Latest / Abide Meditation App / _I Will Not Be Shaken_ – Psalms of Confidence
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- 0:02Speaker 1: Psalm forty six. God is our refuge and strength, an
- 0:09Speaker 1: ever present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear.
- 0:14Speaker 1: Though the earth give way and the mountains fall into
- 0:17Speaker 1: the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam,
- 0:22Speaker 1: and the mountains quake with their surging. There is a
- 0:26Speaker 1: river whose streams make glad the city of God, the
- 0:29Speaker 1: holy place where the most high dwells. God is within her.
- 0:34Speaker 1: She will not fall. God will help her. At break
- 0:38Speaker 1: of day, nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall. He lifts
- 0:43Speaker 1: his voice, the earth melts. The Lord Almighty is with us.
- 0:50Speaker 1: The God of Jacob is our fortress. Come and see
- 0:54Speaker 1: what the Lord has done, the desolations he has brought
- 0:57Speaker 1: on the earth. He makes wars cease to the ends
- 1:01Speaker 1: of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear.
- 1:06Speaker 1: He burns the shields with fire. He says, be still
- 1:11Speaker 1: and know that I am God. I will be exalted
- 1:16Speaker 1: among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.
- 1:22Speaker 1: The Lord Almighty is with us. The God of Jacob
- 1:26Speaker 1: is our fortress. Psalm one hundred and twenty one. I
- 1:33Speaker 1: lift up my eyes to the mountains. Where does my
- 1:36Speaker 1: help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the
- 1:41Speaker 1: maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your
- 1:44Speaker 1: foot slip. He who watches over you will not slumber. Indeed,
- 1:49Speaker 1: he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
- 1:55Speaker 1: The Lord watches over you. The Lord is your shade
- 1:59Speaker 1: at your right hand. The sun will not harm you
- 2:02Speaker 1: by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will
- 2:07Speaker 1: keep you from all harm. He will watch over your life.
- 2:11Speaker 1: The Lord will watch over your coming and going, both now.
- 2:16Speaker 2: And for evermore.
- 2:19Speaker 1: Psalm ninety one. Whoever dwells in the shelter of the
- 2:24Speaker 1: Most High, will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- 2:29Speaker 1: I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge
- 2:32Speaker 1: and my fortress, my God in whom I trust. Surely
- 2:37Speaker 1: he will save you from the fowless snare and from
- 2:40Speaker 1: the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers,
- 2:44Speaker 1: and under his wings you will find refuge. His faithfulness
- 2:48Speaker 1: will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear
- 2:52Speaker 1: the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies
- 2:55Speaker 1: by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
- 2:59Speaker 1: nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may
- 3:04Speaker 1: fall at your side ten thousand at your right hand,
- 3:09Speaker 1: but it will not come near you. You will only
- 3:13Speaker 1: observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
- 3:18Speaker 1: If you say the Lord is my refuge, and you
- 3:22Speaker 1: make the most high your dwelling, no harm will overtake you.
- 3:27Speaker 1: No disaster will come near your tent, For he will
- 3:31Speaker 1: command his angels concerning you to guard you in all
- 3:34Speaker 1: your ways. They will lift you up in their hands,
- 3:38Speaker 1: so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
- 3:42Speaker 1: You will tread on the lion and the cobra. You
- 3:45Speaker 1: will trample the great lion and the serpent. Because he
- 3:50Speaker 1: loves me, says the Lord. I will rescue him. I
- 3:56Speaker 1: will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will
- 4:00Speaker 1: call on me, and I will answer him. I will
- 4:03Speaker 1: be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and
- 4:06Speaker 1: honor him with long life. I will satisfy him and
- 4:12Speaker 1: show him my salfation Psalm twenty three. The Lord is
- 4:19Speaker 1: my shepherd. I lack nothing. He makes me lie down
- 4:24Speaker 1: in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. He
- 4:30Speaker 1: refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths
- 4:34Speaker 1: for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the
- 4:38Speaker 1: darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are
- 4:44Speaker 1: with me. Your rod and your staff They comfort me.
- 4:51Speaker 1: You prepare a table before me in the presence of
- 4:53Speaker 1: my enemies. You anoint my head with oil, my cup
- 5:00Speaker 1: for flows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me
- 5:06Speaker 1: all the days of my life, and I will dwell
- 5:10Speaker 1: in the House of the Lord.
- 5:13Speaker 2: For ever.
- 5:15Speaker 1: Psalm twenty seven. The Lord is my light and my salvation.
- 5:22Speaker 1: Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of
- 5:26Speaker 1: my life. Of whom shall I be afraid when the
- 5:32Speaker 1: wicked advance against me to devour me. It is my
- 5:36Speaker 1: enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. Though
- 5:40Speaker 1: an army beseech me, my heart will not fear the
- 5:45Speaker 1: war break out against me. Even then, I will be confident.
- 5:50Speaker 1: One thing I ask from the Lord. This only do
- 5:53Speaker 1: I seek, that I may dwell in the House of
- 5:57Speaker 1: the Lord all the days of my life, to give
- 6:00Speaker 1: on the beauty of the Lord, and to seek him
- 6:03Speaker 1: in his temple. For in the day of trouble, he
- 6:07Speaker 1: will keep me safe in his dwelling. He will hide
- 6:11Speaker 1: me in the shelter of his sacred tent, and set
- 6:14Speaker 1: me high upon a rock. Then my head will be
- 6:19Speaker 1: exalted above the enemies who surround me. At his sacred tent,
- 6:24Speaker 1: I will sacrifice with shouts of joy. I will sing
- 6:30Speaker 1: and make music to the Lord. Hear my voice when
- 6:34Speaker 1: I call. Lord, be merciful to me and answer me.
- 6:39Speaker 1: My heart says of you seek his faith your face, Lord,
- 6:44Speaker 1: I will seek. Do not hide your face from me.
- 6:49Speaker 1: Do not turn your servant away in anger. You have
- 6:53Speaker 1: been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me.
- 6:57Speaker 1: God is my savior. Though my father and mother forsake me,
- 7:04Speaker 1: the Lord will receive me. Teach me your way. Lord,
- 7:09Speaker 1: lead me in a straight path. Because of my oppressors.
- 7:13Speaker 1: Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
- 7:16Speaker 1: for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.
- 7:23Speaker 1: I remain confident of this. I will see the goodness
- 7:27Speaker 1: of the Lord in the land of the Living. Wait
- 7:31Speaker 1: for the Lord. Be strong and take heart and wait
- 7:37Speaker 1: for the Lord Psalm sixty two. Truly my soul finds
- 7:44Speaker 1: rest in God. My salvation comes from Him. Truly he
- 7:49Speaker 1: is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress.
- 7:54Speaker 1: I will never be shaken How long will you assault me?
- 8:00Speaker 2: All of you?
- 8:00Speaker 1: Throw me down this leaning wall, this tottering fence. Surely
- 8:06Speaker 1: they intend to topple me from my lofty place. They
- 8:09Speaker 1: take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but
- 8:13Speaker 1: in their hearts they curse. Yes, my soul find rest
- 8:20Speaker 1: in God. My hope comes from him. Truly, He is
- 8:25Speaker 1: my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress. I
- 8:29Speaker 1: will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend
- 8:35Speaker 1: on God. He is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust
- 8:40Speaker 1: in Him at all times, you people, pour out your
- 8:44Speaker 1: hearts to Him. For God is our refuge. Surely, the
- 8:50Speaker 1: low born are but a breath. The high born are
- 8:53Speaker 1: but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing.
- 8:59Speaker 1: Together there only a breath. Do not trust in extortion,
- 9:04Speaker 1: or put vain hope in stolen goods. Though your riches increase,
- 9:09Speaker 1: do not set your.
- 9:10Speaker 2: Heart on them.
- 9:12Speaker 1: One thing God hath spoken, two things I have heard.
