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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Samuel chapters

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15 and 16, as well as Psalm 23. Chapter 15 Samuel

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also said to Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint

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you king over his people, over Israel. Now therefore

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heed the voice of the words of the Lord. Thus

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says the Lord of hosts, I will punish Amalek

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for what he did to Israel. how he ambushed him

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on the way when he came up from Egypt. Now go

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and attack Amalek and utterly destroy all that

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they have, and do not spare them, but kill both

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man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and

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sheep, camel and donkey. So Saul gathered the

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people together and numbered them into lame,

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two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand

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men of Judah. And Saul came to a city of Amalek

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and lay in wait in the valley. Then Saul said

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to the Canaanites, Go, depart, get down from

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the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them,

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for you showed kindness to all the children of

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Israel when they came up out of Egypt. So the

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Canaanites departed from among the Amalekites,

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and Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah

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all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

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He also took Agag, king of the Amalekites, alive,

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and utterly destroyed all the people with the

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edge of the sword. But Saul and the people spared

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Agag, and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the

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fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good. and

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were unwilling to destroy them. But everything

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despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

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Now the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying,

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I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king,

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for he has turned back from following me, and

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has not performed my commandments. And he grieved

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Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night.

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So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet

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Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul went to

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Carmel, and indeed he set up a monument for himself.

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And he has gone on around, passed by, and gone

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down to Gilgal. Then Samuel went to Saul, and

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Saul said to him, Blessed are you of the Lord,

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I have performed the commandment of the Lord.

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But Samuel said, What then is this bleating of

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the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen

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which I hear? And Saul said, They have brought

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them from the Amalekites, for the people spared

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the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice

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to the Lord your God, and the rest we have utterly

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destroyed. Then Samuel said to Saul, Be quiet,

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and I will tell you what the Lord said to me

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last night. And he said to him, Speak on. So

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Samuel said, When you were little in your own

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eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel?

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And did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel?

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Now the Lord sent you on a mission and said,

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Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites,

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and fight against them until they are consumed.

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Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord?

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Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do evil

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in the sight of the Lord? And Saul said to Samuel,

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But I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and

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gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me,

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and brought back Agag king of Amalek, I have

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utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people

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took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best

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of the things which should have been utterly

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destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God

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in Gilgal. So Samuel said, Has the Lord as great

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delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as

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in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to

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obey is better than sacrifice and to heed than

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the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin

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of witchcraft and stubbornness is as iniquity

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and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word

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of the Lord, he also has rejected you from being

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king. Then Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned,

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for I have transgressed the commandment of the

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Lord and your words, because I feared the people

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and obeyed their voice. Now therefore please

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pardon my sin and return with me, that I may

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worship the Lord. But Samuel said to Saul, I

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will not return with you, for you have rejected

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the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected

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you from being king over Israel. And as Samuel

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turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge

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of his robe and it tore. So Samuel said to him,

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The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from

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you today, and has given it to a neighbor of

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yours, who is better than you. And also the strength

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of Israel will not lie nor relent, for he is

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not a man that he should relent. Then he said,

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I have sinned, yet honor me now, please, before

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the elders of my people and before Israel, and

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return with me, that I may worship the Lord your

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God. So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul

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worshipped the Lord. Then Samuel said, Bring

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Agag, king of the Amalekites, here to me. So

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Agag came to him cautiously. And Agag said, Surely

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the bitterness of death is past. But Samuel said,

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As your sword has made women childless, so shall

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your mother be childless among women. And Samuel

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hacked Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

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Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to

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his house at Gibeah of Saul. And Samuel went

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no more to see Saul until the day of his death.

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Nevertheless, Samuel mourned for Saul, and the

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Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over

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Israel. Now the Lord said to Samuel, How long

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will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected

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him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn

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with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse the

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Bethlehemite, for I have provided myself a king

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among his sons. And Samuel said, How can I go?

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If Saul hears it, he will kill me. But the Lord

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said, Take a heifer with you and say, I have

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come to sacrifice to the Lord. Then invite Jesse

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to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you

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shall do. You shall anoint for me the one I named

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to you. So Samuel did what the Lord said and

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went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town

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trembled at his coming and said, Do you come

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peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. I have come

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to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves

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and come with me to the sacrifice. Then he consecrated

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Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

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So it was, when they came, that he looked at

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Eliab and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is

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before him. But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not

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look at his appearance or at his physical stature,

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because I have refused him. For the Lord does

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not see as man sees. For man looks at the outward

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appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.

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So Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before

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Samuel. And he said, Neither has the Lord chosen

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this one. Then Jesse made Shammah pass by, and

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he said, Neither has the Lord chosen this one.

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Then Jesse made seven of his sons pass before

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Samuel, and Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has

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not chosen these. And Samuel said to Jesse, Are

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all the young men here? Then he said, There remains

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yet the youngest, and there he is keeping the

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sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring

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him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.

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So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ready

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with bright eyes and good looking. And the Lord

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said, Arise, anoint him, for this is the one.

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Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed

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him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit

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of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.

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So Samuel arose and went to Ramah. But the Spirit

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of the Lord departed from Saul, and a distressing

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spirit from the Lord troubled him. And Saul's

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servants said to him, Surely a distressing spirit

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from God is troubling you. Let our master now

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command your servants who are before you to seek

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out a man who is a skillful player on the harp,

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and it shall be that he will play it with his

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hand when the distressing spirit from God is

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upon you, and you shall be well. So Saul said

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to his servants, Provide me now a man who can

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play well and bring him to me. Then one of the

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servants answered and said, Look, I have seen

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a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful

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in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war.

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prudent in speech, and a handsome person, and

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the Lord is with him. Therefore Saul sent messengers

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to Jesse and said, Send me your son David, who

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is with the sheep. And Jesse took a donkey loaded

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with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat,

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and sent them by his son David to Saul. So David

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came to Saul and stood before him, and he loved

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him greatly, and he became his armor -bearer.

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Then Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David

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stand before me, for he has found favor in my

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sight. And so it was, whenever the Spirit from

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God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp

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and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become

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refreshed and well, and a distressing spirit

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would depart from him. Psalm 23 The Lord is my

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shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me to lie

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down in green pastures. He leads me beside the

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still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me

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in the path of righteousness for his name's sake.

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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the

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shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you

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are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort

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me. You prepare a table before me in the presence

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of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My

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cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall

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follow me all the days of my life, and I will

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dwell in the house of the Lord forever. I hope

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you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did

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and I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow

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to continue on our journey. God bless you and

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have a great day.