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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 the book of

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Psalms, Psalm 1 and Psalm 91. Psalm 1 Blessed

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is the man who walks not in the counsel of the

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ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor

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sits in the seat of the scornful, but his delight

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is in the law of the Lord, and in his law he

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meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree

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planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth

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its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall

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not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.

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The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff

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which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly

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shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners

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in the congregation of the righteous. For the

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Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the

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way of the ungodly shall perish. He who dwells

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in the secret place of the Most High shall abide

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under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say

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of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress.

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My God, in Him I will trust. Surely He shall

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deliver you from the snare of the fowler and

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from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover

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you with His feathers, and under His wings you

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shall take refuge. His truth shall be your shield

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and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror

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by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day.

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nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,

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nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

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A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand

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at your right hand, but it shall not come near

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you. Only with your eyes shall you look and see

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the reward of the wicked. Because you have made

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the Lord who is my refuge, even the Most High,

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your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you,

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nor shall any plague come near your dwelling.

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For He shall give His angels charge over you.

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to keep you in all your ways. In their hands

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they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot

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against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion

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and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent

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you shall trample underfoot. Because he has set

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his love upon me, therefore I will deliver him.

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I will set him on high, because he has known

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my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer

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him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver

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him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy

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him and show him my salvation. I hope you enjoyed

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

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to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our

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journey. God bless you and have a great day.