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Psalm_055 · Pastor John Piper's answers

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  Speaker 1: Psalm fifty five for the Chief Musician on stringed Instruments,
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  Speaker 1: a contemplation by David. Listen to my prayer, God, don't
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  Speaker 1: hide 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 old 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 shield for wickedness as 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.