Shownotes
Today our reading is entirely from the book of Psalms. For a moment, I had to pause and think, "What would the Bible be if the book of Psalms wasn't included?" I can't count the times in my life where I needed deep encouragement, strength, and hope, and I knew to open my Bible to Psalms. No matter what we're feeling in life, from joy to lament, to anger, discouragement, depression, anxiety, awe, exhaustion, humility, or gratitude, Psalms not only meets us where we're at, it takes us where we're supposed to be--reminding us that in all situations, we serve a King worthy of our worship.
Today's Reading: Psalm 6, 8-10, 14, 16, 19, 21
Scripture Read or Referenced:
Psalm 6 (all)
Psalm 8:2
Matthew 21:16
Psalm 9:1-10
Psalm 10:12-14, 17-18
Psalm 14:2
Psalm 19:1-2, 7-11, 14
Psalm 21:1-7
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Commentaries Most Referenced: Moody Commentary, MacArthur Commentary, Spurgeon's Treasury of David
Transcripts
Welcome to the Dwelling Place from Aru Ministries.
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:I'm Stephanie Hickox, and
today our reading is entirely
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:from the Book of Psalms.
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:For a moment, I had to pause and think?
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:What would the Bible be if the
Book of Psalms wasn't included?
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:I can't count the times in my life
where I needed deep encouragement,
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:strength, and hope, and I knew to
open my Bible to Psalms no matter
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:what we're feeling in life, from joy
to lament, to anger, discouragement,
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:depression, anxiety, awe, exhaustion.
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:Humility.
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:Gratitude.
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:The Book of Psalms not only meets
us where we're at, it takes us where
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:we're supposed to be, reminding
us that in all situations, we
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:serve a king worthy of our worship.
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:73 of the 150 Psalms are attributed to
David, who did sit as king over Israel.
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:But taken as a whole.
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:The Book of Psalms increasingly
looks to a future king who will
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:reign perfectly and is currently
seated on his throne in heaven.
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:The Psalms are rich with theology,
teaching and instructing us about the
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:truth and goodness of God's character.
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:But we were never meant to
sit with knowledge alone, but
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:rather to be moved to praise.
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:I love to think of David, a man who
defeated lions and bears and countless
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:enemies because he was also a man
who knew he was called to worship.
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:And if ever we or our kids think, you know
what, I'm just more of a stoic person.
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:I get to sit back during worship.
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:I just don't see that model in scripture.
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:I think God created all
of our personalities.
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:But our worship should lay aside
any self preservation, and give
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:the Lord the praise he is due.
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:Admittedly, that's gonna look a little
different for each of us, and it's not
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:something to hold in judgment, but as
we're guiding and training our families,
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:I think we can model it first by the
way that we rejoice to worship Christ.
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:It is something we'll pray for and
hope with expectation that each of
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:us in our families would worship
fervently, and we'll do that at the end.
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:Our first Psalm is chapter six.
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:It was written by David, and it's
a song of Lament, which is a Godly
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:way to express pain or sorrow.
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:It's also the first of
the penitent Psalms.
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:which simply means that it's
grieving the impact of sin
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:Oh Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath.
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:Be gracious to me, oh Lord.
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:For I am languishing, heal me, oh Lord.
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:For my bones are troubled.
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:My soul also is greatly troubled.
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:But you oh Lord.
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:How long turn, oh Lord, deliver my life.
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:Save me for the sake of your
steadfast love for in death.
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:There is no remembrance of you.
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:And she all who will give you praise.
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:I am weary with my moaning.
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:Every night I flood my bed with tears.
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:I drench my couch.
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:With my weeping my eye wastes away.
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:Because of grief, it grows
weak because of all my foes.
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:Depart from me.
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:All you workers of evil.
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:For the Lord has heard
the sound of my weeping.
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:The Lord has heard my plea.
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:The Lord accepts my prayer.
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:All my enemies shall be
ashamed and greatly troubled.