- 9:17Speaker 1: Power belongs to you, God, And with you, Lord is
- 9:20Speaker 1: unfailing love. And you reward every one according to what
- 9:27Speaker 1: they have done. Psalm sixteen. Keep me safe, my God,
- 9:35Speaker 1: for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord,
- 9:40Speaker 1: you are my Lord. Apart from you, I have no
- 9:44Speaker 1: good thing. I say of the holy people who are
- 9:48Speaker 1: in the land. They are the noble ones in whom
- 9:51Speaker 1: is all my delight. Those who run after other gods
- 9:55Speaker 1: will suffer more and more. I will not pour out
- 10:00Speaker 1: libations of blood to such gods, or take up their
- 10:04Speaker 1: names on my lips. Lord, you alone are my portion
- 10:08Speaker 1: and my cup. You make my lot secure. The boundary
- 10:14Speaker 1: lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Surely I
- 10:17Speaker 1: have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the Lord who
- 10:22Speaker 1: counsels me. Even at night. My heart instructs me. I
- 10:27Speaker 1: keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at
- 10:31Speaker 1: my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my
- 10:36Speaker 1: heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body also
- 10:41Speaker 1: will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to
- 10:45Speaker 1: the realm of the dead, nor will you let your
- 10:47Speaker 1: faithful one see decay. You make known to me the
- 10:52Speaker 1: path of life. You will fill me with joy in
- 10:56Speaker 1: your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm
- 11:03Speaker 1: one hundred and eighteen. Give thanks to the Lord, for
- 11:07Speaker 1: he is good. His love endures for ever. Let Israel say,
- 11:13Speaker 1: his love endures for ever. Let the house of Aeron
- 11:17Speaker 1: say his love endures for ever. Let those who fear
- 11:22Speaker 1: the Lord say his love endures for ever. When hard pressed,
- 11:30Speaker 1: I cried to the Lord. He brought me into a
- 11:33Speaker 1: spacious place. The Lord is with me. I will not
- 11:38Speaker 1: be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me. The
- 11:43Speaker 1: Lord is with me. He is my helper. I look
- 11:46Speaker 1: in triumph on my enemies. It is better to take
- 11:51Speaker 1: refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. It
- 11:55Speaker 1: is better to take refuge in the Lord than to
- 11:58Speaker 1: trust in princes. All the nations surrounded me. But in
- 12:03Speaker 1: the name of the Lord, I cut them down. They
- 12:06Speaker 1: surrounded me on every side. But in the name of
- 12:09Speaker 1: the Lord I cut them down. They swarmed around me
- 12:13Speaker 1: like bees, but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns.
- 12:18Speaker 1: In the name of the Lord, I cut them down.
- 12:22Speaker 1: I was pushed back and about to fall, but the
- 12:26Speaker 1: Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and my defense.
- 12:32Speaker 1: He has become my salvation. Shouts of joy and victory
- 12:38Speaker 1: resound in the tents of the righteous. The Lord's right
- 12:42Speaker 1: hand has done mighty things. The Lord's right hand is
- 12:46Speaker 1: lifted high. The Lord's right hand has done mighty things.
- 12:52Speaker 1: I will not die, but live, and will proclaim what
- 12:56Speaker 1: the Lord has done. The Lord has chastened me severely,
- 13:00Speaker 1: but he has not given me over to death. Open
- 13:04Speaker 1: for me the gates of the righteous. I will enter
- 13:07Speaker 1: and give thanks to the Lord. This is the gate
- 13:10Speaker 1: of the Lord through which the righteous may enter. I
- 13:14Speaker 1: will give you thanks for you answered me. You have
- 13:17Speaker 1: become my salvation. The stone the builders rejected has become
- 13:23Speaker 1: the corner stone. The Lord has done this, and it
- 13:27Speaker 1: is marvelous in our eyes. The Lord has done it
- 13:30Speaker 1: this very day. Let us rejoice to day and be glad. Lord,
- 13:38Speaker 1: save us, Lord, grant us success. Blessed is he who
- 13:44Speaker 1: comes in the name of the Lord. From the house
- 13:47Speaker 1: of the Lord. We bless you. The Lord is God,
- 13:51Speaker 1: and he has made his light shine on us. With
- 13:55Speaker 1: bows in hand, join in the festal procession up to
- 13:59Speaker 1: the horn of the altar. You are my God, and
- 14:03Speaker 1: I will praise you. You are my God, and I
- 14:07Speaker 1: will exalt you. Give thanks to the Lord, for he
- 14:11Speaker 1: is good and his love endures forever Psalm one hundred
- 14:18Speaker 1: and twenty five. Those who trust in the Lord are
- 14:22Speaker 1: like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
- 14:27Speaker 1: As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people,
- 14:31Speaker 1: both now and for evermore. The scepter of the wicked
- 14:36Speaker 1: will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous,
- 14:40Speaker 1: for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.
- 14:45Speaker 1: Lord do good to those who are good, to those
- 14:48Speaker 1: who are upright in heart. But those who turn to
- 14:51Speaker 1: crooked ways, the Lord will banish with the evil doers.
- 14:57Speaker 1: Peace be on Israel Book three, Psalm seventy three. Surely
- 15:05Speaker 1: God is good to Israel, to those who are pure
- 15:08Speaker 1: in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost slipped.
- 15:14Speaker 1: I had nearly lost my foothold, For I envied the
- 15:18Speaker 1: arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They
- 15:23Speaker 1: have no struggles. Their bodies are healthy and strong. They
- 15:28Speaker 1: are free from common human burdens. They're not plagued by
- 15:32Speaker 1: human ills. Therefore, pride is their necklace. They clothe themselves
- 15:38Speaker 1: with violence. From their callous hearts comes iniquity. Their evil
- 15:44Speaker 1: imaginations have no limits. They scoff and speak with malice,
- 15:49Speaker 1: with arrogance. They threaten oppression. Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
- 15:54Speaker 1: and their tongues take possession.
- 15:56Speaker 2: Of the earth.
- 15:58Speaker 1: Therefore their people turn to them, and in cup waters
- 16:00Speaker 1: in abundance, they say, how would God know? Does the
- 16:06Speaker 1: most high know anything? This is what the wicked alike.
- 16:12Speaker 1: Always free of care, they go on amassing wealth. Surely
- 16:18Speaker 1: in vain, I have kept my heart pure and have
- 16:21Speaker 1: washed my hands in innocence. All day long, I have
- 16:24Speaker 1: been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments. If I
- 16:29Speaker 1: had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children.
- 16:34Speaker 1: And when I tried to understand all this, it troubled
- 16:38Speaker 1: me deeply till I entered the sanctuary of God. Then
- 16:44Speaker 1: I understood their final destiny. Surely you place them on
- 16:49Speaker 1: slippery ground, you cast them down to ruin. How suddenly
- 16:54Speaker 1: are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors? They are
- 16:58Speaker 1: like a dream when awakes. When you arise, Lord, you
- 17:04Speaker 1: will despise them as phantasies. When my heart was grieved
- 17:09Speaker 1: and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant. I
- 17:14Speaker 1: was a brute beast before you. Yet I am always
- 17:18Speaker 1: with you. You hold me by my right hand, You
- 17:22Speaker 1: guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take
- 17:25Speaker 1: me into glory. Whom have I in heaven? But you,
- 17:31Speaker 1: and earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh
- 17:37Speaker 1: and my heart may fail, but God is the strength
- 17:41Speaker 1: of my heart and my portion forever. Those who are
- 17:46Speaker 1: far from you will perish. You destroy all who are
- 17:50Speaker 1: unfaithful to you. But as for me, it is good
- 17:55Speaker 1: to be near God. I have made the sovereign Lord
- 17:59Speaker 1: my refuse. I will tell of all your deeds Psalm eighteen.
- 18:07Speaker 1: I love you, Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock,
- 18:13Speaker 1: my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock
- 18:19Speaker 1: in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn
- 18:24Speaker 1: of my salvation, my stronghold. I called to the Lord,
- 18:29Speaker 1: who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved
- 18:33Speaker 1: from my enemies. The cords of death entangled me. The
- 18:39Speaker 1: torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of the grave
- 18:43Speaker 1: coiled around me. The snares of death confronted me. In
- 18:48Speaker 1: my distress. I called to the Lord. I cried to
- 18:53Speaker 1: my God for help. From his temple, he heard my voice.
