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Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm
Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're in Psalms ninety two, ninety three,
Speaker 1: and ninety four, and we'll be reading from the new
Speaker 1: English translation Psalm ninety two a Psalm a song for
Speaker 1: the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the Lord
Speaker 1: and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One.
Speaker 1: It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the
Speaker 1: morning and your faithfulness during the night, to the accompaniment
Speaker 1: of a ten stringed instrument and a leer, to the
Speaker 1: accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp. For you,
Speaker 1: oh Lord, have made me happy by your work. I
Speaker 1: will sing for joy because of what you have done.
Speaker 1: How great are your works, Oh Lord? Your plans are
Speaker 1: very intricate. The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this. The
Speaker 1: fool does not understand this. When the wicked sprout up
Speaker 1: like grass, and all the evil doers glisten, it is
Speaker 1: so that they may be annihilated. But you, oh Lord,
Speaker 1: reign forever. Indeed, look at your enemies Oh Lord, Indeed,
Speaker 1: look at how your enemies perish. All the evildoers are scattered.
Speaker 1: You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox.
Speaker 1: I am covered with fresh oil. I gloat in triumph
Speaker 1: over those who tried to ambush me. I hear the
Speaker 1: defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. The
Speaker 1: Godly grow like a palm tree. They grow high, like
Speaker 1: a cedar in Lebanon, Planted in the Lord's house. They
Speaker 1: grow in the courts of our God. They bear fruit
Speaker 1: even when they are old. They are filled with vitality
Speaker 1: and have many leaves. So they proclaim that the Lord,
Speaker 1: my protector, is just and never unfair Psalm ninety three.
Speaker 1: The Lord reigns. He is robed in majesty. The Lord
Speaker 1: is robed, he wears strength around his waist. Indeed, the
Speaker 1: world is established, it cannot be moved. Your throne has
Speaker 1: been secure from ancient times. You have always been king.
Speaker 1: The waves roar, o Lord, the waves roar. The waves
Speaker 1: roar and crash above the sound of the surging water
Speaker 1: and the mighty waves of the sea. The Lord sits
Speaker 1: enthroned in majesty. The rules you set down are completely reliable,
Speaker 1: holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever Psalm ninety four.
Speaker 1: Oh Lord, the God who avenges, Oh God who avenges,
Speaker 1: reveal your splendor, Rise up, oh judge of the earth.
Speaker 1: Pay back the proud, Oh Lord. How long will the wicked?
Speaker 1: How long will the wicked celebrate? They spew out threats
Speaker 1: and speak defiantly. All the evildoers boast, Oh Lord. They
Speaker 1: crush your people, They oppress the nation that belongs to you.
Speaker 1: They kill the widow and the one residing outside his
Speaker 1: native land, and they murder the fatherless. Then they say,
Speaker 1: the Lord does not see this. The God of Jacob
Speaker 1: does not take notice of it. Take notice of this,
Speaker 1: you ignorant people, You fools. When will you ever unders stand?
Speaker 1: Does the one who make the human ear not hear?
Speaker 1: Does the one who forms the human eye not see?
Speaker 1: Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He
Speaker 1: is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings. The
Speaker 1: Lord knows that people's thoughts are morally bankrupt. How blessed
Speaker 1: is the one whom you instruct, o Lord, the one
Speaker 1: whom you teach from your law in order to protect
Speaker 1: him from times of trouble, Until the wicked are destroyed. Certainly,
Speaker 1: the Lord does not forsake his people. He does not
Speaker 1: abandon the nation that belongs to him. For justice will prevail,
Speaker 1: and all the morally upright will be vindicated. Who will
Speaker 1: rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will
Speaker 1: stand up for me against the evildoers. If the Lord
Speaker 1: had not helped me, I would have laid down in
Speaker 1: the silence of death. If I say my foot is slipping,
Speaker 1: Your loyal love, O, Lord, supports me when worries threaten
Speaker 1: to overwhelm me. Your soothing touch makes me happy. Cruel
Speaker 1: rulers are not your allies. Those who make oppressive laws.
Speaker 1: They conspire against the blameless and condemned to death the innocent.
Speaker 1: But the Lord will protect me, and my God will
Speaker 1: shelter me. He will pay them back for their sin.
Speaker 1: He will destroy them because of their evil. The Lord,
Speaker 1: our God, will destroy them. Let's pray. Lord, we thank
Speaker 1: you for your word, and we thank you for the
Speaker 1: privilege of being able to look at it together today.
Speaker 1: And Lord, just as the psalms remind us, we are
Speaker 1: morally bankrupt in and of ourselves. The thoughts of our
Speaker 1: minds and the thoughts of our hearts go in a
Speaker 1: direction Lord that's not of you. It's not healthy wise,
Speaker 1: it's not godly. But at the same time, we know
Speaker 1: that you looked at us with compassion, and you sent
Speaker 1: your son Jesus Christ into this world to rescue and
Speaker 1: redeem us. And now through faith in Jesus, we have
Speaker 1: a new mind and we have a new heart, and
Speaker 1: we see things from your perspective. So Lord, we're grateful
Speaker 1: for the fact that you have forgiven our sin, and
Speaker 1: you have given us a brand new mind and a
Speaker 1: brand new heart through your son Christ Jesus. And we
Speaker 1: pray Lord that today and throughout the course of every
Speaker 1: day that we live, that we would live in the
Speaker 1: midst of this new heart and new nature that we
Speaker 1: have from Christ. We're grateful Lord for these gifts. We're
Speaker 1: grateful for your presence with us as well, and we
Speaker 1: commit this day to your care and thank you for
Speaker 1: all of these things in Jesus's name. Amen.