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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're continuing with the Psalms

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of the Sons of Korah, and today's readings are

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Psalms 47 through 49, along with 84, 85, and

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87. Psalm 47, inscription, to the chief musician,

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a psalm of the Sons of Korah. O clap your hands,

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all you peoples, shout to God with the voice

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of triumph, for the Lord Most High is awesome.

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He is a great king over all the earth. He will

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subdue the peoples under us and the nations under

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our feet. He will choose our inheritance for

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us. The excellence of Jacob, whom he loves. Salah.

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God has gone up with a shout. The Lord with the

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sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God. Sing

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praises. Sing praises to our king. Sing praises.

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For God is the king of all the earth. Sing praises

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with understanding. God reigns over the nations.

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God sits on his holy throne. The princes of the

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people have gathered together. The people of

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the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth

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belong to God. He is greatly exalted. Great is

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the Lord, and greatly to be praised, in the city

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of our God, in His holy mountain, beautiful in

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elevation. The joy of the whole earth is Mount

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Zion on the sides of the north, the city of the

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great King. God is in her palaces. He is known

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as her refuge. For behold, the kings assembled.

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They passed by together. They saw it, and so

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they marveled. They were troubled, they hastened

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away. Fear took hold of them there, and pain

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as of a woman in birth pangs, as when you break

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the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. As we

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have heard, so we have seen. In the city of the

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Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, God will

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establish it forever. Salah. We have thought,

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O God, on your lovingkindness in the midst of

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your temple. According to your name, O God, so

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is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your

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right hand is full of righteousness. Let Mount

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Zion rejoice. Let the daughters of Judah be glad

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because of your judgments. Walk about Zion and

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go all around her. Count her towers. Mark well

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her bulwarks. Consider her palaces that you may

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tell it to the generation following. For this

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is God, our God forever and ever. He will be

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our guide, even to death. Chapter 49 Inscription

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To the chief musician, a psalm of the sons of

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Korah. nor give to God a ransom for him. For

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the redemption of their souls is costly, and

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it shall cease forever, that he should continue

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to live eternally and not see the pit. For he

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sees wise men die, likewise the fool and the

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senseless person perish, and leave their wealth

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to others. Their inner thought is that their

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houses will last forever, their dwelling places

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to all generations. They call their lands after

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their own names. Nevertheless, man, though in

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honor does not remain, he is like the beasts

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that perish. This is the way of those who are

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foolish, and of their posterity who approve their

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sayings. Salah. Like sheep they are laid in the

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grave, death shall feed on them, the upright

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shall have dominion over them in the morning,

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and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave

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far from their dwelling. But God will redeem

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my soul from the power of the grave, for he shall

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receive me. Salah. Do not be afraid when one

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becomes rich, when the glory of his house is

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increased, for when he dies he shall carry nothing

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away, his glory shall not descend after him.

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Though while he lives he blesses himself, for

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men will praise you when you do well for yourself.

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He shall go to the generation of his fathers,

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they shall never see light. A man who is in honor,

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yet does not understand, is like the beasts that

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perish. Psalm 84, Inscription To the chief musician,

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on an instrument of Gath, a psalm of the sons

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of Korah. How lovely is your tabernacle, O Lord

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of hosts! My soul longs, yes, even faints, for

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the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh

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cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow

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has found a home, and the swallow a nest for

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herself, where she may lay her young. Even your

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altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

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Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They

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will still be praising you. Salah. Blessed is

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the man whose strength is in you, whose heart

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is set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the

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valley of Baka, they make it a spring. The rains

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also cover it with pools. They go from strength

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to strength. Each one appears before God in Zion.

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O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer. Give ear,

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O God of Jacob. Salah. O God, behold our shield

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and look upon the face of your anointed. For

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a day in your courts is better than a thousand.

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I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of

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my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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For the Lord God is a sun and shield. The Lord

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will give grace and glory. No good thing will

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he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O

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Lord of hosts. Blessed is the man who trusts

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in you. Psalm 85, Inscription To the chief musician,

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a psalm of the sons of Korah. Lord, you have

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been favorable to your land. You have brought

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back the captivity of Jacob. You have forgiven

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the iniquity of your people. You have covered

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all their sin, Salah. You have taken away all

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your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness

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of your anger. Restore us, O God of our salvation,

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and cause your anger toward us to cease. Will

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you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong

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your anger to all generations? Will you not revive

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us again that your people may rejoice in you?

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Show us your mercy, Lord, and grant us your salvation.

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I will hear what God the Lord will speak, for

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he will speak peace to his people and to his

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saints. But let them not turn back to folly.

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Surely his salvation is near to those who fear

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him, that glory may dwell in our land. Mercy

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and truth have met together. Righteousness and

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peace have kissed. Truth shall spring out of

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the earth, and righteousness shall look down

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from heaven. Yes, the Lord will give what is

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good, and our land will yield its increase. Righteousness

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will go before him and shall make his footsteps

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our pathway. Psalm 87 Inscription A Psalm of

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the Sons of Korah A Song His foundation is in

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the holy mountains. The Lord loves the gates

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of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

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Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of

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God. Salah I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon

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to those who know me. Behold of Philistia and

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Tyre with Ethiopia. This one was born there.

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And of Zion it will be said, This one and that

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one were born in her, and the Most High himself

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shall establish her. The Lord will record when

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he registers the peoples. This one was born there.

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Salah. Both the singers and the players on instruments

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say, All my springs are in you. 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.