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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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20 and 21, as well as Psalm 59. Chapter 20 Then

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David fled from Nait in Ramah, and went and said

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to Jonathan, What have I done? What is my iniquity,

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and what is my sin before your father, that he

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seeks my life? So Jonathan said to him, By no

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means you shall not die. Indeed, my father will

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do nothing either great or small without first

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telling me. And why should my father hide this

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thing from me? It is not so. Then David took

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an oath again and said, Your father certainly

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knows that I have found favor in your eyes. And

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he has said, Do not let Jonathan know this, lest

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he be grieved. But truly, as the Lord lives and

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as your soul lives, there is but a step between

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me and death. So Jonathan said to David, Whatever

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you yourself desire, I will do it for you. And

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David said to Jonathan, Indeed, tomorrow is the

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new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the

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king to eat. But let me go, that I may hide in

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the field until the third day at evening. If

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your father misses me at all, then say, David

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earnestly asked permission of me that he might

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run over to Bethlehem, his city, for there is

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a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

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If he says thus, it is well, your servant will

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be safe. But if he is very angry, be sure that

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evil is determined by him. Therefore you shall

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deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought

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your servant into a covenant of the Lord with

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you. Nevertheless, if there is iniquity in me,

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kill me yourself, for why should you bring me

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to your father? But Jonathan said, Far be it

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from you, for if I knew certainly that evil was

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determined by my father to come upon you, then

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would I not tell you? Then David said to Jonathan,

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Who will tell me, or what if your father answers

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you roughly? And Jonathan said to David, Come,

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let us go out into the field. So both of them

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went out into the field. Then Jonathan said to

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David, The Lord God of Israel is witness. When

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I have sounded out my father sometime tomorrow,

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or the third day, and indeed there is good toward

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David, and I do not send to you and tell you,

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may the Lord do so and much more to Jonathan.

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But if it pleases my father to do you evil, then

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I will report it to you and send you away, that

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you may go in safety, and the Lord be with you

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as he has been with my father. And you shall

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not only show me the kindness of the Lord while

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I still live, that I may not die, but you shall

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not cut off your kindness from my house forever.

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No, not when the Lord has cut off every one of

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the enemies of David from the face of the earth.

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So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of

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David, saying, Let the Lord require it at the

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hand of David's enemies. Now Jonathan again caused

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David to vow because he loved him, for he loved

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him as he loved his own soul. Then Jonathan said

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to David, Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will

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be missed, because your seat will be empty. And

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when you have stayed three days, go down quickly

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and come to the place where you hid on the day

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of the deed, and remain by the stone Ezel. Then

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I will shoot three arrows to the side, as though

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I shot at a target, and there I will send a lad

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saying, Go find the arrows. If I expressly say

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to the lad, Look, the arrows are on this side

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of you, get them and come. Then as the Lord lives,

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there is safety for you and no harm. But if I

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say thus to the young man, Look, the arrows are

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beyond you. Go your way, for the Lord has sent

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you away. And as for the matter which you and

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I have spoken of, indeed the Lord be between

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you and me forever. Then David hid in the field.

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And when the new moon had come, the king sat

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down to eat the feast. Now the king sat on his

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seat, as at other times, on a seat by the wall.

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And Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side.

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But David's place was empty. Nevertheless, Saul

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did not say anything that day. for he thought

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something has happened to him. He is unclean,

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surely he is unclean. And it happened the next

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day, the second day of the month, that David's

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place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his

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son, Why has the son of Jesse not come to eat,

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either yesterday or today? So Jonathan answered

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Saul, David earnestly asked permission of me

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to go to Bethlehem. And he said, Please let me

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go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city,

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and my brother has commanded me to be there.

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And now if I have found favor in your eyes, please

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let me get away and see my brothers. Therefore

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he has not come to the king's table. Then Saul's

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anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said

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to him, You son of a perverse, rebellious woman,

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do I not know that you have chosen the son of

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Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your

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mother's nakedness? For as long as the son of

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Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established,

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nor your kingdom. Now therefore send and bring

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him to me, for he shall surely die. And Jonathan

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answered Saul his father and said to him, Why

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should he be killed? What has he done? Then Saul

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cast a spear at him to kill him. by which Jonathan

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knew that it was determined by his father to

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kill David. So Jonathan arose from the table

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in fierce anger and ate no food the second day

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of the month, for he was grieved for David, because

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his father had treated him shamefully. And so

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it was in the morning that Jonathan went out

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into the field at the time appointed with David,

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and a little lad was with him. Then he said to

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his lad, Now run, find the arrows which I shoot.

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As the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

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When the lad had come to the place where the

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arrow was, which Jonathan... had shot Jonathan

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cried out after the lad and said is not the arrow

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beyond you and Jonathan cried out after the lad

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make haste hurry do not delay so Jonathan's lad

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gathered up the arrows and came back to his master

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but the lad did not know anything only Jonathan

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and David knew of the matter then Jonathan gave

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his weapons to his lad and said to him go carry

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them to the city Chapter 21 Now David came to

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Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was

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afraid when he met David, and said to him, Why

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are you alone, and no one is with you? So David

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said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has ordered

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me on some business, and said to me, Do not let

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anyone know anything about the business on which

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I send you, or what I have commanded you. And

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I have directed my young men to such and such

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a place. Now therefore, what have you on hand?

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Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever

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can be found. And the priest answered David and

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said, There is no common bread on hand, but there

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is holy bread, if the young men have at least

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kept themselves from women. Then David answered

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the priest and said to him, Truly women have

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been kept from us about three days since I came

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out, and the vessels of the young men are holy,

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and the bread is in effect common, even though

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it was consecrated in the vessel this day. So

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the priest gave him holy bread, for there was

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no bread there but the show bread which had been

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taken from before the Lord, in order to put hot

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bread in its place on the day when it was taken

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away. Now a certain man of the servants of Saul

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was there that day, detained before the Lord,

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and his name was Doeg and Edomite, the chief

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of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul. And David

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said to Ahimelech, Is there not here on hand

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a spear or a sword? For I have brought neither

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my sword nor my weapons with me, because the

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king's business required haste. So the priest

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said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom

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you killed in the valley of Elah, there it is,

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wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will

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take that, take it, for there is no other except

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that one here. And David said, There is none

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like it, give it to me. Then David arose and

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fled that day from before Saul. And went to Achish

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the king of Gath, and the servants of Achish

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said to him, Is this not David the king of the

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land? Did they not sing of him to one another

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in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands,

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and David his ten thousands? Now David took these

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words to heart, and was very much afraid of Achish

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the king of Gath. So he changed his behavior

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before them, pretended madness in their hands,

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scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his

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saliva fall down on his beard. Then Akish said

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to his servants, Look, you see the man is insane.

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Why have you brought him to me? Have I need of

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madmen, that you have brought this fellow to

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play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow

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come into my house? Psalm 59 Deliver me from

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my enemies, O my God. Defend me from those who

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rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers

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of iniquity, and save me from bloodthirsty men.

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For look, they lie in wait for my life. The mighty

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gather against me. Not for my transgression,

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nor for my sin, O Lord. They run and prepare

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themselves through no fault of mine. Awake to

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help me, and behold, you therefore, O Lord God

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of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to punish

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all the nations. Do not be merciful to any wicked

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transgressors. Salah At evening they return,

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they growl like a dog, and go all around the

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city. Indeed, they belch with their mouth, swords

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are in their lips, for they say, Who hears? But

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you, O Lord, shall laugh at them. You shall have

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all the nations in derision. I will wait for

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you, O you, his strength. For God is my defense.

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My God of mercy shall come to meet me. God shall

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let me see my desire on my enemies. Do not slay

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them, lest my people forget. Scatter them by

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your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our

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shield. For the sin of their mouth and the words

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of their lips, let them even be taken in their

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pride. And for the cursing and lying which they

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speak, consume them in wrath, consume them, that

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they may not be. And let them know that God rules

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in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Salah. And

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at evening they return. They growl like a dog

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and go all around the city. They wander up and

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down for food and howl if they are not satisfied.

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But I will sing of your power. Yes, I will sing

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aloud of your mercy in the morning. For you have

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been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.

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To you, O my strength, I will sing praises. For

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God is my defense, my God of mercy. I hope you

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enjoyed today's reading as much as I did and

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I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow to

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continue on our journey. God bless you and have

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a great day.