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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, chapters 114 through 118, as well as

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135 and 136. Psalm 114 When Israel went out of

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Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange

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language, Judah became his sanctuary, and Israel

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his dominion. The sea saw it and fled. Jordan

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turned back. The mountains skipped like rams,

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the little hills like clams. What ails you, O

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sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned

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back? O mountains, that you skipped like rams,

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O little hills like clams? Tremble, O earth,

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at the presence of the Lord, at the presence

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of the God of Jacob, who turned the rock into

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a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of

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waters. Psalm 115 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto

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us, but to your name give glory. Because of your

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mercy, because of your truth, why should the

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Gentiles say, So where is their God? But our

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God is in heaven. He does whatever he pleases.

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Their idols are silver and gold, the work of

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men's hands. They have mouth, but they do not

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speak. Eyes they have, but they do not see. They

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have ears, but they do not hear. Noses they have,

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but they do not smell. They have hands, but they

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do not handle. Feet they have, but they do not

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walk. Nor do they mutter through their throat.

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Those who make them are like them. So is everyone

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who trusts in them. O Israel, trust in the Lord.

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He is their help and their shield. O house of

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Aaron, trust in the Lord. He is their help and

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their shield. You who fear the Lord, trust in

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the Lord. He is their help and their shield.

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The Lord has been mindful of us. He will bless

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us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will

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bless the house of Aaron. He will bless those

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who fear the Lord, both small and great. May

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the Lord give you increase more and more, you

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and your children. May you be blessed by the

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Lord who made heaven and earth. The heaven, even

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the heavens, are the Lord's, but the earth he

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has given to the children of men. The dead do

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not praise the Lord, nor any who go down into

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silence. But we will bless the Lord from this

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time forth and forevermore. Praise the Lord.

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Psalm 116 I love the Lord because he has heard

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my voice and my supplications, because he has

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inclined his ear to me. Therefore I will call

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upon him as long as I live. The pains of death

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surrounded me, and the pangs of Sheol laid hold

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of me. I found trouble and sorrow. Then I called

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upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, I implore

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you, deliver my soul. Gracious is the Lord and

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righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. The Lord

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preserves the simple. I was brought low and he

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saved me. Return to your rest, O my soul, for

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the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. For

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you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes

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from tears, and my feet from falling. I will

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walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

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I believed, therefore I spoke. I am greatly afflicted.

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I said in my haste, all men are liars. What shall

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I render to the Lord for all his benefits toward

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me? I will take up the cup of salvation and call

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upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows

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to the Lord now in the presence of all his people.

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Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death

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of his saints. O Lord, truly I am your servant.

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I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.

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You have loosed my bonds. I will offer to you

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the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call upon

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the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows to the

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Lord now in the presence of all his people. In

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the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst

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of you, O Jerusalem, praise the Lord. Psalm 117

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Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles. Laud Him,

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all you peoples. For His merciful kindness is

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great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endures

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forever. Praise the Lord. Psalm 118 O give thanks

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to the Lord, for He is good. For His mercy endures

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forever. Let Israel now say, His mercy endures

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forever. Let the house of Aaron now say, His

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mercy endures forever. Let those who fear the

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Lord now say, His mercy endures forever. I called

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on the Lord in distress. The Lord answered me

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and set me in a broad place. The Lord is on my

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side. I will not fear. What can man do to me?

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The Lord is for me among those who help me. Therefore

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I will see my desire on those who hate me. It

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is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence

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in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than

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to put confidence in princes. All nations surrounded

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me, but in the name of the Lord I will destroy

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them. They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded

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me, but in the name of the Lord I will destroy

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them. They surrounded me like bees, they were

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quenched like a fire of thorns, for in the name

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of the Lord I will destroy them. You pushed me

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violently that I might fall, but the Lord helped

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me. The Lord is my strength and song, and he

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has become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing

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and salvation is in the tents of the righteous.

