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Good morning. Please turn to Psalm 73. Psalm 73. I've been really enjoying the time we've been in the Psalms.
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! It's kind of a where will we be this week type of deal. And so if you guessed Psalm 73, you would be correct.
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So I encourage you to guess what next week is. I have no idea. But I chose this, a bit of a challenge.
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I think Nathan threw out some Psalms and I was like, yes, sure, I'll do it.
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So, and I, it's a joy to come up here and tell you to please turn with me into the Psalms.
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So turn there, but we're actually not going to read it at first thing. That's like a preaching 101 I'm going to break.
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So, hold your thumb or bookmark there and turn to Psalm 1. So Psalm 1. And it will become obvious in a bit why.
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So Psalm 1. This is, Psalm 1.1 is really, it sets up the entire Psalter.
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And what it says in this one verse repeats, expands over and over and over.
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And so, if you're there, read with me Psalm 1.1.
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Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.
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So, here we have a bit of a, it's a pattern for the rest of the Psalms.
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So you have, here you have blessed is the man, you have wicked.
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And so you have these two characters that are personified throughout the Psalms.
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And these can be done with like the wise road, the wicked road.
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And here in Psalm 73, we get an expansion of that.
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So I want you to have that in the back of your mind as we read this text.
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This is generally this theme of Psalm 73.
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And here, here it is.
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If you're going to write something, it's underlined here, so it's important.
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So, what happens when the wicked seem to be wise and the blessed foolish?
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That is what this Psalm is about.
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This Psalm is just trying, is wrestling with, he knows Psalm 1.1.
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But, when he looks out in the world, he sees something different.
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And he's struggling with that.
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So, have all that in your mind.
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So, now, with all that background, let's read Psalm 73.
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A Psalm of Asaph.
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Truly, God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
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But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled.
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My steps had nearly slipped.
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For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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For they have no pangs until death.
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Their bodies are fat and sleek.
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They are not in trouble as others are.
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They are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
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Therefore, pride is their necklace.
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Violence covers them as a garment.
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Their eyes swell out through fatness.
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Their hearts overflow with follies.
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They scoff and speak with malice.
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Loftily, they threaten oppression.
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They set their mouths against the heavens.
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And their tongue struts through the earth.
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Therefore, his people turn back to them and find no fault in them.
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And they say, how can God know?
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Is there knowledge in the Most High?
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Behold, these are the wicked.
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Always at ease.
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They increase in riches.
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All in vain have I kept my heart clean.
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And washed my hands in innocence.
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For all the day long I have been stricken.
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And rebuked every morning.
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If I had said, I will speak thus.
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I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
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But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task.
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Until I went into the sanctuary of God.
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Then I discerned their end.
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Truly, you sent them in slippery places.
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They make them fall to ruin.
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How they are destroyed in a moment.
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Swept away utterly by terrors.
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Like a dream when one awakes.
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Oh Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
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When my soul was embittered.
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When I was pricked in heart.
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I was brutish and ignorant.
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I was like a beast towards you.
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Nevertheless,
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Nevertheless, I am continually with you.
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You hold my right hand.
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You guide me with your counsel.
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And afterwards, you will receive me to glory.
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Whom have I in heaven but you?
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And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
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My flesh and my heart may fail.
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But God is the strength of my heart.
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And my portion forever.
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For behold, those who are far from you shall perish.
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You put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
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But for me, it is good to be near God.
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I have made the Lord God my refuge.
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That I may tell of all your works.
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Pray with me.
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Father, we thank you that you have given us this time today.
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This place.
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In this word.
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We thank you that you have given us this word.
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And we pray that you would help us with all the many distractions.
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That we may be distracted with.
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Whether it is tomorrow morning.
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Or our children.
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We would take those things to you in prayer.
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And to have a time that is focused on your word.
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To have eyes to see.
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Ears to hear.
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And a heart to understand.
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What you have given us this morning.
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Amen.
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So.
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I almost want to stop there.
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And say that's it.
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I'm not.
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Because you know.
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That's not preaching I guess.
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So.
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The structure is all about.
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The structure is very important.
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So I'm just going to say almost the same thing over and over.
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Because the text preaches.
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And so.
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There are.