- 18:58Speaker 1: My cry came before him into his ears. The earth
- 19:03Speaker 1: trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook.
- 19:09Speaker 1: They trembled because he was angry. Smoke rose from his nostrils.
- 19:13Speaker 1: Consuming fire came from his mouth. Burning coals blazed out
- 19:18Speaker 1: of it. He parted the heavens and came down. Dark
- 19:24Speaker 1: clouds were under his feet. He mounted the cherubim and flew.
- 19:30Speaker 1: He soared on the wings of the wind. He made
- 19:34Speaker 1: darkness his covering his canopy around him. The dark rain
- 19:38Speaker 1: clouds of the sky. Out of the brightness of his presence.
- 19:44Speaker 1: Clouds advanced with hailstones and bolts of lightning. The Lord
- 19:50Speaker 1: thundered from heaven. The voice of the most High resounded.
- 19:55Speaker 1: He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy with great
- 19:58Speaker 1: bolts of lightning. He routed them. The valleys of the
- 20:01Speaker 1: sea were exposed, and the foundations of the earth laid bare.
- 20:06Speaker 1: At your rebuke, Lord, at the blast of breath from
- 20:10Speaker 1: your nostrils, He reached down from on high and took
- 20:17Speaker 1: hold of me. He drew me out of deep waters.
- 20:23Speaker 1: He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes
- 20:26Speaker 1: who were too strong for me. They confronted me in
- 20:31Speaker 1: the day of my disaster. But the Lord was my support.
- 20:36Speaker 1: He brought me out into a spacious place. He rescued
- 20:40Speaker 1: me because he delighted in me. The Lord has dealt
- 20:46Speaker 1: with me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness
- 20:51Speaker 1: of my hands. He has rewarded me for I have
- 20:55Speaker 1: kept the ways of the Lord. I am not guilty
- 20:58Speaker 1: of turning from my God. All his laws are before me.
- 21:03Speaker 1: I have not turned away from his decrees. I have
- 21:07Speaker 1: been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
- 21:12Speaker 1: The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according
- 21:16Speaker 1: to the cleanness of my hands, in his sight. To
- 21:21Speaker 1: the faithful, you show yourself faithful. To the blameless, you
- 21:26Speaker 1: show yourself blameless. To the pure, you show yourself pure.
- 21:31Speaker 1: But to the devious, you show yourself shrewd. You save
- 21:37Speaker 1: the humbold, but bring loth those whose eyes are haughty.
- 21:41Speaker 1: You Lord keep my lamp burning. My God turns my
- 21:46Speaker 1: darkness into light. With your help, I can advance against
- 21:51Speaker 1: a troop. With my God, I can scale a war.
- 21:57Speaker 1: As for God, his way is perfect. The Lord's word
- 22:01Speaker 1: is flawless. He shields all who take refuge in him.
- 22:07Speaker 1: For who is God besides the Lord, and who is
- 22:11Speaker 1: the rock except our God. It is God who arms
- 22:16Speaker 1: me with strength and keeps my way secure. He makes
- 22:20Speaker 1: my feet like the feet of a deer. He causes
- 22:22Speaker 1: me to stand on the heights. He trains my hands
- 22:26Speaker 1: for battle. My arms can bend a bow of bronze.
- 22:31Speaker 1: You make your saving help my shield, and your right
- 22:34Speaker 1: hand sustains me. Your help has made me great. You
- 22:42Speaker 1: provide a broad path for my feet, so that my
- 22:45Speaker 1: ankles do not give way. I pursued my enemies and
- 22:49Speaker 1: overtook them. I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
- 22:53Speaker 1: I crushed them so that they could not rise. They
- 22:56Speaker 1: fell beneath my feet. You armed me with strength for battle.
- 23:02Speaker 1: You humbled my adversaries before me. You made my enemies
- 23:06Speaker 1: turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
- 23:11Speaker 1: They cried for help, but there was no one to
- 23:14Speaker 1: save them to the Lord, but he did not answer.
- 23:20Speaker 1: I beat them as fine as wind blown dust. I
- 23:23Speaker 1: trampled them like mud in the streets. You have delivered
- 23:27Speaker 1: me from the attacks of the people. You have made
- 23:31Speaker 1: me the head of nations. People I did not know
- 23:36Speaker 1: now serve me. Foreigners cower before me. As soon as
- 23:41Speaker 1: they hear of me. They obey me. They all lose heart.
- 23:45Speaker 1: They come trembling from their strongholds. The Lord lives. Praise
- 23:52Speaker 1: be to my rock, Exalted be God, my savior. He
- 23:58Speaker 1: is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,
- 24:02Speaker 1: who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above
- 24:07Speaker 1: my foes. From a violent man. You rescued me. Therefore
- 24:12Speaker 1: I will praise you Lord, among the nations. I will
- 24:16Speaker 1: sing the praises of your name. He gives his king
- 24:21Speaker 1: great victories. He shows unfailing love to his anointed, to David,
- 24:27Speaker 1: and to his descendants for ever Psalm one hundred and
- 24:32Speaker 1: thirty nine. You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.
- 24:37Speaker 1: You know when I sit and when I rise. You
- 24:41Speaker 1: perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out
- 24:46Speaker 1: and my lying down. You are familiar with all my ways.
- 24:51Speaker 1: Before a word is on my tongue, you Lord know
- 24:54Speaker 1: it completely. You hem me and behind and before, and
- 24:59Speaker 1: you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too
- 25:04Speaker 1: wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where
- 25:10Speaker 1: can I go from your spirit? Where can I flee
- 25:14Speaker 1: from your presence? If I go up to the heavens,
- 25:19Speaker 1: you are there. If I make my bed in the depths,
- 25:23Speaker 1: you are there. If I rise on the wings of
- 25:27Speaker 1: the dawn, if I settle on the far side of
- 25:30Speaker 1: the sea. Even there, your hand will guide me. Your
- 25:34Speaker 1: right hand will hold me fast. If I say surely,
- 25:39Speaker 1: the darkness will hide me, and the light become night
- 25:42Speaker 1: around me. Even the darkness will not be dark to you.
- 25:47Speaker 1: The night will shine like the day, For darkness is
- 25:52Speaker 1: as light to you. For you created my inmost being.
- 25:57Speaker 1: You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise
- 26:00Speaker 1: you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works
- 26:05Speaker 1: are wonderful. I know that full well. My frame was
- 26:11Speaker 1: not hidden from you when I was made in the
- 26:13Speaker 1: secret place. When I was woven together in the depths
- 26:17Speaker 1: of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All
- 26:23Speaker 1: the days ordained for me were written in your book
- 26:27Speaker 1: before one of them came to be. How precious to
- 26:31Speaker 1: me are your thoughts, God, How vast is the sum
- 26:35Speaker 1: of them. Were I to count them, they would outnumber
- 26:39Speaker 1: the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still
- 26:44Speaker 1: with you. If only you, God, would slay the wicked
- 26:49Speaker 1: away from me, You who are bloodthirsty. They speak of
- 26:54Speaker 1: you with evil intent. Your adversaries misuse your name. Do
- 26:59Speaker 1: I not hate those who hate you, Lord? And abhor
- 27:03Speaker 1: those who are in rebellion? Against you, I have nothing
- 27:07Speaker 1: but hatred for them. I count them my enemies. Search me, God,
- 27:12Speaker 1: and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts.
- 27:18Speaker 1: See if there is any offensive way in me, and
- 27:22Speaker 1: lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm one hundred and twelve.
- 27:29Speaker 1: Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord,
- 27:33Speaker 1: who find great delight in his commands. Their children will
- 27:37Speaker 1: be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright
- 27:41Speaker 1: will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in their houses,
- 27:45Speaker 1: and their righteousness endures forever.
