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The Shepherd_s Song in the Valley of Shadows · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: I cry aloud to the Lord. I lift up my
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  Speaker 1: voice to the Lord for mercy. I pour out before
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  Speaker 1: him my complaint. Before him, I tell my trouble. When
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  Speaker 1: my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who
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  Speaker 1: watch over my way. In the path where I walk,
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  Speaker 1: people have hidden a snare for me. Look and see
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  Speaker 1: there is no one at my right hand. No one
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  Speaker 1: is concerned for me. I have no refuge. No one
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  Speaker 1: cares for my life. I cry to you, Lord, I
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  Speaker 1: say you are my refuge, my portion in the land
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  Speaker 1: of the living. Listen to my cry, for I am
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  Speaker 1: in desperate need. Rescue me from those who pursue me,
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  Speaker 1: for they are too strong for me. Set me free
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  Speaker 1: from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then
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  Speaker 1: the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness
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  Speaker 1: to me. Lord, you are the God who saves me.
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  Speaker 1: Day and night. I cry out to you. May my
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  Speaker 1: prayer come before you turn your ear to my cry.
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  Speaker 1: I am overwhelmed with troubles, and my life draws near
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  Speaker 1: to death. I am counted among those who go down
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  Speaker 1: to the pit. I am like one without strength. I
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  Speaker 1: am set apart with the dead, like the slain who
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  Speaker 1: lie in the grave. Whom you remember no more, who
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  Speaker 1: are cut off from your care. You have put me
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  Speaker 1: in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. Your wrath
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  Speaker 1: lies heavily on me. You have overwhelmed me with all
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  Speaker 1: your waves. You have taken from me my closest friends,
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  Speaker 1: and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined
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  Speaker 1: and cannot escape. My eyes are dim with grief. I
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  Speaker 1: call to you, Lord, every day I spread out my
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  Speaker 1: hands to you. Do you show your wonders to the dead?
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  Speaker 1: Do their spirits rise up and praise you? Is your
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  Speaker 1: love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in destruction? Are
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  Speaker 1: your wonders known in the place of darkness? Or your
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  Speaker 1: righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? But I cry
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  Speaker 1: to you for help. Lord. In the morning, my prayer
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  Speaker 1: comes before you. While Lord, do you reject me and
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  Speaker 1: hide your face from me? From my youth, I have
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  Speaker 1: suffered and been close to death. I have borne your
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  Speaker 1: terrors and am in despair. Your wrath has swept over me.
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  Speaker 1: Your terrors have destroyed me. All day long. They surround
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  Speaker 1: me like a flood. They have completely engulfed me. You
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  Speaker 1: have taken from me, friend and neighbor. Darkness is my
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  Speaker 1: closest friend. How long, Lord, will you forget me forever?
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  Speaker 1: How long will you hide your face from me? How
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  Speaker 1: long must I wrestle with my thoughts, and day after
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  Speaker 1: day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my
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  Speaker 1: enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: my God, give light to my eyes, or I will
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  Speaker 1: sleep in death, and my enemy will say I have
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  Speaker 1: overcome him, and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
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  Speaker 1: But I trust in your unfailing love. My heart rejoices
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  Speaker 1: in your salvation. I will sing the Lord's praise, for
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  Speaker 1: he has been good to me. To you, Lord, I
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  Speaker 1: call you are my rock. Do not turn a deaf
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  Speaker 1: ear to me, For if you remain silent, I will
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  Speaker 1: be like those who go down to the pit. Hear
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  Speaker 1: my cry for mercy as I call to you for help,
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  Speaker 1: as I lift up my hands toward your most holy place.
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  Speaker 1: Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those
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  Speaker 1: who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors, but
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  Speaker 1: harbor malice in their hearts. Pay them for their deeds
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  Speaker 1: and for their evil work. Repay them for what their
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  Speaker 1: hands have done, and bring back on them what they deserve,
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  Speaker 1: because they have no regard for the deeds of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord and what his hands have done, he will tear
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  Speaker 1: them down and never build them up again. Praise be
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  Speaker 1: to the Lord, for he has heard my cry for mercy.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart
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  Speaker 1: trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps
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  Speaker 1: for joy, and with my song I praise him. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress of
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  Speaker 1: salvation for his anointed one. Save your people and bless
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  Speaker 1: your inheritance. Be their shepherd and carry them forever. Hear us,
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  Speaker 1: Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock,
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  Speaker 1: You who say enthroned between the Cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim,
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin and Manassa. Awaken your might, Come and save us.
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  Speaker 1: Restore us, Oh God, Make your face shine on us,
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  Speaker 1: that we may be saved. How long, Lord God Almighty,
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  Speaker 1: will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people.
