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August 4 - Psalm 76 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it is Sean here. It is a Friday and happy days.
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  Well done. You have made it to the end of
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  another week. I hope you were going really
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  well. I hope that this has been a good
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  week, whether it is you back to work, back to school, or whether
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  you've been at work or school the whole time or wherever you
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  are. If you are continuing the
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  rhythms of your year, so good that you could be here with me
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  today, that we can read a Psalm together and today we've got a
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  great Psalm. It is Psalm 76.
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  It's not a very long one, and it is a Psalm of praise celebrating
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  how God has rescued his people. So this is, this is a Psalm of
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  ASAP. This is one that begins by
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  saying it's for the choir director.
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  It is a song to be accompanied by stringed instruments.
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  So if you could whip up some stringed instruments at your
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  place, that would be ace, because I'm afraid that I'm all
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  out. That's not entirely true.
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  We do have violin here, but nobody who could play it
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  adequately that you wouldn't start cringing.
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  So let us join together with hearts full of praise as we put
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  down the busyness of our day. And we come before our almighty
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  saving God and we celebrate together with these words of
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  Psalm 76. God is honored in Judah.
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  His name is great in Israel. Jerusalem is where He lives.
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  Mount Zion is his home. There he has broken the fiery
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  arrows of the enemy, the Shields and swords and weapons of war.
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  You are glorious and more majestic than the Everlasting
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  Mountains. Our boldest enemies have been
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  plundered. They lie before us in the sleep
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  of death. No warrior could lift a hand
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  against us. At the blast of your breath, O
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  God of Jacob, their horses and Chariots lay still.
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  No wonder you are greatly feared.
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  Who can stand before you? When your anger explodes from
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  heaven, you sentence your enemies.
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  The earth trembled and stood silent before you.
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  You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God, and to rescue
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  the oppressed of the earth. Human defiance only enhances
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  your glory, for you use it as a weapon.
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  Make vows to the Lord your God and keep them.
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  Let everyone bring tribute to the awesome one, for he breaks
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  the pride of princes and the kings of the earth fear him.
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  How good are you, Jesus? How enormous.
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  When we look at a mountain, our brain boggles with the age of
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  that enormous structure standing before us.
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  But here the Psalmist writes that you are glorious and even
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  more majestic than the everlasting mountains.
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  Help us always remember with awe and reverence just how eternal
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  and glorious you are, standing more high and powerful than
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  anything that dare tremble before you on this little planet
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  of ours. You are just spectacular and you
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  love us. And here you are with us right
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  now as we pray to You, our loving Heavenly Father, our
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  Spirit who resides in us, and Jesus our Savior.
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  We just worship You, our triune God.
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  Amen.