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Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Psalms.

This is episode #16 chapters 31 and 32.

Psalms Chapter 31, In you, O LORD, I seek refuge. Into your hand I commit my spirit. Deliver me from my enemies. Praise the LORD for his steadfast love!

Psalms Chapter 32, Blessed are those whose sins are forgiven. When I kept silent, my bones wasted away. You surround me with glad cries of deliverance!

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This is episode #15 chapters 29 and 30.

Psalms Chapter 29, Ascribe to the LORD glory! The voice of the LORD is over the waters. The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness. The LORD is king!

Psalms Chapter 30, I will exalt you, O LORD, for you spared me from going down to the pit. I cried to you for mercy. You turned my mourning into dancing.

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This is episode #14 chapters 27 and 28.

Psalms Chapter 27, The LORD is my light and my salvation. My heart will not fear. I will seek your face, O LORD; do not forsake me! Wait for the LORD.

Psalms Chapter 28, To you I cry, O LORD my rock. Repay the wicked according to their works! The LORD is my shield. He is the strength of his people.

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This is episode #13 chapters 25 and 26.

Psalms Chapter 25, To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. Show me your ways, teach me your paths. Be gracious to me, forgive my sins. I take refuge in you.

Psalms Chapter 26, Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked with integrity. I do not sit with deceitful men. I love the place where your glory dwells.

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This is episode #12 chapters 23 and 24.

Psalms Chapter 23, The LORD is my shepherd. He leads me in paths of righteousness. I will fear no evil. I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Psalms Chapter 24, The earth is the LORD's! He who has a pure heart will receive blessing. Lift up your heads, O gates! The King of glory shall come in.

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This is episode #11 chapters 21 and 22.

Psalms Chapter 21, O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength! You set a crown upon his head. You will destroy your enemies. We will praise your power!

Psalms Chapter 22, My God, why have you forsaken me? I am despised. They have pierced my hands. You have answered me! The nations will worship the LORD!

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This is episode #10 chapters 19 and 20.

Psalms Chapter 19, The heavens declare the glory of God. The law of the LORD is perfect, making wise the simple. May my words be pleasing to you, O LORD.

Psalms Chapter 20, May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May he remember your offerings. The LORD saves his anointed. We rise up and stand firm!

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This is episode #09 chapters 17 and 18.

Psalms Chapter 17, Hear a just cause, O LORD. My steps have held to your paths. Hide me in the shadow of your wings. Deliver my life from the wicked.

Psalms Chapter 18, The LORD is my rock. I called and he thundered from heaven. He rescued me from my enemy. I will praise you among the nations, O LORD!

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This is episode #08 chapters 15 and 16.

Psalms Chapter 15, Though Milkman’s car has been repaired, it gives out once again while he is driving through a small town near Shalimar called Jistann. Milkman sells the car for twenty dollars and takes the bus instead.

Psalms Chapter 16, The plea for God to “protect me” is common in the Psalter (similar petitions appear in Psalms 17:8; 25:20; 86:2; 140:5; and 141:9). The word translated “protect” is elsewhere translated “keep,” as in Psalm 121:3, 5, 7, and 8. There it refers to God keeping the psalmist from harm while in route to the place of worship.

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This is episode #07 chapters 13 and 14.

Psalms Chapter 13, The title tells us both the author and the audience of the psalm: To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Some believe that the Chief Musician is the Lord GOD Himself, and others suppose him to be a leader of choirs or musicians in David’s time, such as Heman the singer or Asaph (1 Chronicles 6:33, 16:5-7, and 25:6). This is a psalm of transition. Starting in discouragement and despair, David finishes in a place of trust, joy, and encouragement.

Psalms Chapter 14, This psalm is simply titled To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. With this title, we have the author (David) and the intended audience (the Chief Musician), whom we can take to represent more than a choir leader such as Asaph; it looks to the ultimate Musician of the universe, God Himself. “The thought of the whole psalm is the safety of godliness, and the peril of ungodliness.” (G. Campbell Morgan)