Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your
Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com.
Speaker 1: You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm
Speaker 1: John Stanghy, and today we're in Psalms seventy nine and
Speaker 1: eighty and we'll be reading from the New American Standard Bible.
Speaker 1: Psalm seventy nine a psalm of asaff, Oh God, the
Speaker 1: nations have invaded your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple.
Speaker 1: They have laid Jerusalem in ruins. They have given the
Speaker 1: dead bodies of your servants for food to the birds
Speaker 1: of the heavens, the flesh of your godly ones to
Speaker 1: the beasts of the earth. They have poured out their
Speaker 1: blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was no
Speaker 1: one to bury them. We have become a reproach to
Speaker 1: our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those around us.
Speaker 1: How long, oh Lord, will you be angry? Forever? Will
Speaker 1: your jealousy burn like fire? Pour out your wrath upon
Speaker 1: the nations which do not know you, and upon the
Speaker 1: kingdoms which do not call upon your name. For they
Speaker 1: have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation do not
Speaker 1: remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your
Speaker 1: compassion come quickly to meet us, for we are brought
Speaker 1: very low. Help us, O, God of our salvation, for
Speaker 1: the glory of your name, and deliver us, and forgive
Speaker 1: our sins for your name's sake. Why should the nations say,
Speaker 1: where is their God? Let there be known among the
Speaker 1: nations in our sight vengeance for the blood of your
Speaker 1: servants which has been shed. Let the groaning of the
Speaker 1: prisoner come before you according to the greatness of your power.
Speaker 1: Preserve those who are doomed to die, and return to
Speaker 1: our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom the reproach with which
Speaker 1: they have reproached you, Oh Lord, So we your people
Speaker 1: and the sheep of your pasture will give thanks to
Speaker 1: you forever, to all generations. We will tell of your praise.
Speaker 1: Psalm eighty for the choir director set to l shoshanim
Speaker 1: a duth A, Psalm of Asaf. Oh give ear, Shepherd
Speaker 1: of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, You
Speaker 1: who are enthroned above the Cherubim, shine forth before Ephrium
Speaker 1: and Benjamin and Manassah. Stir up your power and come
Speaker 1: to save us, Oh God, restore us, and cause your
Speaker 1: to shine upon us, and we will be saved. Oh Lord,
Speaker 1: God of hosts, How long will you be angry with
Speaker 1: the prayer of your people. You have fed them with
Speaker 1: the bread of tears, and you have made them to
Speaker 1: drink tears. In large measure. You make us an object
Speaker 1: of contention to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Speaker 1: Oh God of Hosts, restore us, and cause your face
Speaker 1: to shine upon us, and we will be saved. You
Speaker 1: remove Divine from Egypt. You drove out the nations and
Speaker 1: planted it. You cleared the ground before it, and it
Speaker 1: took deep root and filled the land. The mountains were
Speaker 1: covered with its shadow, and the cedars of God with
Speaker 1: its boughs. It was sending out its branches to the sea,
Speaker 1: and it shoots to the river. Why have you broken
Speaker 1: down its hedges so that all who pass that way
Speaker 1: pick its fruit. A boar from the forest eats it away,
Speaker 1: and whatever moves in the field feeds on it. Oh
Speaker 1: God of Hosts, turn again. Now. We beseech you look
Speaker 1: down from heaven and sea and take care of this vine.
Speaker 1: Even the shoote which your right hand has planted and
Speaker 1: on the sun, whom you have strengthened for yourself. It
Speaker 1: is burned with fire, it is cut down. They perish
Speaker 1: at the rebuke of your countenance. Let your hand be
Speaker 1: upon the man of your right hand, upon the son
Speaker 1: of man, whom you made strong for yourself. Then we
Speaker 1: shall not turn back from you. Revive us, and we
Speaker 1: will call upon your name, Oh Lord, God of Hosts,
Speaker 1: restore us. Cause your face to shine upon us, and
Speaker 1: we will be saved. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you
Speaker 1: for your and we thank you for the privilege of
Speaker 1: being able to look at this portion of scripture today
Speaker 1: from these two psalms. And Lord, we're grateful that, just
Speaker 1: as the Psalmist does in these passages, that when we
Speaker 1: have heartfelt needs, that we can come before you and
Speaker 1: just lay our hearts bare and ask for you to
Speaker 1: intervene on our behalf, And that likewise we can pray
Speaker 1: to you on behalf of those that we care about,
Speaker 1: asking for your intervention for those who are suffering and
Speaker 1: hurting and in a state where they're feeling like their destitute. Lord,
Speaker 1: like always, we're grateful to be able to notice areas
Speaker 1: of the scripture that you're using to point our hearts
Speaker 1: to your son, Jesus Christ. And Lord, we see here
Speaker 1: references to the son of Man, and we see a
Speaker 1: reference to the son whom you have strengthened for yourself.
Speaker 1: And we know Lord that these references ultimately find their
Speaker 1: fulfillment in your son, Jesus Christ. So we thank you
Speaker 1: Lord that wherever we are in the scriptures, whether we're
Speaker 1: in the Old Testament or the New Testament, we can
Speaker 1: see that your word points to Jesus, your son. So Lord,
Speaker 1: thank you for allowing us to see these things. Thank
Speaker 1: you for allowing us to be reminded that salvation is
Speaker 1: found in no other name under heaven other than the
Speaker 1: name of Jesus Christ. And we thank you Lord that
Speaker 1: through faith in Jesus we have the privilege to be
Speaker 1: made into a new creation, and that by your grace
Speaker 1: we have the privilege to be part of your kingdom forever.
Speaker 1: So we thank you for all of these things, and
Speaker 1: we thank you for your presence with us today. We
Speaker 1: pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.