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Psalm_055 · Pastor John Piper's answers

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  Speaker 1: Psalm 55 For the Chief Musician on Stringed Instruments A
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  Speaker 1: Contemplation by David Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide
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  Speaker 1: yourself from my supplication. Attend to me and answer me.
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  Speaker 1: I am restless in my complaint and moan, because of
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  Speaker 1: the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of
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  Speaker 1: the wicked. For they bring suffering on me, in anger
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  Speaker 1: they hold a grudge against me. MY HEART IS SEVERELY
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  Speaker 1: PAINED WITHIN ME, THE TERRORS OF DEATH HAVE FALLEN ON ME,
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  Speaker 1: FEARFULNESS AND TREMBLING HAVE COME ON ME, HORROR HAS OVERWHELMED ME.
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  Speaker 1: I SAID, O, THAT I HAD WINGS LIKE A DOVE,
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  Speaker 1: THEN I WOULD FLY AWAY AND BE AT REST. BEHOLD,
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  Speaker 1: THEN I WOULD WANDER FAR OFF, I WOULD LODGE IN
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  Speaker 1: THE WILDERNESS. I WOULD HURRY TO A SHELTER FROM THE
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  Speaker 1: STORMY WIND AND TEMPEST. CONFUSE THEM, LORD, AND CONFOUND THEIR LANGUAGE,
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  Speaker 1: FOR I HAVE SEEN VIOLENCE AND STRIFE IN THE CITY.
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  Speaker 1: DAY AND NIGHT THEY PROWL AROUND ON ITS WALLS. MALICE
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  Speaker 1: AND ABUSE ARE ALSO WITHIN HER. DESTRUCTIVE FORCES ARE WITHIN HER.
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  Speaker 1: THREATS AND LIES DON'T DEPART FROM HER STREETS. FOR IT
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  Speaker 1: WAS NOT AN ENEMY WHO INSULTED ME. THEN I COULD
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  Speaker 1: HAVE ENDURED IT. NEITHER WAS IT HE WHO HATED ME,
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  Speaker 1: WHO RAISED HIMSELF UP AGAINST ME. THEN I WOULD HAVE
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  Speaker 1: HID MYSELF FROM HIM. BUT IT WAS YOU, A MAN
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  Speaker 1: LIKE ME, MY COMPANION AND MY FAMILIAR FRIEND. We took
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  Speaker 1: sweet fellowship together. We walked in God's house with the throng.
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  Speaker 1: Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down
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  Speaker 1: alive into Sheol, for wickedness is in their dwelling, in
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  Speaker 1: the midst of them. As for me, I will call
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  Speaker 1: on God. Yahweh will save me. Evening, morning, and at
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  Speaker 1: noon I will cry out in distress. He will hear
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  Speaker 1: my voice. He has redeemed my soul in peace from
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  Speaker 1: the battle that was against me, although there are many
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  Speaker 1: who oppose me. God, who is enthroned forever, will hear
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  Speaker 1: and answer them. They never change who don't fear God.
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  Speaker 1: He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated
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  Speaker 1: his covenant. His mouth was smooth as butter, but his
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  Speaker 1: heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet
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  Speaker 1: they were drawn swords. Cast your burden on Yahweh, and
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  Speaker 1: he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous
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  Speaker 1: to be moved. But you, God, will bring them down
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  Speaker 1: into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall
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  Speaker 1: not live out half their days, but I will trust
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  Speaker 1: in you.