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  Speaker 1: Have you ever stopped to think that the greatest composer
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  Speaker 1: of all time wasn't Mozart, Beethoven or Bach. In truth,
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  Speaker 1: it was the Holy Spirit of God who inspired men
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  Speaker 1: over nearly a thousand years to create the most extraordinary
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  Speaker 1: collection of songs, prayers, and poetry ever written. The Book
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  Speaker 1: of Psalms. Imagine a work capable of expressing every conceivable
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  Speaker 1: human emotion, from the deepest sorrow to the brightest joy,
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  Speaker 1: from the most devastating anguish to the most serene piece.
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  Speaker 1: A book so special that even Jesus quoted it during
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  Speaker 1: his most significant moments on earth. Today, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: share a story that will completely transform the way you
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  Speaker 1: read the Psalms. In the most amazing part, you'll discover
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  Speaker 1: that your own struggles, fears, and hopes were written there
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  Speaker 1: thousands of years ago. In Sego Timothy three sixteen, we
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  Speaker 1: find a fundamental truth. All scripture is God breathed and
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  Speaker 1: is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.
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  Speaker 1: This truth manifests itself powerfully in the Book of Psalms,
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  Speaker 1: a work that began around fourteen and forty b C.
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  Speaker 1: And continued to be composed until approximately five hundred forty
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  Speaker 1: b c. When we open the Book of Numbers twelve eight,
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  Speaker 1: we see how God spoke to Moses in a unique way.
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  Speaker 1: With him, I speak face to face, clearly and not
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  Speaker 1: in riddles. He sees the form of the Lord. It
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  Speaker 1: was this same Moses, the man who spoke face to
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  Speaker 1: face with God, who wrote the first psalm in history.
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  Speaker 1: In Joan Peter one twenty twenty one, we learn how
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  Speaker 1: this happened. Above all, you must understand that no prophecy
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  Speaker 1: of scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation, For
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  Speaker 1: prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets,
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  Speaker 1: though human, spoke from God as they were carried along
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  Speaker 1: by the Holy Spirit. Psalm ninety, written by Moses, reveals
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  Speaker 1: a profound understanding of God's eternity that could only come
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  Speaker 1: from some one who had experienced his presence so intimately.
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  Speaker 1: In verses one and two, he declares, Lord, you have
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  Speaker 1: been our dwelling place throughout all generations, before the mountains
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  Speaker 1: were born, or you brought forth the whole world from
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  Speaker 1: everlasting to everlasting. You are God. This was no mere poetry.
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  Speaker 1: It was divine revelation, laying the foundation for all the
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  Speaker 1: Psalms to follow. In Exodus thirty four six two to seven,
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  Speaker 1: we find the moment when God revealed his own character
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  Speaker 1: to Moses, the Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God,
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  Speaker 1: slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love
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  Speaker 1: to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion, and sin. This revelation
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  Speaker 1: became a central theme echoed throughout the Book of Psalms,
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  Speaker 1: starting with Moses' composition. The divine inspiration of the Psalms
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  Speaker 1: becomes even more remarkable when we consider how the Holy
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  Speaker 1: Spirit worked through different authors over the centuries. In Verse
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  Speaker 1: Chronicles twenty five one to three, we see how David
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  Speaker 1: organized the Levites, who prophesied with harps, liars, and symbols.
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  Speaker 1: The Hebrew word used for propheci hear, is the same
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  Speaker 1: one used to describe the divine inspiration of the prophets.
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  Speaker 1: In Acts one sixteen, the apostle Peter confirms this divine inspiration, saying,
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  Speaker 1: brothers and sisters, the scripture had to be fulfilled in
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  Speaker 1: which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas.
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  Speaker 1: This statement shows that the Psalms were not merely human
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  Speaker 1: expressions of worship, but divinely inspired words carrying prophetic purposes.
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  Speaker 1: In verse Chronicles sixteen, we encounter a historic moment that
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  Speaker 1: helps us understand how the Psalms began to be collected.
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  Speaker 1: When the Ark of the Covenant was brought to Jerusalem,
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  Speaker 1: David handed over some psalms to the levites for public worship.
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  Speaker 1: In verses seven to thirty six, we find a Psalm
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  Speaker 1: later divided and included in the final collection as parts
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  Speaker 1: of Psalms ninety six, one O five, and one O six.
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  Speaker 1: This event reveals how the Holy Spirit guided not only
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  Speaker 1: the composition, but also the preservation and organization of the Psalms.
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  Speaker 1: The divine inspiration is also evident in the incredible thematic
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  Speaker 1: unity of the Psalms, despite being written by different authors
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  Speaker 1: over nine centuries. In Aimos THREESO seven we read, surely
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  Speaker 1: the Sovereign Law does nothing without revealing his plan to
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  Speaker 1: his servants, the prophets. This truth is clearly seen in
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  Speaker 1: the way various psalmists, even separated by centuries, maintained perfect
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  Speaker 1: theological consistency in them the compositions. In Psalm nineteen seven
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  Speaker 1: to eleven we find a beautiful description of the nature
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  Speaker 1: of God's inspired word. The law of the Lord is perfect,
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  Speaker 1: refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
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  Speaker 1: making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right,
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  Speaker 1: giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: are radiant, giving light to the eyes. The fear of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous. They
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  Speaker 1: are more precious than gold, than much pure gold. They
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  Speaker 1: are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb. By them,
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  Speaker 1: your servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
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  Speaker 1: This divine inspiration continues to manifest in how the psalms
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  Speaker 1: express both the individual and collective experience of God's people.
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  Speaker 1: In Second Samuel twenty three one two, David describes how
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  Speaker 1: this inspiration worked. These are the last words of David,
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  Speaker 1: the inspired utterance of David son of Jesse, the utterance
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  Speaker 1: of the man exalted by the Most High, the man
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  Speaker 1: anointed by the God of Jacob, the hero of Israel's songs.
