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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 Psalms one twenty four,

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Speaker 1: one twenty five, one twenty six, one twenty seven, and

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Speaker 1: one twenty eight, and we'll be reading from the English

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Speaker 1: Standard version. Psalm one twenty four, A song of a

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Speaker 1: sense of David. If it had not been the Lord

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Speaker 1: who was on our side. Let Israel now say, if

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Speaker 1: it had not been the Lord who was on our

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Speaker 1: side when people rose up against us, then they would

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Speaker 1: have swallowed us up alive. When their anger was kindled

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Speaker 1: against us, then the flood would have swept us away.

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Speaker 1: The torrent would have gone over us. Then over us

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Speaker 1: would have gone the raging waters. Blessed be the Lord

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Speaker 1: who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

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Speaker 1: We have escaped, like a bird from the snare of

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Speaker 1: the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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Speaker 1: Our help is in the name of the Lord who

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Speaker 1: made heaven and earth. Psalm one twenty five, A song

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Speaker 1: of a sense. Those who trust in the Lord are

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Speaker 1: like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.

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Speaker 1: As the mountains surround Jerusalem. So the Lord surrounds his

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Speaker 1: people from this time forth and forevermore. For the scepter

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Speaker 1: of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to

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Speaker 1: the righteous. Lest the righteous stretch out their hands to

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Speaker 1: do wrong. Do good, o Lord, to those who are good,

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Speaker 1: and to those who are upright in their hearts. But

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Speaker 1: those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the Lord

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Speaker 1: Lord will lead away with evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

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Speaker 1: Psalm one twenty six A song of a sense. When

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Speaker 1: those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter,

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Speaker 1: and our tongue with shouts of joy. Then they said

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Speaker 1: among the nations, the Lord has done great things for them,

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Speaker 1: The Lord has done great things for us. We are glad.

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Speaker 1: Restore our fortunes, O Lord. Like streams in the Negeb,

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Speaker 1: those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy.

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Speaker 1: He who goes out weeping bearing the seed for sowing

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Speaker 1: shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves

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Speaker 1: with him. Psalm one twenty seven A song of a

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Speaker 1: sense of Solomon. Unless the Lord builds the house, those

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Speaker 1: who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches

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Speaker 1: over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It

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Speaker 1: is in vain that you rise up early and go

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Speaker 1: late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil, For

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Speaker 1: he gives to his beloved sleep. Behold, children are a

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Speaker 1: heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

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Speaker 1: Like arrows in the hand of a warrior. Are the

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Speaker 1: children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills

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Speaker 1: his quiver with them. He shall not be put to

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Speaker 1: shame when he speaks with his enemies. In the Gate

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Speaker 1: Psalm one eight, a song of a sense. Blessed is

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Speaker 1: everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways.

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Speaker 1: You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands.

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Speaker 1: You shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

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Speaker 1: Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house.

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Speaker 1: Your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Behold,

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Speaker 1: thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord.

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Speaker 1: The Lord bless you from Zion. May you see the

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Speaker 1: prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May

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Speaker 1: you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel. Let's pray. Lord.

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

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Speaker 1: for all the reminders that we see in your word

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Speaker 1: that teach us that it's wise and good to show

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Speaker 1: reverence and respect to you, to listen to your counsel,

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Speaker 1: to follow your direction, to go in the direction that

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Speaker 1: you lead us to go in. Likewise, Lord, we thank

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Speaker 1: you for the reminders in the scriptures that we just

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Speaker 1: looked at today that children are a gift from you. Lord.

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Speaker 1: For those of us who are parents, sometimes we're tempted

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Speaker 1: to think of children as a burden instead of a blessing.

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Speaker 1: But Lord, when we look at your word, and when

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Speaker 1: we think about the experience that you've blessed us with

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Speaker 1: to raise them and to love them and to show

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Speaker 1: them your love, we are reminded that they are a

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Speaker 1: true gift from you, and so we thank you for them. Lord.

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Speaker 1: We're also grateful that we have the privilege to be

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Speaker 1: your children, not just in the physical sense, but in

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Speaker 1: the spiritual sense through faith in your son Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord for calling us your family. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for welcoming us into your presence. Thank you for giving

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Speaker 1: us the privilege to live with you forever through faith

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Speaker 1: in your son Jesus Christ. We're grateful Lord for all

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Speaker 1: of these gifts, and we're grateful Lord for your blessings.

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Speaker 1: We commit this day to your care, and we pray

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Speaker 1: this all in Jesus' name. Amen.