- 27:48Speaker 2: Even in darkness, Light.
- 27:50Speaker 1: Dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and
- 27:54Speaker 1: compassionate and righteous. Good will come to those who are
- 27:59Speaker 1: generous and life and freely, who conduct their affairs with justice. Surely,
- 28:05Speaker 1: the righteous will never be shaken. They will be remembered forever.
- 28:10Speaker 1: They will have no fear of bad news. Their hearts
- 28:14Speaker 1: are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. Their hearts are secure.
- 28:18Speaker 1: They will have no fear.
- 28:20Speaker 2: In the end.
- 28:21Speaker 1: They will look in triumph on their foes. They have
- 28:25Speaker 1: freely scattered their gifts to the poor. Their righteousness endures forever.
- 28:31Speaker 1: Their horn will be lifted high in honor. The wicked
- 28:35Speaker 1: will see and be vexed. They will gnash their teeth
- 28:39Speaker 1: and waste away. The longings of the wicked will come
- 28:44Speaker 1: to nothing. Psalm three, Lord, how many are my foes?
- 28:53Speaker 1: How many rise up against me? Many a saying of me.
- 28:59Speaker 1: God will not de liver him. But you, Lord, are
- 29:03Speaker 1: a shield around me, my glory, the one who lifts
- 29:07Speaker 1: my head high. I call out to the Lord, and
- 29:11Speaker 1: he answers me. From his holy mountain. I lie down
- 29:15Speaker 1: and sleep. I wake again because the Lord sustains me.
- 29:21Speaker 1: I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me
- 29:26Speaker 1: on every side. Arise, Lord, deliver me, my God. Strike
- 29:33Speaker 1: all my enemies on the jaw, break the teeth of
- 29:37Speaker 1: the wicked. From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing
- 29:43Speaker 1: be on your people. Psalm sixty three. You God are
- 29:50Speaker 1: my God. Earnestly I seek you. I thirst for you.
- 29:55Speaker 1: My whole being longs for you. In a dry and
- 29:59Speaker 1: parched li land where there is no water. I have
- 30:03Speaker 1: seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and
- 30:06Speaker 1: your glory. Because your love is better than life, my
- 30:10Speaker 1: lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long
- 30:15Speaker 1: as I live, and in your name, I will.
- 30:17Speaker 2: Lift up my hands.
- 30:20Speaker 1: I will be fully satisfied, as with the richest of foods.
- 30:26Speaker 1: With singing lips, my mouth will praise you. On my bed,
- 30:30Speaker 1: I remember you. I think of you through the watches
- 30:34Speaker 1: of the night, because you are my help. I sing
- 30:38Speaker 1: in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you.
- 30:43Speaker 1: Your right hand upholds me. Those who want to kill
- 30:48Speaker 1: me will be destroyed. They will go down to the
- 30:51Speaker 1: depths of the earth. They will be given over to
- 30:54Speaker 1: the sword and become food for jackals. But the King
- 30:58Speaker 1: will rejoice in God God. All who swear by God
- 31:02Speaker 1: will glory in Him, while the mouths of liars will
- 31:06Speaker 1: be silenced.
- 31:09Speaker 2: Psalm for.
- 31:11Speaker 1: Answer me when I call to you, my Righteous God,
- 31:15Speaker 1: give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me
- 31:20Speaker 1: and hear my prayer. How long will you people turn
- 31:25Speaker 1: my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions
- 31:30Speaker 1: and seek false gods? Know that the Lord has set
- 31:34Speaker 1: apart his faithful servant for himself. The Lord hears when
- 31:38Speaker 1: I call to him. Tremble and do not sin. When
- 31:44Speaker 1: you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.
- 31:49Speaker 1: Offer the sacrifices of the righteous, and trust.
- 31:52Speaker 2: In the Lord.
- 31:55Speaker 1: Many, Lord are asking who will bring us prosperity. Let
- 32:01Speaker 1: the light of your face shine on us. Fill my
- 32:04Speaker 1: heart with joy. When their grain and new wine abound
- 32:10Speaker 1: in peace, I will lie down and sleep for you alone, Lord,
- 32:15Speaker 1: make me dwell in safety Psalm seventy one. In you, Lord,
- 32:22Speaker 1: I have taken refuge. Let me never be put to
- 32:26Speaker 1: shame in your righteousness. Rescue me and deliver me. Turn
- 32:32Speaker 1: your ear to me and save me. Be my rock
- 32:36Speaker 1: of refuge, to which I can always go. Give the
- 32:41Speaker 1: command to save me, for you are my rock and
- 32:44Speaker 1: my fortress. Deliver me, my God, from the hand of
- 32:47Speaker 1: the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil
- 32:50Speaker 1: and cruel. For you have been my hope, sovereign Lord,
- 32:54Speaker 1: my confidence since my youth. From birth. I have relied
- 32:59Speaker 1: on you. You brought me forth from my mother's womb.
- 33:04Speaker 1: I will ever praise you. I have become a signed
- 33:09Speaker 1: to many. You are my strong refuge. My mouth is
- 33:14Speaker 1: filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.
- 33:20Speaker 1: Do not cast me away when I am old, Do
- 33:24Speaker 1: not forsake me when my strength is gone. For my
- 33:28Speaker 1: enemies speak against me, those who wait to kill me
- 33:31Speaker 1: conspire together. They say God has forsaken him. Pursue him
- 33:36Speaker 1: and seize him, for no one will rescue him. Do
- 33:40Speaker 1: not be far from me, my God, Come quickly, God.
- 33:43Speaker 2: To help me.
- 33:45Speaker 1: May my accusers perish and shame. May those who want
- 33:50Speaker 1: to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace. As
- 33:54Speaker 1: for me, I will always have hope. I will praise
- 33:59Speaker 1: you more and more. My mouth will tell of your
- 34:03Speaker 1: righteous deeds, of your saving acts, all day long, though
- 34:08Speaker 1: I know not how to relate them. More I will
- 34:11Speaker 1: come and proclaim your mighty acts. Sovereign Lord. I will
- 34:15Speaker 1: proclaim your righteous deeds yours alone. Since my youth, God,
- 34:21Speaker 1: you have taught me, and to this day I declare
- 34:24Speaker 1: your marvelous deeds, even when I am old and gray.
- 34:29Speaker 1: Do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your
- 34:33Speaker 1: power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all
- 34:37Speaker 1: who are to come. Your righteousness, God reaches to the heavens,
- 34:43Speaker 1: you who have done great things.
- 34:46Speaker 2: Who is like you? God.
- 34:49Speaker 1: Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter,
- 34:54Speaker 1: you will restore my life again from the depths of
- 34:58Speaker 1: the earth. You will again bring me up. You will
- 35:02Speaker 1: increase my honor and comfort me once more. I will
- 35:07Speaker 1: praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, My God.
- 35:11Speaker 1: I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy
- 35:15Speaker 1: One of Israel. My lips will shout for joy when
- 35:19Speaker 1: I sing praise to you, I whom you have delivered.
- 35:25Speaker 1: My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long,
- 35:29Speaker 1: for those who wanted to harm me have been put
- 35:32Speaker 1: to shame and confusion Psalm one hundred and twenty four.
- 35:39Speaker 1: If the Lord had not been on our side, let
- 35:43Speaker 1: Israel say, if the Lord had not been on our
- 35:46Speaker 1: side when people attacked us, they would have swallowed us alive.
- 35:50Speaker 1: When their anger flared against us, the flood would have
- 35:53Speaker 1: engulfed us, The torrent would have swept over us. The
- 35:56Speaker 1: raging waters would have swept us away. Praise be to
- 36:01Speaker 1: the Lord who has not let us be torn by
- 36:03Speaker 1: their teeth. We have escaped, like a bird from the
- 36:07Speaker 1: fowler's snare. The snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
- 36:11Speaker 1: Our help is in the name of the Lord, the
- 36:14Speaker 1: maker of heaven and Earth, Psalm one hundred and forty six.
