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Fall Asleep in God's Word and Promises (Bible Sleep Abide Meditation) - Abide Meditation App · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Abide Meditation has everything you need for a peaceful night's sleep.
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  Speaker 1: Download Abide from the app Store today. Hello and welcome
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  Speaker 1: to this sleep story from Abide. I'm James. Thanks for
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  Speaker 1: joining me for our story more precious than gold. Our
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  Speaker 1: hope with this story is that you'll fall asleep in
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  Speaker 1: the loving arms of the God of peace and comfort,
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  Speaker 1: the God who watches over and protects you. You'll fall
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  Speaker 1: asleep resting in his promises found in Psalm one hundred nineteen.
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  Speaker 1: It's the longest chapter in the Bible, and it's filled
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  Speaker 1: with words of blessing and hope and worship. It's a
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  Speaker 1: chapter that declares, the law from your mouth is more
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  Speaker 1: precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
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  Speaker 1: Your hands made me, informed me, give me understanding to
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  Speaker 1: learn your commands. You are my refuge and my shield.
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  Speaker 1: I have put my hope in your word. He is
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  Speaker 1: the God who speaks to you. He's the God who
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  Speaker 1: revealed himself to you in his word. His love for
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  Speaker 1: you is deeper than the deepest ocean. It's wider than
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  Speaker 1: the east is from the west. He created you, He
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  Speaker 1: is protecting you. He has a plan for your life.
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  Speaker 1: He's the God who walks beside you, who picks you
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  Speaker 1: up when you fall, who carries you when you can't
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  Speaker 1: go on. He knows you intimately, every thought, every field,
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  Speaker 1: every hope, every dream. He lights your path. He even
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  Speaker 1: chases after you when you run away. He is the
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  Speaker 1: God who never leaves you, nor forsakes you. He's always present,
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  Speaker 1: always faithful. His love for you knows no bounds. As
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  Speaker 1: the writer of Psalm one hundred and nineteen put in,
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  Speaker 1: your faithfulness continues through all generations. You established the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and it endures. Your word is a lamp for my feet,
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  Speaker 1: a light on my path. Your statues are my heritage forever.
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  Speaker 1: They are the joy of my heart. Before we begin
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  Speaker 1: our story, let's take a few moments to make sure
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  Speaker 1: everything around you is just right for a peaceful time
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  Speaker 1: of sleep. Maybe you need to fluff your pillow or
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  Speaker 1: tuck in your blanket. Perhaps you to turn out a
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  Speaker 1: light or close a window. Whatever it is, you can
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  Speaker 1: pause the story and start it back up right here
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  Speaker 1: when you're done. Now that you're comfortable, let's begin preparing
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  Speaker 1: your mind and body for sleep. Take a deep, relaxing breath,
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  Speaker 1: inhaling through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. Take
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  Speaker 1: another deep breath, and this time hold it there for
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  Speaker 1: a moment. One, two, three, Now exhale. As you continue
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  Speaker 1: these breathing exercises, imagine yourself exhaling the trials and stress
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  Speaker 1: of life and inhaling the love and peace of God.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine placing all your burdens before your savior. You serve
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  Speaker 1: a God who restores, who repairs, who fixes our broken lives.
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  Speaker 1: You serve a God who wants to repair your life.
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  Speaker 1: Take a moment to hand him everything that is troubling
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  Speaker 1: you right now. Hand him your trials from work, from school,
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  Speaker 1: from your personal life, from your home life. Let him
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  Speaker 1: carry your burdens, Let him mend whatever is torn. Now
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  Speaker 1: replace your stress and your worries with God's peace, God's love.
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  Speaker 1: He's a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and
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  Speaker 1: abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. He created the sun
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  Speaker 1: and moon, he parted the sea, He met his people
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  Speaker 1: atop a tall mountain. He raised the dead. He wants
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  Speaker 1: to work in your life. God is a good shepherd,
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  Speaker 1: his strong arms ready to defend, his sharp eyes on
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  Speaker 1: the horizon looking for danger. He's protecting you now. He
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  Speaker 1: wants you to rest in his loving arms, embrace his promises.
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  Speaker 1: Let me pray for you, Dear Father, Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: this child of yours. Thank you for drawing them to yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for creating them, loving them, and saving them.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for the plan you have for their life. Now, Father,
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  Speaker 1: I ask that you will grant them the rest they
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  Speaker 1: owe so need. They've had a long, hard day, and
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  Speaker 1: now they need a long, peaceful night's sleep. Father, I
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  Speaker 1: ask that you will carry their burdens like an eagle
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  Speaker 1: guarding its young guard, and protect them. Dear Father, your
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  Speaker 1: word says in Psalm four verse eight, in peace, I
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  Speaker 1: will both lie down and sleep for you alone. O Lord,
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  Speaker 1: make me dwell in safety. Father, I ask that this
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  Speaker 1: child of yours will lie down and sleep in peace.
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  Speaker 1: Surround them with your presence, Fill them with your love,
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  Speaker 1: your joy, restore their aching bones and muscles, refresh their mind.
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  Speaker 1: Help them to wake up renewed and ready to serve
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  Speaker 1: you again. Give them sweet dreams of You and your kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. Amen, Let's begin our story by taking
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  Speaker 1: a trip back in time nearly three thousand years to
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  Speaker 1: ancient Jerusalem, to the land of Joshua and David and Solomon,
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  Speaker 1: to a time when prophets walked to the land and
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  Speaker 1: people looked forward with anticipation to a coming Messiah. For
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  Speaker 1: our story, we'll journey to the Temple to a time
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  Speaker 1: of worship on one of the holiest of days, the Sabbath.
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  Speaker 1: It's a day of rest and worship, and today thousands
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  Speaker 1: upon thousands of God's people are walking under a cloudless
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  Speaker 1: sky to a massive stone structure that King Solomon built
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  Speaker 1: to honor the One True God, the God of Abraham
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  Speaker 1: and Isaac and Jacob of Esther of Ruth and Naomi.
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  Speaker 1: As the sun begins its ascent behind the rugged hills
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  Speaker 1: of ancient Jerusalem, it throws a golden hue upon the land,
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  Speaker 1: casting along shadows that dance upon the ancient cobblestones. In
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  Speaker 1: the distance, the silhouette of Mount Zion looms, its slopes
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  Speaker 1: dotted with olive trees and terraced vineyards, a testament to
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  Speaker 1: the fertility of the land. The air is thick with
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  Speaker 1: the fragrance of flowers from the nearby fields, as a
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  Speaker 1: warm breeze carries the aroma of lilies and roses and daisies.
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  Speaker 1: As the worshippers approached the temple, its towering walls rise
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  Speaker 1: before them, a reminder of the reverence of the people
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  Speaker 1: for their God. Hewn from massive blocks of stone, the
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  Speaker 1: temple stands as a symbol of divine presence, its grandeur
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  Speaker 1: unmatched by any other structure in the land. As I
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  Speaker 1: read Psalm one nineteen to night, imagine God's people raising
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  Speaker 1: their voices to God, lifting their hands to the sky,
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  Speaker 1: worshiping the God who saved them, who protected them, who
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  Speaker 1: guides their every path. The God who watched over them
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  Speaker 1: is the same who was watching over you. Now let
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  Speaker 1: their words be your words. Let their prayer be your prayer.
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  Speaker 1: Rest in God's promises. As I read Psalm one hundred nineteen,
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  Speaker 1: Blest are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according
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  Speaker 1: to the law of the Lord. Blest are those who
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  Speaker 1: keep his statutes and seek Him with all their heart.
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  Speaker 1: They do no wrong, but follow his ways. You have
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  Speaker 1: laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed. Oh
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  Speaker 1: that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees, then
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  Speaker 1: I would not be put to shame. When I consider
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  Speaker 1: all your commands, I will praise you with an upright heart.
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  Speaker 1: As I learn your righteous laws. I will obey your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: Do not utterly forsake me. How can a young person
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  Speaker 1: stay on the path of purity by living according to
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  Speaker 1: your word? I seek you with all my heart. Do
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  Speaker 1: not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden
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  Speaker 1: your word in my heart that I might not sin
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  Speaker 1: against you. Praise be to you Lord. Teach me your
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  Speaker 1: decrees with my lips. I recount all the laws that
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  Speaker 1: come from your mouth. I rejoice in following your statutes
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  Speaker 1: as one rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your
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  Speaker 1: precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: I will not neglect your word. Be good to your
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  Speaker 1: servant while I live that I may obey your word.