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The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. The

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right hand of the Lord is exalted. The right

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hand of the Lord does valiantly. I shall not

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die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

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The Lord has chastened me severely, but he has

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not given me over to death. Open to me the gates

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of righteousness. I will go through them, and

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I will praise the Lord. This is the gate of the

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Lord, through which the righteous shall enter.

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I will praise you, for you have answered me and

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have become my salvation. The stone which the

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builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

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This was the Lord's doing. It is marvelous in

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our eyes. This is the day the Lord has made.

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We will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now,

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I pray, O Lord. O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity.

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Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.

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God is the Lord, and he has given us light. Bind

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the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the

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altar. You are my God, and I will praise you.

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You are my God, I will exalt you. O give thanks

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to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures

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forever. Psalm 135 Praise the Lord. Praise the

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name of the Lord. Praise Him, O you servants

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of the Lord, you who stand in the house of the

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Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

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Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. Sing praises

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to His name, for it is pleasant. For the Lord

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has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His

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special treasure. For I know that the Lord is

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great, and our Lord is above all gods. Whatever

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the Lord pleases, He does, in heaven and in earth,

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in the seas and in all deep places. He causes

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the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.

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He makes lightning for the rain. He brings the

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wind out of his treasuries. He destroyed the

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firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. He

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sent signs and wonders into the midst of you,

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O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and all his servants. He

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defeated many nations and slew mighty kings.

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Sihon, king of the Amorites, O king of Bashan.

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and all the kingdoms of Canaan, and give their

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land as a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his

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people. Your name, O Lord, endures forever. Your

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fame, O Lord, throughout all generations. For

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the Lord will judge his people, and he will have

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compassion on his servants. The idols of the

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nations are silver and gold, the work of men's

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hands. They have mouth, but they do not speak.

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Eyes they have, but they do not see. They have

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ears, but they do not hear, nor is there any

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breath in their mouth. Those who make them are

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like them. So is everyone who trusts in them.

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Bless the Lord, O house of Israel. Bless the

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Lord, O house of Aaron. Bless the Lord, O house

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of Levi. You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord.

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Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, who dwells in

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Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. Psalm 136 O give

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thanks to the Lord, for he is good. for his mercy

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endures forever. O give thanks to the God of

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gods, for his mercy endures forever. O give thanks

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to the Lord of lords, for his mercy endures forever.

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To him who alone does great wonders, for his

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mercy endures forever. To him who by wisdom made

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the heavens, for his mercy endures forever. To

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him who laid out the earth above the waters,

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for his mercy endures forever. To him who made

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great lights, for his mercy endures forever.

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The sun to rule by day, for his mercy endures

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forever. The moon and stars to rule by night,

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for his mercy endures forever. To him who struck

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Egypt in their firstborn, for his mercy endures

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forever. And brought out Israel from among them,

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for his mercy endures forever. With a strong

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hand and with an outstretched arm, for his mercy

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endures forever. To him who divided the Red Sea

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in two, for his mercy endures forever. And made

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Israel pass through the midst of it. for his

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mercy endures forever. But overthrew Pharaoh

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and his army in the Red Sea, for his mercy endures

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forever. To him who led his people through the

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wilderness, for his mercy endures forever. To

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him who struck down great kings, for his mercy

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endures forever. And slew famous kings, for his

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mercy endures forever. Sihon king of the Amorites,

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for his mercy endures forever. And Og king of

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Bashan, for his mercy endures forever. And gave

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their land as a heritage, for his mercy endures

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forever. forever. A heritage to Israel his servant,

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for his mercy endures forever. Who remembered

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us in our lowly state, for his mercy endures

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forever, and rescued us from our enemies, for

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his mercy endures forever. Who gives food to

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all flesh, for his mercy endures forever. O give

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thanks to the God of heaven, for his mercy endures

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forever. I hope you enjoyed today's reading as

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much as I did and I look forward to seeing you

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again tomorrow to continue on our journey. God

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bless you and have a great day.