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  Speaker 1: The spirit of the Lord spoke through me. His word
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  Speaker 1: was on my tongue. In Verse Samuel, chapter thirteen, verse
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  Speaker 1: fourteen A remarkable statement echoes through time, the Lord has
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  Speaker 1: sought out a man after his own heart. This chosen
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  Speaker 1: one would be a young shepherd who went on to
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  Speaker 1: compose seventy three of the one hundred fifty psalms we
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  Speaker 1: know to day. His name was David, and his journey
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  Speaker 1: would forever transform the way we worship the Lord. In
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  Speaker 1: the fields of Bethlehem. While tending his father's sheep, young
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  Speaker 1: David already nurtured a unique intimacy with the Creator. In
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  Speaker 1: First Samuel, chapter sixteen, verses eleven thirteen, we witness the
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  Speaker 1: moment Samuel encounters him, the youngest son of Jesse Ruddy,
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  Speaker 1: with beautiful eyes and a pleasant appearance. At that moment,
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  Speaker 1: the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. This
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  Speaker 1: special anointing first manifested through music. In First Samuel, Chapter sixteen,
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  Speaker 1: verse eighteen, one of Saul's servants describes young David. He
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  Speaker 1: is skillful in playing, a brave man and a warrior.
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  Speaker 1: He speaks well and is a fine looking man, and
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  Speaker 1: the Lord is with him. His harp not only soothed
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  Speaker 1: the troubled spirit of King Saul, but also became the
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  Speaker 1: instrument through which he composed some of the most beautiful
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  Speaker 1: songs in history. Psalm twenty three, perhaps his most renowned composition,
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  Speaker 1: was born from this shepherding era. Out in the fields
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  Speaker 1: under the starry sky, he wrote, the Lord is my shepherd.
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  Speaker 1: I shall not want. He makes me lie down in
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  Speaker 1: green mastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores
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  Speaker 1: my soul. Every word reflected not only his experiences with
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  Speaker 1: the sheep, but more importantly, his intimate relationship with the
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  Speaker 1: heavenly Father. In Ver Samuel, Chapter seventeen, Verses thirty four
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  Speaker 1: and thirty five, we learned that this seemingly tranquil life
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  Speaker 1: was filled with challenges. When a lion or a bear
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  Speaker 1: came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I
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  Speaker 1: went after it, struck it, and rescued the sheep from
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  Speaker 1: its mouth. These experiences shaped his character and inspired compositions
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  Speaker 1: brimming with courage and trust in the Lord. David's life
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  Speaker 1: was marked by intense highs and lows, each moment transforming
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  Speaker 1: into a new song. When he had to flee from
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  Speaker 1: King Saul, he wrote Psalm thirty four, I will bless
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  Speaker 1: the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be
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  Speaker 1: in my mouth. In dark caseves and arid deserts. His
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  Speaker 1: melodies echoed an unshakable trust. During the darkest moment of
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  Speaker 1: his life, after sinning with Bathsheba, his soul poured out
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  Speaker 1: Psalm fifty one, Have mercy on me, O God, according
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  Speaker 1: to your unfailing love, according to your great compassion, blot
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  Speaker 1: out my transgressions, Wash away all my iniquity, and cleanse
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  Speaker 1: me from my sin. This song of repentance became a
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  Speaker 1: beacon of hope for all seeking to find their way
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  Speaker 1: back to the Father's heart. In Secor Samuel chapter six,
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  Speaker 1: verses fourteen and fifteen, we see another side of his worship.
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  Speaker 1: Wearing a linen ephod David was dancing before the Lord
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  Speaker 1: with all his might, while he and all Israel were
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  Speaker 1: bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and
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  Speaker 1: the sound of trumpets. His worship was expressive, passionate, and
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  Speaker 1: entirely focused on God. In Psalm sixty three, written while
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  Speaker 1: he was in the wilderness of June Yudah, he reveals
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  Speaker 1: the depth of his love for the Lord, O God,
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  Speaker 1: you are my God. Earnestly I seek you. My soul
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  Speaker 1: thirsts for you, my whole being longs for you. In
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  Speaker 1: a dry and parched land where there is no water.
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  Speaker 1: I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your
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  Speaker 1: power and your glory. Because your love is better than life,
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  Speaker 1: my lips will glorify you. In First Chronicles, Chapter twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: verses one to seven, we discover that David not only
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  Speaker 1: composed songs, but also organized an entire system of worship
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  Speaker 1: in the tabernacle. David, together with the commanders of the army,
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  Speaker 1: set apart some of the sons of Assaf, Heimun and
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  Speaker 1: Jaduthan for the ministry of prophesying, accompanied by harps, liars,
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  Speaker 1: and symbols. Under his leadership, four thousand musicians and two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and eighty eight singers served in shifts, ensuring that
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  Speaker 1: praise to God never ceased. In Psalm nineteen, his spiritual
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  Speaker 1: sensitivity captures the Creator's grandeur in creation itself. The heavens
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  Speaker 1: declare the glory of God. The skies proclaim the work
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  Speaker 1: of his hands. Day after day. They pour forth speech,
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  Speaker 1: night after night. They reveal knowledge. They have no speech,
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  Speaker 1: they use no words, No sound is heard from them.
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  Speaker 1: Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their
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  Speaker 1: words to the ends of the world. In his compositions,
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  Speaker 1: David also prophesied about the coming Messiah. In Psalm twenty two,
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  Speaker 1: nearly a thousand years before the crucifixion, he described the
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  Speaker 1: Saviour's suffering with striking detail. My God, My God, why
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  Speaker 1: have you forsaken me? They pierced my hands and my feet.
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  Speaker 1: They divide my clothes among them, and cast lots for
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  Speaker 1: my garment. These words found their perfect fulfillment on the
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  Speaker 1: Cross of Calvary. Even in his final days, his passion
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  Speaker 1: for the Word remained intense. In Second Samuel, Chapter twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: verses one and two, he declared, these are the last
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  Speaker 1: words of David, the inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,
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  Speaker 1: the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High,
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  Speaker 1: the man anointed by the God of Jacob, the hero
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  Speaker 1: of Israel songs. The spirit of the Lord spoke through me.