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:They shall turn back and be
put to shame in a moment.
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:The tone of chapter eight is
Thanksgiving, and there is the
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:sweetest, averse, tucked inside
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:Out of the mouth of babies and infants.
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:You have established strength
because of your foes to still
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:the enemy and the avenger.
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:Have you ever considered that
the cooing of your children is a
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:beautiful sound before the Lord and
that it could be praised to him?
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:At the triumphal entry when people
were praising Jesus, the Pharisees
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:told him to have the people stop
worshiping him, and he quoted this verse.
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:I think that can renew us just a
little bit to think that some of
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:those sounds that our children express
before they're even able to talk
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:could be magnifying the God of heaven.
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:Many beliefs.
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:Psalm nine was written by David as he was
reflecting upon his defeat of Goliath.
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:I'll read the first 10 verses.
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:I will give thanks to the
Lord with my whole heart.
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:I will recount all of
your wonderful deeds.
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:I will be glad and exalt in you.
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:I will sing praise to
your name, almost high.
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:When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish.
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:Before your presence for you
have maintained my just cause.
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:You have sat on the throne
giving righteous judgment.
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:You have rebuked the nations.
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:You have made the wicked Parish.
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:You have blotted out their
name forever and ever.
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:The enemy came to an end
in Everlasting Ruins.
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:They're cities you rooted out.
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:The very memory of them has perished,
but the Lord sits enthroned forever.
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:He has established his throne
for justice and he judges
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:the world with righteousness.
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:He judges the people with uprightness.
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:The Lord is a stronghold for
the oppressed, a stronghold
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:in times of trouble.
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:and those who know your name,
put their trust in you for you.
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:Oh Lord, have not forsaken
those who seek you.
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:Did you notice where our
righteous ruler reigns?
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:He is seated on the throne.
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:This is not a God who is pacing
or striving or struggling because
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:of his unparalleled strength.
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:He sits in sovereignty and goodness, and
he does not forsake those who seek him.
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:The focus of 10 is God's righteous
judgment on behalf of the oppressed.
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:arise.
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:Oh Lord, oh God.
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:Lift up your hand.
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:Forget not the afflicted.
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:Why does the wicked renounce God
and say in his heart, you will not
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:call to account, but you do see for
you note mischief and vation that
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:you may take it into your hands.
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:To you, the helpless commits himself.
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:You have been the helper
of the fatherless.
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:Oh Lord.
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:You hear the desire of the afflicted.
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:You will strengthen their heart.
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:You will incline your ear to do justice
to the fatherless and the oppressed.
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:So that man who is of the earth
may strike terror no more.
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:He is father of the fatherless, and he
commits himself to help those who are
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:helpless, afflicted, and needing strength
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:as chapter 14, recounts
the sin of mankind.
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:I see something that is evident
throughout the scripture.
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:We've already studied.
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:The Lord looks down from heaven on the
children of man to see if there are
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:any who understand who seek after God.
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:The God that called Abraham
and Moses and David.
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:He's always looking for those whose
hearts are his, and he loves that
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:you are here basking in his word,
chapter 16 has been titled The
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:Golden Psalm and even David's Jewel.
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:Preserve me, oh God.
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:For in you.
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:I take refuge, I say to
the Lord, you are my Lord.
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:I have no good apart from you.
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:As for the saints in the land,
they are the excellent ones.
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:In whom is all my delight.
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:The sorrows of those who run after
another, God shall multiply their drink
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:Offerings of blood, I will not pour
out or take their names on my lips.
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:The Lord is my chosen portion in my cup.
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:You hold my lot.
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:The lines have fallen for
me in pleasant places.
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:Indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
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:I bless the Lord who gives
me counsel in the night.
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:Also, my heart instructs me.
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:I have set the Lord always before me.
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:Because he is at my right hand.
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:I shall not be shaken.
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:Therefore, my heart is glad and
my whole being rejoices, my flesh
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:also dwells secure for you will
not abandon my soul to shield or
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:let your holy one see corruption.