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Two bookends.
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The beginning and the end.
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And within these bookends.
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There are three books.
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Alright.
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These three books.
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Are three points.
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Are three divisions.
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So.
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The bookend.
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Is.
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Verse two.
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One.
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And then the second.
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Last bookend.
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Comes.
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Verse twenty-eight.
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The last verse.
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And says.
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But as for me.
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My feet had almost stumbled.
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My steps have nearly slipped.
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Verse twenty-eight.
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At the very end.
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But for me.
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It is good.
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To be near God.
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I have made the Lord God my refuge.
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That I may tell of all.
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Their works.
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We're going to spend some time.
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Looking.
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Considering.
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Time.
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In this.
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To see how.
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Asaph.
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Went from.
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Nearly slipped.
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Nearly slipped.
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Nearly stumbled.
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To.
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But as for me.
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It is good to be near God.
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That's what we'll be considering today.
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And within those two.
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But as for me's.
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There are.
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Three truly's.
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Or surely's.
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So.
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If you are astute.
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You probably only have two.
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But.
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Here's a.
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Little weird thing about translation.
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And.
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There's.
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In the.
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The second.
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Truly.
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Truly.
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Is not translated.
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Usually.
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So.
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In my.
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Is.
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Is.
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Is.
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Is.
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There's no.
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Truly.
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But.
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If you are.
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A person.
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Who writes.
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In your.
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Bible.
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You can.
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Totally.
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Put.
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Truly.
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Truly.
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Or.
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Surely.
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It's up to you.
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In verse.
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The beginning.
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Of.
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Verse.
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13.
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All in vain.
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Have I.
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It's truly.
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All in vain.
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I have kept my heart clean.
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So.
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God.
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Just so you know.
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So.
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The first.
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Truly.
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Comes in.
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Verse.
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One.
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Truly.
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God.
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Is good.
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To Israel.
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To those.
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Who are pure in heart.
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That's the first.
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Second.
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Comes in.
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Like I said.
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In 13.
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Truly.
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In all.
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All in vain.
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Have I kept my heart clean.
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And wash my hands.
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In innocence.
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And then the last.
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Is.
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Verse.
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18.
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Truly.
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You.
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Truly.
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You set them.
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In slippery places.
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You make them.
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Fall.
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To ruin.
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So.
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Verse.
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One.
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13.
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And 18.
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Are the beginnings.
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Of the three sections.
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We'll be talking about.
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So.
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The first.
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Truly.
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Comes in.
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It's.
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The problem.
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We can.
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Summarize that.
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Saying.
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The problem.
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Second.
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In verse.
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Beginning.
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In verse.
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13.
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Is.
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The struggle.
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And.
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Beginning.
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Of.
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Verse.
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18.
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Throughout.
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The rest.
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Of the psalm.
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It's.
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The solution.
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So.
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The problem.
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The struggle.
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And.
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The solution.
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We cannot.
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Understand.
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The solution.
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Without.
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Going through.
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What is the problem.
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What is the struggle.
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Before we get to.
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What is the solution.
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And.
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This.
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Psalm.
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Is.
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A bit.
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Like.
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It is.
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The Christian life.
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So.
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As we spend time in here.
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In this text.
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Just think.
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This is.
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Our problem.
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This is.
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Our struggle.
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And we have.
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A solution.
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So.
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First.
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First.
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First.
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The first verse.
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Is.
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More of an affirmation.
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Read with me.
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Truly.
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God is good.
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Is good.
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To Israel.
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To those.
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Who are pure.
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In heart.
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You know.
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Anything about the psalm.
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You've heard this already.
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Over and over.
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But this affirmation.
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Become.
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It's.
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Almost like an intellectual.
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I know this.
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But.
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He will be working out.
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The.
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Real life.
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Problem.
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Struggle.
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And the solution.
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He will be reminded of.
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Knowing.
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This intellectual.
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Affirmation.
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That God.
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Is.
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Good.
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Truly.
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God.
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Is good.
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To Israel.
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To those.
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Who are.
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Pure.
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In heart.
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Because at the very end.
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The last.
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Two verses.
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Is more of a.
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Confession.
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There's an affirmation.
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Which is important.