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  Speaker 1: His word was on my tongue. David's life teaches us
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  Speaker 1: the true worship springs from a heart that deeply knows God.
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  Speaker 1: In Psalm one thirty nine, he expresses this intimacy. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: you have searched me, and you know me. You know
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  Speaker 1: when I sit and when I rise. You perceive my
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  Speaker 1: thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my
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  Speaker 1: lying down. You are familiar with all my ways. Hundreds
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  Speaker 1: of years before Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the Holy
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  Speaker 1: Spirit was already whispering remo arkable details about the Messiah's
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  Speaker 1: life to the Psalmists. In Acts two thirty, we learned
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  Speaker 1: that David was a prophet and knew that God had
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  Speaker 1: sworn to him an oath that one of his descendants
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  Speaker 1: would sit on his throne. With this revelation in their hearts,
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  Speaker 1: David and other composers wrote songs that became a prophetic
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  Speaker 1: portrait of the Savior. In Psalm Too, near the beginning
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  Speaker 1: of the collection, we find a powerful declaration about the
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  Speaker 1: authority of the Son of God. Why do the nations
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  Speaker 1: conspire and the people's plot in vain? The kings of
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  Speaker 1: the earth rise up and the rulers ban together against
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  Speaker 1: the Lord and against his anointed. This scene was perfectly
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  Speaker 1: fulfilled during jesus trial, when Herod and Pilot, Gentiles and
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  Speaker 1: Jews united against the Messiah exactly as described in Acts
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  Speaker 1: four twenty seven twenty eight. In the same Psalm verses
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  Speaker 1: seven to eight, we hear the voice of the Heavenly
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  Speaker 1: Father himself you are my son. To day I have
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  Speaker 1: begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the
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  Speaker 1: nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
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  Speaker 1: This divine proclamation echoed centuries later at jesus baptism, when
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  Speaker 1: the Father declared from heaven, this is my beloved son,
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  Speaker 1: in whom I am well pleased. Psalm twenty two transports
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  Speaker 1: us to the most dramatic moment in history, the crucifixion.
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  Speaker 1: With precision that could only come from the Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: David describes the Messiah's suffering in detail. In the first verse,
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  Speaker 1: we find the words Jesus cried out on the cross,
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  Speaker 1: my God, My God, why have you forsaken me? In
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  Speaker 1: Mark fifteen thirty four, this cry of anguish is fulfilled literally.
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  Speaker 1: Continuing in Psalm twenty two, the details become even more striking.
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  Speaker 1: In verse sixteen we read they pierced my hands and
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  Speaker 1: my feet. This description, written about a thousand years before
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  Speaker 1: crucifixion became a method of execution, anticipates with precision what
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  Speaker 1: would happen to Jesus. In verse eighteen, another specific prophecy,
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  Speaker 1: they divide my clothes among them and cast lots for
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  Speaker 1: my garment. In John nineteen twenty three twenty four, we
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  Speaker 1: see Roman soldiers unwittingly fulfilling this ancient prophecy. Psalm sixteen
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  Speaker 1: reveals another crucial aspect the resurrection. In verse ten, David prophesies,
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  Speaker 1: you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
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  Speaker 1: nor will you let your faithful one see decay. In
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  Speaker 1: Acts two twenty nine to thirty two, Peter explains that
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  Speaker 1: David as a prophet, spoke of Christ's resurrection, affirming that
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  Speaker 1: God would not leave him in the grave or allow
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  Speaker 1: his body to decay. In Psalm one to ten, we
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  Speaker 1: behold the exaltation of the Messiah. Verse one declares the
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  Speaker 1: Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand
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  Speaker 1: until I make your enemies a foot stool for your feet.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus quoted this verse in Matthew twenty two forty three
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  Speaker 1: forty five to prove his divinity to the Pharisees. This
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  Speaker 1: same psalm also prophesies Christ's eternal priesthood. You are a
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  Speaker 1: priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. Psalm sixty nine
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  Speaker 1: gives us a glimpse of the Messiah's emotional suffering. In
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  Speaker 1: verse nine, we read Zeal for your house consumes me,
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  Speaker 1: and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
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  Speaker 1: In John two seventeen, the disciples recalled these words when
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  Speaker 1: they saw Jesus cleansing the temple. In verse twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: another prophecy is fulfilled. They put gaul in my food
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  Speaker 1: and gave me vinegar for my thirst. In Matthew twenty
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  Speaker 1: seven thirty four we see this detail materialized during the crucifixion.
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  Speaker 1: Psalm one eighteen presents a beautiful prophecy about the Messiah's
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  Speaker 1: rejection and victory. In verse twenty two, we find the
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  Speaker 1: stone the wildas rejected, has become the corner stone. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: applied this prophecy to himself in Matthew twenty one forty
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  Speaker 1: two to forty four, showing how the rejection by the
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  Speaker 1: religious leaders was foretold in scripture. In Psalm forty five,
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  Speaker 1: we behold the majesty of the Messianic king. Verses six
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  Speaker 1: seven declare your throne, O God will last forever and ever.
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  Speaker 1: A scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore, God, your God,
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  Speaker 1: has set you above your companions by anointing you with
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  Speaker 1: the oil of joy. In Hebrews one eight to nine,
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  Speaker 1: the author applies this passage directly to Jesus, affirming his divinity.
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  Speaker 1: Psalm seventy two gives us a glorious vision of the
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  Speaker 1: Messianic kingdom. He will rule from sea to sea, and
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  Speaker 1: from the river to the ends of the earth. All
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  Speaker 1: kings will bow down to him, and all nations will
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  Speaker 1: serve him. This prophecy will find its ultimate fulfillment when
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  Speaker 1: Jesus returns to establish his eternal kingdom, as described in
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  Speaker 1: Revelation eleven fifteen. In each of these Messianic psalms, we
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  Speaker 1: see different facets of jesus ministry. In Psalm forty six
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  Speaker 1: to eight, we see his perfect submission to the Father's will.
