WEBVTT - Psalms 103-104

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>John Stangey, and today we're in Psalms one O three

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<v Speaker 1>and one oh four, and we'll be reading from the

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<v Speaker 1>New American Standard Bible. Psalm one O three a psalm

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<v Speaker 1>of David. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all

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<v Speaker 1>that is within me. Bless his holy name. Bless the Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my soul, and forget none of his benefits. Who

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<v Speaker 1>pardons all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who

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<v Speaker 1>redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with

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<v Speaker 1>loving kindness and compassion, Who satisfies your years with good things,

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<v Speaker 1>so that your is renewed Like the eagle. The Lord

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<v Speaker 1>performs righteous deeds and judgments for all who are oppressed.

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<v Speaker 1>He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to

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<v Speaker 1>the sons of Israel. The Lord is compassionate and gracious,

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<v Speaker 1>slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness. He will

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<v Speaker 1>not always strive with us, nor will he keep his

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<v Speaker 1>anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to

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<v Speaker 1>our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For

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<v Speaker 1>as high as the heavens are above the earth, so

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<v Speaker 1>great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

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<v Speaker 1>As far as the east is from the west, so

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<v Speaker 1>far has he removed our transgressions from us. Just as

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<v Speaker 1>a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>has compassion on those who fear him. For he himself

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<v Speaker 1>knows our frame. He is mindful that we are but

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<v Speaker 1>dust as for man. His days are like grass as

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<v Speaker 1>a flower of the field, So he flourishes. When the

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<v Speaker 1>wind has passed over it, it is no more, and

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<v Speaker 1>its place acknowledges it no longer. But the loving kindness

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting, on those

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<v Speaker 1>who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to

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<v Speaker 1>those who keep his covenant and remember his precepts to

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<v Speaker 1>do them. The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,

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<v Speaker 1>and his sovereignty rules overall. Bless the Lord, you his angels,

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<v Speaker 1>mighty in strength, who perform his word, obeying the voice

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<v Speaker 1>of his word. Bless the Lord, all you his hosts,

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<v Speaker 1>you who serve him doing his will. Bless the Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>all you works of his in all places of his dominion.

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<v Speaker 1>Bless the Lord, oh my soul, Psalm one O four,

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<v Speaker 1>Bless the Lord, oh my soul. O Lord, my God,

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<v Speaker 1>you are very great. You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

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<v Speaker 1>covering yourself with light as with a cloak, stretching out

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<v Speaker 1>heaven like a tent curtain. He lays the beams of

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<v Speaker 1>his upper chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds

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<v Speaker 1>his chariot. He walks upon the wings of the wind.

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<v Speaker 1>He makes the winds his messengers, flaming fire his ministers.

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<v Speaker 1>He establishes the earth upon its foundations, so that it

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<v Speaker 1>will not totter forever and ever. You covered it with

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<v Speaker 1>the deep, as with a garment. The waters were standing

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<v Speaker 1>above the mountains. At your rebuke, they fled at the

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<v Speaker 1>sound of your thunder, they hurried away. The mountains rose,

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<v Speaker 1>the valleys sank down to the place which you established

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<v Speaker 1>for them. You set a boundary that they may not

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<v Speaker 1>pass over, so that they will not return to cover

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<v Speaker 1>the earth. He sends forth springs in the valleys. They

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<v Speaker 1>flow between the mountains. They give drink to every beast

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<v Speaker 1>of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst beside them.

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<v Speaker 1>The birds of the heavens dwell. They lift up their

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<v Speaker 1>voices among the branches. He waters the mountains from his

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<v Speaker 1>upper chambers. The earth is satisfied with the fruit of

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<v Speaker 1>his works. He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,

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<v Speaker 1>and vegetation for the labor of man, so that he

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<v Speaker 1>may bring forth food from the earth, and wine which

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<v Speaker 1>makes man's heart glad, so that he may make his

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<v Speaker 1>face glisten with oil and food which sustains man's heart.

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<v Speaker 1>The trees of the Lord drink their fill of lebanon,

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<v Speaker 1>which he planted, where the birds build their nests, and

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<v Speaker 1>the stork, whose home is the fir trees. The high

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<v Speaker 1>mountains are for the wild goats. The cliffs are a

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<v Speaker 1>refuge for the chefonine. He made the moon for the seasons.

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<v Speaker 1>The sun knows the place of its setting. You appoint darkness,

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<v Speaker 1>and it becomes night, in which all the beasts of

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<v Speaker 1>the forest prowl about. The young lions roar after their

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<v Speaker 1>prey and seek their food from God. When the sun rises,

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<v Speaker 1>they withdraw and lie down in their dens. Man goes

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<v Speaker 1>forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh Lord, how many are your works? In wisdom you

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<v Speaker 1>have made them all. The earth is full of your possessions.

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<v Speaker 1>There is the sea, great and broad, in which are

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<v Speaker 1>swarms without number, animals, both small and great. There the

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<v Speaker 1>ships move al and Leviathan, which you have formed to

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<v Speaker 1>sport in it. They all wait for you to give

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<v Speaker 1>them their food. In due season, you give to them,

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<v Speaker 1>They gather it up. You open your hand. They are

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<v Speaker 1>satisfied with good. You hide your face. They are dismayed.

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<v Speaker 1>You take away their spirit. They expire and return to

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<v Speaker 1>their dust. You send forth your spirit. They are created,

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<v Speaker 1>and you renew the face of the ground. Let the

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<v Speaker 1>glory of the Lord endure forever. Let the Lord be

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<v Speaker 1>glad in his works. He looks at the earth and

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<v Speaker 1>it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. I

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<v Speaker 1>will sing to the Lord as long as I live.

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<v Speaker 1>I will sing praise to my God while I have

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<v Speaker 1>my being. Let my meditation be pleasing to Him. As

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<v Speaker 1>for me, I shall be glad in the Lord. Let

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<v Speaker 1>sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked

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<v Speaker 1>be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul, praise

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for your

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<v Speaker 1>word and we thank you for the privilege to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to look at it together today, and we thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for the things that are contained and the Psalms

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<v Speaker 1>that we looked at, and we see the Psalmist giving

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<v Speaker 1>you praise for who you are and how you're at

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<v Speaker 1>work in your creation. Lord, we know from your word

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<v Speaker 1>that all things in creation were created through and are

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<v Speaker 1>sustained by your son, Jesus Christ. That's what your word

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<v Speaker 1>reveals to us. So we thank you, Lord that we

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<v Speaker 1>are part of your creation, that you created us and

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<v Speaker 1>you sustain us, and you invite us to have a

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<v Speaker 1>relationship with you through faith in Jesus Christ. And we

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<v Speaker 1>pray Lord that by your grace that you would make

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<v Speaker 1>that so, Lord, we pray that throughout the course of

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<v Speaker 1>every day that we'd give you the honor and the

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<v Speaker 1>glory that you deserve. And we're grateful, Lord for your

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<v Speaker 1>presence with us today. And we're grateful Lord that when

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<v Speaker 1>we look at this beautiful creation that you have made,

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<v Speaker 1>that when we look at it, we would give you praise,

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<v Speaker 1>and that we would be reminded of who you are,

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<v Speaker 1>your great power, and the fact that you love us

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<v Speaker 1>in the midst of all the things that you've created,

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<v Speaker 1>so we're grateful for all of these things, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>grateful for the reminders of your presence, and we pray

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<v Speaker 1>this all in Jesus' name. Amen.