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  Speaker 1: You have fed them with the bread of tears. You
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  Speaker 1: have made them drink tears by the bowf You have
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  Speaker 1: made us an object of derision to our neighbors and
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  Speaker 1: our enemies. Mock us. Restore us, God Almighty, Make your
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  Speaker 1: face shine on us that we may be saved. You
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  Speaker 1: transplanted a vine from Egypt. You drove out the nations
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  Speaker 1: and planted it. You cleared the ground for it, and
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  Speaker 1: it took root and filled the land. The mountains were
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  Speaker 1: covered with it. Shade. The mighty cedars with its branches.
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  Speaker 1: Its branches reached as far as the sea. It shoots
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  Speaker 1: as far as the river. Why have you broken down
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  Speaker 1: its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes.
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  Speaker 1: Bores from the forest ravage it, and insects from the
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  Speaker 1: fields feed on it. Return to us, God Almighty, look
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  Speaker 1: down from heaven and see watch over this vine, the
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  Speaker 1: root your right hand has planted. The sun you have
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  Speaker 1: raised up for yourself. Your vine is cut down. It
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  Speaker 1: is burned with fire. At your rebuke, your people perish.
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  Speaker 1: Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
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  Speaker 1: the son of man you have raised up for yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us,
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  Speaker 1: and we will call on your name. Restore us. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: God Almighty, make your face shine on us that we
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  Speaker 1: may be saved. The Lord is my light and my salvation.
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  Speaker 1: Whom shall i fear? The Lord is the stronghold of
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  Speaker 1: my life. Of whom shall i be afraid when the
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  Speaker 1: wicked advance against me to devour me. It is my
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  Speaker 1: enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. Though
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  Speaker 1: an army besiege me. My heart will not fear though
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  Speaker 1: war break out against me. Even then I will be confident.
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  Speaker 1: One thing I ask from the Lord. This only do
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  Speaker 1: I seek, that I may dwell in the house of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze
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  Speaker 1: on the beauty of the Lord, and to seek him
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  Speaker 1: in his temple. For in the day of trouble, he
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  Speaker 1: will keep me safe in his dwelling. He will hide
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  Speaker 1: me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set
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  Speaker 1: me high upon a rock. Then my head will be
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  Speaker 1: exalted above the enemies who surround me. At his sacred tent.
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  Speaker 1: I will sacrifice with shouts of joy. I will sing
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  Speaker 1: and make music to the Lord. Hear my voice when
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  Speaker 1: I call, Lord, be merciful to me and answer me.
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  Speaker 1: My heart says of you. Seek his face, your face, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I will seek. Do not hide your face from me.
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  Speaker 1: Do not turn your servant away in anger. You have
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  Speaker 1: been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me. God,
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  Speaker 1: my Savior, Though my father and mother forsake me. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord will receive me. Teach me your way. Lord, lead
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  Speaker 1: me in a straight path because of my oppressors. Do
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  Speaker 1: not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
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  Speaker 1: for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.
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  Speaker 1: I remain confident of this. I will see the goodness
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord in the land of the Living. Wait
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  Speaker 1: for the Lord. Be strong and take heart and wait
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  Speaker 1: for the Lord. Truly my soul finds rest in God.
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  Speaker 1: My salvation comes from him. Truly, he is my rock
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  Speaker 1: and my salvation. He is my fortress. I will never
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  Speaker 1: be shaken. How long will you assault me? Would all
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  Speaker 1: of you throw me down this leaning wall, this tottering fence.
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  Speaker 1: Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place.
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  Speaker 1: They take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless,
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  Speaker 1: but in their hearts they curse. Yes, my soul find
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  Speaker 1: rest in God. My hope comes from Him. Truly, He
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  Speaker 1: is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress.
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  Speaker 1: I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor
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  Speaker 1: depend up God. He is my mighty rock, my refuge.
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  Speaker 1: Trust in Him at all times. You people, pour out
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  Speaker 1: your hearts to him, For God is our refuge. Surely,
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  Speaker 1: the low born are but a breath, the high born
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  Speaker 1: a but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they
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  Speaker 1: are nothing together, they are only a breath. Do not
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  Speaker 1: trust in extortion, or put vain hope in stolen goods.
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  Speaker 1: Though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
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  Speaker 1: One thing God hath spoken, Two things I have heard.
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  Speaker 1: Power belongs to you, God, and with you, Lord is
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  Speaker 1: unfailing love. And you reward everyone according to what they
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  Speaker 1: have done. I will extol the Lord at all times.
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  Speaker 1: His praise will always be on my lips. I will
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  Speaker 1: glory in the Lord. Let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
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  Speaker 1: Glorify the Lord with me. Let us exalt his name together.
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  Speaker 1: I sought the Lord, and he answered me. He delivered
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  Speaker 1: me from all my fears. Those who look to him
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  Speaker 1: are radiant. Their faces are never covered with shame. This
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  Speaker 1: poor man called, and the Lord heard him. He saved
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  Speaker 1: him out of all his troubles. The Angel of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.
