1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 2: For more resources to help you in your walk with Christ, 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. You're listening 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 2: to the chapter today Audio Bible. I'm John Stangey, and 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 2: today we're in Psalms sixty four, sixty five, and sixty six, 6 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 2: and we'll be reading from the New Living Translation for 7 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 2: the choir director. 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: A psalm of David. 9 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 2: Oh God, listen to my complaint, Protect my life from 10 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 2: my enemies threats, Hide me from the plots of this 11 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: evil mob, from this gang of wrongdoers. They sharpen their 12 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 2: tongues like swords and aim their. 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: Bitter words like arrows. 14 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 2: They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly. 15 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 2: They encourage each other to do evil and plan how 16 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 2: to set their trend as in secret. Who will ever notice? 17 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: They ask? 18 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 2: As they plot their crimes. They say, we have devised 19 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 2: the perfect plan. Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning, 20 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 2: but God himself will shoot them with his arrows, suddenly 21 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: striking them down. Their own tongues will ruin them, and 22 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: all who see them will shake their heads in scorn. 23 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 2: Then everyone will be afraid. They will proclaim the mighty 24 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 2: acts of God and realize all the amazing things he does. 25 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: The godly will rejoice in the Lord and find shelter 26 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 2: in him, and those who do. 27 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: What is right will praise him. 28 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 2: Psalm sixty five for the choir director a song a 29 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 2: Psalm of David. What mighty praise, O God, belongs to 30 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 2: you in Zion. We will fulfill our vows to you. 31 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 2: For you answer our prayers. All of us must come 32 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 2: to you, though we are overwhelmed by our sins. You 33 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: forgive them all. What joy for those you choose to 34 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 2: bring near those who live in your holy courts. What 35 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 2: festivities await us inside your holy temple. You faithfully answer 36 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 2: our prayers with awesome deeds. O God, our Savior, You 37 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 2: are the hope of everyone on earth, even those who 38 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: sail on distant seas. You form the mountains by your power, 39 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: and armed yourself with mighty strength. You quieted the raging 40 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: oceans with their pounding waves and silence the shouting of 41 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 2: the nations. Those who live at the ends of the 42 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 2: earth stand in awe of your wonders. From where the 43 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: sun rises to where it sets, you inspire shouts of joy. 44 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 2: You take care of the earth and water it making 45 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: it rich and fertile. The River of God has plenty 46 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 2: of water. It provides a bountiful harvest of grain, for 47 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: you have ordered it. So you drench the plowed ground 48 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 2: with rain, melting the clods and leveling the ridges. You 49 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 2: soften the earth with showers and bless its abundant crops. 50 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 2: You crown the year with a bountiful harvest. Even the 51 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 2: hard pathways overflow with abundance. The grasslands of the wilderness 52 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: become a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy. 53 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 2: The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the 54 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 2: valleys are carpeted with grain. They all shout and sing 55 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 2: for joy Psalm sixty six. For the choir director a 56 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 2: song a psalm. Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth, 57 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 2: sing about the glory of his name. Tell the world 58 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 2: how glorious he is. Say to God, how awesome are 59 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 2: your deeds. Your enemies cringe before your mighty power. Everything 60 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 2: on earth will worship you. They will sing your praises, 61 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 2: shouting your name in glorious songs. 62 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: Interlude. 63 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 2: Come and see what our God has done, what awesome 64 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 2: miracles he performs For people. He made a dry path 65 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: through the red sea, and his people went across on foot. 66 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: There we rejoiced in him, for by his great power 67 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 2: he rules forever. He watches every movement of the nations. 68 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 2: Let no rebel rise in defiance. Interlude. Let the whole 69 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 2: world bless our God and loudly sing his praises. Our 70 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 2: lives are in his hands, and he keeps our feet 71 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 2: from stumbling. You have tested us, o God, You have 72 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 2: purified us like silver. You captured us in your net 73 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 2: and laid the burden of slavery on our backs. Then 74 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 2: you put a leader over us. We went through fire 75 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 2: and flood, but you brought us to a place of 76 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 2: great abundance. Now I come to your temple with burnt 77 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: offerings to fulfill the vows I made to you, Yes, 78 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 2: the sacred vows that I made when I was in 79 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 2: deep trouble. That is why I am sacrificing burnt offerings 80 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 2: to you, the best of my rams as a pleasing aroma, 81 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 2: and a sacrifice of bulls. 82 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: And male goats. Interlude. 83 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 2: Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I 84 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 2: will tell you what he did for me. For I 85 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 2: cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. 86 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 2: If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, 87 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 2: the Lord would not have listened. But God did listen. 88 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 2: He paid attention to my prayer. Praise God who did 89 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 2: not admit or my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love 90 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:04,359 Speaker 2: from me. 91 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: Let's pray. 92 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 2: Lord, we thank you for your word, and we thank 93 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 2: you for the privilege of being able to look at 94 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 2: these portions of scripture today as we've been reading through 95 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 2: the Book of Psalms together. And Lord, we're grateful for 96 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 2: the things that are referenced in these portions of scripture, 97 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 2: because we're reminded here of the fact that if we 98 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 2: have a healthy fear of you, a healthy reverence of you, 99 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 2: we can come before you and spill out what's on 100 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 2: our hearts and what's on our minds, and cry out 101 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 2: to you for help, praising you, like the Psalmist says here, 102 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 2: praising you as we speak, confessing the sin of our 103 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 2: heart to you and recognizing that you are the one 104 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 2: who listens. You are the one who pays attention to 105 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 2: our prayers. You are the one who does not ignore us, 106 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 2: and you do not withdraw your unfailing love from us. Lord, 107 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,040 Speaker 2: we're grateful for these things, and we're grateful for the 108 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 2: new life that we have through faith in your son 109 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 2: Jesus Christ. Lord, we admit our need for a savior, 110 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 2: as we admit the fact that we are sinners. But Lord, 111 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 2: through faith in your son Jesus, we are cleansed. We 112 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 2: are made righteous in your sight, and we are promised 113 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 2: a future in your presence that is secure and will 114 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: be ultimately perfect. So we're grateful for these things. Lord, 115 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 2: We're grateful for your love for us, and we're grateful 116 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 2: for your presence with us. 117 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: Today. 118 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 2: We thank you for this all, and we give you 119 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 2: the praise in Jesus' name. 120 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: Amen.