- 36:21Speaker 1: Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, my soul. I will
- 36:27Speaker 1: praise the.
- 36:28Speaker 2: Lord all my life.
- 36:30Speaker 1: I will sing praise to my God as long as
- 36:32Speaker 1: I live. Do not put your trust in princes, in
- 36:36Speaker 1: human beings who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they
- 36:41Speaker 1: return to the ground. On that very day, their plans
- 36:44Speaker 1: come to nothing. Blessed are those whose help is the
- 36:48Speaker 1: God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord, their God.
- 36:52Speaker 1: He is the maker of heaven and earth, the sea,
- 36:55Speaker 1: and everything in them. He remains faithful for ever. He
- 37:00Speaker 1: upholds the cause of the oppressed, and gives food to
- 37:04Speaker 1: the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free. The Lord gives
- 37:11Speaker 1: sight to the blind. The Lord lifts up those who
- 37:16Speaker 1: are bowed down. The Lord loves the righteous. The Lord
- 37:21Speaker 1: watches over the foreigner, and sustains the fatherless and the widow.
- 37:25Speaker 1: But he frustrates the ways of the wicked. The Lord
- 37:30Speaker 1: reigns for ever, your God O Zion, for all generations,
- 37:38Speaker 1: praise the Lord, Psalm ninety three. The Lord reigns. He
- 37:46Speaker 1: is robed in majesty. The Lord is robed in majesty
- 37:51Speaker 1: and armed with strength. Indeed the world is established, firm
- 37:56Speaker 1: and secure. Your throne was established long ago. You are
- 38:02Speaker 1: from all eternity. The seas have lifted up, Lord, the
- 38:07Speaker 1: seas have lifted up their voice. The seas have lifted
- 38:10Speaker 1: up their pounding waves, mightier than the thunder of the
- 38:15Speaker 1: great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea. The
- 38:19Speaker 1: Lord on High is mighty. Your statutes, Lord, stand firm.
- 38:27Speaker 1: Holiness adorns your house for endless days. Psalm eighty four.
- 38:35Speaker 1: How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty. My soul
- 38:41Speaker 1: yearns even faints for the courts of the Lord. My
- 38:46Speaker 1: heart and my flesh cry out for the Living God.
- 38:50Speaker 1: Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallower
- 38:53Speaker 1: nest for herself, where she may have her young, a
- 38:57Speaker 1: place near your altar. Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
- 39:03Speaker 1: Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are
- 39:06Speaker 1: ever praising you. Blessed are those whose strength is in You,
- 39:11Speaker 1: whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through
- 39:15Speaker 1: the Valley of Bacca, they make it a place of springs.
- 39:20Speaker 1: The autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go
- 39:23Speaker 1: from strength to strength till each appears before God in Zion.
- 39:30Speaker 1: Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty, listen to me, God
- 39:33Speaker 1: of Jacob, look on our shield, O God, look with
- 39:37Speaker 1: favor on your anointed. One better is one day in
- 39:43Speaker 1: your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be
- 39:49Speaker 1: a door keeper in the house of my God than
- 39:53Speaker 1: dwell in the tents of the wicked. For the Lord
- 39:57Speaker 1: God is a sun and shield. The Lord bestows favor
- 40:02Speaker 1: and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those
- 40:06Speaker 1: whose way of life is blameless. Lord Almighty, Blessed is
- 40:11Speaker 1: the one who trusts in you, Psalm forty. I waited
- 40:18Speaker 1: patiently for the Lord. He turned to me and heard
- 40:21Speaker 1: my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
- 40:25Speaker 1: out of the mud and mire. He set my feet
- 40:29Speaker 1: on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
- 40:33Speaker 1: He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn
- 40:36Speaker 1: of praise to our God. Many will see and fear
- 40:40Speaker 1: the Lord and put their trust in him. Blessed is
- 40:45Speaker 1: the one who trusts in the Lord, who does not
- 40:48Speaker 1: look to the proud, to those who turn aside to
- 40:51Speaker 1: false gods. Many, Lord, my God, are the wonders You
- 40:56Speaker 1: have done the things you planned for us. None can
- 41:00Speaker 1: compare with you. Were I to speak and tell of
- 41:04Speaker 1: your deeds, they would be too many to declare sacrifice
- 41:10Speaker 1: and offering you did not desire. But my ears, you
- 41:15Speaker 1: have opened burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
- 41:22Speaker 1: Then I said, here, I am, I have come. It
- 41:27Speaker 1: is written about me in the scroll. I desire to
- 41:31Speaker 1: do your will, My God, Your law is within my heart.
- 41:36Speaker 1: I proclaim your saving acts in the Great Assembly. I
- 41:40Speaker 1: do not seal my lips. Lord, as you know, I
- 41:43Speaker 1: do not hide your righteousness in my heart. I speak
- 41:46Speaker 1: of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not
- 41:49Speaker 1: conceal your love and your faithfulness from the Great Assembly.
- 41:54Speaker 1: Do not withhold your mercy from me.
- 41:56Speaker 2: Lord.
- 41:57Speaker 1: May your love and faithfulness all always protect me. For
- 42:02Speaker 1: troubles without numbers around me, My sins have overtaken me,
- 42:06Speaker 1: and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs
- 42:11Speaker 1: of my head, and my heart fails within me. Be
- 42:15Speaker 1: pleased to save me. Lord, Come quickly, Lord to help me.
- 42:21Speaker 1: May all who want to take my life be put
- 42:24Speaker 1: to shame and confusion. May all who desire my ruin
- 42:30Speaker 1: be turned back in disgrace. May those who say to
- 42:34Speaker 1: me ah ah be appalled at their own shame. But
- 42:40Speaker 1: may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.
- 42:45Speaker 1: May those who long for your saving help. Always say
- 42:49Speaker 1: the Lord is great. But as for me, I am
- 42:55Speaker 1: poor and needy. May the Lord think of me. You
- 43:01Speaker 1: are my help and my deliverer. You are my God.
- 43:06Speaker 1: Do not delay Psalm eleven. In the Lord, I take refuge.
- 43:14Speaker 1: How then can you say to me, flee like a
- 43:17Speaker 1: bird to your mountain. For look, the wicked bend their bows.
- 43:21Speaker 1: They set their arrows against the strings, to shoot from
- 43:24Speaker 1: the shadows at the upright in heart, when the foundations
- 43:27Speaker 1: are being destroyed, What can the righteous do? The Lord
- 43:32Speaker 1: is in his holy temple. The Lord is on his
- 43:36Speaker 1: heavenly throne. He observes every one on earth. His eyes
- 43:40Speaker 1: examine them. The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked,
- 43:47Speaker 1: those who love violence he hates with a passion. On
- 43:51Speaker 1: the wicked, he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur.
- 43:55Speaker 1: A scorching wind will be their lot. For the Lord
- 43:59Speaker 1: is righteous, he loves justice. The upright will see his
- 44:06Speaker 1: face Psalm too. Why do the nations conspire and the
- 44:13Speaker 1: people's plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up,
- 44:18Speaker 1: and the rulers band together against the Lord and against
- 44:23Speaker 1: his anointed, saying, let us break their chains and throw
- 44:27Speaker 1: off their shackles. The one enthroned in heaven laughs. The
- 44:34Speaker 1: Lord scoffs at them. He rebukes them in his anger
- 44:38Speaker 1: and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, I have installed
- 44:42Speaker 1: my king on Zion, my holy mountain. I will proclaim
- 44:48Speaker 1: the Lord's decree. He said to me, you are my son.
- 44:53Speaker 1: To day I have become your father. Ask me, and
- 44:58Speaker 1: I will make the nations you're in inheritance, the ends
- 45:01Speaker 1: of the earth your possession. You will break them with
- 45:05Speaker 1: a rod of iron. You will dash them to pieces
- 45:08Speaker 1: like pottery. Therefore, you kings be wise. Be warned, You.
- 45:14Speaker 2: Rulers of the earth.
