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 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Study Headquarters 3 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: dot com. You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. 4 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: I'm John Stangey, and today we're in Psalm chapter one, 5 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: two and three, and we'll be reading from the English 6 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: Standard version. Blessed is the man who walks not in 7 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: the council of the wicked, nor stands in the way 8 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers. But 9 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: his delight is in the law of the Lord, and 10 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: on his law he meditates day and night. He is 11 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: like a tree planted by streams of water that yields 12 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. 13 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,959 Speaker 1: In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 1: not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore, 15 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners 16 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knows 17 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: the way of the righteous, but the way of the 18 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: wicked will perish. Psalm to why do the nations rage 19 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: and the people's plot in vain? The kings of the 20 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against 21 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: the Lord and against his anointed, saying, let us burst 22 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us. 23 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: He who sits in the heavens laughs. The Lord holds 24 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: them in derision. Then he will speak to them in 25 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,919 Speaker 1: his wrath and terrify them in his fury, saying, as 26 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: for me, I have set my king on Zion, my 27 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: holy hill. I will tell of decree. The Lord said 28 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: to me, you are my son. Today I have begotten you. 29 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, 30 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: and the ends of the earth your possession. You shall 31 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: break them with a rod of iron and dash them 32 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: in pieces like a potter's vessel. Now therefore, O kings, 33 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: be wise, be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve 34 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, 35 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: lest he be angry and you perish in the way, 36 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who 37 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: take refuge in him. Psalm three, a psalm of David 38 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: when he fled from Absalom his son. Oh Lord, how 39 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: many are my foes. Many are rising againainst me, Many 40 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: are saying of my soul. There is no salvation for 41 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: him in God. Saylah, but you, oh Lord, are a 42 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: shield about me, my glory and the lifter of my head. 43 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me 44 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: from his holy hill. Say lah, I lay down and slept. 45 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: I woke again, for the Lord sustained me. I will 46 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: not be afraid of many thousands of people who have 47 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: set themselves against me all around. Arise O, Lord, save me, 48 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: Oh my God, for you strike all my enemies on 49 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: the cheek. You break the teeth of the wicked. Salvation 50 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: belongs to the Lord, your blessing beyond your people. Say lah, 51 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: let's pray. Lord. We thank you for your word, and 52 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: we thank you. Thank you for the privilege of being 53 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: able to look at several Psalms together today. And we're 54 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: grateful Lord for the things that are spoken in these 55 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: passages of scripture. And Lord, one of the things that 56 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: stands out to us from Psalm II is your prophetic 57 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: description of the fact that your son would rule and 58 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: reign on this earth. And Lord, we know that when 59 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: we look throughout the book of Psalms, we find so 60 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: many prophetic references to your son Jesus Christ and even 61 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: when we look throughout the New Testament, the Book of 62 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: Psalms is quoted time and time again to illustrate the 63 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: fact that Jesus was the fulfillment of all the things 64 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: that were prophesied about him in these portions of scripture. 65 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 1: So we're grateful, Lord that as we begin a new 66 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: book together, that we have the privilege to look at 67 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: what your word contains, to meditate on its content, and 68 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 1: to recognize that the whole thing is pointing us toward 69 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: your son, Jesus Christ, in whom we find salvation, in 70 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: whom we find redemption and rescue for our souls. So 71 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: we're grateful for these gifts. We're grateful for your promises. Lord, 72 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: We're grateful for the privilege to worship and praise you 73 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: through faith in your son Jesus Christ. And we commit 74 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: this day to your care, and we thank you, Lord 75 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: for your presence with us. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.