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  Speaker 1: Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is
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  Speaker 1: the one who takes refuge him fear the Lord you
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  Speaker 1: his holy people. For those who fear him lack nothing.
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  Speaker 1: The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who
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  Speaker 1: seek the Lord lack no good thing. Come, my children,
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  Speaker 1: listen to me. I will teach you the fear of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. Whoever of you loves life and desires to
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  Speaker 1: see many good days. Keep your tongue from evil and
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  Speaker 1: your lips from telling lies. Turn from evil and do good.
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  Speaker 1: Seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to
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  Speaker 1: their cry. But the face of the Lord is against
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  Speaker 1: those who do evil, to blot out their name from
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  Speaker 1: the earth. The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them.
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  Speaker 1: He delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is
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  Speaker 1: close to the broken eyes and saves those who are
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  Speaker 1: crushed in spirit. The righteous person may have many troubles,
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  Speaker 1: but the Lord delivers him from them all. He protects
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  Speaker 1: all his bones. Not one of them will be broken.
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  Speaker 1: Evil will slay the wicked. The foes of the righteous
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  Speaker 1: will be condemned. The Lord will rescue his servants. No
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  Speaker 1: one who takes refuge in him will be condemned. Whoever
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  Speaker 1: dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest
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  Speaker 1: in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress, my
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  Speaker 1: God in whom I trust. Surely he will save you
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  Speaker 1: from the fowless snare and from the deadly pestilence. He
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  Speaker 1: will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings
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  Speaker 1: you will find refuge. His faithfulness will be your shield,
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  Speaker 1: and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night,
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  Speaker 1: nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence
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  Speaker 1: that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys
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  Speaker 1: at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten
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  Speaker 1: thousand at your right hand, but it will not come
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  Speaker 1: near you. You will only observe with your eyes and
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  Speaker 1: see the punishment of the wicked. If you say the
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  Speaker 1: Lord is my refuge, and you make the Most High
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  Speaker 1: your dwelling, no harm will overtake you. No disaster will
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  Speaker 1: come near your tent, For He will command his angels
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  Speaker 1: concerning you to guard you in all your ways. They
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  Speaker 1: will lift you up in their hands, so that you
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  Speaker 1: will not strike your foot against a stone. You will
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  Speaker 1: tread on the lion, and the cobra you will trample
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  Speaker 1: the great Lion and the Serpent. Because he loves me,
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  Speaker 1: says the Lord. I will rescue him. I will protect him,
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  Speaker 1: for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me,
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  Speaker 1: and I will answer him. I will be with him
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  Speaker 1: in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him with
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  Speaker 1: long life. I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.
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  Speaker 1: I lift up my eyes to the mountains. Where does
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  Speaker 1: my help come from. My help comes from the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: the maker of heaven and earth. He will not let
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  Speaker 1: your foot slip. He who watches over you will not slumber. Indeed,
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  Speaker 1: he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord watches over you. The Lord is your shade
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  Speaker 1: at your right hand. The sun will not harm you
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  Speaker 1: by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will
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  Speaker 1: keep you from all harm. He will watch over your life.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord will watch over your coming and going, both
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  Speaker 1: now and forevermore. Praise the Lord my soul, all my
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  Speaker 1: inmost being. Praise his holy name. Praise the Lord my soul,
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  Speaker 1: and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your
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  Speaker 1: sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life
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  Speaker 1: from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
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  Speaker 1: who satisfies your desires with good things, so that your
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  Speaker 1: youth is renewed. Like the eagles. The Lord works righteousness
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  Speaker 1: and justice for all the oppressed. He made known his
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  Speaker 1: ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding
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  Speaker 1: in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he
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  Speaker 1: harbour his anger forever. He does not treat us as
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  Speaker 1: our sins deserve, or repay us according to our iniquities.
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  Speaker 1: For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
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  Speaker 1: so great is his love for those who fear him,
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  Speaker 1: As far as the east is from the west, so
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  Speaker 1: far as he removed our transgressions from us. As a
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  Speaker 1: father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has
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  Speaker 1: compassion on those who fear him. For he knows how
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  Speaker 1: we are formed. He remembers that we are dust. The
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  Speaker 1: life of mortals is like grass. They flourish like a
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  Speaker 1: flower of the field. The wind blows over it, and
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  Speaker 1: it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
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  Speaker 1: But from everlasting to everlasting. The Lord's love is with
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  Speaker 1: those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children,
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  Speaker 1: with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey
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  Speaker 1: his precepts. The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
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  Speaker 1: and his kingdom rules over all. Praise the Lord, you
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  Speaker 1: his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who
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  Speaker 1: obey his word. Praise the Lord all his heavenly hosts,
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  Speaker 1: you his servants who do his will. Praise the Lord
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  Speaker 1: all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: my soul,