- 45:16Speaker 1: Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with
- 45:20Speaker 1: trembling Kiss his son, or he will be angry, and
- 45:25Speaker 1: your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath
- 45:29Speaker 1: can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who
- 45:34Speaker 1: take refuge in him, Psalm one hundred and thirty eight.
- 45:40Speaker 1: I will praise you Lord with all my heart before
- 45:44Speaker 1: the gods. I will sing your praise. I will bow
- 45:48Speaker 1: down toward your holy temple and will praise your name
- 45:51Speaker 1: for your unfailing love and your faithfulness. For you have
- 45:56Speaker 1: so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your faith.
- 46:01Speaker 1: When I called, you answered me. You greatly emboldened me.
- 46:06Speaker 1: May all the kings of the earth praise you, Lord,
- 46:09Speaker 1: when they hear what you have decreed. May they sing
- 46:12Speaker 1: of the ways of the Lord. For the glory of
- 46:14Speaker 1: the Lord is great. Though the Lord is exalted, he
- 46:19Speaker 1: looks kindly on the lowly, though lofty, He sees them
- 46:23Speaker 1: from afar. Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
- 46:27Speaker 1: You preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against
- 46:31Speaker 1: the anger of my foes. With your right hand, you
- 46:35Speaker 1: save me. The Lord will vindicate me. Your love, Lord
- 46:41Speaker 1: endures forever. Do not abandon the works of your hands.
- 46:48Speaker 1: Psalm fifty six. Be merciful to me, my God, For
- 46:52Speaker 1: my enemies are in hot pursuit all day long. They
- 46:56Speaker 1: press their attack. My adversaries pursue me all day long.
- 47:00Speaker 1: In their pride. Many are attacking me. When I am afraid,
- 47:05Speaker 1: I put my trust in You, in God, whose word
- 47:09Speaker 1: I praise. In God, I trust and am not afraid.
- 47:14Speaker 1: What can me Immortals do to me? All day long
- 47:18Speaker 1: they twist my words. All their schemes are for my ruin.
- 47:22Speaker 1: They conspire, they lurk. They watch my steps, hoping to
- 47:26Speaker 1: take my life because of their wickedness. Do not let
- 47:30Speaker 1: them escape. In your anger, God, bring the nations down
- 47:35Speaker 1: record my misery. List my tears on your scroll. Are
- 47:40Speaker 1: they not in your record, then my enemies will turn
- 47:44Speaker 1: back when I call for help. By this, I will
- 47:47Speaker 1: know that God is for me. In God whose word
- 47:51Speaker 1: I praise. In the Lord whose word I praise. In God,
- 47:56Speaker 1: I trust and am not afraid. What can man do
- 48:02Speaker 1: to me. I am under vows to you, my God.
- 48:07Speaker 1: I will present my thank offerings to you, for you
- 48:11Speaker 1: have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling,
- 48:15Speaker 1: that I may walk before God in the light of
- 48:19Speaker 1: life Psalm one hundred and eight. My heart, O God,
- 48:24Speaker 1: is steadfast. I will sing and make music with all
- 48:29Speaker 1: my soul. Awake harp and liar, I will awaken the dawn.
- 48:35Speaker 1: I will praise you Lord among the nations. I will
- 48:37Speaker 1: sing of you among the peoples.
- 48:39Speaker 2: For great is.
- 48:40Speaker 1: Your love, higher than the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to
- 48:45Speaker 1: the skies. Be exalted, O God above the heavens. Let
- 48:49Speaker 1: your glory be over all the earth. Save us and
- 48:53Speaker 1: help us with your right hand that those you love
- 48:56Speaker 1: may be delivered. God has spoken from his sanctuary. In triumph.
- 49:03Speaker 1: I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the valley
- 49:07Speaker 1: of Sakkoth. Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine. Ephraeim is
- 49:12Speaker 1: my helmet, Judah is my scepter, Moab is my wash.
- 49:16Speaker 1: Basin on Edom. I toss my sandal over Philistia. I
- 49:22Speaker 1: shout in triumph, Who will bring me to the fortified city?
- 49:27Speaker 1: Who will lead me to Edom? Is it not you, God,
- 49:32Speaker 1: who have rejected us and no longer go out with
- 49:34Speaker 1: our armies? Give us aid against the enemy, for human
- 49:38Speaker 1: help is worthless. With God, we will gain the victory,
- 49:44Speaker 1: and he will trample down our enemies Psalm fifty seven.
- 49:51Speaker 1: Have mercy on me, my God, Have mercy on me,
- 49:55Speaker 1: for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge
- 50:00Speaker 1: in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.
- 50:05Speaker 1: I cry out to God most High, to God who
- 50:08Speaker 1: vindicates me. He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking
- 50:14Speaker 1: those who hotly pursue me. God sends forth his love
- 50:19Speaker 1: and his faithfulness. I am in the midst of lions.
- 50:24Speaker 1: I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts, men whose
- 50:27Speaker 1: teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- 50:32Speaker 1: Be exalted, O God above the heavens, Let your glory
- 50:36Speaker 1: be over all the earth. They spread a net for
- 50:40Speaker 1: my feet. I was bowed down in distress. They dug
- 50:43Speaker 1: a pit in my path, but they have fallen into
- 50:47Speaker 1: it themselves. My heart, oh God, is steadfast. My heart
- 50:52Speaker 1: is steadfast. I will sing and make music. Awake my soul. Awake,
- 50:59Speaker 1: harp and liar. I will awaken the dawn. I will
- 51:03Speaker 1: praise you Lord among the nations. I will sing of
- 51:07Speaker 1: you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching
- 51:11Speaker 1: to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted,
- 51:16Speaker 1: O God, above the heavens, Let your glory be over
- 51:20Speaker 1: all the earth.
- 51:23Speaker 2: The Book of Psalms Book one Psalm one.
- 51:29Speaker 1: Blessed is the one who does not walk in step
- 51:32Speaker 1: with a wicked or stand in the way that sinners take,
- 51:37Speaker 1: or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight
- 51:41Speaker 1: is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates
- 51:45Speaker 1: on his law day and night. That person is like
- 51:50Speaker 1: a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its
- 51:54Speaker 1: fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever
- 51:59Speaker 1: they do prospers. Not so the wicked. They are like
- 52:05Speaker 1: chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore, the wicked will
- 52:10Speaker 1: not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly
- 52:14Speaker 1: of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way
- 52:18Speaker 1: of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads
- 52:22Speaker 1: to destruction. Psalm thirty four. I will extol the Lord
- 52:29Speaker 1: at all times. His praise will always be on my lips.
- 52:34Speaker 1: I will glory in the Lord. Let the afflicted hear
- 52:38Speaker 1: and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me. Let us exalt
- 52:42Speaker 1: his name together. I sought the Lord, and he answered me.
- 52:47Speaker 1: He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look
- 52:52Speaker 1: to him are radiant. Their faces are never covered with shame.
- 52:57Speaker 1: This poor man called, and the Lord Lord heard him.
- 53:01Speaker 1: He saved him out of all his troubles. The Angel
- 53:05Speaker 1: of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and
- 53:08Speaker 1: he delivers them. Taste and see that the Lord is good.
- 53:14Speaker 1: Blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Fear
- 53:19Speaker 1: the Lord, you his holy people. For those who fear
- 53:22Speaker 1: him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry,
- 53:28Speaker 1: but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. Come,
- 53:33Speaker 1: my children, listen to me. I will teach you the
- 53:36Speaker 1: fear of the Lord. Whoever of you loves life and
- 53:40Speaker 1: desires to see many good days. Keep your tongue from
- 53:45Speaker 1: evil and your lips from telling lies. Turn from evil
- 53:49Speaker 1: and do good. Seek peace and pursue it. The eyes
- 53:55Speaker 1: of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears
- 53:58Speaker 1: are attentive to their But the face of the Lord
- 54:02Speaker 1: is against those who do evil, to blot out their
- 54:05Speaker 1: name from the earth. The righteous cry out, and the
- 54:10Speaker 1: Lord hears them. He delivers them from all their troubles.