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  Speaker 1: Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears
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  Speaker 1: you have opened burnt offerings and sin offerings you did
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  Speaker 1: not require. Then I said, here I am, I have come.
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  Speaker 1: It is written about me in the scroll. I desire
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  Speaker 1: to do your will, my God, Your law is within
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  Speaker 1: my heart. The impact of these prophecies is so significant
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  Speaker 1: that Jesus, after his resurrection, used the psalms to teach
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  Speaker 1: his disciples In Luke twenty four forty four. He declared,
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  Speaker 1: everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in
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  Speaker 1: the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms. Each
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  Speaker 1: fulfilled prophecy serves as a divine seal confirming that Jesus
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  Speaker 1: is truly the promised Messiah. Just as Moses gave us
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  Speaker 1: the five books of the Law, the Book of Psalms
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  Speaker 1: was also organized into five distinct sections. This structure was
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  Speaker 1: not coincidental. In Tewo Timothy three sixteen, we learn that
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  Speaker 1: all scripture is inspired by God, which includes not only
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  Speaker 1: the content of the psalms, but also their organization. The
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  Speaker 1: first book, spanning Psalms one to forty one, introduces humanity
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  Speaker 1: and its relationship with the Creator. Right at the beginning,
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  Speaker 1: Psalm Ie establishes a fundamental contrast. Blessed is the man
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  Speaker 1: who does not walk in the council of the wicked,
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  Speaker 1: nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in
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  Speaker 1: the seat of scoffers. But his delight is in the
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  Speaker 1: law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates
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  Speaker 1: day and night. This first book contains mainly David's Psalms,
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  Speaker 1: written during the period when he was fleeing from Saul.
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  Speaker 1: In Psalmate we find a profound reflection on humanity's place
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  Speaker 1: in creation. What is man that you are mindful of him?
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  Speaker 1: And the son of Man that you visit him? For
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  Speaker 1: you have made him a little lower than the angels
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  Speaker 1: and crowned him with glory and honor. This section helps
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  Speaker 1: us understand our value in the eyes of the Creator
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  Speaker 1: and our responsibility before him. The second book, comprising Psalms
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  Speaker 1: forty two to seventy two, focuses on the deliverance of
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  Speaker 1: God's people. It opens with a heartfelt cry from the
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  Speaker 1: sons of Cora, as the deer pants for the streams
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  Speaker 1: of water, So my soul pants for you, O God.
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  Speaker 1: My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. This
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  Speaker 1: spiritual thirst characterizes the entire section, which includes many psalms
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  Speaker 1: written during the time the Ark was outside Jerusalem. In
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  Speaker 1: Psalm fifty one part of this section, we hear David's
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  Speaker 1: plea for forgiveness after his sin with Bathsheba. Wash me
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  Speaker 1: thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
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  Speaker 1: This book teaches us about the need for restoration and
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  Speaker 1: the greatness of divine mercy. It concludes with a glorious
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  Speaker 1: vision of the Messiah's reign in Psalms seventy two. He
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  Speaker 1: shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the
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  Speaker 1: river to the ends of the earth. The third book,
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  Speaker 1: from Psalms seventy three to eighty nine, centers on God's
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  Speaker 1: sanctuary and the national issues of Israel. It begins with
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  Speaker 1: ESAF's honest confession in Psalm seventy three, Truly God is
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  Speaker 1: good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
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  Speaker 1: But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my
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  Speaker 1: steps had nearly slipped. This section grapples with profound questions
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  Speaker 1: about divinejo justice and the apparent success of the wicked
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  Speaker 1: in Psalm eighty four. Also within this book we find
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  Speaker 1: a beautiful song about the joy of being in God's presence.
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  Speaker 1: How lovely is your dwelling place, O, Lord of Hosts.
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  Speaker 1: My soul longs, yes faints for the courts of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the
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  Speaker 1: Living God. This third book underscores the centrality of worship
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  Speaker 1: in the life of God's people. The fourth book, spanning
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  Speaker 1: Psalms ninety to one o six, begins with the sole
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  Speaker 1: composition attributed to Moses and affirms the Lord's universal reign.
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  Speaker 1: In Psalm ninety, we read, Lord, you have been our
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  Speaker 1: dwelling place in all generations, before the mountains were brought
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  Speaker 1: forth or ever, you had formed the earth and the
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  Speaker 1: world from everlasting to everlasting. You are God. This section
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  Speaker 1: reminds us that even when human institutions fail, the Lord's
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  Speaker 1: throne remains firm. In Psalm one hundred, within this book,
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  Speaker 1: we find a universal call to worship. Make a joyful
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  Speaker 1: noise to the Lord. All the earth. Serve the Lord
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  Speaker 1: with gladness, Come into his presence with singing. Know that
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  Speaker 1: the Lord he is God. It is he who made us,
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  Speaker 1: and we are his. We are his people, the sheep
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  Speaker 1: of his pasture. This part of Psalm's emphasizes that God's
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  Speaker 1: dominion extends over all nations. The fifth and final book
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  Speaker 1: from Psalms one o seven to one hundred fifty forms
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  Speaker 1: a grand concluding doxology. It begins with an invitation to
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  Speaker 1: praise in Psalm one hundred seven, Oh give thanks to
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love
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  Speaker 1: endures forever. This section celebrates God's faithfulness throughout Israel's history
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  Speaker 1: and culminates with the five Hallelujah psalms that close the book.
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  Speaker 1: In Psalm one nineteen, the longest chapter in the Bible,
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  Speaker 1: and an extraordinary celebration of God's Word. With one hundredred
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  Speaker 1: and seventy six verses arranged in twenty two stanzas, one
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  Speaker 1: for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, this psalm declares,
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  Speaker 1: your Word is a lamp to my feet and a
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  Speaker 1: light to my path. This emphasis on the word characterizes
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  Speaker 1: the entire fifth book. Each of these five books concludes
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  Speaker 1: with a specific doxology. At the end of the first book,
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  Speaker 1: in Psalm forty one thirteen, we read, Blessed be the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting, Amen and Amen.