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  Speaker 1: Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in
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  Speaker 1: your law. I am a stranger on earth. Do not
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  Speaker 1: hide your commands from me. My soul is consumed with
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  Speaker 1: longing for your laws. At all times. You rebuke the
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  Speaker 1: arrogant who are accursed those who stray from your commands.
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  Speaker 1: Remove from me their scorn and contempt. For I keep
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  Speaker 1: your statutes, though rulers sit together and slander me. Your
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  Speaker 1: servant will meditate on your decrees, your statutes are my delight.
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  Speaker 1: They are my counselors. I am laid low in the dust.
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  Speaker 1: Preserve my life according to your word. I gave an
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  Speaker 1: account of my ways, and you answered me. Teach me
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. Cause me to understand the way of your precepts,
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  Speaker 1: that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds. My soul
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  Speaker 1: is weary with sorrow. Strengthen me according to your word.
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  Speaker 1: Keep me from deceitful ways. Be gracious to me, and
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  Speaker 1: teach me your law. I have chosen the way of faithfulness.
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  Speaker 1: I have set my heart on your laws. I hold
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  Speaker 1: fast to your statutes. Lord, do not let me be
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  Speaker 1: put to shame. I run in the path of your commands,
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  Speaker 1: for you have broadened my understanding. Teach me, Lord, the
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  Speaker 1: way of your decrees, that I may follow it to
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  Speaker 1: the end. Give me understanding so that I may keep
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  Speaker 1: your law and obey it with all my heart. Direct
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  Speaker 1: me in the path of your commands, for there I
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  Speaker 1: find delight. Turn my heart toward your statutes and not
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  Speaker 1: toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things.
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  Speaker 1: Preserve my life according to your word. Fulfill your promise
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  Speaker 1: to your servant, so that you may be feared. Take
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  Speaker 1: away the disgrace I dread. For your laws are good.
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  Speaker 1: How I long for your precepts. In your righteousness preserve
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  Speaker 1: my life. May your unfailing love come to me, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: your salvation, according to your promise. Then I can answer
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  Speaker 1: any one who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
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  Speaker 1: Never take your word of truth from my mouth. For
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  Speaker 1: I have put my hope in your laws. I will
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  Speaker 1: always obey your law for ever and ever, I will
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  Speaker 1: walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
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  Speaker 1: I will speak of your statutes before kings, and will
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  Speaker 1: not be put to shame. For I delight in your
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  Speaker 1: commands because I love them. I reach out for your commands,
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  Speaker 1: which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: Remember your word to your servant, for you have given
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  Speaker 1: me hope my comfort in my sufferings. Is this your
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  Speaker 1: promise preserves my life. I remember, Lord, your ancient laws,
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  Speaker 1: and I find comfort in them. In the knight, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I remember your name that I may keep your law.
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  Speaker 1: This has been my practice. I obey your precepts. You
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  Speaker 1: are my portion. Lord. I have promised to obey your words.
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  Speaker 1: I have sought your face with all my heart. Be
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  Speaker 1: gracious to me. According to your promise. I have considered
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  Speaker 1: my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.
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  Speaker 1: I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
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  Speaker 1: At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your
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  Speaker 1: righteous laws. I am a friend to all who fear you,
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  Speaker 1: to all who follow your precepts. The earth is filled
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  Speaker 1: with your love. Lord. Teach me your decrees. Do good
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  Speaker 1: to your servant according to your word. Lord, teach me
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  Speaker 1: knowledge and good judgment. For I trust to your commands.
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  Speaker 1: Before I was afflicted, I went astray. But now I
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  Speaker 1: obey your word. You are good, and what you do
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  Speaker 1: is good. Teach me your decrees. It was good for
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  Speaker 1: me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: The law from your mouth is more precious to me
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  Speaker 1: than thousands of pieces of silver and gold. Your hands
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  Speaker 1: made me informed me. Give me understanding to learn your commands.
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  Speaker 1: May those who fear you rejoice when they see me,
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  Speaker 1: for I have put my hope in your word. May
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  Speaker 1: your unfailing love be my comfort. According to your promise
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  Speaker 1: to your servant, Let your compassion come to me that
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  Speaker 1: I may live. For your law is my delight. May
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  Speaker 1: the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause.
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  Speaker 1: But I will meditate on your precepts. May those who
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  Speaker 1: fear you turn to me those who understand your statutes.
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  Speaker 1: May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees that I may not
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  Speaker 1: be put to shame. My soul faints with longing for
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  Speaker 1: your salvation. But I have put my hope in your word.
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  Speaker 1: My eyes fail looking for your promise, I say, when
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  Speaker 1: will you comfort me? Though I am like a wine
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  Speaker 1: skin in the smoke, I do not forget your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: In your unfailing love, preserve my life that I may
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  Speaker 1: obey the statutes of your mouth. Your word, Lord is eternal,
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  Speaker 1: It stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through
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  Speaker 1: all generations. You established the earth, and it endures. Your
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  Speaker 1: laws endure to this day. For all things serve you.
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  Speaker 1: If your law had not been my delight, I would
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  Speaker 1: have perished in my affliction. I will never forget your precepts,
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  Speaker 1: for by them you have preserved my life. Save me,
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  Speaker 1: for I am yours. I have sought out your precepts.
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  Speaker 1: The wicked are waiting to destroy me. But I will
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  Speaker 1: ponder your statutes to all perfection. I see a limit,
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  Speaker 1: but your commands are boundless. Oh, how I love your law.
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  Speaker 1: I meditate on it all day long. Your commands are
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  Speaker 1: always with me, and make me wiser than my enemies.
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  Speaker 1: I have more insight than all my teachers, for I
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  Speaker 1: meditate on your statutes. I have more understanding than the elders.
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  Speaker 1: For I obey your precepts. I have kept my feet
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  Speaker 1: from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
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  Speaker 1: I have not departed from your laws, For you, yourself
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  Speaker 1: have taught me. How sweet are your words to my taste,
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  Speaker 1: sweeter than honey to my mouth. I gain understanding from
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  Speaker 1: your precepts. Therefore I hate every wrong path. Your word
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  Speaker 1: is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
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  Speaker 1: I have taken an oath and confirmed it that I
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  Speaker 1: will follow your righteous laws. I have suffered much. Preserve
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  Speaker 1: my life, Lord, according to your word. Accept Lord, the
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  Speaker 1: willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.
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  Speaker 1: Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I
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  Speaker 1: will not forget your law. The wicked have set a
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  Speaker 1: snare for me, But I have not strayed from your precepts.
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  Speaker 1: Your statutes are my heritage forever They are the joy
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  Speaker 1: of my heart. My heart is set on keeping your
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  Speaker 1: decrees to the very end. You are my refuge and
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  Speaker 1: my shield. I have put my hope in your word.
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  Speaker 1: Away from me, you evil doers, that I may keep
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  Speaker 1: the commands of my God. Sustain me my God according
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  Speaker 1: to your promise, and I will live. Do not let
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  Speaker 1: my hopes be dashed. Uphold me, and I will be delivered.
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  Speaker 1: I will always have regard for your decrees. My flesh
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  Speaker 1: trembles in fear of you. I stand in awe of
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  Speaker 1: your laws. I have done what is righteous and just.
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  Speaker 1: Do not leave me to my oppressors. Ensure your servants
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  Speaker 1: well being. Do not let the arrogant oppress me. My
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  Speaker 1: eyes fail looking for your salvation, looking for your righteous promise.
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  Speaker 1: Deal with your servant according to your love, and teach
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  Speaker 1: me your decrees. I am your servant. Give me discernment
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  Speaker 1: that I may understand your statutes. It is time for
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  Speaker 1: you to act. Lord. Your law is being broken. Because
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  Speaker 1: I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,
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  Speaker 1: and because I consider all your priests right, I hate
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  Speaker 1: every wrong path. Your statutes are wonderful. Therefore I obey them.
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  Speaker 1: The unfolding of your words gives light. It gives understanding
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  Speaker 1: to the simple. I open my mouth and pant, longing
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  Speaker 1: for your commands. Turn to me and have mercy on me,
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  Speaker 1: as you always do to those who love your name.
