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Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm

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Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're in Psalms sixty seven and

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Speaker 1: sixty eight, and we'll be reading from the contemporary English version.

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Speaker 1: A psalm and a song for the music leader. Use

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Speaker 1: with stringed instruments. Our God, be kind and bless us,

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Speaker 1: Be pleased and smile. Then everyone on earth will learn

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Speaker 1: to follow you, and all nations will see your power

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Speaker 1: to save us. Make everyone praise you and shout your praises.

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Speaker 1: Let the nation celebrate with joyful songs because you judge

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Speaker 1: fairly and guide all nations. Make everyone praise you and

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Speaker 1: your praises. Our God has blessed the earth with a

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Speaker 1: wonderful harvest. Pray for his blessings to continue, and for

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Speaker 1: everyone on earth to worship our God. Psalm sixty eight

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Speaker 1: a psalm and a song by David for the music leader.

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Speaker 1: Do something God. Scatter your hateful enemies, make them turn

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Speaker 1: and run. Scatter them like smoke when you come near.

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Speaker 1: Make them melt like wax in a fire. But let

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Speaker 1: your people be happy and celebrate because of you, our God.

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Speaker 1: You are the one who rides on the clouds, and

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Speaker 1: we praise you. Your name is the Lord, and we

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Speaker 1: celebrate as we worship you, our God. From your sacred home.

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Speaker 1: You take care of orphans and protect widows. You find

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Speaker 1: families for those who are lonely. You set prisoners free

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Speaker 1: and let them prosper. But all who rebel will live

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Speaker 1: in a scorching desert. You set your people free, and

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Speaker 1: you led them through the desert. God of Israel, the

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Speaker 1: earth trembled and rain poured down. You alone are the

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Speaker 1: god who rules from Mount Sinai. When your land was thirsty,

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Speaker 1: you sent showers to refresh it. Your people settled there,

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Speaker 1: and you were generous to everyone in need. You gave

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Speaker 1: the command, and a chorus of women told what had happened.

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Speaker 1: Kings in their armies retreated and ran, and everything they

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Speaker 1: left is now being divided. And for those who stayed

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Speaker 1: back to guard the sheep, there are metal doves with

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Speaker 1: silver coated wings and shiny gold feathers. God, all powerful,

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Speaker 1: you scattered the kings like snow falling on Mount Zalmon,

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Speaker 1: our Lord and our God. But Shan is a mighty

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Speaker 1: mountain covered with peaks. Why is it jealous of Zion?

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Speaker 1: The mountain you chose is your home forever. When you,

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Speaker 1: Lord God, appeared to your people at Sinai, you came

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Speaker 1: with thousands of mighty chariots. When you climb the high mountain,

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Speaker 1: you took prisoners with you and were given gifts. Your

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Speaker 1: enemies didn't want you to live there, but they gave

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Speaker 1: you gifts. We praise you, Lord God. You treat us

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Speaker 1: with kindness day after day, and you rescue us. You

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Speaker 1: always protect us and save us from death. Our Lord

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Speaker 1: and our God. Your terrible enemies are ready for war,

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Speaker 1: but you will crush their skulls. You promise to bring

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Speaker 1: them from Bashan and from the deepest sea. Then we

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Speaker 1: could stomp on their blood and our dogs could chew

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Speaker 1: on their bones. We have seen crowds marching to your

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Speaker 1: place of worship, Our God and King. The singers come first,

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Speaker 1: and then the musicians, surrounded by young women playing tambourines.

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Speaker 1: They come shouting. People of Israel praise the Lord God.

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Speaker 1: The small tribe of Benjamin leads the way, followed by

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Speaker 1: the leaders from Judah. Then come the leaders from Zebulen

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Speaker 1: and naftily, our God, show your strength, Show us once again.

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Speaker 1: Then kings will bring gifts to your temple in Jerusalem.

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Speaker 1: Punish that animal that lives in the swamp. Punish that

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Speaker 1: nation whose leaders and people are like wild bulls. Make

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Speaker 1: them come crawling with gifts of silver. Scatter those nations

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Speaker 1: that enjoy making war. Force the Egyptians to bring gifts

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Speaker 1: of brons. Make the Ethiopians hurry to offer presents. Now,

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Speaker 1: sing praises to God, every kingdom on earth. Sing to

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Speaker 1: the Lord. Praise the one who rides across the ancient skies.

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Speaker 1: Listen as he speaks with a mighty voice, God's power.

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Speaker 1: He is honored in Israel, and he rules the skies.

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Speaker 1: The God of Israel is fearsome in his temple, and

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Speaker 1: he makes us strong. Let's praise our God. Let's pray. Lord.

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Speaker 1: We thank you for your word, and we thank you

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Speaker 1: for the privilege of being able to look at it

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Speaker 1: together today. And we thank you Lord for this testimony

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Speaker 1: that we just read of your great power and your

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Speaker 1: great honor. Lord. We know that you are sovereign, we

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Speaker 1: know that you rule. We know Lord, that we are

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Speaker 1: to revere and to respect you. But we also know, Lord,

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Speaker 1: that you choose in your mercy and in your grace

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Speaker 1: to make us strong through faith in your son Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: You grant us your strength, You grant us the ability

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Speaker 1: to do things that you call us to do. You

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Speaker 1: empower us, Lord, and you walk with us daily, and

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Speaker 1: you give us reason after reason to give you praise,

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Speaker 1: just as the Psalmist does in this psalm. So, Lord,

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Speaker 1: we're grateful for these things, and we're grateful for these

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Speaker 1: reminders as we have the privilege to read them and

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Speaker 1: hear them read. And we pray Lord that you would

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Speaker 1: just help us as we seek to be men and

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Speaker 1: women who walk with you faithfully in every context of

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Speaker 1: life that you place us in. Lord, we love you,

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Speaker 1: We thank you for your presence with us today, and

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Speaker 1: we commit ourselves to your care and pray this all

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Speaker 1: in Jesus' name. Amen.