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  Speaker 1: The second book ends in Psalm seventy two with Blessed
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  Speaker 1: be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does
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  Speaker 1: wondrous things. Blessed be his glorious name. Forever, May the
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  Speaker 1: whole earth be filled with his glory, Amen and Amen.
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  Speaker 1: The third book concludes with Psalm eighty nine, Blessed be
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  Speaker 1: the Lord forever, Amen and Amen. The fourth book ends
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  Speaker 1: with Psalm one O six, Blessed be the Lord, the
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  Speaker 1: God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting, and let all
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  Speaker 1: the people say amen, praise the Lord. Finally, the Fifth
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  Speaker 1: Book culminates with the magnificent Psalm one hundred fifty, an
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  Speaker 1: explosion of praise that invites all creation to worship the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: The book of Psalms is like a divine musical library,
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  Speaker 1: where each composition has its own melody and specific purpose.
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  Speaker 1: In First Chronicles twenty three point five we learn that
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  Speaker 1: David set apart four thousand levites to praise the Lord
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  Speaker 1: with the instruments he had made for this purpose. This
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  Speaker 1: variety in worship is reflected in the different types of
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  Speaker 1: psalms we find in the Bible. Psalms of praise form
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  Speaker 1: a special category called to Hilim. In Hebrew, Psalm ninety
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  Speaker 1: five invites us come, let us sing for joy to
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. Let us shout aloud to the rock of
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  Speaker 1: our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and
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  Speaker 1: extol him with music and song. These psalms typically begin
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  Speaker 1: with a call to worship, followed by reasons why God
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  Speaker 1: deserves to be praised. In Psalm one hundred, another beautiful
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  Speaker 1: example of praise, we find a universal invitation shout for
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  Speaker 1: joy to the Lord. All the earth worship the Lord
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  Speaker 1: with gladness, come before him with joyful songs. Know that
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  Speaker 1: the Lord is God. It is he who made us,
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  Speaker 1: and we are his. We are His people, the sheep
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  Speaker 1: of his pasture. Praise reminds us of who God is
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  Speaker 1: and who we are in relation to him. Psalms of
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  Speaker 1: lament constitute the largest group within the book. In Psalm thirteen,
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  Speaker 1: David expresses his anguish, how long, Lord, will you forget
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  Speaker 1: me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
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  Speaker 1: These psalms teach us that we can be completely honest
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  Speaker 1: with God about our pains and questions. Psalm eighty eight
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  Speaker 1: is considered the deepest lament of all. The Psalmist cries out, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: you are the God who saves me day and night.
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  Speaker 1: I cry out to you. May my prayer come before
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  Speaker 1: you turn your ear to my cry. I am overwhelmed
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  Speaker 1: with troubles, and my life draws near to death. This
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  Speaker 1: psalm shows us that even in the darkest moments, we
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  Speaker 1: can pour out our hearts before the Lord. Psalms of
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  Speaker 1: wisdom present practical truths for life. Psalm one opens the
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  Speaker 1: book with a foundational lesson. Blessed is the one who
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  Speaker 1: does not walk in step with the wicked, or stand
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  Speaker 1: in the way that sinners take, or sit in the
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  Speaker 1: company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day
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  Speaker 1: and night. Psalm one hundred nineteen, the longest chapter in
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  Speaker 1: the Bible, is a master piece of wisdom focused on
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  Speaker 1: God's word. In its one hundred and seventy six verses,
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  Speaker 1: arranged in a perfect acrostic with the twenty two letters
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  Speaker 1: of the Hebrew alphabet, we find declarations such as, how
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  Speaker 1: can a young person stay on the path of purity
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  Speaker 1: by living according to your word? I seek you with
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  Speaker 1: all my heart. Do not let me stray from your commands.
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  Speaker 1: Historical psalms help us remember the great works of God.
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  Speaker 1: In Psalm seventy eight, aesopfh recounts the history of Israel,
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  Speaker 1: what we have heard and known, what our ancestors have
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  Speaker 1: told us. We will not hide them from their descendants.
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  Speaker 1: We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done.
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  Speaker 1: These psalms serve as a collective memory for God's people.
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  Speaker 1: Psalm one O six is another striking example of a
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  Speaker 1: historical psalm. It begins with praise, Praise the Lord, Give
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  Speaker 1: thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his love
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  Speaker 1: endures forever, and then recounts Israel's history from the Exodus,
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  Speaker 1: not to exalt the people, but to show God's faithfulness
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  Speaker 1: despite constant human failures. Royal psalms speak of God's kingdom
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  Speaker 1: and his sovereign rule. In Psalm too we read why
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  Speaker 1: do the nations conspire and the people's plot in vain?
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  Speaker 1: The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers
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  Speaker 1: band together against the Lord and against his anointed. These
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  Speaker 1: psalms often have a messianic dimension, pointing to the perfect
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  Speaker 1: reign of Christ. Psalm forty five is a unique royal
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  Speaker 1: psalm written as a wedding song for the King. Your throne,
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  Speaker 1: O God will last forever and ever. A scepter of
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  Speaker 1: justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You love
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  Speaker 1: righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore, God, your God, has set
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  Speaker 1: you above your companions by anointing you with the oil
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  Speaker 1: of joy. In he Hey Bruce one, this psalm is
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  Speaker 1: applied directly to Jesus Christ. There is also a special
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  Speaker 1: category called psalms of trust. Psalm twenty three is perhaps
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  Speaker 1: the most well known of these. The Lord is my shepherd.
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  Speaker 1: I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures.
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  Speaker 1: He leads me beside quiet waters. These psalms express unwavering
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  Speaker 1: confidence in God, even in the most challenging circumstances. Penitential
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  Speaker 1: psalms form another important group. Psalm fifty one, written by
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  Speaker 1: David after his sin with Bathsheba, is a powerful example.