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  Speaker 1: Direct my footsteps according to your word. Let no sin
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  Speaker 1: rule over me. Redeem me from human oppression, that I
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  Speaker 1: may obey your precepts. Make your face shine on your servant,
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  Speaker 1: and teach me your decrees. Streams of tears flow from
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  Speaker 1: my eyes, for your law is not obeyed. You are righteous, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and your laws are right. The statutes you have laid
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  Speaker 1: down are righteous. They are full trustworthy. My zeal wears
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  Speaker 1: me out. For my enemies ignore your words. Your promises
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  Speaker 1: have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. Though
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  Speaker 1: I am lowly undespised, I do not forget your precepts.
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  Speaker 1: Your righteousness is everlasting, and your law is true. Trouble
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  Speaker 1: and distress have come upon me, but your commands give
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  Speaker 1: me delight. Your statutes are always righteous. Give me understanding
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  Speaker 1: that I may live. I call with all my heart.
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  Speaker 1: Answer me, Lord, and I will obey your decrees. I
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  Speaker 1: call out to you, save me, and I will keep
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  Speaker 1: your statutes. I rise before dawn and cry for help.
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  Speaker 1: I have put my hope in your word. My eyes
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  Speaker 1: stay open through the watches of the night, that I
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  Speaker 1: may meditate on your promises. Hear my voice. In accordance
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  Speaker 1: with your love. Preserve my life, Lord, according to your laws.
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  Speaker 1: Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are
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  Speaker 1: far from your law. Yet you are near, Lord, and
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  Speaker 1: all your commandments are true. Long ago I learned from
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  Speaker 1: your statutes that you establish them to last forever. Look
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  Speaker 1: on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not
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  Speaker 1: forgotten your law. Defend my cause and redeem me. Preserve
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  Speaker 1: my life according to your promise. Salvation is far from
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  Speaker 1: the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: Your compassion, Lord is great. Preserve my life according to
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  Speaker 1: your laws. Many are the foes who persecuted me, But
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  Speaker 1: I have not turned from your statutes. I look on
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  Speaker 1: the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
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  Speaker 1: See how I love your precepts. Preserve my life, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: in accordance with your love. All your words are true,
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  Speaker 1: all your righteous laws are eternal. I rejoice in your promise.
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  Speaker 1: Like one who finds great spoil. I hate and detest falsehood,
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  Speaker 1: but I love your law. Seven times a day. I
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  Speaker 1: praise you for your righteous laws. Great peace. Have those
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  Speaker 1: who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
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  Speaker 1: I wait for your salvation, Lord, and I follow your commands.
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  Speaker 1: I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly. I
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  Speaker 1: obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways
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  Speaker 1: are known to you. May my cry come before you, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: give me understanding according to your word. May my supplication
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  Speaker 1: come before you deliver me according to your promise. May
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  Speaker 1: my lips overflow with praise for you teach me your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: May my tongue sing of your word, for all your
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  Speaker 1: commands are righteous. May your hand be ready to help me,
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  Speaker 1: for I have chosen your precepts. I long for your salvation, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and your law gives me delight. Let me live that
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  Speaker 1: I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.
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  Speaker 1: I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant,
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  Speaker 1: for I have not forgotten your commands. Let me pray
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  Speaker 1: for you as we close. Dear Father, your word is
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  Speaker 1: more precious to us than silver and gold. Your word
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  Speaker 1: is priceless. Now I pray that this child of yours
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  Speaker 1: will rest in the promises of your word. You promised
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  Speaker 1: us peace, you promised us comfort, You promised us rest.
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  Speaker 1: Give them a peaceful night's sleep, Help them to wake
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  Speaker 1: up refreshed and full of energy. Let them know that
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  Speaker 1: you are with them. It's in Jesus' name that I pray. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: The same God who walked with King David and King Solomon,
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  Speaker 1: and who guided the Israelites is with you right now.
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  Speaker 1: He's protecting you. He's watching over you. He's filling you
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  Speaker 1: with his peace, his presence. He's guided you in the past,
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  Speaker 1: and he will guide you in the future. You are
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  Speaker 1: more precious to him than silver and gold. You are
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  Speaker 1: part of the pinnacle of his creation. His word is
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  Speaker 1: a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.
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  Speaker 1: Rest in his promises. Let's listen again to this sleep
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  Speaker 1: story about how precious God's word is. Let's begin our
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: story by taking a trip back in time nearly three
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  Speaker 1: thousand years to ancient Jerusalem, to the land of Joshua
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  Speaker 1: and David and Solomon, to a time when prophets walk
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: to the land and people looked forward with anticipation to
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: a coming Messiah. For our story, we'll journey to the
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: temple to a time of worship on one of the
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: holiest of days, the Sabbath. It's a day of rest
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: and worship, and today thousands upon thousands of God's people
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: are walking under a cloudless skins to a massive stone
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  Speaker 1: structure that King Solomon built to honor the One True God,
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  Speaker 1: the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob of Esther
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: of Ruth and Naomi. As the sun begins its descent
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: behind the rugged hills of ancient Jerusalem, it throws a
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  Speaker 1: golden hue upon the land, casting long shadows that dance
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: upon the ancient cobblestones. In the distance, the silhouette of
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: Mount Zion looms, its slopes dotted with olive trees and
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  Speaker 1: terraced vineyards, a testament to the fertility of the land.
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: The air is thick with the fragrance of flowers from
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  Speaker 1: the nearby fields, as a warm breeze carries the aroma
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  Speaker 1: of lilies and roses and daisies. As the worshippers approached
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: the temple, its towering walls rise before them, a reminder
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: of the reverence of the people for their God. Hewn
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  Speaker 1: from massive blocks of stone, the temple stands as a
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: symbol of divine presence. It's grandeur unmatched by any other
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  Speaker 1: structure in the land. As I read Psalm ie nineteen tonight,
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  Speaker 1: imagine God's people raising their voices to God, lifting their
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  Speaker 1: hands to the sky, worshiping the God who saved them,
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  Speaker 1: who protected them, who guides their every path. The God
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  Speaker 1: who watched over them is the same who was watching
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  Speaker 1: over you. Now, let their words be your words. Let
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  Speaker 1: their prayer be your prayer. Rest in God's promises. As
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  Speaker 1: I read Psalm one hundred nineteen, Blessed are those whose
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  Speaker 1: ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. Blest are those who keep his statutes and
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  Speaker 1: seek him with all their heart. They do no wrong,
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  Speaker 1: but follow his ways. You have laid down precepts that
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  Speaker 1: are to be fully obeyed. Oh that my ways were
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  Speaker 1: steadfast in obeying your decrees, then I would not be
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  Speaker 1: put to shame. When I consider all your commands, I
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  Speaker 1: will praise you with an upright heart. As I learn
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  Speaker 1: your righteous laws, I will obey your decrees. Do not
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  Speaker 1: utterly forsake me. How can a young person stay on
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  Speaker 1: the path of purity by living according to your word?
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: I seek you with all my heart. Do not let
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  Speaker 1: me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word
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  Speaker 1: in my heart that I might not sin against you.
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  Speaker 1: Praise be to you Lord. Teach me your decrees with
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  Speaker 1: my lips. I recount all the laws that come from
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  Speaker 1: your mouth. I rejoice and follow me your statutes as
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  Speaker 1: one rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your precepts
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  Speaker 1: and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees. I
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  Speaker 1: will not neglect your word. Be good to your servant
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  Speaker 1: while I live, that I may obey your word. Open
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  Speaker 1: my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
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  Speaker 1: I am a stranger on earth. Do not hide your
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  Speaker 1: commands from me. My soul is consumed with longing for
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  Speaker 1: your laws. At all times, you rebuke the arrogant who
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  Speaker 1: are accursed those who stray from your commands. Remove from
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  Speaker 1: me their scorn and contempt. For I keep your statutes,
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  Speaker 1: though rulers sit together and slander me. Your servant will
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  Speaker 1: meditate on your decrees. Your statutes are my delight. They
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  Speaker 1: are my count I am laid low in the dust.
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  Speaker 1: Preserve my life according to your word. I gave an
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  Speaker 1: account of my ways, and you answered me. Teach me
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. Cause me to understand the way of your precepts,
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  Speaker 1: that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds. My soul
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  Speaker 1: is weary with sorrow. Strengthen me according to your word.
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  Speaker 1: Keep me from deceitful ways. Be gracious to me, and
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  Speaker 1: teach me your law. I have chosen the way of faithfulness.
