Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000609
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00:16 Hello and welcome back to "His words are life."
00:19 I am Kelly Mowrer, and today we 00:20 are reading together in the book of Psalm. 00:23 We were in Psalm 78 when we were last reading. 00:28 and it's actually a Psalm of Asaph that is 00:30 recounting the deeds of God in the 00:32 history of Israel. And he recounts all 00:35 the things that God did, and yet Israel doubted 00:38 and rebelled and disobeyed and turned 00:40 from God, they did not seek him. 00:42 As we continue this today, 00:45 the Holy Spirit can bring to each 00:47 of our hearts, a deeper understanding 00:50 of ways in our own life when we have 00:52 not remembered properly the glory of 00:55 God that He has revealed to us, 00:57 and the power that he has worked in each 00:59 of our own lives, and we can ask Him to 01:01 renew in us a desire to seek Him and to 01:05 believe in His care and keeping for us in 01:07 whatever we are facing now, 01:09 because of all of the greatness of 01:11 His past care for us. Let's pray before we 01:13 start. Dear Lord, thank you that you 01:18 are with us always. Please forgive us 01:22 when we don't remember your greatness, 01:25 and your glory. Please bring to our 01:27 mind the power that you have shown us 01:30 of your love and of your mercy in the past, 01:33 so that in whatever we're facing right now, 01:36 we may know that you are in control because 01:38 you are our God. We love you so much, 01:40 and thank you for loving us, 01:42 in Jesus name I pray, amen. 01:45 We're picking up this account of Israel's 01:48 history in Psalm 78. This is the King James 01:51 Version beginning with verse 45. 01:55 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, 01:58 which devoured them; and frogs, 02:00 which destroyed them. He gave also their 02:03 increase unto the caterpillar, 02:05 and their labor unto the locust. 02:06 He destroyed their vines with hail, 02:08 and their Sycamore trees with frost. 02:11 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, 02:13 and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 02:16 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, 02:19 wrath, and indignation, and trouble by sending 02:23 evil angels among them. He made a way 02:25 to his anger; he spared not their 02:27 soul from death, but gave their life over 02:29 to the pestilence; And smote all the 02:30 firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their 02:33 strength in the tabernacles of Ham: 02:36 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, 02:40 and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 02:44 And he led them on safely, 02:46 so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed 02:49 their enemies. And he brought them to 02:52 the border of his sanctuary, 02:54 even to this mountain, which his right hand 02:56 had purchased. He cast out the heathen 02:59 also before them, and divided them 03:01 an inheritance by line, and made the tribes 03:03 of Israel to dwell in their tents. 03:07 Yet they tempted and provoked the 03:10 most high God, and kept not his testimonies: 03:14 But turned back and dealt unfaithfully 03:16 like their fathers: they were turned aside 03:19 like a deceitful bow. For they provoked 03:21 him to anger with their high places, 03:22 and moved him to jealousy with their 03:25 graven images. When God heard this, 03:27 he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: 03:31 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, 03:34 the tent which he placed among men; 03:36 And delivered his strength into captivity, 03:38 and his glory into the enemy's hand. 03:40 He gave his people over also unto the sword; 03:43 and was wroth with his inheritance. 03:46 The fire consumed their young men; 03:48 and their maidens were not given to 03:50 marriage. Their priests fell by the sword; 03:54 and their widows made no lamentation. 03:58 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, 04:02 and like a mighty man that shouteth by 04:04 reason of wine. And he smote his 04:06 enemies in the hinder parts: 04:07 he put them to a perpetual reproach. 04:10 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, 04:13 and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: 04:16 But chose the tribe of Judah, 04:18 the mount Zion which he loved. 04:20 And he built his sanctuary like 04:22 high palaces, like the earth which 04:24 he hath established for ever. 04:27 He chose David also his servant, 04:29 and took him from the sheepfolds: 04:32 From following the ewes great with young 04:35 he brought him to feed Jacob his people, 04:37 and Israel his inheritance. 04:40 So he fed them according to the integrity 04:42 of his heart; and guided them 04:45 by the skillfulness of his hands. 