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:You make known to me the path of life.
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:In your presence.
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:There is fullness of
joy at your right hand.
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:Our pleasures forevermore.
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:It's so beautiful, isn't it?
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:Can we say that we have no
good apart from the Lord?
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:Can we declare that we have a beautiful
inheritance in him and that he
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:gives us counsel even in the night?
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:Verse 11 has brought me lots of
hope and direction and confidence as
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:I've prayed over health issues and
other times of uncertainty that he
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:makes known to me the path of life.
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:And in his presence,
there's fullness of joy.
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:He's been so faithful to guide and direct
me, but I wanna start by dwelling with
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:him before I seek any outside answers.
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:So in this psalm, I see a reminder to
stay near to him in my decision making.
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:All of the years and experience that David
had as a shepherd, had plenty of time
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:to delight in the creation around him.
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:As I read Psalm 19, I like to imagine
a shepherd boy gazing up at the stars.
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:So here are some portions of that psalm.
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:The heavens declare the glory of God and
the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
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:Day-to-day, pours out speech.
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:And night to night reveals knowledge.
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:The law of the Lord is
perfect, reviving the soul.
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:The testimony of the Lord is
sure, making wisely simple.
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:The precepts of the Lord are
right, rejoicing the heart.
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:The commandment of the Lord is pure
enlightening the eyes, the fear of
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:the Lord is clean, enduring forever.
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:The rules of the Lord are
true and righteous altogether.
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:More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold, sweeter also than
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:honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
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:Moreover, by them is your servant warrant
and keeping them there is great reward.
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:And the last verse of Psalm 19
is probably the prayer that I
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:pray most often over myself.
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:Let the words of my mouth and
the meditation of my heart
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:be acceptable in your sight.
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:Oh Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
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:I have to admit, there are times I just
don't trust what comes outta my mouth.
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:So if I'm headed to a mom's night or
to meet with a friend I just pray that
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:he would help my words to glorify him.
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:I think those verses about
God's word Would be an excellent
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:passage to memorize with our kids.
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:Our last Psalm for today is Psalm 21,
which focuses on the strength of the king
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:It begins, oh Lord, in your strength,
the king rejoices and in your
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:salvation how greatly he exalts.
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:You have given him his heart's desire.
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:And have not withheld the
request of his lips for you.
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:Meet him with rich blessings.
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:You set a crown of fine
gold upon his head.
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:He asked a life of you.
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:You gave it to him, length
of days, forever and ever.
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:His glory is great.
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:Through your salvation, splendor,
and majesty, you bestow on him for
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:you, make him most blessed forever.
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:You make him glad with the joy of your
presence for the king trusts in the Lord.
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:And through the steadfast love of
the most high, he shall not be moved.
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:Heavenly Father, we are truly grateful
for a God that meets us where we're at.
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:We thank you that in your word, we are
known and assured of your love, but as we
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:acknowledge the condition of our hearts.
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:May your word guide us in your goodness
and righteousness that we'd be
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:conformed to the image of your son Jesus.
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:Thank you that we have a beautiful
inheritance, that there is joy
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:in your presence, and that you
make known to us the path of life.
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:Guide us to dwell with you as we
make decisions great and small.
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:We pray our lives would be characterized
by a surrendered worship to you.
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:As we train our minds through singing
truth about you, we pray we'd find
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:refreshment and renewal, and we
want that for our families as well.
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:For our husband and our children,
regardless of demeanors and personalities,
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:may all of our mouths exalt you and
give you the praise that you are due.
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:Thank you that your word is
perfect and it revives our souls.
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:We ask that our kids would
desire it more than gold and to
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:delight in it more than honey.
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:And we thank you for the precious
sounds of praise that you have
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:ordained for our children.
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:May you tune our hearts
to delight in them.
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:Thank you, Jesus, that you are seated
on the throne inner seating for us.
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:It's in your name we pray.
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:Amen.