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  Speaker 1: I have set my heart on your laws. I hold
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  Speaker 1: fast to your statutes. Lord, do not let me be
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  Speaker 1: put to shame. I run in the path of your commands,
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  Speaker 1: for you have broadened my understanding. Teach me, Lord, the
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  Speaker 1: way of your decrees, that I may follow it to
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  Speaker 1: the end. Give me understanding so that I may keep
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  Speaker 1: your law and obey it with all my heart. Direct
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  Speaker 1: me in the path of your commands, for there I
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  Speaker 1: find delight. Turn my heart toward your statutes and not
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  Speaker 1: toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things.
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  Speaker 1: Preserve my life according to your word. Fulfill your promise
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  Speaker 1: to your servant, so that you may be feared. Take
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  Speaker 1: away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.
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  Speaker 1: How I long for your precepts. In your righteousness, preserve
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  Speaker 1: my life. May your unfailing love come to me. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: Your salvation. According to your promise, then I can answer
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  Speaker 1: anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
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  Speaker 1: Never take your word of truth from my life my mouth.
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  Speaker 1: For I have put my hope in your laws. I
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  Speaker 1: will always obey your law forever and ever. I will
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  Speaker 1: walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
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  Speaker 1: I will speak of your statutes before kings, and will
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  Speaker 1: not be put to shame, for I delight in your
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  Speaker 1: commands because I love them. I reach out for your commands,
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  Speaker 1: which I love. That I may meditate on your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: Remember your word to your servant, for you have given
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  Speaker 1: me hope my comfort in my sufferings. Is this your
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  Speaker 1: promise preserves my life. I remember, Lord, your ancient laws,
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  Speaker 1: and I find comfort in them. In the night. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I remember your name that I may keep your law.
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  Speaker 1: This has been my practice. I obey your precepts. You
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  Speaker 1: are my Lord. I have promised to obey your words.
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  Speaker 1: I have sought your face with all my heart. Be
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  Speaker 1: gracious to me. According to your promise, I have considered
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  Speaker 1: my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.
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  Speaker 1: I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
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  Speaker 1: At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your
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  Speaker 1: righteous laws. I am a friend to all who fear you,
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  Speaker 1: to all who follow your precepts. The earth is filled
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  Speaker 1: with your love. Lord. Teach me your decrees. Do good
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  Speaker 1: to your servant according to your word. Lord, teach me
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  Speaker 1: knowledge and good judgment. For I trust to your commands.
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  Speaker 1: Before I was afflicted, I went astray. But now I
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  Speaker 1: obey your word. You are good, and what you do
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  Speaker 1: is good. Teach me your decrees. It was good for
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: The law from your mouth is more precious to me
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  Speaker 1: than thousands of pieces of silver and gold. Your hands
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  Speaker 1: made me and informed me. Give me understanding to learn
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  Speaker 1: your commands. May those who fear you rejoice when they
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  Speaker 1: see me, for I have put my hope in your word.
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: May your unfailing love be my comfort. According to your
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  Speaker 1: promise to your servant. Let your compassion come to me
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  Speaker 1: that I may live. For your law is my delight.
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  Speaker 1: May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me
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  Speaker 1: without cause, But I will meditate on your precepts. May
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  Speaker 1: those who fear you turn to me those who understand
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  Speaker 1: your statutes. May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees that I
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  Speaker 1: may not be put to shame. My soul faints with
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  Speaker 1: longing for your salvation. But I have put my hope
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  Speaker 1: in your word. My eyes fail looking for your promise,
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  Speaker 1: I say, when will you comfort me? Though I am
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  Speaker 1: like a wine skin in the smoke, I do not
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  Speaker 1: forget your decrees. In your unfailing love, preserve my life
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  Speaker 1: that I may obey the statutes of your mouth. Your word,
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  Speaker 1: Lord is eternal, It stands firm in the heavens. Your
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  Speaker 1: faithfulness continues through all generations. You established the earth, and
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  Speaker 1: it endures. Your laws endure to this day. For all
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  Speaker 1: things serve you. If your law had not been my delight,
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: I would have perished in my affliction. I will never
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  Speaker 1: forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
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  Speaker 1: Save me, for I am yours. I have sought out
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  Speaker 1: your precepts. The wicked are waiting to destroy me. But
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  Speaker 1: I will ponder your statutes to all perfection. I see
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  Speaker 1: a limit, but your commands are boundless. Oh how I
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: love your law. I meditate on it all day long.
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  Speaker 1: Your commands are always with me, and make me wiser
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  Speaker 1: than my enemies. I have more insight than all my teachers.
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  Speaker 1: For I meditate on your statutes. I have more understanding
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  Speaker 1: than the elders, for I obey your precepts. I have
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  Speaker 1: kept my feet from every evil path so that I
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: might obey your word. I have not departed from your laws,
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: for you yourself have taught me. How sweet are your
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  Speaker 1: words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth.
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  Speaker 1: I gain understanding from your precepts. Therefore I hate every
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  Speaker 1: wrong path. Your word is a lamp before my feet,
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  Speaker 1: a light on my path. I have taken an oath
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  Speaker 1: and confirmed it that I will follow your righteous laws.
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  Speaker 1: I have suffered much, preserve my life, Lord, according to
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: your word. Except Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,
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  Speaker 1: and teach me your laws. Though I constantly take my
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  Speaker 1: life in my hands, I will not forget your law.
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: The wicked have set a snare for me. But I
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: have not strayed from your precepts. Your statutes are my
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  Speaker 1: heritage forever. They are the joy of my heart. My
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  Speaker 1: heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.
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  Speaker 1: You are my refuge and my shield. I have put
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  Speaker 1: my hope in your word. Away from me, you evil doers,
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  Speaker 1: that I may keep the commands of my God. Sustain
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  Speaker 1: me my God according to your promise, and I will live.
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  Speaker 1: Do not let my hopes be dashed. Uphold me, and
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  Speaker 1: I will be delivered. I will always have regard for
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. My flesh trembles in fear of you. I
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  Speaker 1: stand in awe of your laws. I have done what
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  Speaker 1: is righteous and just. Do not leave me to my oppressors.
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  Speaker 1: Insure your servants well being. Do not let the arrogant
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  Speaker 1: oppress me. My eyes fail looking for your salvation, looking
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  Speaker 1: for your righteous promise. Deal with your according to your love,
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  Speaker 1: and teach me your decrees. I am your servant. Give
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  Speaker 1: me discernment that I may understand your statutes. It is
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  Speaker 1: time for you to act. Lord. Your law is being broken.
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  Speaker 1: Because I love your commands more than gold, more than
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  Speaker 1: pure gold, and because I consider all your precepts right,
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  Speaker 1: I hate every wrong path. Your statutes are wonderful. Therefore
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  Speaker 1: I obey them. The unfolding of your words gives light,
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  Speaker 1: It gives understanding to the simple. I open my mouth
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  Speaker 1: and pant, longing for your commands. Turn to me and
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  Speaker 1: have mercy on me, as you always do to those
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  Speaker 1: who love your name, direct my footsteps according to your word.
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  Speaker 1: Let no sin rule over me. Redeem me from human oppression,
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  Speaker 1: that I may obey your precepts. Make your face shine
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  Speaker 1: on your servant, and teach me your decrees. Streams of
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  Speaker 1: tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: You are righteous, Lord, and your laws are right. The
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  Speaker 1: statutes you have laid down are righteous. They are fully trustworthy.
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  Speaker 1: My zeal wears me out for my enemies ignore your words.
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  Speaker 1: Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
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  Speaker 1: Though I am lowly undespised, I do not forget your precepts.
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  Speaker 1: Your righteousness is everlasting, and your law is true. Trouble
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  Speaker 1: and distress have come upon me, but your commands give
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  Speaker 1: me delight. Your statutes are always righteous. Give me understanding
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  Speaker 1: that I may live. I call with all my heart.
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  Speaker 1: Answer me, Lord, and I will obey your decrees. I
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  Speaker 1: call out to you save me, and I will keep
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  Speaker 1: your statutes. I rise before dawn and cry for help.
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: I have put my hope in your word. My eyes
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: stay open through the watches of the night, that I
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  Speaker 1: may meditate on your promises. Hear my voice in accordance
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: with your love. Preserve my life, Lord, according to your laws.
