From: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+10&version=NIVPsalm 10[a]1 Why, Lord, do you stand far off?    Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,    who are caught in the schemes he devises.3 He boasts about the cravings of his heart;    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.5 His ways are always prosperous;    your laws are rejected by[b] him;    he sneers at all his enemies.6 He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”7 His mouth is full of lies and threats;    trouble and evil are under his tongue.8 He lies in wait near the villages;    from ambush he murders the innocent.His eyes watch in secret for his victims;9     like a lion in cover he lies in wait.He lies in wait to catch the helpless;    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.10 His victims are crushed, they collapse;    they fall under his strength.11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;    he covers his face and never sees.”12 Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God.    Do not forget the helpless.13 Why does the wicked man revile God?    Why does he say to himself,    “He won’t call me to account”?14 But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted;    you consider their grief and take it in hand.The victims commit themselves to you;    you are the helper of the fatherless.15 Break the arm of the wicked man;    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness    that would not otherwise be found out.16 The Lord is King for ever and ever;    the nations will perish from his land.17 You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed,    so that mere earthly mortals    will never again strike terror.FootnotesPsalm 10:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.Psalm 10:5 See Septuagint; Hebrew / they are haughty, and your laws are far fromNew International Version (NIV)Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Psalm 9[a][b]For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.1 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;    I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.3 My enemies turn back;    they stumble and perish before you.4 For you have upheld my right and my cause,    sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;    you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.6 Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,    you have uprooted their cities;    even the memory of them has perished.7 The Lord reigns forever;    he has established his throne for judgment.8 He rules the world in righteousness    and judges the peoples with equity.9 The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,    a stronghold in times of trouble.10 Those who know your name trust in you,    for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.11 Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;    proclaim among the nations what he has done.12 For he who avenges blood remembers;    he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.13 Lord, see how my enemies persecute me!    Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,14 that I may declare your praises    in the gates of Daughter Zion,    and there rejoice in your salvation.15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[c]17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,    all the nations that forget God.18 But God will never forget the needy;    the hope of the afflicted will never perish.19 Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph;    let the nations be judged in your presence.20 Strike them with terror, Lord;    let the nations know they are only mortal.FootnotesPsalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%209&version=NIV

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Welcome to Bible in Brief. I’m Rebecca Foster and today’s Podcast is titled “He Calls you Daughter”. This concept is explored with Philippians 4:13 “ I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Strength is lacking in today’s world where you might be a working Mum, an active participant at church and a volunteer in your community. That’s a lot right? I am that and yet it’s not all me …instead of doing it all in my own strength… I need to tap into living water to refresh me. I can’t do it all alone. Can you?He calls you daughter. Did you have a loving biological father who encouraged you, giving you emotional strength? Or propped you up on his shoulders when the walk was too long? If you did, you are much closer to knowing the loving father we have in heaven. My biological father was absent but I learnt to pray early and my heavenly Father gave me strength to keep walking and emotionally keep going when I wanted to give up.He calls you daughter.This reference to being a daughter is in Mark 5 - my Bible group is reading Mark – and I’m studying Philippians with Alphacrucis College and unpacking the concepts – culturally and contextually. Philippians is undisputed as written by Paul.[1] Many verses are quoted out of context like cliches[2] as there is a wealth of wisdom but there’s wealth in understanding the context too. The NKJV is more specific in revealing the “he” who gives us strength: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”There is joy in this relationship with Christ. Paul encouraged the Philippians to know this too. Paul journeyed to Macedonia on the strength of a dream.[3] How often do we have dreams but we don’t take them seriously? I am inspired by the strength of Paul and his care for women – Lydia was a business woman who was instrumental in the church at Philippi.[4] The slave girl who was held in captivity by a spirit (in Acts 16) was freed. Paul references other women too, albeit there is friction mentioned in chapter 4 – Paul calls for unity in the church. Paul alludes to unity with Christ and others where strength is gained. Disunity with others depletes our strength … This letter reveals the body of Christ as us – His people - but without Christ there is no unity… we need that relationship… that core relationship with Christ to be His body of believers and to have unity with others… even when there are disputes, as Paul references in 4:2. How to operate with unity is to be united with Christ first: in 1:27, we are called, just like the early church, to “stand firm in the one Spirit” and in 2:1-2, to be “united with Christ… make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.” Again in 4:1-2 “… my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for…stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends! …be of the same mind in the Lord.”He calls for anxiety to be replaced by prayer and gratitude. Paul models this prayer and gratitude as he himself is imprisoned and writing about being grateful for everything he has – physically, not much, but spiritually, abundantly wealthy. This letter is an inspiration. Anxiety is always beckoning at my door! Paul admits to being anxious[5] and yet knows that by witnessing other people’s joy, this anaesthetises the anxiety. Women know this: loving their families and making sacrifices; in their children’s smiles and laughter, many women are relieved of anxiety.Philippians was written to the church at Philippi, Macedonia. There is some dispute about the  dates, depending upon which location one believes Paul was imprisoned. Paul was either imprisoned in Caesarea, Rome or Ephesus, with N.T. Wright arguing for Ephesus with the dates “early t