550. A Psalm of David ⏤ Psalm 68: 1-35

550.

Praise be to God!

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Today's Passage: Psalm 68:1-35

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Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you for insight.

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2nd strategy
Meditation in  WORSHIP

• Begin with asking God to open your heart to what He has for you to hear today.
• Read a passage of the Scripture
• Is a miracle in the passage? Is a relationship deepened in some way? Has God stepped in and shown His power,
• Has he shown His discipline or even His protection or His end goal?
• Has Jesus, lived life, shown love, or taught?
• Whatever the passage holds that brings you an awareness of who He is, praise Him for that revelation.
• Give Him glory and honor and praise. Thank Him for what He has given.
• Think on these things. Ponder them. Reread the passage. Write about what you read. Pray! This is Worship!
• Thank God for His presence this moment.
  

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For the choir director: A song. A psalm of David.

1. Rise up, O God, and scatter your enemies. Let those who hate God run for their lives.
2. Blow them away like smoke. Melt them like wax in a fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
3. But let the godly rejoice. Let them be glad in God's presence. Let them be filled with joy.
4. Sing praises to God and to his name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the LORD ⏤ rejoice in his presence!

5. Father to the fatherless, defender of widows ⏤ this is God, whose dwelling is holy.
6. God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy. But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

7. O God, when you led your people out from Egypt, when you marched through the dry wasteland,
8. the earth trembled, and the heavens poured down rain before you, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
9. You sent abundant rain, O God, to refresh the weary land.
10. There your people finally settled, and with a bountiful harvest, O God, you provided for your needy people.

11. The LORD gives the word, and a great army brings the good news.
12. Enemy kings and their armies flee, while the women of Israel divide the plunder.
13. Even those who lived among the sheepfolds found treasures ⏤doves with wings of silver and feathers of gold.
14. The Almighty scattered the enemy kings like a blowing snowstorm on Mount Zalmon.

15. The mountains of Bashan are majestic, with many peaks stretching high into the sky.
16. Why do you look with envy, O rugged mountains, at Mount Zion, where God has chosen to live, where the LORD himself will live forever?

17. Surrounded by unnumbered thousands of chariots, the Lord came from Mount Sinai into his sanctuary.
18. When you ascended to the heights, you led a crowd of captives. You received gifts from the people, even from those who rebelled against you. Now the LORD God will live among us there.

19. Praise the Lord; praise God our savior! For each day he carries us in his arms.
20. Our God is a God who saves! The Sovereign LORD rescues us from death.

21. But God will smash the heads of his enemies, crushing the skulls of those who love their guilty way.
22. The Lord says, "I will bring my enemies down from Bashan; I will bring them up from depths of the sea.
23. You, my people, will wash your feet in their blood, and even your dogs will get their share!"

24. Your procession has come into view, O God ⏤ the procession of my God and King as he goes into the sanctuary.
25. Singers are in front, musicians behind; between them are young women playing tambourines.
26. Praise God, all you people of Israel; praise the LORD, the source of Israel's life.
27. Look, the little tribe of Benjamin leads the way. Then comes a great throng of rulers from Judah and all the rulers of Zebulun and Naphtali.
28. Summon your might, O God. Display your power, O God, as you have in the past.
29. The kings of the earth are bringing tribute to your Temple in Jerusalem.
30. Rebuke these enemy nations ⏤ these enemy nations ⏤ these wild animals lurking in the reeds, this herd of bulls among the weaker calves. Make  them bring bars of silver in humble tribute. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
31. Let Egypt come with gifts of precious metals; let Ethiopia bow in submission to God.
32. Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth. Sing praises to the Lord.
33. Sing to the one who rides across the ancient heavens, his mighty voice thundering from the sky.
34. Tell everyone about God's power. His majesty shines down on Israel; his strength is mighty in the heavens.
35. God is awesome in his sanctuary. The God of Israel give power and strength to his people.
Praise be to God!
Psalm 68:1-35 NLT

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