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are
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  Speaker 1: far from your law. Yet you are near, Lord, and
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  Speaker 1: all your commandments are true. Long ago I learned from
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  Speaker 1: your statutes that you establish them to last forever. Look
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  Speaker 1: on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: forgotten your law. Defend my cause and redeem me. Preserve
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  Speaker 1: my life according to your promise. Salvation is far from
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  Speaker 1: the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: Your compassion, Lord is great. Preserve my life according to
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  Speaker 1: your laws. Many are the foes who persecute me. But
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  Speaker 1: I have not turned from your statutes. I look on
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  Speaker 1: the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
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  Speaker 1: See how I love your precepts. Preserve my life, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: in accordance with your love. All your words are true,
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  Speaker 1: all your righteous laws are eternal. I rejoice in your
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  Speaker 1: promise like one who finds great spoil. I hate and
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  Speaker 1: detest falsehood, but I love your law. Seven times a day,
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  Speaker 1: I praise you for your righteous laws. Great peace. Have
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  Speaker 1: those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
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  Speaker 1: I wait for your salvation, Lord, and I follow your commands.
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  Speaker 1: I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly. I
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  Speaker 1: obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways
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  Speaker 1: are known to you. May my cry come before you, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: give me understanding according to your word. May my supplication
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  Speaker 1: come before you deliver me according to your promise. May
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  Speaker 1: my lips overflow with praise for you teach me your decrees.
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: May my tongue sing of your word, for all your
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  Speaker 1: commands are righteous. May your hand be ready to help me,
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  Speaker 1: For I have chosen your precepts. I long for your salvation, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and your law gives me delight. Let me live that
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  Speaker 1: I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.
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  Speaker 1: I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant,
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  Speaker 1: for I have not forgotten your commands. Let me pray
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  Speaker 1: for you as we close. Dear Father, your word is
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: more precious to us than silver and gold. Your word
• 46:27
  Speaker 1: is priceless. Now I pray that this child of yours
• 46:31
  Speaker 1: will rest in the promises of your word. You promised
• 46:35
  Speaker 1: us peace, you promised us comfort, you promised us rest.
• 46:42
  Speaker 1: Give them a peaceful night's sleep. Help them to wake
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  Speaker 1: up refreshed and full of energy. Let them know that
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  Speaker 1: you are with them. It's in Jesus name that I pray. Amen.
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: The same God who walked with King Day and King Solomon,
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  Speaker 1: and who guided the Israelites is with you right now.
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: He's protecting you. He's watching over you. He's filling you
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: with his peace, his presence. He's guided you in the past,
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: and he will guide you in the future. You are
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: more precious to him than silver and gold. You are
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: part of the pinnacle of his creation. His word is
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: a lamp to your feet and a light to your
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: path rest in his promises. Let's listen again to this
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: sleep story about how precious God's word is. Let's begin
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: our story by taking a trip back in time nearly
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: three thousand years to ancient Jerusalem, to the land of
• 47:55
  Speaker 1: Joshua and David and Solomon, to a time when its
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  Speaker 1: walk to the land and people looked forward with anticipation
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: to a coming Messiah. For our story, we'll journey to
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: the temple to a time of worship on one of
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: the holiest of days, the Sabbath. It's a day of
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: rest and worship, and today thousands upon thousands of God's
• 48:21
  Speaker 1: people are walking under a cloudless sky to a massive
• 48:25
  Speaker 1: stone structure that King Solomon built to honor the One
• 48:29
  Speaker 1: True God, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: of Esther of Ruth and Naomi. As the sun begins
• 48:40
  Speaker 1: its descent behind the rugged hills of ancient Jerusalem, it
• 48:44
  Speaker 1: throws a golden hue upon the land, casting long shadows
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: that dance upon the ancient cobblestones. In the distance, the
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  Speaker 1: silhouette of Mount Zion looms, its slopes dotted with olive
• 48:58
  Speaker 1: trees and terraced vengeans, a testament to the fertility of
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  Speaker 1: the land. The air is thick with the fragrance of
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  Speaker 1: flowers from the nearby fields, as a warm breeze carries
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: the aroma of lilies and roses and daisies. As the
• 49:17
  Speaker 1: worshipers approached the temple, its towering walls rise before them,
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: a reminder of the reverence of the people for their God.
• 49:26
  Speaker 1: Hewn from massive blocks of stone, the temple stands as
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: a symbol of divine presence, its grandeur unmatched by any
• 49:35
  Speaker 1: other structure in the land. As I read Psalm one
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  Speaker 1: nineteen tonight, imagine God's people raising their voices to God,
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: lifting their hands to the sky, worshiping the God who
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  Speaker 1: saved them, who protected them, who guides their every path.
• 49:55
  Speaker 1: The God who watched over them is the same who
• 49:58
  Speaker 1: was watching over you. Now, let their words be your words.
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  Speaker 1: Let their prayer be your prayer. Rest in God's promises.
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: As I read Psalm one hundred nineteen, Blessed are those
• 50:15
  Speaker 1: whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: of the Lord. Blest are those who keep his statutes
• 50:23
  Speaker 1: and seek him with all their heart. They do no wrong,
• 50:27
  Speaker 1: but follow his ways. You have laid down precepts that
• 50:32
  Speaker 1: are to be fully obeyed. Oh that my ways were
• 50:35
  Speaker 1: steadfast in obeying your decrees, then I would not be
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: put to shame. When I consider all your commands, I
• 50:43
  Speaker 1: will praise you with an upright heart. As I learn
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: your righteous laws, I will obey your decrees. Do not
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: utterly forsake me. How can a young person stay on
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  Speaker 1: the path of purity by living according to your word?
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  Speaker 1: I seek you with all my heart. Do not let
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  Speaker 1: me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word
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  Speaker 1: in my heart that I might not sin against you.
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  Speaker 1: Praise be to you Lord. Teach me your decrees with
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  Speaker 1: my lips. I recount all the laws that come from
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  Speaker 1: your mouth. I rejoice in following your statutes, as one
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  Speaker 1: rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your precepts and
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  Speaker 1: consider your ways. I delight in your decrees. I will
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  Speaker 1: not neglect your word. Be good to your servant while
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  Speaker 1: I live, that I may obey your word. Open my
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  Speaker 1: eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
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  Speaker 1: I am a stranger on earth. Do not hide your
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  Speaker 1: commands from me. My soul is consumed with longing for
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  Speaker 1: your laws. At all times, you rebuke the arrogant who
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  Speaker 1: are accursed those who stray from your commands. Remove from
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  Speaker 1: me their scorn and contempt. For I keep your statutes.
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  Speaker 1: Though rulers sit together and slander me. Your servant will
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  Speaker 1: meditate on your decrees. Your statutes are my delight. They
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  Speaker 1: are my counselors. I am laid low in the dust.
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  Speaker 1: Preserve my life according to your word. I gave an
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  Speaker 1: account of my ways, and you answered me. Teach me
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. Cause me to understand the way of your precepts,
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  Speaker 1: that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds. My soul
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  Speaker 1: is weary with sorrow. Strengthen me according to your word.
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  Speaker 1: Keep me from deceitful ways. Be gracious to me and
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  Speaker 1: teach me your law. I have chosen the way of faithfulness.
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  Speaker 1: I have set my heart on your laws. I hold
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  Speaker 1: fast to your statutes. Lord, do not let me be
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  Speaker 1: put to shame. I run in the path of your commands,
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  Speaker 1: for you have broadened my understanding. Teach me, Lord, the
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  Speaker 1: way of your decrees, that I may follow it to
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  Speaker 1: the end. Give me understanding so that I may keep
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  Speaker 1: your law and obey it with all my heart. Direct
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  Speaker 1: me in the path of your commands, for there I
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  Speaker 1: find delight. Turn my heart toward your statutes and not
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  Speaker 1: toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things.
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  Speaker 1: Preserve my life according to your word. Fulfill your promise
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  Speaker 1: to your servant, so that you may be feared. Take
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  Speaker 1: away the disgrace I dread for you. Your laws are good.
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  Speaker 1: How I long for your precepts. In your righteousness, preserve
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  Speaker 1: my life. May your unfailing love come to me, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: your salvation. According to your promise. Then I can answer
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  Speaker 1: anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
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  Speaker 1: Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for
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  Speaker 1: I have put my hope in your laws. I will
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  Speaker 1: always obey your law forever and ever. I will walk
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  Speaker 1: about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
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  Speaker 1: I will speak of your statutes before kings, and will
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  Speaker 1: not be put to shame. For I delight in your
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  Speaker 1: commands because I love them. I reach out for your commands,
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  Speaker 1: which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: Remember your word to your servant, for you have given
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  Speaker 1: me hope my comfort in my sufferings. Is this your
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  Speaker 1: promise preserves my life. I remember, Lord, your ancient laws,
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  Speaker 1: and I find comfort in them. In the knight, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I remember your name that I may keep your law.