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But there's also faith.
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And there's.
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Confession.
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You see that end.
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So you see these.
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Parallels.
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Throughout the whole psalm.
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So verse two.
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But as for me.
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Our first bookend.
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My feet.
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Had almost.
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Stumbled.
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My steps.
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Had nearly.
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Slipped.
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So.
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There's a problem.
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For I was envious.
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Of the arrogant.
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When I saw.
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The prosperity.
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Of.
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The wicked.
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Now.
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You've seen.
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This before.
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In Psalms.
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But.
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If.
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The question he asks.
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Is why do.
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The wicked.
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Prosper.
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Why do.
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The wicked.
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Prosper.
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And if.
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You've asked this.
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Looking out in the world.
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The same question.
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You are in good company.
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Because.
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Job.
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Solomon.
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And.
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Jeremiah.
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Have all asked.
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The same question.
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So.
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In Job.
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Flip with me.
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If you want.
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To Job.
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Chapter 21.
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Job.
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Chapter 21.
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Verse 7.
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Job.
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This is just.
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Many.
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References.
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To Job.
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So if you.
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If your bible.
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Has cross references.
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Like in the margin.
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Or at the end of the page.
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You will see.
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Job.
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Job.
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Job.
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Job.
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Over.
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And over.
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For good reason.
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Because this theme.
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Of Psalm 73.
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Is.
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Very much.
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Jobish.
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If you will.
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So.
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Chapter 21.
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Verse 7.
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In Job.
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Job says.
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Why do the wicked live.
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Reach old age.
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And grow mighty.
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In power.
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This one question.
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He repeats.
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Differently.
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Over and over and over.
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And then.
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If you turn.
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To.
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Psalm.
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Psalm 37.
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Psalm 37.
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Verse 7.
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David.
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Writes.
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Be still.
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Before the Lord.
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And wait patiently.
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For him.
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Fret.
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Not.
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Yourself.
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Over the one.
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Who.
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Prospers.
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In his way.
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Over the man.
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Who carries out.
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Evil devices.
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You see this.
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And then.
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Last place.
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Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah.
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Chapter 12.
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Verse 1.
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And Jeremiah says.
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Righteous are you.
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O Lord.
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When I complain.
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To you.
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Yet.
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I would plead.
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My case.
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Before you.
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Why does the way.
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Of the wicked.
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Prosper.
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Why do all.
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Who are treacherous.
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Thrive.
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So you see.
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This is a.
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Prevalent.
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Theme.
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In scripture.
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Why do.
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The prosper.
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Or.
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Why do the wicked.
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Seemingly.
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Prosper.
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That is the problem.
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He'll flesh that out.
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In the coming verses.
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So.
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Verse 4.
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Chapter 73.
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Psalm.
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For they have no pangs.
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Until death.
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Their bodies are fat.
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And sleek.
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This is the wicked.
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They are not in trouble.
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As others are.
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They are not stricken.
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Like the rest.
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Of mankind.
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Therefore.
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Pride.
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Is their necklace.
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Violence.
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Covers them.
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As a garment.
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Their eyes.
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Swell out.
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Through fatness.
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Their hearts.
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Overflow.
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With follies.
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They scoff.
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And speak.
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With malice.
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Loftily.
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They threaten.
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Oppression.
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They set their mouths.
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Against the heavens.
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And their tongue.
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Struts.
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Through the earth.
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Therefore.
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His people.
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Turn back to them.
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And find.
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No fault in them.
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And they say.
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How can God know.
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Is their knowledge.
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In the most high.
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Behold.
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These are the wicked.
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Always at ease.
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They increase.
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In riches.
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That is the problem.
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Why do.
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The wicked.
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Seemingly.
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Prosper.
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In this world.
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So.
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There are.
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Things that he thinks.
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That he sees.
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He's looking out.
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In the world.
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And he's seeing.
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That the wicked.
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Get.
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Escape.
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God's judgment.
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On.
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These things.
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They are.
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They seem to be.
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Free.
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From.
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Several different things.
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So.
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Verse four.
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They seem to be.
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Free.
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Free.
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From.
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Pain.
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Verse five.
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They seem to be.
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Free.
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From.
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Trouble.
