WEBVTT - Psalms 81-83

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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 eighty one, eighty two,

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<v Speaker 1>and eighty three, and we'll be reading from the New

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<v Speaker 1>English translation Psalm eighty one. For the music director, according

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<v Speaker 1>to the Giddeth style by Asaff, Shout for joy to God,

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<v Speaker 1>our source of strength. Shout out to the God of Jacob.

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<v Speaker 1>Sing a song, and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding

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<v Speaker 1>harp and the ten stringed instrument, sound the ramshorn on

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<v Speaker 1>the day of the new moon and on the day

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<v Speaker 1>of the full moon, when our festival begins. For observing

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<v Speaker 1>the festival is a requirement for Israel. It is an

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<v Speaker 1>ordinance given by the God of Jacob. He decreed it

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<v Speaker 1>as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land

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<v Speaker 1>of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize. It, said,

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<v Speaker 1>I removed the burden from his shoulder. His hands were

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<v Speaker 1>released from holding the basket. In your distress, you called out,

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<v Speaker 1>and I rescued you. I answered you. From a dark

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<v Speaker 1>thundercloud I tested you at the waters of Mahrabah Selah.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, listen, my people, I will warn you, oh Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>if only you would obey me, there must be no

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<v Speaker 1>other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.

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<v Speaker 1>I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought

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<v Speaker 1>you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth

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<v Speaker 1>wide and I will fill it. But my people did

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<v Speaker 1>not obey me. Israel did not submit to me. I

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<v Speaker 1>gave them over to their stubborn desires. They did what

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<v Speaker 1>seemed right to them. If only my people would obey me,

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<v Speaker 1>if only Israel would keep my commands, then I would

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<v Speaker 1>quickly subdue their enemies and attack their adversaries. May those

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<v Speaker 1>who hate the Lord cower in fear before him, May

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<v Speaker 1>they be permanently humiliated. I would feed Israel the best wheat,

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<v Speaker 1>and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.

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<v Speaker 1>Psalm eighty two a psalm of Asaf. God stands in

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<v Speaker 1>the assembly of l in the midst of the gods.

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<v Speaker 1>He renders judgment. He says, how long will you make

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<v Speaker 1>unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? Selah,

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<v Speaker 1>defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless. Vindicate

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<v Speaker 1>the oppressed and suffering, Rescue the poor and needy, Deliver

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<v Speaker 1>them from the power of the wicked. They neither know

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<v Speaker 1>nor understand. They stumble around in the dark while all

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<v Speaker 1>the foundations of the earth crumble. I thought you are gods,

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<v Speaker 1>all of you are sons of the most High. Yet

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<v Speaker 1>you will die like mortals. You will fall like all

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<v Speaker 1>the other rulers. Rise up, Oh God, and execute judgment

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<v Speaker 1>on the earth, for you own all the nations. Psalm

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<v Speaker 1>eighty three, a song, a psalm of Asath, Oh God,

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<v Speaker 1>do not be silent, do not ignore us, Do not

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<v Speaker 1>be inactive, O God. For look, your enemies are making

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<v Speaker 1>a commotion. Those who hate you are hostile. They carefully

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<v Speaker 1>plot against your people and make plans to harm the

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<v Speaker 1>ones you cherish. They say, come on, let's annihilate them,

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<v Speaker 1>so they are no law longer a nation than the

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<v Speaker 1>name of Israel will be remembered no more. Yes, they

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<v Speaker 1>devise a unified strategy. They form an alliance against you.

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<v Speaker 1>It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab

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<v Speaker 1>and the Hagrites, geebel Amin and Amelek Felistia, and the

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<v Speaker 1>inhabitants of Tire, even as Syria has allied with them,

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<v Speaker 1>lending its strength to the descendants of lot Selah. Due

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<v Speaker 1>to them, as you did to Midian, as you did

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<v Speaker 1>to Sicera and Jabin at the Kishan River, they were

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<v Speaker 1>destroyed at Endor. Their corpses were like manure on the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>Make their nobles like Oreb and zeb and all their rulers,

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<v Speaker 1>like Zeba and Zalmana, who said, let's take over the

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<v Speaker 1>pastures of God, Oh my God. Make them like dead thistles,

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<v Speaker 1>like dead weeds blown away by the wind, like the

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<v Speaker 1>fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that

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<v Speaker 1>consume the mountain sides. Chase them with your gale winds

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<v Speaker 1>and terrify them with your windstorm. Cover their faces with

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<v Speaker 1>shame so they might seek you, O Lord, May they

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<v Speaker 1>be humiliated and continually terrified. May they die in shame.

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<v Speaker 1>Then they will know that you alone are the Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>the sovereign king over all the earth. Let's pray, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for your word, and we thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for the privilege of being able to look at it

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<v Speaker 1>together today. And Lord, we thank you that in these

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<v Speaker 1>psalms we can see that those who oppose you do

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<v Speaker 1>not prosper in the end, Ultimately you reign victorious. Ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>you're the one who is in charge of the nations,

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<v Speaker 1>and you are the sovereign king over all creation. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for helping us to realize this fact. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for inspiring us to bow our need to your

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<v Speaker 1>son Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords,

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<v Speaker 1>to recognize Jesus as our Savior, our Lord, our Messiah,

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<v Speaker 1>and our coming King. Lord. This wasn't something we came

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<v Speaker 1>to the realization of on our own. This is something

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<v Speaker 1>that you made clear to us by the power of

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<v Speaker 1>your Holy Spirit. So we thank you, Lord that you

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<v Speaker 1>have given us the opportunity to know you. We're grateful

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<v Speaker 1>for the gift of salvation we have from you, and

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<v Speaker 1>we pray that in all contexts of life, that we

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<v Speaker 1>would honor you as our Lord. We thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>all these things. We commit this day to your care,

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