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  Speaker 1: This has been my practice. I obey your precepts. You
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  Speaker 1: are my portion. Lord. I have promised to obey your words.
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  Speaker 1: I have sought your face with all my heart. Be
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  Speaker 1: gracious to me. According to your promise. I have considered
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  Speaker 1: my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.
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  Speaker 1: I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
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  Speaker 1: At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your
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  Speaker 1: righteous laws. I am a friend to all who fear you,
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  Speaker 1: to all who follow your precepts. The earth is filled
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  Speaker 1: with your love. Lord. Teach me your decrees. Do good
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  Speaker 1: to your servant. According to your word, Lord, teach me
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  Speaker 1: knowledge and good judgment. For I trust to your commands.
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  Speaker 1: Before I was afflicted, I went astray. But now I
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  Speaker 1: obey your word. You are good, and what you do
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  Speaker 1: is good. Teach me your decrees. It was good for
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  Speaker 1: me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: The law from your mouth is more precious to me
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  Speaker 1: than thousands of pieces of silver and gold. Your hands
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  Speaker 1: made me informed me. Give me understanding to learn your commands.
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  Speaker 1: May those who fear you rejoice when they see me,
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  Speaker 1: for I have put my hope in your word. May
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  Speaker 1: your unfailing love be my comfort. According to your your
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  Speaker 1: promise to your servant, Let your compassion come to me
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  Speaker 1: that I may live. For your law is my delight.
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  Speaker 1: May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me
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  Speaker 1: without cause, But I will meditate on your precepts. May
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  Speaker 1: those who fear you turn to me those who understand
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  Speaker 1: your statutes. May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees, that I
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  Speaker 1: may not be put to shame. My soul faints with
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  Speaker 1: longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope
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  Speaker 1: in your word. My eyes fail looking for your promise,
• 57:41
  Speaker 1: I say, when will you comfort me? Though I am
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  Speaker 1: like a wine skin in the smoke, I do not
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  Speaker 1: forget your decrees. In your unfailing love, preserve my life
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  Speaker 1: that I may obey the statutes of your mouth. Your word,
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  Speaker 1: Lord is eternal, It stands firm in the heavens. Your
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  Speaker 1: faithfulness continues through all generations. You established the earth, and
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  Speaker 1: it endures. Your laws endure to this day. For all
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  Speaker 1: things serve you. If your law had not been my delight,
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  Speaker 1: I would have perished in my affliction. I will never
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  Speaker 1: forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
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  Speaker 1: Save me, for I am yours. I have sought out
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  Speaker 1: your precepts. The wicked are waiting to destroy me. But
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  Speaker 1: I will ponder your statutes to all perfection. I see
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  Speaker 1: a limit, but your commands are boundless. Oh how I
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  Speaker 1: love your law. I meditate on it all day long.
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  Speaker 1: Your commands are always with me, and make me wiser
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  Speaker 1: than my enemies. I have more insight than all my teachers,
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  Speaker 1: for I meditate on your statutes. I have more understanding
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  Speaker 1: than the elders. For I obey your precepts. I have
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  Speaker 1: kept my feet from every evil path so that I
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  Speaker 1: might obey your word. I have not departed from your laws,
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  Speaker 1: for you, yourself, have taught me. How sweet are your words
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  Speaker 1: to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth. I
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  Speaker 1: gain understanding from your precepts. Therefore I hate every wrong path.
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  Speaker 1: Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light
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  Speaker 1: on my path. I have taken an oath and confirmed
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  Speaker 1: it that I will follow your righteous laws. I have
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  Speaker 1: suffered much. Preserve my life, Lord, according to your word.
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  Speaker 1: Except Lord, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach
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  Speaker 1: me your laws. Though I constantly take my life in
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  Speaker 1: my hands, I will not forget your law. The wicked
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  Speaker 1: have set a snare for me. But I have not
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  Speaker 1: strayed from your precepts. Your statutes are my heritage forever.
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  Speaker 1: They are the joy of my heart. My heart is
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  Speaker 1: set on keeping your decrees to the very end. You
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  Speaker 1: are my refuge and my shield. I have put my
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  Speaker 1: hope in your word. Away from me, you evil doers,
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  Speaker 1: that I may keep the commands of my God. Sustain me,
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  Speaker 1: my God according to your promise, and I will live.
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  Speaker 1: Do not let my hopes be dashed. Uphold me, and
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  Speaker 1: I will be delivered. I will always have regard for
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. My flesh trembles in fear you. I stand
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  Speaker 1: in awe of your laws. I have done what is
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  Speaker 1: righteous and just. Do not leave me to my oppressors.
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  Speaker 1: Ensure your servants well being. Do not let the arrogant
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  Speaker 1: oppress me. My eyes fail looking for your salvation, looking
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  Speaker 1: for your righteous promise. Deal with your servant according to
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  Speaker 1: your love, and teach me your decrees. I am your servant.
• 1:01:30
  Speaker 1: Give me discernment that I may understand your statutes. It
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  Speaker 1: is time for you to act. Lord. Your law is
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  Speaker 1: being broken. Because I love your commands more than gold,
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  Speaker 1: more than pure gold, and because I consider all your
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  Speaker 1: precepts right, I hate every wrong path. Your statutes are wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore I obey them. The unfolding of your words gives light.
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  Speaker 1: It gives understanding to the simple. I open my mouth
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  Speaker 1: and pant, longing for your commands. Turn to me and
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  Speaker 1: have mercy on me, as you always do to those
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  Speaker 1: who love your name. Direct my footsteps according to your word.
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  Speaker 1: Let no sin rule over me. Redeem me from human oppression,
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  Speaker 1: that I may obey your precepts. Make your face shine
• 1:02:29
  Speaker 1: on your servant, and teach me your decrees. Streams of
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  Speaker 1: tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 1: You are righteous, Lord, and your laws are right. The
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  Speaker 1: statutes you have laid down are righteous. They are fully trustworthy.
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  Speaker 1: My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words.
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  Speaker 1: Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
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  Speaker 1: Though I am lowly undespised, I do not forget your precepts.
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  Speaker 1: Your righteousness is everlasting, and your law is true. Trouble
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  Speaker 1: and distress have come upon me, but your commands give
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  Speaker 1: me delight. Your statutes are always righteous. Give me understanding
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  Speaker 1: that I may live. I call with all my heart.
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  Speaker 1: Answer me, Lord, and I will obey your decrees. I
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  Speaker 1: call out to you, save me, and I will keep
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  Speaker 1: your statutes. I rise before dawn and cry for help.
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  Speaker 1: I have put my hope in your word. My eyes
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 1: stay open through the watches of the night, that I
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  Speaker 1: may meditate on your promises. Hear my voice in accordance
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  Speaker 1: with your love, preserve my life, Lord, According to your laws.
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  Speaker 1: Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are
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  Speaker 1: far from your law. Yet you are near, Lord, and
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  Speaker 1: all your commandments are true. Long ago I learned from
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  Speaker 1: your statutes that you establish them to last forever. Look
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  Speaker 1: on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not
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  Speaker 1: forgotten your law. Defend my cause and redeem me. Preserve
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  Speaker 1: my life according to your promise. Salvation is far from
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  Speaker 1: the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: Your compassion, Lord is great. Preserve my life according to
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  Speaker 1: your laws. Many are the foes who persecute me. But
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  Speaker 1: I have not turned from your statutes. I look on
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  Speaker 1: the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
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  Speaker 1: See how I love your precepts. Preserve my life, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: in accordance with your love. All your words are true,
• 1:05:07
  Speaker 1: all your righteous laws are eternal. I rejoice in your
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  Speaker 1: promise like one who finds great spoil. I hate and
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  Speaker 1: detest falsehood. But I love your law. Seven times a day.
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  Speaker 1: I praise you for your righteous laws. Great peace. Have
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  Speaker 1: those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
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  Speaker 1: I wait for your salvation, Lord, and I follow your commands.
