WEBVTT - Psalms 86-88

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>John Stangey, and today we're in Psalms eighty six, eighty seven,

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<v Speaker 1>and eighty eight, and we'll be reading from the contemporary

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<v Speaker 1>English version Psalm eighty six a prayer by David. Please listen,

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<v Speaker 1>Lord and answer my prayer. I am poor and helpless.

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<v Speaker 1>Protect me and save me because you are my God.

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<v Speaker 1>I am your faithful servant, and I trust you be

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<v Speaker 1>kind to me. I pray to you all day. Make

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<v Speaker 1>my heart glad. I serve you, and my prayer is sincere.

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<v Speaker 1>You willingly forgive, and your love is always there for

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<v Speaker 1>those who pray to you. Please listen, Lord, answer my

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<v Speaker 1>prayer for help. When I am in trouble, I pray

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<v Speaker 1>knowing you will listen. No other gods are like you.

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<v Speaker 1>Only you work miracles. You created each nation, and they

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<v Speaker 1>will all bow down to worship and honor you. You

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<v Speaker 1>perform great wonders because you alone are God. Teach me

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<v Speaker 1>to follow you, and I will obey your truth. Always

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<v Speaker 1>keep me faithful with all my heart. I thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I praise you, Lord God. Your love for me is

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<v Speaker 1>so great that you protected me from death and the grave.

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<v Speaker 1>Proud and violent enemies who don't care about you have

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<v Speaker 1>ganged up to attack and kill me. But you, the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord God, are kind and merciful. You don't easily get angry,

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<v Speaker 1>and your love can always be trusted. I serve you, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>and I am the child of one of your servants.

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<v Speaker 1>Look on me with kindness, make me strong and save me.

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<v Speaker 1>Show that you approve of me. Then my hateful enemies

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<v Speaker 1>will feel like fools because you have helped and comforted me.

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<v Speaker 1>Psalm eighty seven a psalm and a song by the

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<v Speaker 1>people of Korra. Zion was built by the Lord on

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<v Speaker 1>the holy mountain, and he loves that city more than

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<v Speaker 1>any other place in all of Israel. Zion, you are

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<v Speaker 1>the city of God, and wonderful things are told about you. Egypt, Babylonia, Felistia, Phoenicia,

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<v Speaker 1>and Ethiopia are some of those nations that know you,

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<v Speaker 1>and their people all say I was born in Zion.

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<v Speaker 1>God Most High, will strengthen the city of Zion. Then

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<v Speaker 1>everyone will say we were born here too. The Lord

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<v Speaker 1>will make a list of his people, and all who

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<v Speaker 1>were born here will be included. All who sing or

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<v Speaker 1>dance will say, I too, am from Zion. Psalm eighty eight,

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<v Speaker 1>a song and a psalm by the people of Kra

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<v Speaker 1>for the music leader to the tune mahalath Lenoth, a

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<v Speaker 1>special psalm by hemen the Ezra Heit. You keep me safe,

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<v Speaker 1>Lord God, So when I pray at night, please listen

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<v Speaker 1>carefully to each of my concerns. I am deeply troubled

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<v Speaker 1>and close to death. I am as good as dead

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<v Speaker 1>and completely helpless. I am no better off than those

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<v Speaker 1>in the grave, those you have forgotten and no longer help.

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<v Speaker 1>You have put me in the deepest and darkest grave.

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<v Speaker 1>Your anger rolls over me like ocean waves. You have

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<v Speaker 1>made my friends turn in horror from me. I am

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<v Speaker 1>a prisoner who cannot escape, and I am almost blind

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<v Speaker 1>because of my sorrow. Each day I lift my hands

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<v Speaker 1>and prayer to you, Lord. Do you work miracles for

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<v Speaker 1>the dead? Do they stand up and praise you? Are

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<v Speaker 1>your love and loyalty announced in the world of the dead.

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<v Speaker 1>Do they know of your miracles or your saving power?

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<v Speaker 1>In the dark world below, where all is forgotten? Each

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<v Speaker 1>morning I pray to you, Lord, Why do you reject me?

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you turn from me? Ever since I was

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<v Speaker 1>a child, I have been sick and close to death.

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<v Speaker 1>You have terrified me and made me helpless. Your anger

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<v Speaker 1>is like a flood, and I am shattered by your

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<v Speaker 1>furious attacks that strike each day and from every side.

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<v Speaker 1>My friends and neighbors have turned against me because of you,

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<v Speaker 1>and now darkness is my only companion. Let's pray. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for your word, and we thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for the privilege of being able to look at it

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<v Speaker 1>together today. And we thank you, Lord that just as

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<v Speaker 1>the Psalmist brings before your throne, we can also bring

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<v Speaker 1>before you our praise to you for the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>you listen to our prayers. Lord, we're grateful that you

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<v Speaker 1>listen to us, that you answer, and that you look

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<v Speaker 1>at us with compassion, even though we're poor and helpless.

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<v Speaker 1>And Lord, we recognize the fact that it's good to

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<v Speaker 1>acknowledge our helpless estate before you, simply because that reminds

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<v Speaker 1>us of how much we need the intervention of your son,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ on our behalf. And Lord, we're grateful that

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<v Speaker 1>that gift is ours through faith in Jesus Christ and

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<v Speaker 1>that we are part of your family, and that we

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<v Speaker 1>have your help, and we have your provision, and we

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<v Speaker 1>have your guidance in all contexts of our lives. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we're grateful for these things, and we're grateful for your

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<v Speaker 1>presence with us today, and we commit this day to

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<v Speaker 1>your care and thank you for all of these things,

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<v Speaker 1>in Jesus' name. Amen,