- 54:14Speaker 1: The Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves
- 54:18Speaker 1: those who are crushed in spirit. The righteous person may
- 54:23Speaker 1: have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all.
- 54:28Speaker 1: He protects all his bones. Not one of them will
- 54:31Speaker 1: be broken. Evil will slay the wicked. The foes of
- 54:36Speaker 1: the righteous will be condemned. The Lord will rescue his servants.
- 54:43Speaker 1: No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
- 54:48Speaker 1: Psalm one hundred and forty four. Praise be to the
- 54:52Speaker 1: Lord my wrong, who trains my hands for war, my
- 54:56Speaker 1: fingers for battle. He is my loving God, God, and
- 55:00Speaker 1: my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield in
- 55:04Speaker 1: whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me? Lord,
- 55:09Speaker 1: What are human beings that you care for them? Mere
- 55:12Speaker 1: mortals that you think of them? They are like a breath,
- 55:17Speaker 1: Their days are like a fleeting shadow. Part your Heaven's Lord,
- 55:21Speaker 1: and come down, touch the mountains so that they smoke.
- 55:26Speaker 1: Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy. Shoot your arrows
- 55:30Speaker 1: and wrapt them. Reach down your hand from on high,
- 55:34Speaker 1: deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from
- 55:38Speaker 1: the hands of foreigners, whose mouths are full of lies,
- 55:41Speaker 1: whose right hands are deceitful. I will sing a new
- 55:46Speaker 1: song to you, my God. On the ten stringed liar.
- 55:50Speaker 1: I will make music to you, to the one who
- 55:52Speaker 1: gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David from
- 55:58Speaker 1: the deadly sword, to me, rescue me from the hands
- 56:02Speaker 1: of foreigners, whose mouths are full of lies, whose right
- 56:06Speaker 1: hands are deceitful. Then our sons, in their youth will
- 56:10Speaker 1: be like well nurtured plants, and our daughters will be
- 56:14Speaker 1: like pillars carved to adorn a palace. Our barns will
- 56:18Speaker 1: be filled with every kind of provision, Our sheep will
- 56:21Speaker 1: increase by thousands, by tens of thousands. In our fields,
- 56:27Speaker 1: our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no
- 56:32Speaker 1: breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of
- 56:37Speaker 1: distress in our streets. Blessed is the people of whom
- 56:42Speaker 1: this is true. Blessed is the people whose God is
- 56:46Speaker 1: the Lord Psalm forty eight. Great is the Lord and
- 56:53Speaker 1: most worthy of praise. In the city of our God,
- 56:56Speaker 1: his holy mountain, beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of
- 57:02Speaker 1: the whole earth, like the heights of Zavon is Mount Zion.
- 57:07Speaker 1: The city of the Great King. God is in her citadels.
- 57:11Speaker 1: He has shown himself.
- 57:12Speaker 2: To be her fortress.
- 57:15Speaker 1: When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together, they
- 57:19Speaker 1: saw her and were astounded. They fled in terror. Trembling
- 57:25Speaker 1: seized them. There pain like that of a woman in labor.
- 57:29Speaker 1: You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an
- 57:33Speaker 1: east wind. As we have heard, so we have seen
- 57:38Speaker 1: in the city of the Lord Almighty, in the city
- 57:40Speaker 1: of our God, God makes her secure for ever. Within
- 57:46Speaker 1: your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
- 57:51Speaker 1: Like your name, O God, Your praise reaches to the
- 57:55Speaker 1: ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
- 58:00Speaker 1: Mount Zion rejoices. The villages of Judah are glad.
- 58:04Speaker 2: Because of your judgments.
- 58:07Speaker 1: Walk about Zion, go around her counter towers, consider well
- 58:12Speaker 1: her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of
- 58:16Speaker 1: them to the next generation. For this God is our God,
- 58:22Speaker 1: for ever and ever, he will be our guide, even
- 58:26Speaker 1: to the end. Psalm twenty six. Vindicate me, Lord, for
- 58:34Speaker 1: I have led a blameless life. I have trusted in
- 58:38Speaker 1: the Lord and have not faltered. Test me, Lord, and
- 58:41Speaker 1: try me examine my heart and my mind, For I
- 58:46Speaker 1: have always been mindful of your unfailing love, and have
- 58:50Speaker 1: lived in reliance on your faithfulness. I do not sit
- 58:55Speaker 1: with the deceitful, nor do I associate with hypocrites. I
- 58:59Speaker 1: abhor the assely of evil doers, and refuse to sit
- 59:02Speaker 1: with the wicked.
- 59:03Speaker 2: I wash my hands in innocence.
- 59:07Speaker 1: And go about your altar, Lord, proclaiming aloud your praise
- 59:12Speaker 1: and telling of all your wonderful deeds. Lord, I love
- 59:18Speaker 1: the house where you live, the place where your glory dwells.
- 59:24Speaker 1: Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my
- 59:27Speaker 1: life with those who are bloodthirsty, in whose hands are
- 59:30Speaker 1: wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes. I
- 59:36Speaker 1: lead a blameless life. Deliver me and be merciful to me.
- 59:42Speaker 1: My feet stand on level ground in the great congregation.
- 59:48Speaker 1: I will praise the Lord Psalm fifty nine. Deliver me
- 59:55Speaker 1: from my enemies, Oh God, be my fortress against those
- 1:00:00Speaker 1: who are attacking me. Deliver me from evil doers, and
- 1:00:05Speaker 1: save me from those who are after my blood. See
- 1:00:09Speaker 1: how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire
- 1:00:13Speaker 1: against me for no offense or sin of mine. Lord,
- 1:00:18Speaker 1: I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to
- 1:00:22Speaker 1: attack me. Arise to help me. Look on my plight, you, Lord, God, almighty,
- 1:00:29Speaker 1: you who are the God of Israel, Rouse yourself to
- 1:00:32Speaker 1: punish all the nations. Show no mercy to wicked traitors.
- 1:00:38Speaker 1: They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about
- 1:00:41Speaker 1: the city. See what they spew from their mouths, the
- 1:00:46Speaker 1: words from their lips as sharp as swords, And they
- 1:00:49Speaker 1: think who can hear us? But you laugh at them, Lord,
- 1:00:54Speaker 1: you scoff at all those nations. You are my strength.
- 1:01:00Speaker 1: I watch for you, you, God of my fortress, My
- 1:01:04Speaker 1: God on whom I can rely God will go before
- 1:01:08Speaker 1: me and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
- 1:01:13Speaker 1: But do not kill them. Lord, our shield or my
- 1:01:17Speaker 1: people will forget.
- 1:01:19Speaker 2: In your might.
- 1:01:20Speaker 1: Uproot them and bring them down for the sins of
- 1:01:23Speaker 1: their mouths, for the words of their lips. Let them
- 1:01:27Speaker 1: be caught in their pride for the curses and lies
- 1:01:31Speaker 1: they utter. Consume them in your wrath. Consume them till
- 1:01:36Speaker 1: they are no more. Then it will be known to
- 1:01:40Speaker 1: the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob.
- 1:01:45Speaker 1: They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about
- 1:01:48Speaker 1: the city. They wander about for food and howl if
- 1:01:53Speaker 1: not satisfied. But I will sing of your strength in
- 1:01:58Speaker 1: the morning. I will sing of your love. For you
- 1:02:00Speaker 1: are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. You
- 1:02:06Speaker 1: are my strength. I sing praise to you. You, God,
- 1:02:11Speaker 1: are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely
- 1:02:17Speaker 1: Psalm ninety four. The Lord is a God who avenges,
- 1:02:24Speaker 1: O God who avenges, Shine forth, rise up, Judge.
- 1:02:29Speaker 2: Of the earth.
- 1:02:30Speaker 1: Pay back to the proud what they deserve. How long
- 1:02:34Speaker 1: Lord will the wicked? How long will the wicked be jubilant?
