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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 in Psalm seventeen and we'll

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Speaker 1: be reading from the New English translation, a prayer of David. Lord,

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Speaker 1: consider my just cause. Pay attention to my cry for help.

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Speaker 1: Listen to the prayer. I sincerely offer, make a just

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Speaker 1: decision on my behalf. Decide what is right. You have

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Speaker 1: scrutinized my inner motives. You have examined me during the night.

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Speaker 1: You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin.

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Speaker 1: I am determined I will say nothing sinful. As for

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Speaker 1: the actions of people, just as you have commanded, I

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Speaker 1: have not followed in the footsteps of violent men. I

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Speaker 1: carefully obey your commands. I do not deviate from them.

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Speaker 1: I call to you, for you will answer me. Oh God,

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Speaker 1: listen to me. Hear what I say. Accomplish awesome faithful deeds, You,

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Speaker 1: who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection

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Speaker 1: from their enemies. Protect me as you would protect the

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Speaker 1: pupil of your eye. Hide me in the shadow of

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Speaker 1: your wings. Protect me from the wicked men who attack me.

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Speaker 1: My enemies who crowd around me for the kill. They

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Speaker 1: are calloused, They speak arrogantly. They attack me. Now they

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Speaker 1: surround me. They intend to throw me to the ground.

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Speaker 1: He is like a lion that wants to tear its

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Speaker 1: prey to bits, Like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

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Speaker 1: Rise up, Lord, confront him, knock him down. Use your

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Speaker 1: sword to rescue me from the wicked man. Lord, use

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Speaker 1: your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the

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Speaker 1: murderers of this world. They enjoy prosperity. You overwhelm them

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Speaker 1: with the riches they desire. They have many children and

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Speaker 1: leave their wealth to their offspring. As for me, because

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Speaker 1: I am innocent, I will see your face when I awake.

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Speaker 1: You will reveal yourself to me. Let's pray. Lord, we

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Speaker 1: thank you for your word, and we thank you for

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Speaker 1: the privilege of being able to look at it together today.

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Speaker 1: And Lord, when we look at this portion of scripture,

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Speaker 1: we see the Psalmist coming to you for help and

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Speaker 1: testifying to the fact that he has not followed the

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Speaker 1: path or the ways of wicked men. Lord, we're grateful

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Speaker 1: for that example, and we recognize that that example is

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Speaker 1: ultimately fulfilled in your son Jesus Christ, who is the

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Speaker 1: only one who ever came to this earth and lived

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Speaker 1: the perfect life without sinning, without giving in to temptation.

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Speaker 1: Your son Jesus Christ, live perfectly on our behalf, so

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Speaker 1: that he could be the perfect atoning sacrifice for our

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Speaker 1: sin on the cross, having no sin of his own,

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Speaker 1: yet taking our sin upon himself, so that through faith

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Speaker 1: in him we could be forgiven. Lord. We're grateful for

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Speaker 1: that fact, and we pray Lord that we would approach

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Speaker 1: life with humility, recognizing that we are not perfect people,

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Speaker 1: but we serve a risen savior who is completely perfect

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Speaker 1: and who shares his righteousness with us as a gift. Lord,

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Speaker 1: we're grateful for these things, and we're grateful for the

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Speaker 1: reminders that we receive from your word of our dependence

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Speaker 1: and our reliance on you. And we pray Lord that

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Speaker 1: this would be forefront on our minds today. And we're

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Speaker 1: grateful Lord for your love. We commit this day to

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Speaker 1: your care and pray this all in Jesus' name, Amen.

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