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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 reading Psalms nineteen and twenty

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Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the contemporary English version a

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Speaker 1: Psalm by David for the Music Leader. The heavens keep

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Speaker 1: telling the wonders of God, and the skies declare what

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Speaker 1: He has done. Each day informs the following day. Each

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Speaker 1: night announces to the next. They don't speak a word,

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Speaker 1: and there is never the sound of a voice. Yet

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Speaker 1: their message reaches all the earth, and it travels around

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Speaker 1: the world. In the heavens, a tent is set up

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Speaker 1: for the sun. It rises like a bridegroom, and gets

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Speaker 1: ready like a hero eager to run a race. It

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Speaker 1: travels all the way across the sky. Nothing hides from

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Speaker 1: its heat. The law of the Lord is perfect. It

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Speaker 1: gives us new life. His teachings last forever, and they

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Speaker 1: give wisdom to ordinary people. The Lord's instruction is right.

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Speaker 1: It makes our hearts glad. His commands shine brightly, and

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Speaker 1: they give us light worshiping. The Lord is sacred, He

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Speaker 1: will always be worshiped. All of his decisions are correct

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Speaker 1: and fair. They are worth more than the finest gold,

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Speaker 1: and are sweeter than honey from a honeycomb. By your

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Speaker 1: teaching's Lord, I am warned. By obeying them, I am

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Speaker 1: greatly rewarded. None of us know our faults. Forgive me

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Speaker 1: when I sin without knowing it. Don't let me do

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Speaker 1: wrong on purpose, Lord, or let sin have control over

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Speaker 1: my life. Then I will be innocent and not guilty

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Speaker 1: of some terrible fault. Let my words and my thoughts

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Speaker 1: be pleasing to you, Lord, because you are my mighty

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Speaker 1: rock and my protector. Psalm twenty a psalm by David

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Speaker 1: for the Music Leader. I pray that the Lord will

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Speaker 1: listen when you are in trouble, and that the God

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Speaker 1: of Jacob will keep you safe. May the Lord send

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Speaker 1: help from his temple and come to your rescue from

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Speaker 1: Mount Zion. May he remember your gifts and be pleased

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Speaker 1: with what you bring. May God do what you want

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Speaker 1: most and let all go well for you. Then you

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Speaker 1: will win victories and we will celebrate while raising our

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Speaker 1: banners in the name of our God. May the Lord

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Speaker 1: answer all of your prayers. I am certain, Lord, that

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Speaker 1: you will help your chosen king. You will answer my

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Speaker 1: prayers from your holy place in heaven, and you will

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Speaker 1: save me with your mighty arm. Some people trust the

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Speaker 1: power of chariots or horses, but we trust you, Lord God.

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Speaker 1: Others will stumble and fall, but we will be strong

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Speaker 1: and stand firm. Give the king victory, Lord, and answer

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Speaker 1: our prayers. Let's pray. Lord. We thank you for your word,

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Speaker 1: and we thank you for the privilege of being able

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Speaker 1: to look at it together today. We're grateful, Lord, to

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Speaker 1: have access to it, and we're grateful to be able

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Speaker 1: to incorporate the listening to and the reading of your

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Speaker 1: word in our daily routine. Lord, we're grateful for the

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Speaker 1: reminders that we see in these passages of scripture that

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Speaker 1: we looked at today, Reminders that you are on your throne,

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Speaker 1: Reminders that we need to live our lives in humble

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Speaker 1: obedience toward you, seeking your help and seeking your strength,

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Speaker 1: so that we don't live in wilful rebellion against You.

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Speaker 1: And Lord, we wrestle with sin in all kinds of

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Speaker 1: ways and in all areas of our lives. It's very

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Speaker 1: easy for us to go in a direction that doesn't

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Speaker 1: honor you. It's very easy for us, Lord, to elevate

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Speaker 1: the desires of our old nature over what you call

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Speaker 1: us to live in, that being our new nature that

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Speaker 1: we receive through faith in your son Jesus Christ, who

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Speaker 1: has gifted us with his righteousness, who strengthens us with

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Speaker 1: his power. And likewise, Lord, we know that we are

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Speaker 1: being guided by your holy spirit. So we pray Lord,

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Speaker 1: that we would be obedient to you. That you're prompting

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Speaker 1: in our minds and in our hearts would be something

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Speaker 1: that we would listen to, and that in each context

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Speaker 1: of life that we find ourselves in, that we would

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Speaker 1: put you first and show that you are truly honored

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Speaker 1: as Lord of our lives. Lord, we're grateful for your

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Speaker 1: presence with us today, grateful that we can come before

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Speaker 1: your throne in prayer. And we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen,