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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 we go through the last group

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of psalms that commemorate God's saving work

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with his people. Today's reading are from Psalms

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80 through 83, as well as Psalm 88. Psalm 80,

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inscription, to the chief musician, said to the

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lilies, a testimony of Asaph, a psalm. Give ear,

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O shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like

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a flock. You who dwell between the cherubim,

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shine forth, before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh.

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Stir up your strength, and come and save us.

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Restore us, O God, cause your face to shine,

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and we shall be saved. O Lord God of hosts, how

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long will you be angry against the prayer of

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your people? You have fed them with the bread

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of tears, and given them tears to drink in great

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measure. You have made us a strife to our neighbors,

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and our enemies laugh among themselves. Restore

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us, O God of hosts, cause your face to shine,

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and we shall be saved. you have brought a vine

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out of egypt you have cast out the nations and

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planted it you prepared room for it and caused

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it to take deep root and it filled the land the

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hills were covered with its shadow and the mighty

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cedars with its boughs she sent out her boughs

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to the sea and her branches to the river why

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have you broken down her hedges so that all who

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pass by the way pluck her fruit the boar out

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of the woods uproots it and the wild beast of

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the field devours it return we beseech you o

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god of hosts Look down from heaven and see, and

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visit this vine, and the vineyard which your

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right hand has planted, and the branch that you

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made strong for yourself. It is burned with fire,

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it is cut down. They perish at the rebuke of

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your countenance. Let your hand be upon the man

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of your right hand, upon the son of man whom

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you made strong for yourself. Then we will not

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turn back from you. Revive us, and we will call

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upon your name. Restore us, O Lord God of hosts.

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Cause your face to shine, and we shall be saved.

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Psalm 81 Inscription to the Chief Musician On

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an Instrument of Gath A Psalm of Asaph Sing aloud

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to God our strength Make a joyful shout to the

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God of Jacob Raise a song and strike the timbrel

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The pleasant harp with the lute Blow the trumpet

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at the time of the new moon At the full moon

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on our solemn feast day For this is a statute

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for Israel A law of the God of Jacob This he

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established in Joseph as a testimony when he

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went throughout the land of Egypt, where I heard

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a language I did not understand. I removed his

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shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed

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from the baskets. You called in trouble, and

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I delivered you. I answered you in a secret place

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of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.

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Salah. Hear, O my people, and I will admonish

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you. O Israel, if you will listen to me, there

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shall be no foreign god among you, nor shall

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you worship any foreign god. I am the Lord your

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God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. But

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my people would not heed my voice, and Israel

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would have none of me. So I gave them over to

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their own stubborn heart, to walk in their own

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counsels. O that my people would listen to me,

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that Israel would walk in my ways. I would soon

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subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against

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their adversaries. The haters of the Lord would

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pretend submission to him, but their fate would

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endure forever. he would have fed them also with

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the finest of wheat and with honey from the rock

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i would have satisfied you psalm eighty two inscription

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psalm of assaf god stands in the congregation

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of the mighty he judges among the gods how long

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will you judge unjustly and show partiality to

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the wicked salah defend the poor and fatherless

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do justice to the afflicted and needy deliver

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the poor and needy free them from the hand of

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the wicked they do not know nor do they understand

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They walk about in darkness. All the foundations

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of the earth are unstable. I said, You are gods,

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and all of you are children of the Most High,

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but you shall die like men, and fall like one

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of the princes. Arise, O God, judge the earth,

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for you shall inherit all nations. Psalm 83,

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Inscription, A Song, A Psalm of Asaph Do not

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keep silent, O God, do not hold your peace, and

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do not be still, O God. For behold, your enemies

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make a tumult, and those who hate you have lifted

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up their head. They have taken crafty counsel

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against your people, and consulted together against

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your sheltered ones. They have said, Come and

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let us cut them off from being a nation, that

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the name of Israel may be remembered no more.

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For they have consulted together with one consent.

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They form a confederacy against you, the tents

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of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

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Gebel, Amun and Amalek. Philistia with the inhabitants

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of Tyre. Assyria also has joined with them. They

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have helped the children of Lot. Salah. Deal

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with them as with Midian, as with Caesarea, as

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with Jabin at the brook Kishon, who perished

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at Ein Dor, who became as refuse on the earth.

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Make their nobles like Urab and like Zeb. Yes,

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all their princes like Zeba and Zalmunna, who

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said, let us take for ourselves the pastures

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of God for a possession. Oh my God, make them

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like the whirling dust. like the chaff before

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the wind, as the fire burns the woods, and as

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the flame sets the mountains on fire. So pursue

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them with your tempest, and frighten them with

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your storm. Fill their faces with shame, that

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they may seek your name, O Lord. Let them be

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confounded and dismayed forever. Yes, let them

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be put to shame and perish, that they may know

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that you, whose name alone is the Lord, are the

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Most High over all the earth. Psalm 88 Inscription

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A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah. To the

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chief musician. A contemplation of Haman the

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Ezraite. Salaam. Shall your loving kindness be

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declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in

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the place of destruction? Shall your wonders

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be known in the dark, and your righteousness

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in the land of forgetfulness? But to you I have

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cried out, O Lord, and in the morning my prayer

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comes before you. Lord, why do you cast off my

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soul? Why do you hide your face from me? I have

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been afflicted and ready to die from my youth.

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I suffer your terrors. I am distraught. Your

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fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have

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cut me off. They come around me all day long

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like water. They engulf me altogether. Loved

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one and friend, you have put far from me and

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my acquaintances into darkness. I hope you enjoyed

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today's reading as much as I did, and I look

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forward to seeing you again tomorrow to continue

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on our journey. God bless you and have a great

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day.