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 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. 3 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter today Audio Bible. I'm John Stangey, 4 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: and today we're in Psalms thirty eight and thirty nine, 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the New Living Translation, a 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: psalm of David asking God to remember him. Oh Lord, 7 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: don't rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in 8 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: your rage. Your arrows have struck deep, and your blows 9 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: are crushing me because of your anger. My whole body 10 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: is sick. My health is broken because of my sins. 11 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: My guilt overwhelms me. It is a burden too heavy 12 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: to bear. My wounds fester and stink because of my 13 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: foolish sins. I am bent over and racked with pain. 14 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: All day long, I walk around filled with grief. A 15 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: raging fever burns within me, and my health is broken. 16 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from 17 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 1: an anguished heart. You know what I long for. Lord, 18 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: You hear my every sigh. My heart beats wildly, My 19 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: strength fails, and I am going blind. My loved ones 20 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own 21 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: family stands at a distance. Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps 22 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: to kill me. Those who wish me harm make plans 23 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: to ruin me. All day long, they plan their treachery. 24 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: But I am deaf to all their threats. I am 25 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: silent before them, as one who cannot speak. I choose 26 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: to hear nothing, and I make no reply. For I 27 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: am waiting for you, Oh Lord, you must answer for me, 28 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: Oh Lord, my God, I prayed. Don't let my enemies 29 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: gloat over me or rejoice at my downfall. I am 30 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: on the verge of collapse, facing constant pain. But I 31 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: confess my sins. I am deeply sorry for what I 32 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: have done. I have many aggressive enemies. They hate me 33 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: without reason. They repay me evil for good and oppose 34 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: me for pursuing good. Do not abandon me, O Lord, 35 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: do not stand at a distance. My God, come quickly 36 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: to help me, Oh Lord, my savior. Psalm thirty nine 37 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: for Jeduthan, the choir director, a psalm of David. I 38 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: said to myself, I will watch what I do and 39 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: not sin in what I say. I will hold my 40 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: tongue when the ungodly are around me. But as I 41 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: stood there in silence, not even speaking of good things, 42 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: the turmoil within me grew worse. The more I thought 43 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: about it. The hotter I got, igniting a fire of words. Lord, 44 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: Remind me how brief my time on earth will be. 45 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: Remind me that my days are numbered, how fleeting my 46 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: life is. You have made my life no longer than 47 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just 48 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: a moment to you. At best, each of us is 49 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: but a breath interlude. We are merely moving shadows, and 50 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, 51 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: not knowing who will spend it. And so, Lord, where 52 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: do I put my hope? My only hope is in you. 53 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: Rescue me from my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me. 54 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: I am silent before you. I won't say a word, 55 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: for my punishment is from you. But please stop striking me. 56 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: I am exhausted by the blows from your hand. When 57 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a 58 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: moth what is precious to us. Each of us is 59 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: but a breath interlude. Hear my prayer, Oh Lord, listen 60 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: to my cries for help. Don't ignore my tears, for 61 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 1: I am your guest, a traveler passing through as my 62 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: ancestors were before me. Leave me alone so I can 63 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: smile again before I am gone and exist no more. 64 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 1: Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for your word, and 65 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: we thank you for the privilege to be able to 66 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: look at it together today. And Lord, as we look 67 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: at the Psalms, we can see a variety of things. 68 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: We see that we need to confess our sin before you, 69 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: and you welcome when we do that. We also see 70 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: Lord that you love us enough to discipline us. And Lord, 71 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: in these passages, we also see a reminder of just 72 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: how brief our earthly lives are. Lord. Sometimes we put 73 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 1: so much stock in our earthly lives, thinking that this 74 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: is all there is, and sometimes we don't give enough 75 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: thought to eternity. And your goal for our lives is 76 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: that we give you glory through trusting in your son 77 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. So we're grateful, Lord that we have your 78 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: promise that we will live forever with you for all time, 79 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: and we know that that's secure because of our relationship 80 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: with your son Jesus, who rescues us and redeems us 81 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,160 Speaker 1: and holds us in his hand, promising to keep us 82 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: secure forever. Lord, we're grateful for these things, and we're 83 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: grateful for these reminders that we see in your word. 84 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: Help us, Lord, to make the most of each day 85 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: that you bless us with. We pray that we would 86 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: give you glory during this brief time that we have 87 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: on this earth. We love you, Lord, and we just 88 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: thank you for all of these things in Jesus' name. Amen.