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 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. 3 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm 4 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're in Psalms one and one 5 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: forty one and we'll be reading from the English Standard 6 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: version Psalm to the choir Master, a psalm of David. 7 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 1: Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men. Preserve me from 8 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: violent men who plan evil things in their heart and 9 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: stir up wars. Continually. They make their tongue sharp as 10 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of 11 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: asps SELA. Guard me, oh Lord, from the hands of 12 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: the wicked. Preserve me from violent men who have planned 13 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: to trip up my feet. The arrogant have hidden a 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: trap for me, and with cords they have spread a 15 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 1: net beside the way. They have set snares for me. Sailah, 16 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: I say to the Lord you are my God, Give 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: ear to the voice of my please for mercy, O Lord, 18 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: O Lord, my Lord, the strength of my salvation you 19 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: have covered my head in the day of battle. Grant not, 20 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 1: o Lord, the desires of the wicked, do not further 21 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: their evil plot, or they will be exalted Sailah as 22 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: for the head of those who surround me. Let the 23 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: mischief of their lips overwhelm them. Let burning coals fall 24 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: upon them, Let them be cast into fire, into miriy 25 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: pits no more to rise. Let not the slanderer be 26 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: established in the land. Let evil hunt down the violent man. Speedily. 27 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: Know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, 28 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: and will execute justice for the needy. Surely the righteous 29 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: shall give thanks to your name. The upright shall dwell 30 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: in your presence. Psalm one one, a psalm of David. 31 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: Oh Lord, I call upon you, hasten to me. Give 32 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 1: ear to my voice when I call to you. Let 33 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the 34 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Set 35 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: a guard, o Lord over my mouth, keep watch over 36 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: the door of my lips. Do not let my heart 37 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: incline to any evil. To busy myself with wicked deeds, 38 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: in company with men who work iniquity, and let me 39 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: not eat of their delicacies. Let a righteous man strike me, 40 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: it is a kindness. Let him reb me. It is 41 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: oil for my head. Let my head not refuse it. 42 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds. When 43 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: their judges are thrown over the cliff, then they shall 44 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: hear my words, for they are pleasant, as when one 45 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: plows and breaks up the earth. So shall our bones 46 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: be scattered at the mouth of Sheiel. But my eyes 47 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: are toward you, Oh God, my Lord, in you, I 48 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: seek refuge. Leave me not defenseless, Keep me from the 49 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: trap that they have laid for me, and from the 50 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: snares of evildoers. Let the wicked fall into their own 51 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: nets while I pass by safely. Let's pray. Lord, we 52 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: thank you for your word, and we thank you for 53 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: the privilege of being able to look at this portion 54 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: of Scripture today and the reminders that were given here 55 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: that you defend a and you look after your children. 56 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: Those who trust in you are protected by you, and 57 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: we're grateful Lord for that protection. We know, Lord, that 58 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: you are the source of our deliverance, and Lord, we 59 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: see no greater example of that than what you provided 60 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: for us through your son Jesus Christ, who delivers us 61 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: from our sin, who delivers us from unrighteousness, who delivers 62 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: us from the snare of the evil one, and ushers 63 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: us into the gift of salvation and eternal life in 64 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: your presence. Lord. We're grateful for these blessings. We're grateful 65 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: for these gifts, and we're grateful Lord for your presence 66 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: with us and your desire to defend us against those 67 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: who seek to do harm to your children. We love you, Lord, 68 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: We commit this day to your care, and we pray 69 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: this all in Jesus's name. Amen.