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 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. 3 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter today Audio Bible. I'm John Stangey, 4 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: and today we're in Psalms one forty six and one 5 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: forty seven, and we'll be reading from the New Living 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: Translation Psalm one forty six. Praise the Lord. Let all 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: that I am praise the Lord. I will praise the 8 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises 9 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: to my God with my dying breath. Don't put your 10 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: confidence in powerful people. There is no help for you there. 11 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, 12 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: and all their plans die with them. But joyful are 13 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: those who have the God of Israel as their helper. 14 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: Who's hope is in the Lord, their God. He made 15 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He 16 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: keeps every promise forever. He gives justice to the oppressed 17 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: and food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners. 18 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord 19 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: lifts up those who are weighed down. The Lord loves 20 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 1: the godly. The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He 21 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the 22 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: plans of the wicked. The Lord will reign forever. He 23 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: will be your God o Jerusalem throughout the generations. Praise 24 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: the Lord Psalm one forty seven. Praise the Lord. How 25 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: good to sing praises to our God. How delightful and 26 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: how fitting the Lord is rebuilding Jerusalem and bringing the 27 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: exiles back to Israel. He heals the broken hearted and 28 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: bandages their wounds. He counts the stars and calls them 29 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: all by name. How great is our Lord. His power 30 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: is absolute, his understanding is beyond comprehension. The Lord supports 31 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: the humble, but he brings the wicked down into the dust. 32 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: Sing out your thanks to the Lord. Sing praises to 33 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: our God with a harp. He covers the heavens with clouds, 34 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: provides rain for the earth, and makes the grass grow 35 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: in mountain pastures. He gives food to the wild animals, 36 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: and feeds the young ravens when they cry. He takes 37 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: no pleasure in the strength of a horse or in 38 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: human might. No, the Lord's delight is in those who 39 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love. 40 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: Glorify the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion, 41 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: for he has strengthened the bars of your gates and 42 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: blessed your children within your walls. He sends peace across 43 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,959 Speaker 1: your nation and satisfies your hunger with the finest wheat. 44 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: He sends his orders to the world. How swiftly his 45 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: word flies. He sends the snow like white wool. He 46 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: scatters frost upon the ground like ashes. He hurls the 47 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: hail like stones. Who can stand against his freezing cold? 48 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: Then at his command it all melts. He sends his winds, 49 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: and the ice thaws. He has revealed his words to Jacob, 50 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: his decrees and regulations to Israel. He has not done 51 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: this for any other nation. They do not know his regulations. 52 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: Praise the Lord. Let's pray. Lord. We thank you for 53 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: your word, and we thank you for the privilege to 54 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: be able to look at it together today. And we 55 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: thank you Lord for making your word clear to us, 56 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: for revealing it to us, and for teaching us all 57 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: that we need to know for life and godliness. Lord, 58 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: we know that your word points us toward your son 59 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, in whom we find salvation in whom we 60 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: find hope, in whom we find the help that we need, 61 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: and redemption for our souls. So Lord, we're grateful for 62 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 1: these gifts, and we're grateful for these blessings. And we're 63 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: grateful Lord that you're with us each and every day, 64 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: that we have the privilege to walk with you by faith, 65 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: and that we can trust in you in all matters 66 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: and in all things. Thank you, Lord for the control 67 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: and oversight you have over your creation, and for the 68 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: fact that you look after us, and you look after 69 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: all that you have created. And Lord, we just commit 70 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: ourselves to you today, and we thank you for your love, 71 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,119 Speaker 1: and thank you for your presence with us. We commit 72 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: our day to your care, and pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.