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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture, a calming,

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Speaker 2: scripture centered devotional podcast designed to help you end each

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Speaker 2: day with God's word in your mind and on your heart.

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Speaker 2: Right after the short word from our sponsors, we will

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Speaker 2: reflect on tonight's scripture, Psalm fifty five. The evening reflection

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Speaker 2: is written by Leah Gerard and read by Kyle Norman.

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Speaker 2: Psalm fifty five. Listen to my prayer, Oh God, do

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Speaker 2: not ignore my PLEA answer me and hear me. My

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Speaker 2: thoughts trouble me, and I am distraught because of what

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Speaker 2: my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked.

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Speaker 2: For they bring down suffering on me and assail me

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Speaker 2: in their anger. My heart is in anguish within me.

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Speaker 2: The terrors of death have fallen on me. Fear and

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Speaker 2: trembling hath beset me. Horror has overwhelmed me. I said, Oh,

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Speaker 2: that I had the wings of a dove, I would

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Speaker 2: fly away and be at rest. I would flee far

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Speaker 2: away and stay in the desert. I would hurry to

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Speaker 2: my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.

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Speaker 2: Lord confuse the wicked confound their words, for I see

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Speaker 2: violence and strife in the city day and night. They

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Speaker 2: prowl about on its walls. Malice and abuse are within it.

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Speaker 2: Destructive forces are at work in the city. Threats and

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Speaker 2: lies never leave its streets. If an enemy were insulting me,

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Speaker 2: I could endure it. If a foe were rising against me,

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Speaker 2: I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself,

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Speaker 2: my companion, my close friend with whom I once enjoyed

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Speaker 2: sweet fellowship at the House of God as we walked

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Speaker 2: about among the worshipers. Let death take my enemies by surprise.

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Speaker 2: Let them go down alive to the realm of the dead.

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Speaker 2: For evil finds lodging amongst them. As for me, I

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Speaker 2: call to God, and the Lord saves me. Evening, morning

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Speaker 2: and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears

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Speaker 2: my voice. He rescues me, unharmed from the battle waged

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Speaker 2: against me. Even though many oppose me, God, who is

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Speaker 2: enthroned from of old, who does not change, he will

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Speaker 2: hear them and humble them, because they have no fear

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Speaker 2: of God. My companion attacks his friends, He violates his covenant.

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Speaker 2: His talk as smooth as butter, yet war is in

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Speaker 2: his heart. His words are more soothing than oil, yet

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Speaker 2: they are drawn swords. Cast your cares on the Lord,

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Speaker 2: and he will sustain you. He will never let the

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Speaker 2: righteous be shaken, but you. God will bring down the

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Speaker 2: wicked into the pit of decay. The bloodthirsty and deceitful

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Speaker 2: will not live out half their days. But as for me,

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Speaker 2: I trust in you. As you end this day and

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Speaker 2: prepare for rest, God invites you, through Psalm fifty five,

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Speaker 2: to lay it all down. This means everything that's grieving, stressing,

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Speaker 2: or even scaring you. David's cry for help may sound

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Speaker 2: nothing like yours, or it might feel strangely familiar, whether

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Speaker 2: or not you are at bitter odds with a former friend,

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Speaker 2: at a loss to trust someone or anyone, or you

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Speaker 2: just feel deeply burdened by the bad news all around you.

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Speaker 2: You can pray like David for relief. Wherever you are,

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Speaker 2: God is right there with you, and he longs for

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Speaker 2: you to cast off what's weighing you down. It might

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Speaker 2: be a relationship, a diagnosis, a loss, or a challenge,

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Speaker 2: and it feels like you want it all figured out tonight.

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Speaker 2: The truth is you can't possibly hold all the circumstances,

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Speaker 2: all the possible outcomes, or all the answers to what's unknown,

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Speaker 2: but you can ask God to fight for you, to

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Speaker 2: hear your prayer, to lift your load, to clear your vision.

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Speaker 2: He knows that sleep is what you really need to

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Speaker 2: rise tomorrow with hope. So be kind to yourself and

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Speaker 2: lean on God's strength. Believe in a God who is

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Speaker 2: able to handle even the blood thirsty, wicked enemies that

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Speaker 2: David was facing. He's bigger than any betraying or pain,

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Speaker 2: and he wants you to let him care for you,

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Speaker 2: sooth you, protect you, rescue you. Right now, just rest

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Speaker 2: in your faith as you pour out your heart into his.

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Speaker 2: Let trust to be your blanket. Relax knowing God will

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Speaker 2: carry you through tonight, tomorrow and always. Dear God, as

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Speaker 2: I settle myself to sleep this evening, I give you

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Speaker 2: everything that's weighing me down. I know you are right

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Speaker 2: here with me, and you're not afraid of how confused

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Speaker 2: and hurt I sometimes feel. I don't want to keep

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Speaker 2: spinning scenarios in my head or feeling my heart raised

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Speaker 2: with worry. I want to know that you have this,

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Speaker 2: that I am safe with you, that you're holding me

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Speaker 2: tenderly so that I can find true rest. Lord, lift

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Speaker 2: these fears and woes away from me and lead me

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Speaker 2: to slumber. I release my grip now and I trust

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Speaker 2: in your almighty sovereignty. Thank you for being my strength,

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Speaker 2: my hope, and my savior. I'm met.

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