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 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Study Headquarters 3 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: dot com. You're listening to the chapter a Day Audio Bible. 4 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: I'm John Stangey, and today we're in Psalm seventy eight 5 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the English Standard version, a 6 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: mass skill of asaff Give ear, o, my people, to 7 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: my teaching. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 8 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,279 Speaker 1: I will open my mouth in a parable I will 9 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: utter dark sayings from of old things that we have 10 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: heard and known, that our fathers have told us. We 11 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: will not hide them from their children, but tell to 12 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord and 13 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: his might, and the wonders that he has done. He 14 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in 15 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: Israel which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, 16 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: that the next generation might know them the children yet 17 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: unborn and arise, and tell them to their children, so 18 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: that they should set their hope in God, and not 19 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: forget the works of God, but keep his commandments, and 20 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: that they should not be like their fathers. A stubborn 21 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast 22 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:36,279 Speaker 1: whose spirit was not faithful to God. The Ephriamites, armed 23 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: with the beau, turned back on the day of battle. 24 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: They did not keep God's covenant, but refused to walk 25 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: according to his law. They forgot his works and the 26 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: wonders that he had shown them in the sight of 27 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: their fathers. He performed wonders in the land of Egypt. 28 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: In the fields of Zoan. He divided the sea and 29 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: let them pass through it, and made the waters stand 30 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: like a heap. In the daytime he led them with 31 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light. 32 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink 33 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: abundantly as from the deep. He made streams come out 34 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: of the rock, and caused waters to flow down like rivers. 35 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the 36 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,679 Speaker 1: most high in the desert. They tested God in their 37 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: heart by demanding the food they craved. They spoke against God, saying, 38 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: can God spread a table in the wilderness He struck 39 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. 40 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: Can He also give bread or provide meat for his people? Therefore, 41 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath, A 42 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: fire was kindled against Jacob. His anger rose against Israel 43 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: because they did not believe in God and did not 44 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: trust his saving power. Yet he commanded the skies above 45 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: and opened the doors of heaven, and he rained down 46 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: on them manna to eat, and gave them the grain 47 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: of heaven, man ate of the bread of the angels. 48 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: He sent them food in abundance. He caused the east 49 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power 50 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: he led out the south wind. He rained meat on 51 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: them like dust winged birds, like the sand of the seas. 52 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: He let them fall in the midst of their camp, 53 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: all around their dwellings, and they ate and were filled, 54 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: for he gave them what they craved. But before they 55 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in 56 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: their mouths, the anger of God rose against them, and 57 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: he killed the strongest of them, and laid low the 58 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: young men of Israel. In spite of all this, they 59 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: still sinned. Despite his wonders, they did not believe. So 60 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: he made their days vanish like a breath, and their 61 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: years in terror. When he killed them, they sought him. 62 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: They repented and sought God earnestly. They remembered that God 63 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: was their rock, the most High God, their redeemer. But 64 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: they flattered him with their mouths. They lied to him 65 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: with their tongues. Their heart was not steadfast toward him. 66 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: They were not faithful to his covenant. Yet He, being compassionate, 67 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them. He 68 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: restrained his anger often and did not stir up all 69 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: his wrath. He remembered that they were but flesh, a 70 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: wind that passes and comes not again. How often they 71 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in 72 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: the desert. They tested God again and again, and provoked 73 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember his 74 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: power or the day when He redeemed them from the foe. 75 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: When He performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels 76 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: in the fields of Zoan. He turned their rivers to blood, 77 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: so that they could not drink of their streams. He 78 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, 79 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: which destroyed them. He gave their crops to the destroying locust, 80 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: and the fruit of their labor to the locust. He 81 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamores with frost. 82 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: He gave over their cattle to the hail, and their 83 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: flocks to thunderbolts. He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, 84 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: and distress. A company of destroying angels, he made a 85 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: path for his anger. He did not spare them from death, 86 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: but gave their lives over to the plague. He struck 87 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: down every first born in Egypt, the first fruits of 88 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: their strength in the tents of Ham. He led out 89 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: his people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness 90 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: like a flock. He led them in safety, so that 91 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: they were not afraid. But the sea overwhelmed their enemies, 92 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: and he brought them to his holy land, to the 93 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: mountain which his right hand had won. He drove out 94 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: nations before them. He appointed them for a possession, and 95 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. Yet they 96 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: tested and rebelled against the Most High God, and did 97 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: not keep his testimonies, but turned away and acted treacherously. 98 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: Like their fathers. They twisted like a deceitful bow. For 99 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: they provoked him to anger with their high places. They 100 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: moved him to jealousy with their idols. When God heard 101 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel. 102 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he 103 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 1: dwelt among mankind, and delivered his power to captivity, his 104 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: glory to the hand of the foe. He gave his 105 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: people over to the sword and vented his wrath on 106 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: his heritage. Fire devoured their young men, and their young 107 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: women had no marriage song. Their priests fell by the sword, 108 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: and their widows made no lamentation. Then the Lord awoke 109 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: as from sleep like a strong man, shouting because of wine, 110 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: and he put his adversaries to route. He put them 111 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: to everlasting shame. He rejected the tent of Joseph. He 112 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: did not choose the tribes of Ephrium, but he chose 113 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: the tribe of Judah Mount Zion, which he loves. He 114 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, 115 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: which he has founded forever. He chose David his servant, 116 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: and took him from the sheepfolds from following the nursing ewes. 117 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: He brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel, his inheritance. 118 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: With upright heart. He shepherded them and god them with 119 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: his skillful hand. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for 120 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: your word, and we thank you for the privilege of 121 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: looking at this longer psalm today. Lord, we're grateful for 122 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: its content and for the summary that it gives of 123 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: what took place during the days of ancient Israel. How 124 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: you rescued and redeemed your people, but how they chose 125 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: to reject you and worship idols. And we're not walking 126 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: by faith. But Lord, in time, you chose your servant David. 127 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: You raised him up, and you allowed him to lead 128 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,719 Speaker 1: the people of Israel, and he did so with an 129 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: eye toward you, and with a heart filled with faith, 130 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 1: and you showed mercy on your people, and you blessed 131 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: them with great leadership through David. There's a greater David 132 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: to come. Lord, your son, Jesus Christ is the greater David. 133 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: Your son Jesus Christ, the lion of the tribe of Judah, 134 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 1: is the one who rescues and redeems anyone who tried him. 135 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: So we're grateful for that reality. And we are grateful 136 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: Lord that we have the privilege to look forward to 137 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: the day when your son Jesus Christ will fully rule 138 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 1: and reign on this earth, just as your word promises. 139 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: We're grateful, Lord that we have the privilege to be 140 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: part of your kingdom through faith in Jesus. And we 141 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: pray that throughout the course of today and every day 142 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 1: that you give to us, that we would be people 143 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: who do not reject you for idols, but rather walk 144 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: with you by faith. Thank you, Lord for your love, 145 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: and thank you for your presence with us today. We 146 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.