04:48 Continuing with Psalm 79. O God, 04:52 the heathen are come into thine inheritance; 04:56 thy holy temple have they defiled; 04:58 they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 05:00 The dead bodies of thy servants have 05:03 they given to be meat unto the fowls 05:06 of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints 05:09 unto the beasts of the earth. 05:12 Their blood have they shed like water 05:14 round about Jerusalem; and there was none to 05:16 bury them. We are become 05:19 a reproach to our neighbors, 05:20 a scorn and derision to them that are 05:24 round about us. How long, Lord? 05:28 Wilt thou be angry forever? 05:31 Shall thy jealousy burn like fire? 05:35 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen 05:37 that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms 05:39 that have not called upon thy name. 05:41 For they have devoured Jacob, 05:42 and laid waste his dwelling place. 05:45 O remember not against us 05:47 former iniquities: let thy tender mercies 05:51 speedily prevent us: for we are brought 05:54 very low. Help us, O God of our salvation, 05:57 for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, 06:00 and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. 06:06 Wherefore should the heathen say, 06:07 Where is their God? Let him be known 06:10 among the heathen in our sight by the 06:12 revenging of the blood of thy servants 06:14 which is shed. Let the sighing of 06:17 the prisoner come before thee; 06:18 according to the greatness of thy 06:20 power preserve thou those that are 06:23 appointed to die; And render unto our 06:26 neighbors sevenfold into their bosom 06:28 their reproach, wherewith they have 06:30 reproached thee, O Lord. So we thy people 06:34 and sheep of thy pasture will give thee 06:36 thanks forever: we will show forth thy 06:39 praise to all generations. 06:43 Continuing with Psalm 80. 06:45 This is the King James Version. Give ear, 06:48 O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph 06:51 like a flock; thou that dwellest 06:54 between the Cherubims, shine forth. 06:57 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh 06:59 stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 07:03 Turn us again, O God, and cause 07:05 thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 07:09 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be 07:12 angry against the prayer of thy people? 07:16 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; 07:18 and givest them tears to drink in 07:19 great measure. Thou makest us a 07:22 strife unto our neighbors: and our enemies laugh 07:25 among themselves. Turn us again, 07:29 O God of hosts, and cause thy 07:31 face to shine; and we shall be saved. 07:36 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: 07:38 thou hast cast out the heathen, 07:39 and planted it. Thou preparedst 07:42 room before it, and didst cause it 07:44 to take deep root, and it filled the land. 07:48 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, 07:49 and the boughs thereof were like 07:51 the goodly cedars. She sent out her 07:54 boughs unto the sea, and her branches 07:55 unto the river. Why hast thou then 07:58 broken down her hedges, 08:00 so that all they which pass by the way 08:02 do pluck her? The boar out of 08:05 the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of 08:07 the field doth devour it. Return, 08:11 we beseech thee, O God of hosts: 08:13 look down from heaven, and behold, 08:16 and visit this vine; And the vineyard 08:19 which thy right hand hath planted, 08:21 and the branch that thou madest 08:23 strong for thyself. It is burned with fire, 08:28 it is cut down: they perish at the 08:30 rebuke of thy countenance. 08:34 Let thy hand be upon the man of 08:36 thy right hand, upon the son of man 08:40 whom thou madest strong for thyself. 08:43 So will not we go back from thee: 08:45 quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 08:50 Turn us again, O Lord, God of hosts, 08:53 cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 08:58 Psalm 81. This is the King James Version. 09:02 Sing aloud unto God our strength: 09:05 make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 09:08 Take a Psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, 09:11 the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 09:13 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, 09:15 in the time appointed on our solemn feast day. 09:18 For this was a statute for Israel, 09:20 and a law of the God of Jacob. 09:22 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, 09:26 when he went out through the land of Egypt: 09:28 where I heard a language that I understood not. 09:33 I removed his shoulder from the burden: 09:34 his hands were delivered from the pots. 09:38 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; 09:42 I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: 09:45 I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. 