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Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:11-12 which says, "For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!" (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:10 which says, "For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:8-9 which says, "O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!" (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:5-7 which says, "Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:3-4 which says, "Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise!" (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 84:1-2 which says, "How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 63:9-11 which says, "But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth; they shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for jackals. But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 63:5-8 which says, "My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 63:1-4 which says, "O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:27-28 which says, "For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:25-26 which says, "Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:21-24 which says, "When my sould was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:18-20 which says, "Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:15-17 which says, "If I had said, 'I will speak thus,' I would have betrayed the generation of your children. But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:12-14 which says, "Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:8-11 which says, "They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them. And they say, 'How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?'" (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:4-7 which says, "For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 73:1-3 which says, "Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 1:5-6 which says, "Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 1:3-4 which says, "He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 1:1-2 which says, "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:23-24 which says, "Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grevious way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!" (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:21-22 which says, "Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:19-20 which says, "Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me! They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:17-18 which says, "How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:15-16 which says, "My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, evey one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:13-14 which says, "For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:11-12 which says, "If I say, 'Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,' even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:7-10 which says, "Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:5-6 which says, "You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 139:1-4 which says, "O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 23:6 which says, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 23:5 which says, "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 23:3-4 which says, "He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 23:2 which says, "He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 23:1 which says, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 15:5, which says, "who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 15:4, which says, "in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;" (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 15:3, which says, "who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;" (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 15:2, which says, "He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;" (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 15:1, which says, "LORD, who can dwell in your tent? Who can live on your holy mountain?" (CSB)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 19:14, which says, "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 19:11-13, which says, "Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 19:7-10, which says, "The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 19:3-6, which says, "There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs it course with joy. Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 19:1-2, which says, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 8:6-9, which says, "You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 8:5-6, which says, "Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet" (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 8:3-4, which says, "When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?" (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 8:2, which says, "Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger." (ESV)

Today's episode focuses on Psalm 8:1, which says, "O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens." (ESV)