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  Speaker 1: Have mercy on me, o, God, according to your unfailing love,
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  Speaker 1: according to your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. These
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  Speaker 1: psalms teach us how to seek genuine forgiveness and restoration. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: we have the psalms of thanksgiving, such as Psalm one
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  Speaker 1: and sixteen. I love the Lord for he heard my voice,
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  Speaker 1: he heard my cry for mercy, because he turned his
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  Speaker 1: ear to me. I will call on him as long
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  Speaker 1: as I live. These psalms express gratitude for specific blessings
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  Speaker 1: or deliverances that God has granted. The book of psalms
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  Speaker 1: is like a divine manual that teaches us how to
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  Speaker 1: walk the path of true worship. In John four twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus declares, yet a time is coming and has now come,
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  Speaker 1: when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the
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  Speaker 1: spirit and in truth. For they are the kind of
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  Speaker 1: worshipers the Father seeks. The Psalms show us exactly how
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  Speaker 1: to do this. The first principle the Psalms teach us
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  Speaker 1: is absolute honesty before God. In Psalms forty two and
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  Speaker 1: forty three, we find a worshiper being completely transparent. Why
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  Speaker 1: my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed? Within me?
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  Speaker 1: Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him,
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  Speaker 1: my Savior and my God. The Psalmist does not hide
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  Speaker 1: his depression, but also does not allow it to have
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  Speaker 1: the final say. This honesty continues in Psalm forty two,
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  Speaker 1: where the writer describes his spiritual thirst as the dear
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  Speaker 1: pants for streams of water. So my soul pants for you,
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  Speaker 1: my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
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  Speaker 1: When can I go and meet with God? He does
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  Speaker 1: not mask his desperation for more of God's presence, transforming
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  Speaker 1: his anguish into a profound expression of worship. The second
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  Speaker 1: principle is the value of praise in all circumstances. In
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  Speaker 1: Psalm thirty four, written when David pretended to be insane
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  Speaker 1: before King Abimelech to save his life. He declares, I
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  Speaker 1: will extol the Lord at all times. His praise will
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  Speaker 1: always be on my lips. I will glory in the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Even in extreme danger,
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  Speaker 1: Worship does not cease. This same psalm teaches us that
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  Speaker 1: worship can change our perspective. I sought the Law, and
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  Speaker 1: he answered me. He delivered me from all my fears.
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  Speaker 1: Those who look to Him are radiant. Their faces are
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  Speaker 1: never covered with shame. Worship has the power to transform
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  Speaker 1: how we see our circumstances. The third fundamental principle is
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  Speaker 1: the centrality of God's word in worship. Psalm one hundred
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  Speaker 1: nineteen is a masterpiece celebrating the beauty and power of scripture.
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  Speaker 1: In verse ninety seven, the psalmist exclaims, Oh, how I
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  Speaker 1: love your Law. I meditate on it all day long.
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  Speaker 1: This is not cold religious devotion, but a passionate love
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  Speaker 1: for the living Word. Throughout its twenty two stanzas. Psalm
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  Speaker 1: one nineteen shows how God's word fuels our worship. How
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  Speaker 1: sweet are your words to my taste? Sweeter than honey?
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  Speaker 1: To my mouth. I gain understanding from your precepts. Therefore
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  Speaker 1: I hate every wrong path. Your word is a lamp
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  Speaker 1: for my feet, a light on my path. The fourth
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  Speaker 1: is senci principle is the need for a purified heart.
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  Speaker 1: In Psalm fifty one, after his sin with Bathsheba, David
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  Speaker 1: realizes that true worship requires inner purity. Create in me
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  Speaker 1: a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit
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  Speaker 1: within me. Do not cast me from your presence or
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  Speaker 1: take your holy spirit from me. This psalm teaches us
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  Speaker 1: that true repentance leads to authentic worship. Open my lips, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and my mouth will declare your praise. You do not
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  Speaker 1: delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it. You do
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  Speaker 1: not take pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice, O God,
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  Speaker 1: is a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart. You
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  Speaker 1: God will not despise. The fifth principle is the beauty
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  Speaker 1: of communal worship. Psalm one to twenty two expresses the
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  Speaker 1: joy of worshiping together. I rejoiced with those who said
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  Speaker 1: to me, let us go to the House of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Our feet as ste in your gates. Jerusalem. Worship was
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  Speaker 1: not designed to be a solitary experience, but a shared celebration.
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  Speaker 1: This psalm goes on to describe the unity that communal
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  Speaker 1: worship produces. Jerusalem is built like a city that is
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  Speaker 1: closely compacted together. That is where the tribes go up
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  Speaker 1: the tribes of the Lord, to praise the name of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. According to the statute given to Israel, when
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  Speaker 1: we worship together, our differences dissolve in God's presence. The
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  Speaker 1: sixth principle is the importance of expressive praise. In Psalm
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty, the book concludes with an explosion
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  Speaker 1: of worship involving all kinds of instruments and expressions. Praise
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  Speaker 1: Him with the sounding of the trumpet, Praise him with
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  Speaker 1: the harp and liar. Praise him with timbrel and dancing.
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  Speaker 1: Praise him with the strings and pipe. This psalm teaches
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  Speaker 1: us that we can use various means to express our worship.
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  Speaker 1: Praise Him with the clash of symbols. Praise him with
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  Speaker 1: resounding symbols. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Praise the Lord. True worship engages our entire being, body, soul,
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  Speaker 1: and spirit. The seventh principle is perseverance in worship. In
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  Speaker 1: Psalm one thirty six. Every one of its twenty six
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  Speaker 1: verses ends with the phrase his love endures forever. This
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  Speaker 1: repetition teaches us to persist in praise, continually recalling the
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  Speaker 1: reasons why God deserves our worship. This psalm recounts the
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  Speaker 1: entire history of creation and Israel's redemption, showing that every
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  Speaker 1: event is a reason to worship to Him who made
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  Speaker 1: the great lights. His love endures forever. The sun to
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  Speaker 1: govern the day. His love endures forever, the moon and
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  Speaker 1: stars to govern the night. His love endures forever. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: the Psalms teach us that worship must be a response
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  Speaker 1: to God's character and actions. In Psalm one forty five,
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  Speaker 1: David declares, every day I will praise you and extol
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  Speaker 1: your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and
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  Speaker 1: most worthy of praise His greatness no one can fathom.
