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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm
Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're in Psalms one O three
Speaker 1: and one oh four, and we'll be reading from the
Speaker 1: New American Standard Bible. Psalm one O three a psalm
Speaker 1: of David. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all
Speaker 1: that is within me. Bless his holy name. Bless the Lord,
Speaker 1: oh my soul, and forget none of his benefits. Who
Speaker 1: pardons all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who
Speaker 1: redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with
Speaker 1: loving kindness and compassion, Who satisfies your years with good things,
Speaker 1: so that your is renewed Like the eagle. The Lord
Speaker 1: performs righteous deeds and judgments for all who are oppressed.
Speaker 1: He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to
Speaker 1: the sons of Israel. The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
Speaker 1: slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness. He will
Speaker 1: not always strive with us, nor will he keep his
Speaker 1: anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to
Speaker 1: our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For
Speaker 1: as high as the heavens are above the earth, so
Speaker 1: great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
Speaker 1: As far as the east is from the west, so
Speaker 1: far has he removed our transgressions from us. Just as
Speaker 1: a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord
Speaker 1: has compassion on those who fear him. For he himself
Speaker 1: knows our frame. He is mindful that we are but
Speaker 1: dust as for man. His days are like grass as
Speaker 1: a flower of the field, So he flourishes. When the
Speaker 1: wind has passed over it, it is no more, and
Speaker 1: its place acknowledges it no longer. But the loving kindness
Speaker 1: of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting, on those
Speaker 1: who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to
Speaker 1: those who keep his covenant and remember his precepts to
Speaker 1: do them. The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
Speaker 1: and his sovereignty rules overall. Bless the Lord, you his angels,
Speaker 1: mighty in strength, who perform his word, obeying the voice
Speaker 1: of his word. Bless the Lord, all you his hosts,
Speaker 1: you who serve him doing his will. Bless the Lord,
Speaker 1: all you works of his in all places of his dominion.
Speaker 1: Bless the Lord, oh my soul, Psalm one O four,
Speaker 1: Bless the Lord, oh my soul. O Lord, my God,
Speaker 1: you are very great. You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
Speaker 1: covering yourself with light as with a cloak, stretching out
Speaker 1: heaven like a tent curtain. He lays the beams of
Speaker 1: his upper chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds
Speaker 1: his chariot. He walks upon the wings of the wind.
Speaker 1: He makes the winds his messengers, flaming fire his ministers.
Speaker 1: He establishes the earth upon its foundations, so that it
Speaker 1: will not totter forever and ever. You covered it with
Speaker 1: the deep, as with a garment. The waters were standing
Speaker 1: above the mountains. At your rebuke, they fled at the
Speaker 1: sound of your thunder, they hurried away. The mountains rose,
Speaker 1: the valleys sank down to the place which you established
Speaker 1: for them. You set a boundary that they may not
Speaker 1: pass over, so that they will not return to cover
Speaker 1: the earth. He sends forth springs in the valleys. They
Speaker 1: flow between the mountains. They give drink to every beast
Speaker 1: of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst beside them.
Speaker 1: The birds of the heavens dwell. They lift up their
Speaker 1: voices among the branches. He waters the mountains from his
Speaker 1: upper chambers. The earth is satisfied with the fruit of
Speaker 1: his works. He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
Speaker 1: and vegetation for the labor of man, so that he
Speaker 1: may bring forth food from the earth, and wine which
Speaker 1: makes man's heart glad, so that he may make his
Speaker 1: face glisten with oil and food which sustains man's heart.
Speaker 1: The trees of the Lord drink their fill of lebanon,
Speaker 1: which he planted, where the birds build their nests, and
Speaker 1: the stork, whose home is the fir trees. The high
Speaker 1: mountains are for the wild goats. The cliffs are a
Speaker 1: refuge for the chefonine. He made the moon for the seasons.
Speaker 1: The sun knows the place of its setting. You appoint darkness,
Speaker 1: and it becomes night, in which all the beasts of
Speaker 1: the forest prowl about. The young lions roar after their
Speaker 1: prey and seek their food from God. When the sun rises,
Speaker 1: they withdraw and lie down in their dens. Man goes
Speaker 1: forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
Speaker 1: Oh Lord, how many are your works? In wisdom you
Speaker 1: have made them all. The earth is full of your possessions.
Speaker 1: There is the sea, great and broad, in which are
Speaker 1: swarms without number, animals, both small and great. There the
Speaker 1: ships move al and Leviathan, which you have formed to
Speaker 1: sport in it. They all wait for you to give
Speaker 1: them their food. In due season, you give to them,
Speaker 1: They gather it up. You open your hand. They are
Speaker 1: satisfied with good. You hide your face. They are dismayed.
Speaker 1: You take away their spirit. They expire and return to
Speaker 1: their dust. You send forth your spirit. They are created,
Speaker 1: and you renew the face of the ground. Let the
Speaker 1: glory of the Lord endure forever. Let the Lord be
Speaker 1: glad in his works. He looks at the earth and
Speaker 1: it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. I
Speaker 1: will sing to the Lord as long as I live.
Speaker 1: I will sing praise to my God while I have
Speaker 1: my being. Let my meditation be pleasing to Him. As
Speaker 1: for me, I shall be glad in the Lord. Let
Speaker 1: sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked
Speaker 1: be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul, praise
Speaker 1: the Lord. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for your
Speaker 1: word and we thank you for the privilege to be
Speaker 1: able to look at it together today, and we thank
Speaker 1: you for the things that are contained and the Psalms
Speaker 1: that we looked at, and we see the Psalmist giving
Speaker 1: you praise for who you are and how you're at
Speaker 1: work in your creation. Lord, we know from your word
Speaker 1: that all things in creation were created through and are
Speaker 1: sustained by your son, Jesus Christ. That's what your word
Speaker 1: reveals to us. So we thank you, Lord that we
Speaker 1: are part of your creation, that you created us and
Speaker 1: you sustain us, and you invite us to have a
Speaker 1: relationship with you through faith in Jesus Christ. And we
Speaker 1: pray Lord that by your grace that you would make
Speaker 1: that so, Lord, we pray that throughout the course of
Speaker 1: every day that we'd give you the honor and the
Speaker 1: glory that you deserve. And we're grateful, Lord for your
Speaker 1: presence with us today. And we're grateful Lord that when
Speaker 1: we look at this beautiful creation that you have made,
Speaker 1: that when we look at it, we would give you praise,
Speaker 1: and that we would be reminded of who you are,
Speaker 1: your great power, and the fact that you love us
Speaker 1: in the midst of all the things that you've created,
Speaker 1: so we're grateful for all of these things, and we're
Speaker 1: grateful for the reminders of your presence, and we pray
Speaker 1: this all in Jesus' name. Amen.