesty. The Lord 33 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: is robed, he wears strength around his waist. Indeed, the 34 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: world is established, it cannot be moved. Your throne has 35 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 1: been secure from ancient times. You have always been king. 36 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: The waves roar, o Lord, the waves roar. The waves 37 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: roar and crash above the sound of the surging water 38 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: and the mighty waves of the sea. The Lord sits 39 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: enthroned in majesty. The rules you set down are completely reliable, 40 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever Psalm ninety four. 41 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: Oh Lord, the God who avenges, Oh God who avenges, 42 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: reveal your splendor, Rise up, oh judge of the earth. 43 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: Pay back the proud, Oh Lord. How long will the wicked? 44 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,679 Speaker 1: How long will the wicked celebrate? They spew out threats 45 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: and speak defiantly. All the evildoers boast, Oh Lord. They 46 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: crush your people, They oppress the nation that belongs to you. 47 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: They kill the widow and the one residing outside his 48 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: native land, and they murder the fatherless. Then they say, 49 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: the Lord does not see this. The God of Jacob 50 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: does not take notice of it. Take notice of this, 51 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: you ignorant people, You fools. When will you ever unders stand? 52 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: Does the one who make the human ear not hear? 53 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: Does the one who forms the human eye not see? 54 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He 55 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings. The 56 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: Lord knows that people's thoughts are morally bankrupt. How blessed 57 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: is the one whom you instruct, o Lord, the one 58 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: whom you teach from your law in order to protect 59 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: him from times of trouble, Until the wicked are destroyed. Certainly, 60 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: the Lord does not forsake his people. He does not 61 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: abandon the nation that belongs to him. For justice will prevail, 62 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: and all the morally upright will be vindicated. Who will 63 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will 64 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: stand up for me against the evildoers. If the Lord 65 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: had not helped me, I would have laid down in 66 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: the silence of death. If I say my foot is slipping, 67 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: Your loyal love, O, Lord, supports me when worries threaten 68 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: to overwhelm me. Your soothing touch makes me happy. Cruel 69 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:18,239 Speaker 1: rulers are not your allies. Those who make oppressive laws. 70 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: They conspire against the blameless and condemned to death the innocent. 71 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: But the Lord will protect me, and my God will 72 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: shelter me. He will pay them back for their sin. 73 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: He will destroy them because of their evil. The Lord, 74 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 1: our God, will destroy them. Let's pray. Lord, we thank 75 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 1: you for your word, and we thank you for the 76 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: privilege of being able to look at it together today. 77 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: And Lord, just as the psalms remind us, we are 78 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: morally bankrupt in and of ourselves. The thoughts of our 79 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: minds and the thoughts of our hearts go in a 80 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: direction Lord that's not of you. It's not healthy wise, 81 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: it's not godly. But at the same time, we know 82 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: that you looked at us with compassion, and you sent 83 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: your son Jesus Christ into this world to rescue and 84 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 1: redeem us. And now through faith in Jesus, we have 85 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: a new mind and we have a new heart, and 86 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: we see things from your perspective. So Lord, we're grateful 87 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 1: for the fact that you have forgiven our sin, and 88 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: you have given us a brand new mind and a 89 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: brand new heart through your son Christ Jesus. And we 90 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: pray Lord that today and throughout the course of every 91 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: day that we live, that we would live in the 92 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: midst of this new heart and new nature that we 93 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: have from Christ. We're grateful Lord for these gifts. We're 94 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: grateful for your presence with us as well, and we 95 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 1: commit this day to your care and thank you for 96 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: all of these things in Jesus's name. Amen.