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  Speaker 1: I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly. I
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  Speaker 1: obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways
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  Speaker 1: are known to you. May my cry come before you, Lord,
• 1:05:51
  Speaker 1: give me understanding according to your word. May my supplication
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 1: come before you deliver me according to your promise. May
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  Speaker 1: my lips overflow with praise for you teach me your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: May my tongue sing of your word, for all your
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  Speaker 1: commands are righteous. May your hand be ready to help me,
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  Speaker 1: For I have chosen your precepts. I long for your salvation, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and your law gives me delight. Let me live that
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  Speaker 1: I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.
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  Speaker 1: I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant,
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  Speaker 1: for I have not forgotten your commands. Let me pray
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  Speaker 1: for you as we close. Dear Father, your word is
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  Speaker 1: more precious to us than silver and gold. Your word
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  Speaker 1: is priceless. Now I pray that this child of yours
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  Speaker 1: will rest in the promises of your word. You promised
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  Speaker 1: us peace, you promised us comfort, You promised us rest.
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  Speaker 1: Give them a peaceful night's sleep. Help them to wake
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  Speaker 1: up refreshed and full of energy. Let them know that
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  Speaker 1: you are with them. It's in Jesus name that I pray. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: The same God who walked with King David and King Solomon,
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  Speaker 1: and who guided the Israelites is with you. Right now.
• 1:07:30
  Speaker 1: He's protecting you. He's watching over you, He's filling you
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  Speaker 1: with his peace, his presence. He's guided you in the past,
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  Speaker 1: and he will guide you in the future. You are
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  Speaker 1: more precious to Him than silver and gold. You are
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  Speaker 1: part of the pinnacle of his creation. His word is
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  Speaker 1: a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.
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  Speaker 1: Rest in his promises. Let's listen again to this sleep
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  Speaker 1: story about how precious God's word is. Let's begin our
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  Speaker 1: story by taking a trip back in time nearly three
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  Speaker 1: thousand years to ancient Jerusalem, to the land of Joshua
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  Speaker 1: and David and Solomon, to a time when prophets walked
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  Speaker 1: the land and people looked forward with anticipation to a
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  Speaker 1: coming Messiah. For our story, we'll journey to the Temple
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  Speaker 1: to a time of worship on one of the holiest
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  Speaker 1: of days, the Sabbath. It's a day of rest and worship,
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  Speaker 1: and to day, thousands upon thousands of God's people are
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  Speaker 1: walking under a cloudless sky to a massive stone structure
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  Speaker 1: that King Solomon built to honor that one True God,
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  Speaker 1: the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob of Esther
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  Speaker 1: of Ruth and Naomi. As the sun begins its descent
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  Speaker 1: behind the rugged hills of ancient Jerusalem. It throws a
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  Speaker 1: golden hue upon the land, casting long shadows that dance
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  Speaker 1: upon the ancient cobblestones. In the distance, the silhouette of
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  Speaker 1: Mount Zion looms, its slopes dotted with olive trees and
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  Speaker 1: terraced vineyards, a testament to the fertility of the land.
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  Speaker 1: The air is thick with the fragrance of flowers from
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  Speaker 1: the nearby fields, as a warm breeze carries the aroma
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  Speaker 1: of lilies and roses and daisies. As the worshippers approach
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  Speaker 1: the temple, its towering walls rise before them, a reminder
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  Speaker 1: of the reverence of the people for their God. Hewn
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  Speaker 1: from massive blocks of stone, the temple stands as a
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  Speaker 1: symbol of divine presence, its grandeur unmatched by any other
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  Speaker 1: struck sure in the land. As I read Psalm one
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  Speaker 1: nineteen tonight, imagine God's people raising their voices to God,
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  Speaker 1: lifting their hands to the sky, worshiping the God who
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  Speaker 1: saved them, who protected them, who guides their every path.
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  Speaker 1: The God who watched over them is the same who
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  Speaker 1: was watching over you. Now let their words be your words.
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  Speaker 1: Let their prayer be your prayer. Rest in God's promises.
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  Speaker 1: As I read Psalm one hundred nineteen, Blessed are those
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  Speaker 1: whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord. Blessed are those who keep his statutes
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  Speaker 1: and seek him with all their heart. They do no wrong,
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  Speaker 1: but follow his ways. You have laid down precepts that
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  Speaker 1: are to be fully obeyed. Oh that my ways were
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  Speaker 1: steady fast in obeying your decrees, then I would not
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  Speaker 1: be put to shame. When I consider all your commands,
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  Speaker 1: I will praise you with an upright heart. As I
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  Speaker 1: learn your righteous laws, I will obey your decrees. Do
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  Speaker 1: not utterly forsake me. How can a young person stay
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  Speaker 1: on the path of purity by living according to your word?
• 1:11:25
  Speaker 1: I seek you with all my heart. Do not let
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  Speaker 1: me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word
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  Speaker 1: in my heart that I might not sin against you.
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 1: Praise be to you Lord. Teach me your decrees with
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  Speaker 1: my lips. I recount all the laws that come from
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  Speaker 1: your mouth. I rejoice in following your statutes as one
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 1: rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your precepts and
• 1:11:54
  Speaker 1: consider your ways. I delight in your decrees. I will
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  Speaker 1: not neglect your word. Be good to your servant while
• 1:12:04
  Speaker 1: I live, that I may obey your word. Open my
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  Speaker 1: eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
• 1:12:13
  Speaker 1: I am a stranger on earth. Do not hide your
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  Speaker 1: commands from me. My soul is consumed with longing for
• 1:12:21
  Speaker 1: your laws. At all times, you rebuke the arrogant who
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  Speaker 1: are accursed those who stray from your commands. Remove from
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 1: me their scorn and contempt. For I keep your statutes.
• 1:12:38
  Speaker 1: Though rulers sit together and slander me. Your servant will
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  Speaker 1: meditate on your decrees. Your statutes are my delight. They
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  Speaker 1: are my counselors. I am laid low in the dust.
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 1: Preserve my life according to your word. I gave an
• 1:12:57
  Speaker 1: account of my ways, and you answered me. Teach me
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. Cause me to understand the way of your precepts,
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  Speaker 1: that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds. My soul
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  Speaker 1: is weary with sorrow. Strengthen me according to your word.
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  Speaker 1: Keep me from deceitful ways. Be gracious to me, and
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  Speaker 1: teach me your law. I have chosen the way of faithfulness.
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  Speaker 1: I have set my heart on your laws. I hold
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  Speaker 1: fast to your statutes. Lord, do not let me be
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  Speaker 1: put to shame. I run in the path of your commands,
• 1:13:39
  Speaker 1: for you have broadened my understanding. Teach me, Lord the
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  Speaker 1: way of your decrees, that I may follow it to
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  Speaker 1: the end. Give me understanding so that I may keep
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  Speaker 1: your law and obey it with all my heart. Direct
• 1:13:56
  Speaker 1: me in the path of your commands, for there I
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 1: find delight. Turn my heart toward your statutes and not
• 1:14:06
  Speaker 1: toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things.
• 1:14:12
  Speaker 1: Preserve my life according to your word. Fulfill your promise
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  Speaker 1: to your servant, so that you may be feared. Take
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  Speaker 1: away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.
• 1:14:26
  Speaker 1: How I long for your precepts. In your righteousness, preserve
• 1:14:31
  Speaker 1: my life. May your unfailing love come to me, Lord,
• 1:14:36
  Speaker 1: your salvation. According to your promise. Then I can answer
• 1:14:41
  Speaker 1: anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
• 1:14:46
  Speaker 1: Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for
• 1:14:49
  Speaker 1: I have put my hope in your laws. I will
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  Speaker 1: always obey your law forever and ever. I will walk
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  Speaker 1: about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
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  Speaker 1: I will speak of your statutes before kings, and will
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  Speaker 1: not be put to shame, for I delight in your
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  Speaker 1: commands because I love them. I reach out for your commands,
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  Speaker 1: which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: Remember your word to your servant, for you have given
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  Speaker 1: me hope, my comfort in my sufferings. Is this your
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  Speaker 1: promise preserves my life. I remember, Lord, your ancient laws,
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  Speaker 1: and I find comfort in them. In the night. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I remember your name that I may keep your law.
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  Speaker 1: This has been my practice. I obey your precepts. You
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  Speaker 1: are my portion. Lord. I have promised to obey your words.
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  Speaker 1: I have sought your face with all my heart. Be
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  Speaker 1: gracious to me. According to your promise. I have considered
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  Speaker 1: my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.
