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🗓️ 26 May 2021
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.2 | After today we only have three more days of Psalms, so if you're enjoying these days, |
0:17.2 | make the most of it. |
0:18.5 | And if you're struggling with all the poetry, hang in there. |
0:20.8 | It won't be much longer for you. |
0:22.7 | Today we open with Psalm 131, which is another one of the Psalms of a sense. |
0:27.2 | These Psalms, the Israelites would sing when they were going up to Jerusalem three times |
0:30.3 | a year for the festivals. |
0:31.9 | And as a refresher, they're called the Psalms of a scent because Jerusalem is at a higher |
0:36.3 | elevation. |
0:37.3 | So no matter where you're coming from, you go up to Jerusalem. |
0:41.4 | I'm just guessing on this, but it seems like David may have written this song of confidence |
0:46.6 | during a time of uncertainty in his life. |
0:49.7 | Maybe he's confused about all the things that are happening around him or why they're |
0:53.1 | happening, but either way, he resolves to trust God with the things he does know and leave |
0:58.0 | the unknowns to God. |
1:00.1 | One of the things he does know is that God is sovereign over it all and can be trusted |
1:04.0 | with the outcome. |
1:05.7 | When David reminds his soul of this, it sets him at ease. |
1:10.2 | Whether that's where David was coming from or not, this song can certainly serve as |
1:13.6 | a comfort to us when we're in that place. |
1:16.2 | Okay, let's tackle verse 1 of Psalm 138 before we move into the rest of the Psalm. |
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