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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 reading Psalms thirty one and

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Speaker 1: thirty two, and we'll be reading from the contemporary English

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Speaker 1: version a psalm by David for the music Leader. I

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Speaker 1: come to you Lord for protection. Don't let me be ashamed.

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Speaker 1: Do as you have promised and rescue me. Listen to

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Speaker 1: my prayer and hurry to save me. Be my mighty

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Speaker 1: rock and the fortress where I am safe. You, Lord, God,

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Speaker 1: are my mighty rock and my fortress. Lead me and

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Speaker 1: guide me so that your name will be honored. Protect

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Speaker 1: me from hidden traps, and keep me safe. You are faithful,

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Speaker 1: and I trust you because you rescued me. I hate

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Speaker 1: the worshipers of worthless idols, but I trust you, Lord.

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Speaker 1: I celebrate and shout because you are kind. You saw

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Speaker 1: all my suffering, and you cared for me. You kept

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Speaker 1: me from the hands of my enemies, and you set

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Speaker 1: me free. Have pity, Lord, I am hurting and almost blind.

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Speaker 1: My whole body aches. I have known only sorrow all

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Speaker 1: my life long, and I suffer year after year. I

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Speaker 1: am weak from sin, and my bones are limp. My

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Speaker 1: enemies insult me. Neighbors are even worse, and I discust

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Speaker 1: my friends. People meet me on the street and they

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Speaker 1: turn and run. I am completely forgotten, like someone dead.

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Speaker 1: I am merely a broken dish. I hear the crowds whisper.

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Speaker 1: Everyone is afraid. They are plotting and scheming to murder me.

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Speaker 1: But I trust you, Lord, and I claim you as

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Speaker 1: my God. My life is in your hands. Save me

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Speaker 1: from enemies who hunt me down. Smile on me, your servant,

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Speaker 1: have pity and rescue me. I pray only to you.

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Speaker 1: Don't disappoint me. Disappoint my cruel enemies until they lie

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Speaker 1: silent in their graves. Silence those proud liars, make them

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Speaker 1: stop bragging and insulting your people. You are wonderful, and

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Speaker 1: while everyone watches you, store up blessings for all who

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Speaker 1: honor and trust you. You are their shelter from harmful plots,

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Speaker 1: and you are their protection from vicious gossip. I praise you,

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Speaker 1: Lord for showing great kindness. When I was like a

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Speaker 1: city under attack, I was terrified and thought they've chased me.

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Speaker 1: Far away from you, but you answered my prayer when

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Speaker 1: I shouted for help. All who belong to the Lord,

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Speaker 1: show how you love him. The Lord protects the faithful,

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Speaker 1: but he severely punishes everyone who is proud. All who

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Speaker 1: trust the Lord, be cheerful and strong. Psalm thirty two,

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Speaker 1: a special psalm by David, Our God, you bless everyone

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Speaker 1: whose sins you forgive and wipe away. You bless them

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Speaker 1: by saying, you told me your sins without trying to

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Speaker 1: hide them, and now I forgive you. Before I confessed

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Speaker 1: my sins, my bones felt limp, and I groaned all

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Speaker 1: day long, night and day. Your hand weighed heavily on me,

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Speaker 1: and my strength was gone as in the summer heat.

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Speaker 1: So I confessed my sins and told them all to you.

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Speaker 1: I said, I'll tell the Lord each one of my sins.

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Speaker 1: Then you forgave me and took away my guilt. We

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Speaker 1: worship you Lord, and we should always pray whenever we

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Speaker 1: find out that we have sinned. Then we won't be

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Speaker 1: swept away by a raging flood. You are my hiding place.

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Speaker 1: You protect me from trouble, and you put songs in

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Speaker 1: my heart because you have saved me. You said to me,

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Speaker 1: I will point out the road that you should follow.

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Speaker 1: I will be your teacher and watch over you. Don't

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Speaker 1: be stupid like horses and mules that must be led

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Speaker 1: with ropes to make them obey. All kinds of troubles

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Speaker 1: will strike the wicked, but your kindness shields those who

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Speaker 1: trust you, Lord, and so your good people should celebrate

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Speaker 1: and shout. Let's pray. Lord. We thank you for your

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Speaker 1: word and for the privilege of being able to look

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Speaker 1: at this portion of scripture today. And Lord, we're blessed

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Speaker 1: by the reminder that we see in this passage to

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Speaker 1: confess to you, to just look at ourselves honestly and

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Speaker 1: open up and admit the things that we're wrestling with

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Speaker 1: and struggling with. Lord, we know that we sin in

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Speaker 1: all kinds of areas. We know, Lord, that we have

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Speaker 1: these internal struggles and battles going on in our hearts

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Speaker 1: and our minds and in our lives, and we want

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Speaker 1: our lives to be poured out in honoring you. But Lord,

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Speaker 1: we know that sometimes sin seeks to tie us up

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Speaker 1: we can't go about freely. But we also know that

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Speaker 1: through faith in your son Jesus Christ. We have been

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Speaker 1: set free from the power of sin and death. Sin

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Speaker 1: is no longer our master, and we no longer need

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Speaker 1: to yield our allegiance to it because we have freedom

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Speaker 1: through faith in your son Jesus Christ. So Lord, we

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Speaker 1: pray that we would walk in that freedom. We pray

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Speaker 1: Lord that where there are areas of sin in our lives,

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Speaker 1: that we would confess those things before you. And we're

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Speaker 1: grateful Lord for the fact that you are eager to forgive,

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Speaker 1: you are eager to cleanse, and you remind us time

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Speaker 1: and time again that your love for us remains. So

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Speaker 1: we're grateful Lord for all of these things, and we

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Speaker 1: commit ourselves to you today, and we thank you for

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Speaker 1: all of this in Jesus' name. Amen.