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  Speaker 1: Our worship must be rooted in the truth of who
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  Speaker 1: God is. On every page of the Psalms we find
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  Speaker 1: precious revelations about who God is and how He relates
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  Speaker 1: to us. In Psalm nineteen verses one and two, we
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  Speaker 1: learn that nature proclaims these truths. The heavens declare the
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  Speaker 1: glory of God, and the skies proclaim the work of
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  Speaker 1: His hands. Day after day. They pour forth speech night
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  Speaker 1: after night. They reveal knowledge. Let us dive into these
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  Speaker 1: eternal truths that the Psalms reveal to us. The first
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  Speaker 1: great truth is about the nature of God. In Psalm
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  Speaker 1: ninety nine, we encounter a powerful revelation his holiness. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord reigns. Let the nations tremble. He sits enthrone between
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  Speaker 1: the cherubim, Let the earth shake. Great is the Lord
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  Speaker 1: in Zion. He is exalted over all the nations. Let
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  Speaker 1: them praise your great and awesome name. He is holy.
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  Speaker 1: This holiness does not make him distant, but rather establishes
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  Speaker 1: the foundation for a true relationship with him. Psalm one
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  Speaker 1: O three presents a wonderful portrait of the divine character.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding
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  Speaker 1: in love. He does not treat us as our sins deserve,
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  Speaker 1: or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high
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  Speaker 1: as the heavens are above the earth, so great is
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  Speaker 1: his love for those who fear him. This unique combination
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  Speaker 1: of justice and mercy defines who God is. The second
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  Speaker 1: foundational truth concerns the human condition. In Psalm fourteen, verses
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  Speaker 1: two and three, we find a precise diagnosis. The Lord
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  Speaker 1: looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if
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  Speaker 1: there are any who understand. Any who seek God. All
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  Speaker 1: have turned away, all have become corrupt. There is no
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  Speaker 1: one who does good, not even one. This reality helps
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  Speaker 1: us understand our absolute need for redemption. In Psalm fifty one,
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  Speaker 1: following his sin with Bathsheba, David makes a profound confession
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  Speaker 1: that reveals another truth about our nature. Surely, I was
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  Speaker 1: sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
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  Speaker 1: This acknowledgment of our natural condition leads us to depend
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  Speaker 1: completely on divine grace for transformation. The third essential truth
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  Speaker 1: is about the Messianic promise. Psalm two proclaims, I have
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  Speaker 1: installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain. I will
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  Speaker 1: proclaim the Lord's decree. He said to me, you are
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  Speaker 1: my son. To day I have become your father. This
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  Speaker 1: promise of a king anointed by God runs throughout the
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  Speaker 1: book of Psalms, pointing to Jesus Christ. In Psalm one
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  Speaker 1: hun ten we find more details about this promised messiah.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord says to my Lord, sit at my right
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  Speaker 1: hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus would later quote this verse to prove his divinity,
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  Speaker 1: showing how the Psalms had already announced the plan of salvation.
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  Speaker 1: The fourth crucial truth speaks about the final destiny. Psalm
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  Speaker 1: ninety six declares say among the nations, the Lord reigns.
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  Speaker 1: The world is firmly established. It cannot be moved. He
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  Speaker 1: will judge the peoples with equity. Let the heavens rejoice,
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  Speaker 1: Let the earth be glad, Let the sea resound and
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  Speaker 1: all that is in it. Let the fields be jubilant
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  Speaker 1: and everything in them. This vision of the eternal kingdom
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  Speaker 1: continues in Psalm one forty five. Your kingdom is an
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  Speaker 1: everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord is trustworthy in all he promises, and faithful in
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  Speaker 1: all he does. This assurance of God's ultimate triumph brings
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  Speaker 1: hope and purpose to our lives. The fifth fundamental truth
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  Speaker 1: is about the life of faith. Psalm thirty seven teaches
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  Speaker 1: us trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in
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  Speaker 1: the land and enjoy safe pasture. Take delight in the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and he will give you the desires of your heart.
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  Speaker 1: Commit your way to the Lord. Trust in him, and
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  Speaker 1: he will do this. In Psalm one, we find the
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  Speaker 1: secret to a blessed life. Blessed is the one who
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  Speaker 1: does not walk in step with the wicked, or stand
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  Speaker 1: in the way that sinners take, or sit in the
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  Speaker 1: company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day
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  Speaker 1: and night. This life of intimacy with God and his
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  Speaker 1: word bears lasting fruit. The sixth Essential Truth reveals God's
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  Speaker 1: providential care. Psalm twenty three declares, confidently the Lord is
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  Speaker 1: my shepherd. I lack nothing. He makes me lie down
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  Speaker 1: in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. He
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  Speaker 1: refreshes my soul. This personal care of the Lord is
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  Speaker 1: one of the most comforting truths of the Psalms. In
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  Speaker 1: Psalm ninety one, this divine protection is described in detail.
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  Speaker 1: Who Ever dwells in the shelter of the most High
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  Speaker 1: will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will
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  Speaker 1: say of the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress,
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  Speaker 1: my God in whom I trust. This truth teaches us
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  Speaker 1: that we can find absolute security in God. The seventh
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  Speaker 1: foundational truth concerns worship as the appropriate response to God.