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In verse.
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Six.
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They.
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Seem to be.
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Free.
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Free.
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From.
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Humility.
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And.
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Notice.
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Their pride.
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And violence.
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It is not secret.
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It is visible.
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To all.
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They do not.
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Hide.
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Their wickedness.
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Verse eight.
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They seem to be.
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From.
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Free.
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From.
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Judgment.
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Nine.
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They seem to be.
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Free.
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From.
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Discipline.
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Free.
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From.
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Discipline.
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All the kids.
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Perked up.
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When I said that.
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Verse 10.
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Free.
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From.
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The fear.
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Of.
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God.
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These are the wicked.
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They seem to be.
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Free.
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From.
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Judgment.
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Of.
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The Lord.
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And.
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In the eyes.
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Of.
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This psalmist.
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This is injustice.
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So this is the problem.
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Why do.
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The.
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Wicked.
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Seem.
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To be free.
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From.
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God's judgment.
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And seem.
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To prosper.
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So.
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Second.
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Let's go into the struggle.
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Let's move towards.
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The solution.
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Like I said.
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We cannot.
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Understand.
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The last.
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Of the psalm.
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Before we.
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Understand.
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The beginning.
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And the middle.
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So the struggle.
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Is from.
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Verse.
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13.
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Through 17.
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So.
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All in vain.
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Have I kept.
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My heart clean.
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Back to.
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Verse.
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Verse 1.
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And washed.
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My hands.
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In innocence.
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For all the day.
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Long.
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I have been.
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Stricken.
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Again.
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Back to verse 5.
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And rebuked.
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Every morning.
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And here's the turning point.
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Verse 15.
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Is the turning point.
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If I had said.
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I will speak.
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Thus.
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I would have betrayed.
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The generation.
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Of your children.
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But.
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When I thought.
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How to understand this.
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It seemed.
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To me.
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A wearisome.
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Task.
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Until I went.
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Into the sanctuary.
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Of God.
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Then.
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Then.
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I discerned.
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Their end.
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So here.
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What is the struggle?
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The struggle.
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Is knowing God's word.
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The psalm.
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The psalmist.
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Knowing God's word.
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But also seeing.
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The current state.
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Of the wicked.
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He's wrestling.
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With how this.
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This tension.
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That he feels.
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Knowing.
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That.
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Truly.
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God is good.
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To Israel.
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To those.
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Who are pure.
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In heart.
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But.
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What is this good?
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If.
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In this world.
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The wicked.
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Seem to prosper.
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In verse 16.
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And 17.
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We'll.
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Spend a few minutes.
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There.
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But when I thought.
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How to understand this.
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It seemed to me.
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A wearisome.
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Task.
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Wearisome task.
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Think about.
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Where have you.
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Where you have.
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Seen that.
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Trouble.
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Is this.
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Wearisome.
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Trouble.
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Ecclesiastes.
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That's almost.
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The entire book.
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He's.
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Fleshing this.
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Struggle out.
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Maybe that's why.
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It's.
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So.
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So good.
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To read.
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But it's also.
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A struggle to read.
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That book.
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Because he's.
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Struggling so much.
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And he's being.
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Very honest.
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About this struggle.
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Right here.
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Ecclesiastes.
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And here.
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17.
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Until I went.
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Into the sanctuary.
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Of God.
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We could put.
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Holy places.
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For sanctuary.
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Then.
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I discerned.
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Their end.
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Now we don't know.
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What holy places.
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Or what specifically.
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He means.
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By sanctuary.
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Maybe he means.
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The temple.
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And maybe.
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He's.
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Walking into the temple.
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And the temple.
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Has been.
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If you know your old testament.
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It is.
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Modeled after.
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The cosmos.
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The universe.
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And he's seeing.
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All these symbols.
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And he's.
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Being reminded.
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Of.
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God.
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Is the creator.
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He is the creation.
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The psalmist.
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And being.
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Humbled.
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That.
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God.
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Is the creator.
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Of all things.
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Maybe.
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I like to think so.
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So.
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Here's the turning point.
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And finally.
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Welcome to.
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The solution.
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So.
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The solution.
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Let's read.
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18.
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Through the rest.