- 1:02:39Speaker 1: They pour out arrogant words all the evil doers are
- 1:02:42Speaker 1: full of boasting. They crush your people, Lord, They oppress
- 1:02:46Speaker 1: your inheritance. They slay the widow and the foreigner. They
- 1:02:49Speaker 1: murder the fatherless. They say, the Lord does not see.
- 1:02:54Speaker 1: The God of Jacob takes no notice. Take notice, you,
- 1:02:59Speaker 1: senseless one among the people, You fools. When will you
- 1:03:04Speaker 1: become wise? Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
- 1:03:11Speaker 1: Does he who form the eye not see? Does he
- 1:03:15Speaker 1: who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind
- 1:03:20Speaker 1: lack knowledge? The Lord knows all human plans. He knows
- 1:03:25Speaker 1: that they are futile. Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord,
- 1:03:30Speaker 1: the one you teach from your law. You grant them
- 1:03:34Speaker 1: relief from days of trouble till a pity is dug
- 1:03:37Speaker 1: for the wicked. For the Lord will not reject his people,
- 1:03:41Speaker 1: He will never forsake his inheritance. Judgment will again be
- 1:03:45Speaker 1: founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will
- 1:03:49Speaker 1: follow it. Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
- 1:03:54Speaker 1: Who will take a stand for me against evil doers?
- 1:03:57Speaker 1: Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon
- 1:04:00Speaker 1: have dwelt in the silence of death. When I said,
- 1:04:05Speaker 1: my foot is slipping. Your unfailing love, Lord supported me
- 1:04:10Speaker 1: when anxiety was great within me. Your consolation brought me joy.
- 1:04:16Speaker 1: Can a corrupt throne be allied with you? A throne
- 1:04:21Speaker 1: that brings on misery by its decrees? The wicked band
- 1:04:25Speaker 1: together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
- 1:04:29Speaker 1: But the Lord has become my fortress and my God,
- 1:04:33Speaker 1: the rock in whom I take refuge. He will repay
- 1:04:38Speaker 1: them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness.
- 1:04:43Speaker 1: The Lord, our God, will destroy them Psalm one hundred
- 1:04:48Speaker 1: and fifteen. Not to us, Lord, not to us, but
- 1:04:54Speaker 1: to your name be the glory because of your love
- 1:04:58Speaker 1: and faithfulness. Why do the nations say where is their God?
- 1:05:05Speaker 1: Our God is in heaven. He does whatever pleases him.
- 1:05:09Speaker 1: But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
- 1:05:13Speaker 1: They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see,
- 1:05:18Speaker 1: They have ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell.
- 1:05:22Speaker 1: They have hands but cannot feel, feet but cannot walk,
- 1:05:27Speaker 1: nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
- 1:05:30Speaker 2: Those who make.
- 1:05:31Speaker 1: Them will be like them, and so will all who
- 1:05:35Speaker 1: trust in them. All you Israelites trust in the Lord.
- 1:05:42Speaker 1: He is their help and shield. House of Aeron. Trust
- 1:05:46Speaker 1: in the Lord. He is their help and shield. You
- 1:05:50Speaker 1: who fear him, trust in the Lord. He is their
- 1:05:55Speaker 1: help and shield. The Lord remembers us and will bless us.
- 1:06:00Speaker 1: He will bless his people Israel. He will bless the
- 1:06:03Speaker 1: House of Aeron. He will bless those who fear the Lord,
- 1:06:08Speaker 1: small and greater like. May the Lord cause you to flourish,
- 1:06:13Speaker 1: both you and your children. May you be blessed by
- 1:06:17Speaker 1: the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. The highest
- 1:06:21Speaker 1: heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has
- 1:06:24Speaker 1: given to the human race. It is not the dead
- 1:06:28Speaker 1: who praise the Lord, those who go down to the
- 1:06:32Speaker 1: place of silence. It is we who extol the Lord.
- 1:06:36Speaker 1: Both now and evermore. Praise the Lord. Psalm ninety two.
- 1:06:46Speaker 1: It is good to praise the Lord and make music
- 1:06:48Speaker 1: to your name, O, Most High, proclaiming your love in
- 1:06:52Speaker 1: the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music
- 1:06:56Speaker 1: of the ten stringed liar and the melody of the harp.
- 1:07:01Speaker 1: For you make me glad by your deeds. Lord, I
- 1:07:04Speaker 1: sing for joy at what your hands have done. How
- 1:07:08Speaker 1: great are your works, Lord, How profound your thoughts? Senseless
- 1:07:14Speaker 1: people do not know fools do not understand that though
- 1:07:18Speaker 1: the wicked spring up like grass, and all evil doers flourish,
- 1:07:24Speaker 1: they will be destroyed forever. But you, Lord, are forever exalted.
- 1:07:31Speaker 1: For surely your enemy's lord, Surely your enemies will perish,
- 1:07:36Speaker 1: All evil doers will be scattered. You have exalted my
- 1:07:41Speaker 1: horn like that of a wild ox. Fine oils have
- 1:07:45Speaker 1: been poured on me. My eyes have seen the defeat
- 1:07:49Speaker 1: of my adversaries. My ears have heard the rout of
- 1:07:52Speaker 1: my wicked foes. The righteous will flourish like a palm tree.
- 1:07:58Speaker 1: They will grow like a cedar of lebon planted in
- 1:08:02Speaker 1: the house of the Lord. They will flourish in the
- 1:08:04Speaker 1: courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in
- 1:08:08Speaker 1: old age. They will stay fresh and green, proclaiming the
- 1:08:13Speaker 1: Lord is upright. He is my rock, and there is
- 1:08:17Speaker 1: no wickedness in him. Psalm fifty two. Why do you
- 1:08:23Speaker 1: boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast
- 1:08:28Speaker 1: all day long, You who are a disgrace in the
- 1:08:31Speaker 1: eyes of God, You who practice deceit. Your tongue plots destruction.
- 1:08:38Speaker 1: It is like a sharpened razor. You love evil rather
- 1:08:41Speaker 1: than good, falsehood, rather than speaking the truth. You love
- 1:08:46Speaker 1: every harmful word, you deceitful tongue. Surely God will bring
- 1:08:52Speaker 1: you down to everlasting ruin. He will snatch you up
- 1:08:55Speaker 1: and pluck you from your tent. He will uproot you
- 1:08:58Speaker 1: from the land of the living. The righteous will see
- 1:09:02Speaker 1: and fear. They will laugh at you, saying, here now
- 1:09:06Speaker 1: is the man who did not make God his stronghold,
- 1:09:09Speaker 1: but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by
- 1:09:13Speaker 1: destroying others. But I am like an olive tree flourishing
- 1:09:18Speaker 1: in the house of God. I trust in God's unfailing
- 1:09:22Speaker 1: love for ever and ever. For what you have done.
- 1:09:26Speaker 1: I will always praise you in the presence of your
- 1:09:29Speaker 1: faithful people, and I will hope in your name, for
- 1:09:35Speaker 1: your name is good Psalm twenty. May the Lord answer
- 1:09:41Speaker 1: you when you are in distress. May the name of
- 1:09:44Speaker 1: the God of Jacob protect you. May He send you
- 1:09:47Speaker 1: help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.
- 1:09:51Speaker 1: May He remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings.
- 1:09:56Speaker 1: May He give you the desire of your heart and
- 1:09:59Speaker 1: make all your plans succeed. May we shout for joy
- 1:10:04Speaker 1: over your victory, and lift up our banners in the
- 1:10:07Speaker 1: name of our God, May the Lord grant all your requests.
- 1:10:14Speaker 1: Now this I know. The Lord gives victory to his anointed.
- 1:10:20Speaker 1: He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious
- 1:10:24Speaker 1: power of his right hand. Some trust in chariots and
- 1:10:29Speaker 1: some in horses, but we trust in the name of.
- 1:10:33Speaker 2: The Lord, our God.
- 1:10:35Speaker 1: They are brought to their knees and fall, but we
- 1:10:39Speaker 1: rise up and stand firm. Lord, give victory to the King.
- 1:10:45Speaker 1: Answer us when we call