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  Speaker 1: Psalm one hundred and fifty concludes the book with a
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  Speaker 1: universal call, Praise the Lord. Pray God in his sanctuary,
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  Speaker 1: Praise Him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his
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  Speaker 1: acts of power. Praise him for his surpassing greatness. This
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  Speaker 1: truth about worship is deepened in Psalm ninety five. Come
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  Speaker 1: let us bow down in worship. Let us kneel before
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, our maker. For he is our God, and
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  Speaker 1: we are the people of his pasture, the flock under
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  Speaker 1: his care. Worship is not optional, but the natural response
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  Speaker 1: of those who truly know God. The book of Psalms
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  Speaker 1: concludes with a majestic symphony of praise. From Psalm one
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  Speaker 1: hundred forty six to one to fifty, we find five
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  Speaker 1: special songs known as the Hallelujah psalms. In Hebrew, Hallelujah
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  Speaker 1: means praise the Lord, and each of these psalms begins
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  Speaker 1: and ends with this powerful declaration. It's as if the
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit is teaching us that our entire spiritual journey
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  Speaker 1: should culminate in pure worship. In Psalm one and forty six,
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  Speaker 1: the first of this final sequence, we encounter a personal
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  Speaker 1: invitation to praise. Praise the Lord, O my soul. I
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  Speaker 1: will praise the Lord all my life. I will sing
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  Speaker 1: praise to my God as long as I live. The
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  Speaker 1: Psalmist teaches us that praise must spring from the depths
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  Speaker 1: of our being, not just from our lips. This Psalm
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  Speaker 1: also provides solid reasons to praise. Blessed is he whose
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  Speaker 1: help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, his God, the maker of heaven and earth,
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  Speaker 1: the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
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  Speaker 1: True praise is always rooted in the character and works
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord. Psalm one to forty seven broadens our
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  Speaker 1: perspective on reasons for praise. Praise the Lord. For it
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  Speaker 1: is good to sing praises to our God. It is pleasant,
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  Speaker 1: and praise is fitting. This Psalm reveals a God who
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  Speaker 1: cares for both the stars in the heavens and the
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  Speaker 1: broken hearted. He determines the number of the stars and
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  Speaker 1: calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and
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  Speaker 1: mighty in power. His understanding has no limit. In the
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  Speaker 1: following verses we discover that the same God who governs
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  Speaker 1: the universe attends to the smallest details of his creation.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to
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  Speaker 1: the ground. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving, make music
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  Speaker 1: to our God on the harp. He covers the sky
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  Speaker 1: with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, and makes grass
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  Speaker 1: grow on the hills. Some one forty eight summons all
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  Speaker 1: creation into a universal symphony of worship. It begins in
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  Speaker 1: the heavens. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him
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  Speaker 1: in the heights above. Praise him all his angels. Praise
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  Speaker 1: him all his heavenly hosts. Praise him, Sun and Moon,
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  Speaker 1: Praise him, all you shining stars. This cosmic call reminds
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  Speaker 1: us that praise is not me a human activity. The
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  Speaker 1: call then descends to Earth. Praise the Lord from the Earth,
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  Speaker 1: you great sea creatures and all ocean depths, Lightning and hail,
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  Speaker 1: snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding. You,
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  Speaker 1: mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars. Every
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  Speaker 1: element of creation has its role in worshiping the Creator. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: humanity is called to join in kings of the Earth
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  Speaker 1: and all nations, You princes and all rulers on Earth,
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  Speaker 1: Young men and women old men and children. Let them
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  Speaker 1: praise the name of the Lord. For his name alone
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  Speaker 1: is exalted. His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
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  Speaker 1: Praise transcends age, social status, and all human distinctions. Psalm
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  Speaker 1: one forty nine brings a special dimension to praise the
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  Speaker 1: joy of victory. Sing to the Lord a new song
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  Speaker 1: his praise in the assembly of his faithful people. Let
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  Speaker 1: Israel rejoice in their maker. Let the people of Zion
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  Speaker 1: be glad in their king. This psalm teaches that praise
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  Speaker 1: is a powerful spiritual weapon. In the following verses we
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  Speaker 1: see the connection between worship and spiritual warfare. Let them
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  Speaker 1: praise his name with dancing and make music to him
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  Speaker 1: with timbrel and harp. For the Lord takes delight in
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  Speaker 1: his people. He crowns the humble with victory. Let his
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  Speaker 1: faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy
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  Speaker 1: on their beds. Finally, we arrive at the grand finale
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  Speaker 1: Psalm one fifty. This last psalm is an explosion of worship,
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  Speaker 1: employing every kind of instrument and expression. Praise him with
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  Speaker 1: the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp,
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  Speaker 1: and lyre praise him with timbrel and dancing. Praise him
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  Speaker 1: with the strings and pipe. The intensity continues to build.
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  Speaker 1: Praise him with the clash of symbols. Praise him with
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  Speaker 1: resounding symbols. This variety of instruments teaches us that we
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  Speaker 1: can and should use diverse forms to express our worship.
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  Speaker 1: Praise does not need to be monotonous or predictable. The
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  Speaker 1: entire book concludes with a universal call that echoes through
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  Speaker 1: the ages. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord Hallelujah.
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  Speaker 1: This final phrase sums up the purpose of all creation
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  Speaker 1: to worship the Creator. It is significant that the book
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  Speaker 1: ends not with a prayer of petition or deep reflection,
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  Speaker 1: but with an invitation to pure, simple praise. These five
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  Speaker 1: Hallelujah psalms form a crescendo of praise. They begin with
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  Speaker 1: a personal decision to worship, expand to include all creation,
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  Speaker 1: celebrate the victory of God's people, and culminate in a
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  Speaker 1: universal outpouring of worship. It's as if the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: is showing us that the closer we walk with God,
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  Speaker 1: the more our our hearts naturally inclined toward praise. So
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  Speaker 1: what did you think of this incredible journey? Through the Psalms.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't it amazing how a book written thousands of years
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  Speaker 1: ago can still speak so directly to our hearts To day,
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  Speaker 1: each Psalm feels like an honest conversation with God, reminding
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  Speaker 1: us that we can be completely open with Him, enjoy sorrow, fear,
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  Speaker 1: or gratitude. Now let me ask you, when was the
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  Speaker 1: last time you opened the book of Psalms and let
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  Speaker 1: those words speak directly to your soul. How about, starting today,
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  Speaker 1: begin with Psalm one and note how each verse touches
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  Speaker 1: your heart. If this reflection helped you see the Psalms
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  Speaker 1: thirty four says, taste and see that the Lord is good.
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