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 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm 4 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're reading Psalms thirty five and 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: thirty six, and we'll be reading from the New American 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: Standard Bible. A psalm of David. Contend O Lord, with 7 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: those who contend with me, Fight against those who fight 8 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: against me. Take hold of buckler and shield, and rise 9 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: up for my help. Draw also the spear and the 10 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: battle acts to meet those who pursue me. Say to 11 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: my soul, I am your salvation. Let those be ashamed 12 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: and dishonored who seek my life. Let those be turned 13 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: back in humiliated who devise evil against me. Let them 14 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: be like chaff before the wind, with the Angel of 15 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: the Lord driving them on. Let their way be dark 16 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: and slippery, with the Angel of the Lord pursuing them. 17 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: For without cause, they hid their net for me, without cause, 18 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: they dug a pit for my soul. Let destruction come 19 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: upon him unawares, and let the net which he hid 20 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: catch himself into that varied destruction. Let him fall, and 21 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: my soul shall rejoice in the Lord. It shall exult 22 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: in his salvation. All my bones will say, Lord, who 23 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: is like you, who delivers the afflicted from him who 24 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: is too strong for him? And the afflicted and the 25 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: needy from him who robs him. Malicious witnesses rise up. 26 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: They ask me of things that I do not know. 27 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of 28 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: my soul. But as for me, when they were sick, 29 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: my clothing was sackcloth. I humbled my soul with fasting, 30 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: and my prayer kept returning to my bosom. I went 31 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: about as though it were my friend or brother. I 32 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: bowed down, mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother. 33 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: But at my stumbling, they rejoiced and gathered themselves together. 34 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: The smiters, whom I did not know, gathered together against me. 35 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: They slandered me without ceasing, like godless jestures at a feast. 36 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: They gnashed at me with their teeth. Lord, how long 37 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 1: will you look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, 38 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: my only life from the lions. I will give you 39 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 1: thanks in the great congregation. I will praise you among 40 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:03,119 Speaker 1: a mighty throng. Do not let those who are wrongfully 41 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: my enemies rejoice over me. Nor let those who hate 42 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: me without cause wink maliciously. For they do not speak peace, 43 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet 44 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: in the land. They opened their mouth wide against me. 45 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: They said, Aha, Aha, our eyes have seen it. You 46 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: have seen it, O Lord. Do not keep silent, O Lord, 47 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: do not be far from me. Stir up yourself and 48 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: awake to my right and to my cause. My God 49 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: and my Lord. Judge me, O Lord, my God, according 50 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: to your righteousness. And do not let them rejoice over me. 51 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: Do not let them say in their heart, aha, our desire. 52 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: Do not let them say we have swallowed him up. 53 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at 54 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: my death distress. Let those be clothed with shame and 55 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: dishonor who magnify themselves over me. Let them shout for 56 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: joy and rejoice who favor my vindication. And let them 57 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: say continually, the Lord be magnified, who delights in the 58 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: prosperity of his servant, And my tongue shall declare your 59 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: righteousness and your praise all day long. Psalm thirty six 60 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: for the choir director, a psalm of David, the servant 61 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: of the Lord. Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart. 62 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: There is no fear of God before his eyes, for 63 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: it flatters him in his own eyes concerning the discovery 64 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: of his iniquity and the hatred of it. The words 65 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: of his mouth are wickedness and deceit. He has ceased 66 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: to be wise and to do good. He plans wickedness 67 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: upon his bed. He sets himself on a path that 68 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:10,799 Speaker 1: is not good. He does not despise evil. Your loving kindness, 69 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: oh Lord, extends to the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to 70 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: the skies. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. 71 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: Your judgments are like a great deep. Oh Lord, you 72 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: preserve man and beast. How precious is your loving kindness, 73 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: Oh God, And the children of men take refuge in 74 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: the shadow of your wings. They drink their fill of 75 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: the abundance of your house. And you give them to 76 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: drink of the river of your delights, For with you 77 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: is the fountain of life. In your light we see light. 78 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, 79 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: and your righteousness to the upright in heart. Not the 80 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 1: foot of pride come upon me, and let not the 81 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: hand of the wicked, drive me away. There the doers 82 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: of iniquity have fallen. They have been thrust down and 83 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:20,239 Speaker 1: cannot rise. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for your word, 84 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: and we thank you for the privilege to be able 85 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: to look at it together today. And Lord, as we 86 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: look at these psalms together today, we can see that 87 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: David was praying for your vindication. We could see that 88 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: he was expressing his gratefulness, Lord, for your loving kindness. 89 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: He was praising you, Lord, for your faithfulness and your 90 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: righteousness and the fact that your judgments are perfect. And Lord, 91 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: just as David expresses to you, we're grateful, Lord that 92 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: you preserve our lives. You grant us new life through 93 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: faith in your son Jesus Christ, and through Jesus we 94 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: are sustained. We have hope for the future because our 95 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: lives will now truly end. Lord. We're grateful for these realities, 96 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: and we're grateful for the fact that you defend and 97 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: protect your children. Lord. These are things that you made 98 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: abundantly clear to David, And as we read the words 99 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: that you inspired him to write down, you're making these 100 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: things abundantly clear to us as well. So Lord, thank 101 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: you for these reminders, thank you for the privilege to 102 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,239 Speaker 1: be able to think about them during the course of today, 103 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: and we pray that you'd bring them back to our 104 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: minds often. And we're grateful, Lord for your presence with us. 105 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: We love you, Lord, and we thank you for all 106 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: of these things. And it's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.