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Truly.
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You set them.
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The wicked.
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In.
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Slippery.
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Places.
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Back to verse 2.
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You make them.
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Fall to ruin.
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How they are destroyed.
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In a moment.
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Remember in verse 2.
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He said.
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Almost slipped.
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But now.
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The wicked.
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Are destroyed.
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In a moment.
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Swept away.
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Utterly.
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By terrors.
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Like a dream.
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When one awakes.
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Oh Lord.
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When you rouse yourself.
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You despise them.
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As.
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Phantoms.
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When my soul.
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Was embittered.
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When I was pricked in heart.
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I was brutish.
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And arrogant.
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I was like a beast.
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Towards you.
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Nevertheless.
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I am continually.
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With you.
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You hold.
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My right hand.
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You guide me.
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With your counsel.
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Remember.
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Psalm 1.
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You guide me.
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With your counsel.
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And afterwards.
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You will receive me.
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To glory.
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Whom have I.
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In heaven.
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But you.
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And there is nothing.
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On earth.
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That I desire.
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Besides you.
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My flesh.
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And my heart.
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May fail.
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Or be spent.
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But God.
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Is the strength.
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Or rock.
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Of my.
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Heart.
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And my portion.
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Forever.
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Forever.
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For behold.
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Those who are far.
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From you.
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Shall perish.
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But you.
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Put.
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An end.
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To everyone.
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Who is unfaithful.
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To you.
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And here comes.
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That confession.
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You mentioned earlier.
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But for me.
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It is good.
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To be near God.
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As compared to.
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Just.
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The previous verse.
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For behold.
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Those who are far.
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From you.
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Shall perish.
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But.
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In 28.
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But for me.
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It is good.
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To be near God.
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I have made.
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The Lord God.
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My refuge.
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That I may tell.
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Or recount.
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Of all.
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Your works.
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The solution.
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The long.
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Definition.
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Of what the solution.
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Is.
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That we just read.
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Is that.
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God is God.
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And he will accomplish.
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What he.
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Has promised.
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Again.
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If you have read Job.
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You have already.
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Seen this.
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In this small psalm.
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He.
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Summarizes.
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Job's.
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Struggle.
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And God's answer.
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What does God say.
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In the end of Job.
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I am the creator.
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And you are the creation.
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Who are you.
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For I am God.
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So.
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God is God.
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And he will accomplish.
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What he has promised.
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No matter what you may see.
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In this life.
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Because.
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The justice.
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And judgment of God.
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Will come.
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Because he has promised.
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So the short answer.
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If you want a short answer.
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Short answer.
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To what the solution is.
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Is God's presence.
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God's presence.
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Is the solution.
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For.
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Seeing.
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A wicked world.
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That may seem.
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To be prospering.
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Where.
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The blessed man.
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Pure in heart.
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Does not seem to prosper.
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But there is an.
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An end.
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An eschological.
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Prospering.
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For us.
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Who are in pure in heart.
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Not on our own works.
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But.
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Purely.
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Because God's presence.
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And.
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Grace.
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So.
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Is.
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God.
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Your strength.
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Is God.
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Your rock.
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Is he.
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Your portion.
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Forever.
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No matter.
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How.
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What's going on.
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In the moment.
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This day.
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This week.
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This year.
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Is he.
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Your rock.
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Is he.
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Your strength.
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Is he.
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Your portion.
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Is it.
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Is it.
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Good.
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For you.
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To be.
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Near God.
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In the mornings.
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Whenever you open.
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Scripture.
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Is.
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It.
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Good.
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To be.
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In the scriptures.
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Is.
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God.
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Your refuge.
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Have you.
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Made.
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The Lord.
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God.
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Your refuge.
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So.
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Much.
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So.
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That you.
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Cannot help.
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But tell.
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Or recount.
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Of all.
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He has done.
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If you have said.
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Yes.
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Praise the Lord.
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If you had said.
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No.
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Pray.
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To the Lord.
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To.
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Convert.
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Your heart.
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From.
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Being wicked.
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To being.
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Blessed.
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Only through.
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Christ.
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And what he has done.
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Through his son.
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Can you.
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Not be wicked.
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But be blessed.
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God.
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God.