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  • Psalm 57

    To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

    1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,

    for in you my soul takes refuge;
    in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
    till the storms of destruction pass by.

    2 I cry out to God Most High,

    to God who fulfills his purpose for me.

    3 He will send from heaven and save me;

    he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah
    God will send out this steadfast love and his faithfulness!

    4 My soul is in the midst of lions;

    I lie down amid fiery beasts—
    the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.

    5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!

    Let your glory be over all the earth!

    6 They set a net for my steps;

    my soul was bowed down.
    They dug a pit in my way,
    but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

    7 My heart is steadfast, O God,

    my heart is steadfast!
    I will sing and make melody!

    8 Awake, my glory!

    Awake, O harp and lyre!
    I will awake the dawn!

    9 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;

    I will sing praises to you among the nations.

    10 For your steadfast love is great to the heavens,

    your faithfulness to the clouds.

    11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!

    Let your glory be over all the earth!

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    32 min
  • Psalm 95 – Rest and Worship

    1 Oh come, let us sing to the LORD;

     let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

    2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;

     let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

    3 For the LORD is a great God,

    and a great King above all gods.

    4 In his hand are the depths of the earth;

     the heights of the mountains are his also.

    5 The sea is his, for he made it,

    and his hands formed the dry land.

    6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

    let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!

    7 For he is our God,

    and we are the people of his pasture,
    and the sheep of his hand.

    Today, if you hear his voice,

    8  do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
    as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

    9 when your fathers put me to the test

    and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.

    10 For forty years I loathed that generation

    and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,
    and they have not known my ways.”

    11 Therefore I swore in my wrath,

     “They shall not enter my rest.”

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    34 min
  • Psalm 16 – The Heart of a Faith-filled Christian

    A Miktam of David.

    1  Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

    2  I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;

    I have no good apart from you.”

    3  As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,

    in whom is all my delight.

    4  The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;

    their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
    or take their names on my lips.

    5  The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;

               you hold my lot.

    6  The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

    indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

    7  I bless the LORD who gives me counsel;

    in the night also my heart instructs me.

    8  I have set the LORD always before me;

    because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

    9  Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;

    my flesh also dwells secure.

    10  For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

    or let your holy one see corruption.

    11  You make known to me the path of life;

    in your presence there is fullness of joy;
    at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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    36 min
  • Psalm 77 – Learning To Lament

    To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

    1 I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me. 2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. 3 When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints.

    4 You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5 I consider the days of old, the years long ago. 6 I said, “Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart.” Then my spirit made a diligent search: 7 “Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable? 8 Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time? 9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?”

    10 Then I said, “I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

    11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. 12 I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds. 13 Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God? 14 You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples. 15 You with your arm redeemed your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph.

    16 When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled. 17 The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth thunder; your arrows flashed on every side. 18 The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook. 19 Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen. 20 You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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    34 min
  • Psalm 6 – Delivered from Distress
    Psalm 6

    O Lord, Deliver My Life

    To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

    1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,

    nor discipline me in your wrath.
    2 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;
    heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
    3 My soul also is greatly troubled.
    But you, O LORD—how long?
    4 Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;
    save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
    5 For in death there is no remembrance of you;
    in Sheol who will give you praise?

    6 I am weary with my moaning;

    every night I flood my bed with tears;
    I drench my couch with my weeping.
    7 My eye wastes away because of grief;
    it grows weak because of all my foes.
    8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
    for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
    9 The LORD has heard my plea;
    the LORD accepts my prayer.
    10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
    they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

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    35 min
  • Psalm 2 – Looking for Peace
    Psalm 2

    The Reign of the Lord’s Annointed

    1 Why do the nations rage
    and the peoples plot in vain?
    2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,
    3 “Let us burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”

    4 He who visits in the heavens laughs;

    the Lord holds them in derision.
    5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
    and terrify them in his fury, saying,
    6 “As for me, I have set my King
    on Zion, my holy hill.”

    7 I will tell of the decree:

    The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;
    today I have begotten you.
    8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
    and the ends of the earth your possession.
    9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
    and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

    10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;

    be warned, O rulers of the earth.
    11 Serve the LORD  with fear,
    and rejoice with trembling.
    12 Kiss the Son,
    lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
    for his wrath is quickly kindled.
    Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

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    33 min
  • Exodus 12:43-13:16 – A Remembering Heart
    Exodus 12:43-13:16

    Institution of the Passover

    12: 43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, 44 but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. 45 No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it. 46 It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49 There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”
    50 All the people of Israel did just as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

    Consecration of the First Born

    13:1 The LORD said to Moses, 2“Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”

    The Feast of Unleavened Bread

    3 Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the LORD brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten. 4 Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out. 5 And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall keep this service in this month. 6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory. 8 You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9 And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt. 10 You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.
    11 “When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you, 12 you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the LORD’s. 13 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. 14 And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. 15 For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ 16 It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

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    39 min
  • Exodus 12 – A Meal that Tells a Story
     Exodus 12:7-14, 21-33, 37-41

    The Passover

    7 “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. 10 And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s Passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. 13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
    14 “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. …

    21-33 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. 24 You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever. 25 And when you come to the land that the LORD will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service. 26 And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.28 Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.29 At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead. 31 Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said. 32 Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!”33 The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” …

    The Exodus

        37 And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundredthousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38 A mixed multitude also went upwith them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 And they baked unleavenedcakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.
        40 The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 At the end of 430years, on that very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It was a night of watching by the LORD, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same nightis a night of watching kept to the LORD by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.

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    35 min
  • Exodus 7-10 – The One True God
     Exodus 7:14-18; 8:1-6,15; 9:14-16; 10:21-23

    The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood

    7:14  The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again. 15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the LORD your God only to remove this death from me.” 18 So he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the LORD.

    The Second Plague: Frogs

    8:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs. 3 The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls. 4 The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.”’”  3 And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt!’” 6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt…But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

    The Seventh Plague: Hail

    9:14 For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. 16 But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

    The Ninth Plague: Darkness

    10:21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived.

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    35 min
  • Exodus 6:28 -7:13 Trust and OBEY – There is No Other Way
    Exodus 6:28 -7:13
    6:28 On the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 the LORD said toMoses, l“I am the LORD; mtell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.” 30 But Mosessaid to the LORD, “Behold, nI am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?”
    Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh
        7:1 And the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like oGod to Pharaoh, and yourbrother Aaron shall be your pprophet. 2 qYou shall speak all that I command you,and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land.3 But rI will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I smultiply my signs and wonders in theland of Egypt, 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bringmy hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts ofjudgment. 5 The Egyptians tshall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my handagainst Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.” 6 Moses and Aaron didso; they did just as the LORD commanded them. 7 Now Moses was ueighty years old, andAaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
        8 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh says to you, v‘Proveyourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast itdown before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’” 10 So Moses and Aaron went toPharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaohand his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men andthe sorcerers, and they, the wmagicians of Egypt, also xdid the same by their secret arts.12 For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staffswallowed up their staffs. 13 Still rPharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listento them, ras the LORD had said.

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    34 min

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