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  Speaker 1: I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
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  Speaker 1: At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your
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  Speaker 1: righteous laws. I am a friend to all who fear you,
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  Speaker 1: to all who follow your precepts. The earth is filled
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  Speaker 1: with your love. Lord. Teach me your decrees. Do good
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  Speaker 1: to your servant according to your word. Lord, teach me
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  Speaker 1: knowledge and good judgment. For I trust to your commands.
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  Speaker 1: Before I was afflicted, I went astray, But now I
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  Speaker 1: obey your word. You are good, and what you do
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  Speaker 1: is good. Teach me your decrees. It was good for
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  Speaker 1: me to be afflicted, so that I might learn your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: The law from your mouth is more wish is to
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  Speaker 1: me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold. Your
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  Speaker 1: hands made me informed me. Give me understanding to learn
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  Speaker 1: your commands. May those who fear you rejoice when they
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  Speaker 1: see me, for I have put my hope in your word.
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  Speaker 1: May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your
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  Speaker 1: promise to your servant. Let your compassion come to me
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  Speaker 1: that I may live. For your law is my delight.
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  Speaker 1: May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me
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  Speaker 1: without cause, But I will meditate on your precepts. May
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  Speaker 1: those who fear you turn to me those who understand
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  Speaker 1: your statutes. May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees, that I
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  Speaker 1: may not be put to shame. My sole feints with
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  Speaker 1: longing for your salvation. But I have put my hope
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  Speaker 1: in your word. My eyes fail looking for your promise,
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  Speaker 1: I say, when will you comfort me? Though I am
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  Speaker 1: like a wine skin in the smoke, I do not
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  Speaker 1: forget your decrees. In your unfailing love, preserve my life
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  Speaker 1: that I may obey the statutes of your mouth. Your word,
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  Speaker 1: Lord is eternal, It stands firm in the heavens. Your
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  Speaker 1: faithfulness continues through all generations. You established the earth, and
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  Speaker 1: it endures. Your laws endure to this day. For all
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  Speaker 1: things serve you. If your law had not been my delight,
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  Speaker 1: I would have perished in my affliction. I will never
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  Speaker 1: forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
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  Speaker 1: Save me, for I am yours. I have sought out
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  Speaker 1: your precepts. The wicked are waiting to destroy me. But
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  Speaker 1: I will ponder your statutes to all perfection. I see
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  Speaker 1: a limit, but your commands are boundless. Oh how I
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  Speaker 1: love your law. I meditate on it all day long.
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  Speaker 1: Your commands are always with me, and make me wiser
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  Speaker 1: than my enemies. I have more insight than all my teachers,
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  Speaker 1: for I meditate on your statutes. I have more understanding
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  Speaker 1: than the elders. For I obey your precepts. I have
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  Speaker 1: kept my feet from every evil path so that I
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  Speaker 1: might obey your word. I have not departed from your laws,
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  Speaker 1: for you yourself have taught me. How sweet are your
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  Speaker 1: words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth?
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  Speaker 1: I gain understanding from your precepts. Therefore I hate every
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  Speaker 1: wrong path. Your word is a lamp before my feet,
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  Speaker 1: a light on my path. I have taken an oath
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  Speaker 1: and confirmed it that I will follow your righteous laws.
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  Speaker 1: I have suffered much. Preserve my life, Lord, according to
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  Speaker 1: your word. Except Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,
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  Speaker 1: and teach me your laws. Though I constantly take my
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  Speaker 1: life in my hands, I will not forget your law.
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  Speaker 1: The wicked have set a snare for me. But I
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  Speaker 1: have not strayed from your precepts. Your statutes are my
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  Speaker 1: heritage forever. They are the joy of my heart. My
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  Speaker 1: heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.
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  Speaker 1: You are my refuge and my shield. I have put
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  Speaker 1: my hope in your word from me, you evil doers,
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  Speaker 1: that I may keep the commands of my God. Sustain
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  Speaker 1: me my God according to your promise, and I will live.
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  Speaker 1: Do not let my hopes be dashed. Uphold me, and
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  Speaker 1: I will be delivered. I will always have regard for
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. My flesh trembles in fear of you. I
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  Speaker 1: stand in awe of your laws. I have done what
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  Speaker 1: is righteous and just. Do not leave me to my oppressors.
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  Speaker 1: Insure your servants well being. Do not let the arrogant
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  Speaker 1: oppress me. My eyes fail looking for your salvation, looking
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  Speaker 1: for your righteous promise. Deal with your servant according to
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  Speaker 1: your love, and teach me your decrees. I am your servant.
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  Speaker 1: Give me discernment that I may understand your statutes. It
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  Speaker 1: is time for you to act. Lord. Your law is
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  Speaker 1: being broken. Because I love your commands more than gold,
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  Speaker 1: more than pure gold, and because I consider all your
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  Speaker 1: precepts right, I hate every wrong path. Your statutes are wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore I obey them. The unfolding of your words gives light.
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  Speaker 1: It gives understanding. To the simple. I open my mouth
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  Speaker 1: and pant, longing for your commands. Turn to me and
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  Speaker 1: have mercy on me, as you always do to those
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  Speaker 1: who love your name. Direct my footsteps according to your word.
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  Speaker 1: Let no sin rule over me. Redeem me from human
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  Speaker 1: oppression that I may obey your precepts. Make your face
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  Speaker 1: shine on your servant, and teach me your decrees. Streams
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  Speaker 1: of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is
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  Speaker 1: not obeyed. You are righteous, Lord, and your laws are right.
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  Speaker 1: The statutes you have laid down are righteous. They are
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  Speaker 1: fully trustworthy. My zeal wears me out. For my enemies
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  Speaker 1: ignore your words. Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and
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  Speaker 1: your servant loves them. Though I am lowly undespised, I
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  Speaker 1: do not forget your precepts. Your righteousness is everlasting, and
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  Speaker 1: your law is true. Trouble and distress have come upon me,
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  Speaker 1: but your commands give me delight. Your statutes are always righteous.
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  Speaker 1: Give me understanding that I may live. I call with
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  Speaker 1: all my heart. Answer me, Lord, and I will obey
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. I call out to you, save me, and
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  Speaker 1: I will keep your statutes. I rise before dawn and
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  Speaker 1: cry for help. I have put my hope in your word.
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  Speaker 1: My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,
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  Speaker 1: that I may meditate on your promises. Hear my voice
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  Speaker 1: in accordance with your love. Preserve my life, Lord, According
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  Speaker 1: to your laws. Those who devise wicked schemes are near,
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  Speaker 1: but they are far from your law. Yet you are near, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and all your commandments are true. Long ago I learned
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  Speaker 1: from your statutes that you establish them to last forever.
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  Speaker 1: Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have
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  Speaker 1: not forgotten your law. Defend my cause and redeem me
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  Speaker 1: preserve my life according to your promise. Salvation is far
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  Speaker 1: from the wicked, for they do not se seek out
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. Your compassion, Lord is great. Preserve my life
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  Speaker 1: according to your laws. Many are the foes who persecute me.
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  Speaker 1: But I have not turned from your statutes. I look
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  Speaker 1: on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey
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  Speaker 1: your word. See how I love your precepts. Preserve my life, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: in accordance with your love. All your words are true,
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  Speaker 1: all your righteous laws are eternal. I rejoice in your
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  Speaker 1: promise like one who finds great spoil. I hate and
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  Speaker 1: detest falsehood, but I love your law. Seven times a day.
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  Speaker 1: I praise you for your righteous laws. Great peace. Have
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  Speaker 1: those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
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  Speaker 1: I wait for your salvation, Lord, and I follow your
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  Speaker 1: I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly. I
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  Speaker 1: obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways
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  Speaker 1: are known to you. May my cry come before you, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: give me understanding according to your word. May my supplication
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  Speaker 1: come before you deliver me according to your promise. May
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  Speaker 1: my lips overflow with praise for you teach me your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: May my tongue sing of your word. For all your
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  Speaker 1: commands are righteous. May your hand be ready to help me,
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  Speaker 1: for I have chosen your precepts. I long for your salvation, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and your law gives me delight. Let me live that
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  Speaker 1: I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.
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  Speaker 1: I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant,
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  Speaker 1: for I have not forgotten your commands. Let me pray
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  Speaker 1: for you as we close. Dear Father, your word is
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  Speaker 1: more precious to us than silver and gold. Your word
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  Speaker 1: is priceless. Now I pray that this child of yours
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  Speaker 1: will rest in the promises of your word. You promised
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  Speaker 1: us peace, you promised us comfort, You promised us rest.