09:48 Selah. Hear, O my people, 09:52 and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, 09:56 if thou wilt hearken unto me; 09:59 There shall no strange God be in thee; 10:03 neither shalt thou worship any strange God. 10:06 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee 10:09 out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, 10:12 and I will fill it. But my people 10:16 would not hearken to my voice; 10:19 and Israel would none of me. 10:22 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: 10:25 and they walked in their own counsels. 10:28 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, 10:31 and Israel had walked in my ways! 10:33 I should soon have subdued their enemies, 10:35 and turned my hand against their 10:37 adversaries. The haters of the Lord 10:41 should have submitted themselves unto him: 10:43 but their time should have endured forever. 10:45 He should have fed them also with the 10:48 finest of the wheat: and with honey 10:49 out of the rock, should I have satisfied thee. 10:54 Psalm 82. God standeth in the congregation 10:58 of the mighty; he judgeth among the Gods. 11:02 How long will ye judge unjustly, 11:04 and accept the persons of the wicked? 11:06 Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: 11:10 do justice to the afflicted and needy. 11:13 Deliver the poor and needy: 11:15 rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 11:19 They know not, neither will they understand; 11:22 they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of 11:26 the earth ar out of course. 11:29 I have said, Ye are Gods; and all of you are 11:32 children of the most High. 11:33 But ye shall die like men, 11:35 and fall like one of the princes. 11:38 Arise, O God, judge the earth: 11:41 for thou shalt inherit all nations. Psalm 83. 11:46 This is the King James Version. 11:50 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, 11:54 and be not still, O God. For, lo, 11:56 thine enemies make a tumult: 11:58 and they that hate thee have 12:00 lifted up the head. They have taken 12:02 crafty counsel against thy people, 12:04 and consulted against thy hidden ones. 12:06 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off 12:09 from being a nation; that the name of Israel 12:11 maybe no more in remembrance. 12:14 For they have consulted together 12:16 with one consent: they are confederate 12:18 against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, 12:21 and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, 12:24 and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, 12:27 and Amalek; the Philistines with 12:29 the inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is joined 12:33 with them: they have holpen 12:34 the children of Lot. Selah. Do unto them 12:39 as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, 12:42 as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 12:45 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung 12:47 for the earth. Make their nobles like Oreb, 12:51 and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes 12:53 as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: Who said, 12:57 Let us take to ourselves the houses 12:59 of God in possession. O my God, make them 13:03 like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 13:07 As the fire burneth a wood, 13:09 and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 13:11 So persecute them with thy tempest, 13:13 and make them afraid with thy storm. 13:16 Fill their faces with shame; 13:18 that they may seek thy name, O Lord. 13:21 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; 13:23 yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 13:26 That men may know that thou, 13:29 whose name alone is JEHOVAH, 13:32 art the most high over all the earth. 13:36 Psalm 84. How amiable are thy tabernacles, 13:41 O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, 13:44 yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: 13:48 my heart and my flesh crieth out 13:50 for the living God. Yea, the sparrow 13:53 hath found an house, and the swallow a 13:55 nest for herself, where she may lay her young, 13:59 even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, 14:00 my King, and my God. Blessed are they that 14:04 dwell in thy house: they will be still praising 14:07 thee. Selah. Blessed is the man 14:11 whose strength is in thee; 14:13 in whose heart are the ways of them. 14:15 Who passing through the valley of Baca 14:18 make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. 14:23 They go from strength to strength, 14:26 every one of them in Zion appeareth 14:29 before God. O Lord God of hosts, 14:33 hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. |
Revised 2014-12-17