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July 7 - Psalm 72 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends and a happy Friday to you.
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  I hope you are doing really well because today is a day that we
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  get to celebrate the end of the week together with a Psalm.
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  Today we are going to read Psalm 72.
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  Which is the final Psalm in the second book of the Psalms.
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  There are five books and we are just rounding out the 2nd and
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  next week we will crack open the third book of the Psalms.
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  Today's Psalm is a Psalm that's attributed to Solomon and this
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  is the final Psalm as it says at the end.
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  Of the prayers of David son of Jesse.
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  So this is the end of an era in the Book of Psalms.
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  But there will still be plenty more love and anguish and joy
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  and momentous moments in the Psalms.
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  Today's Psalm is a royal Psalm, a prayer for the king.
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  So all that said, let us put down the busyness of our weeks
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  and our days. As we invite the Holy Spirit,
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  Holy Spirit, come shape our hearts, open our ears and our
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  hearts and our minds that we would not just see you, but
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  experience your presence as we read this Psalm together.
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  All right, friends, let's do it. Let's pray together this Psalm
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  of Solomon, Psalm 72. Give your love of justice to the
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  king, O God, and righteousness to the King's son.
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  Help him judge your people in the right way.
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  Let the poor always be treated fairly.
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  May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the
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  hills be fruitful. Help him to defend the poor, to
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  rescue the children of the needy, and to crush their
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  oppressors. May they fear you as long as the
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  sun shines. As long as the moon remains in
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  the sky. Yes, forever.
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  May the King's rule be refreshing like spring rain on
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  freshly cut grass, like the showers that water the earth.
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  May all the godly flourish during his rain.
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  May there be abundant prosperity until the moon is no more.
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  May he rain from sea to sea. And from the Euphrates River to
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  the ends of the Earth Desert nomads will bow before him.
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  His enemies will fall before him in the dust.
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  The western kings of Tashish and other distant lands will bring
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  him tribute. The eastern kings of Sheba and
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  Siba will bring him gifts. All kings will bow before him,
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  and all nations will serve him. He will rescue the poor when
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  they cry to him. He will help thee oppressed.
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  Who have no one to defend them. He feels pity for the weak and
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  the needy, and he will rescue them.
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  He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for
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  their lives are precious to him. Long live the king.
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  May the gold of Sheba be given to him.
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  May the people always pray for him and bless him all day.
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  Long May there be abundant grain throughout the land, flourishing
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  even on the hilltops. May the fruit trees flourish
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  like the trees of Lebanon, and may the people thrive like grass
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  in a field. May the King's name endure
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  forever. May continue as long as the sun
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  shines. May all nations be blessed
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  through him and bring him praise.
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  Praise the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does such
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  wonderful things. Praise his glorious name
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  forever. Let the whole earth be filled
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  with his glory. Amen and Amen.
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  This ends the prayers of David, son of Jesse.
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  God. We yearn for such a time where
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  there is the rule of justice and mercy and kindness and
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  compassion. On those who have no voice of
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  their own, thank you that in your heart this is how you
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  desire your creation to be, with your refrain of kindness and
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  love echoing over the hills. And we thank you that ultimately
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  you will restore your creation to be a place of justice and
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  mercy and compassion. But until then.
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  Give us hearts to continue crying out to you, looking
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  forward to that day. You are wonderful and we love
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  you, and it's in the name of Jesus that we pray all these
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  things. Amen.