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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. For the next two days, we're going

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to be going through a group of psalms known as

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the Psalms of the Sons of Korah. Today's readings

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are from Psalms 42 through 46, along with Psalms

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15 and 24. Psalm 15, inscription, A Psalm of

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David. Lord, who may abide in your tabernacle?

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Who may dwell in your holy hill? He who walks

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uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks

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the truth in his heart, he who does not backbite

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with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor,

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nor does he take up a reproach against his friend,

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in whose eyes a vile person is despised. But

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he honors those who fear the Lord, he who swears

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to his own hurt and does not change, he who does

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not put out his money at usury, nor does he take

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a bribe against the innocent. He who does these

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things shall never be moved. Psalm 24 Inscription

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A Psalm of David The earth is the Lord's, and

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all its fullness, the world and those who dwell

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therein. For he who has founded it upon the seas,

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and established it upon the waters, who may ascend

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into the hill of the Lord, or who may stand in

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his holy place, he who has clean hands and a

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pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to

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an idol, nor sworn deceitfully, he shall receive

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blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from

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the God of his salvation. This is Jacob. Psalm

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42, Inscription To the chief musician, a contemplation

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of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the

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water brooks, so pants my soul for you, O God.

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My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

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When shall I come and appear before God? My tears

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have been my food day and night, while they continually

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say to me, Where is your God? When I remember

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these things, I pour out my soul within me, for

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I used to go with the multitude. I went with

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them to the house of God, with the voice of joy

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and praise, with a multitude that kept a pilgrim

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feast. Why are you cast down, O my soul, and

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why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God,

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for I shall yet praise him, for the help of his

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countenance. O my God, my soul is cast down within

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me, therefore I will remember you from the land

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of the Jordan, and from the heights of Hermon,

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from the hill Mizar. Deep calls unto deep at

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the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves

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and billows have gone over me. The Lord will

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command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and

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in the night his song shall be with me, a prayer

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to the God of my life. I will say to God, my

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rock, why have you forgotten me? Why do I go

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mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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As with a breaking of my bones, my enemies reproach

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me, while they say to me all day long, where

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is your God? Why are you cast down, O my soul,

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and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in

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God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of

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my countenance and my God. Psalm 43 Vindicate

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me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly

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nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust

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man, for you are the God of my strength. Why

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do you cast me off? Why do I go mourning because

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of the oppression of the enemy? O send out your

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light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them

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bring me to your holy hill and to your tabernacle.

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Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my

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exceeding joy. And on the harp I will praise

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you, O God, my God. Why are you cast down, O

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my soul? And why are you disquieted within me?

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Hope in God, for I shall yet praise him. the

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help of my countenance and my God. We have heard

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with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,

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the deeds you did in their days, in days of old.

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You drove out the nations with your hand, but

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them you planted. You afflicted the peoples and

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cast them out, for they did not gain possession

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of the land by their own sword, nor did their

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own arm save them. But it was your right hand,

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your arm, and the light of your countenance,

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because you favored them. You are my king, O

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God. Command victories for Jacob. Through you

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we will push down our enemies. Through your name

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we will trample those who rise up against us.

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For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my

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sword save me. But you have saved us from our

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enemies, and have put to shame those who hated

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us. In God we boast all day long, and praise

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your name forever. Salah. But you have cast us

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off and put us to shame. and you did not go out

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with our armies you make us turn back from the

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enemy and those who hate us have taken spoil

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for themselves you have given us up like sheep

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intended for food and have scattered us among

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the nations you sell your people for next to

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nothing and are not enriched by selling them

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You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn

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and a derision to those all around us. You make

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us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the

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head among the peoples. My dishonor is continually

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before me, and the shame of my face has covered

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me, because of the voice of him who reproaches

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and reviles, because of the enemy and the avenger.

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All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten

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you, nor have we dealt falsely with your covenant.

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Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps

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departed from your way. But you have severely

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broken us in the place of jackals, and covered

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us with the shadow of death. If we had forgotten

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the name of our God, or stretched out our hands

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to a foreign god, would not God search this out?

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For he knows the secrets of the heart. Yet for

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your sake we are killed all day long. We are

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accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Awake,

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why do you sleep, O Lord? Arise, do not cast

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us off forever. Why do you hide your face, and

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forget our affliction and our oppression? Psalm

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45, inscription. Grace is poured upon your lips.

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Therefore God has blessed you forever. Gird your

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sword upon your thigh, O mighty one, with your

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glory and your majesty. And in your majesty ride

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prosperously because of truth, humility, and

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righteousness. And your right hand shall teach

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you awesome things. Your arrows are sharp in

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the heart of the king's enemies. The peoples

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fall under you. Your throne, O God, is forever

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and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter

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of your kingdom. You love righteousness and hate

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wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed

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you with the oil of gladness more than your companions.

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All your garments are scented with myrrh and

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aloes and cassia. Out of the ivory palaces by

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which they have made you glad, king's daughters

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are among your honorable women. At your right

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hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir. Listen,

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O daughter, consider and incline your ear. Forget

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your own people also in your father's house,

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so the king will greatly desire your beauty.

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Because he is your lord, worship him, and the

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daughter of Tyre will come with a gift. The rich

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among the people will seek your favor. The royal

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daughter is all glorious within the palace. Her

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clothing is woven with gold. She shall be brought

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to the king in robes of many colors. The virgins,

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her companions, who follow her, shall be brought

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to you. With gladness and rejoicing, they shall

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be brought. They shall enter the king's palace.

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Instead of your fathers shall be your sons. Whom

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you shall make princes in all the earth. I will

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make your name to be remembered in all generations.

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Therefore the people shall praise you forever

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and ever. Psalm 46, inscription. To the chief

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musician, a psalm of the sons of Korah, a song

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for Alamut. God is our refuge and strength, a

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very present help in trouble. Therefore we will

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not fear, even though the earth be moved, and

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though the mountains be carried into the midst

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of the sea, though its waters roar and be troubled.

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Though the mountains shake with its swelling.

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Salah. There is a river whose streams shall make

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glad the city of God. The holy place of the tabernacle

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of the Most High. God is in the midst of her.

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She shall not be moved. God shall help her just

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at the break of dawn. The nations raged. The

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kingdoms were moved. He uttered his voice. The

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earth melted. The Lord of hosts is with us. The

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God of Jacob is our refuge. Salah. Come behold

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the works of the Lord, who has made desolations

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in the earth. He makes wars cease to the end

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of the earth. He breaks the bow and cuts the

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spear in two. He burns the chariot in the fire.

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Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted

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among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.

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The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob

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is our refuge. Salah. God bless you and have

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a great day.