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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 forty and forty one,

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Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the contemporary English version a

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Speaker 1: Psalm by David for the music Leader. I patiently waited

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Speaker 1: Lord for you to hear my prayer. You listened and

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Speaker 1: pulled me from a lonely pit full of mud and mire.

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Speaker 1: You let me stand on a rock with my feet firm,

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Speaker 1: and you gave me a new song, a song of

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Speaker 1: praise to you. Many will see this, and they will

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Speaker 1: honor and trust you, the Lord God. You bless all

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Speaker 1: of those who trust you, Lord, and refuse to worship

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Speaker 1: idols or follow false gods. You, Lord God, have done

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Speaker 1: many wonderful things, and you have planned marvelous things for us.

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Speaker 1: No one is like you. I would never be able

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Speaker 1: to tell all you have done. Sacrifices and offerings are

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Speaker 1: not what please you. Gifts and payment for sin are

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Speaker 1: not what you demand. But you made me willing to

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Speaker 1: listen and obey, and so I said, I am here

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Speaker 1: to do what is written about me in the book

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Speaker 1: where it says I enjoy pleasing you. Your law is

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Speaker 1: in my heart. When your people worshiped you know, I

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Speaker 1: told them, our Lord always helps. When all your people met,

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Speaker 1: I did not keep silent. I said, our Lord is kind,

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Speaker 1: he is faithful and caring, and he saves us. You

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Speaker 1: Lord never failed have pity on me. Your love and

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Speaker 1: faithfulness always keep me secure. I have more troubles than

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Speaker 1: I can count. My sins are all around me, and

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Speaker 1: I can't find my way. My sins outnumber the hairs

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Speaker 1: on my head, and I feel weak. Please show that

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Speaker 1: you care and come to my rescue. Hurry and help me.

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Speaker 1: Disappoint and confuse all who want me dead, turn away

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Speaker 1: and disgrace all who want to hurt me, Embarrass in

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Speaker 1: shame all of those who say, just look at you now,

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Speaker 1: our Lord. Let your worshipers rejoice and be glad. They

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Speaker 1: love you for saving them. So let them always say

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Speaker 1: the Lord is wonderful. I am poor and needy, But

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Speaker 1: Lord God, you care about me, and you come to

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Speaker 1: my rescue. Please hurry and help. Psalm forty one, a

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Speaker 1: psalm by David for the Music Leader You, Lord God,

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Speaker 1: bless everyone who cares for the poor, and you rescue

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Speaker 1: those people in times of trouble. You protect them and

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Speaker 1: keep them alive. You make them happy here in this land,

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Speaker 1: and you don't hand them over to their enemies. You

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Speaker 1: always heal them and restore their strength when they are sick.

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Speaker 1: I prayed, have pity, Lord, heal me, though I have

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Speaker 1: sinned against you. My vicious enemies, Ask me, when will

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Speaker 1: you die and be forgotten? When visitors come, all they

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Speaker 1: ever bring are worthless words. And when they leave they

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Speaker 1: spread gossip. My enemies whisper about me. They think the worst,

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Speaker 1: and they say you have some fatal disease. You'll never

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Speaker 1: get well. My most trusted friend is turned against me,

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Speaker 1: though he ate at my table. Have pity, Lord, heal

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Speaker 1: me so I can pay them back. Then my enemies

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Speaker 1: won't defeat me, and I will know that you really care.

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Speaker 1: You have helped me because I am innocent, and you

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Speaker 1: will always be close to my side. You, the Lord,

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Speaker 1: God of Israel, will be praised forever. Amen and Amen,

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Speaker 1: let's pray. Lord. We thank you for your word, and

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Speaker 1: we thank you for the privilege of being able to

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Speaker 1: look at these portions of scripture. Today and to meditate

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Speaker 1: on the things that you communicated to us through your

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Speaker 1: servant David. In both of these psalms, Lord, we see

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Speaker 1: things here that point our hearts to your son Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: References that we know find their ultimate fulfillment in him,

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Speaker 1: as a scripture speaks of one who is here to

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Speaker 1: do what is written about him in your word, one

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Speaker 1: who enjoys pleasing you, one who has the law of

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Speaker 1: God in his heart. Lord, we know that these are

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Speaker 1: things that find their ultimate fulfillment in your son Jesus Christ,

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Speaker 1: who is our King, who is our Lord, and who

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Speaker 1: is the one through whom ultimate healing comes to us. Lord,

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Speaker 1: we're grateful for these things. We're grateful for new life

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Speaker 1: and restoration that we find through your son Jesus Christ,

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Speaker 1: and we're grateful for the fact that your word continually

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Speaker 1: points our hearts to him. Likewise, Lord, we're just grateful

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Speaker 1: for your presence with us today, and we commit this

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Speaker 1: day to your care. We thank you for all of

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Speaker 1: these things in Jesus' name. Amen.