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🗓️ 18 April 2023
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.3 | Today we read more of the songs David wrote in response to what he's been going through |
0:16.8 | since Samuel privately anointed him as King. |
0:19.8 | You'd think it would be a much easier path for those who were chosen to be royalty, but |
0:23.8 | David's life has only gotten tougher. |
0:26.4 | We started today with Psalm 17. |
0:28.4 | I don't know about you, but I had a hard time with verse 1 where he claims his lips are |
0:32.2 | free from deceit. |
0:33.8 | I can't help but think of his pattern of lying to Aakish, even though that may have been |
0:37.9 | considered acceptable by wartime standards. |
0:40.8 | Either way, it's probably important to note that in this Psalm, David isn't saying he's |
0:45.8 | morally perfect, but that he's innocent of the things he's been accused of by Saul and |
0:50.0 | perhaps others. |
0:51.8 | In this instance, Saul is the liar. |
0:55.0 | David trusts that God will come to his rescue and even acknowledges subtle ways God already |
0:59.3 | has done that. |
1:00.8 | In verse 4, David says, with regard to the works of man by the word of your lips, I have |
1:06.1 | avoided the ways of the violent. |
1:08.4 | This has been true for him with Nabal and twice with Saul. |
1:11.9 | Verse 10 in particular reminded me of David's encounter with Nabal. |
1:15.5 | It says, they close their hearts to pity with their mouths they speak arrogantly. |
1:21.6 | In verse 14, David affirms that worldly men often see benefits on this earth, and both |
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