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kept<00:14:59.539><c> on</c><00:14:59.879><c> going.</c><00:15:01.039><c> To</c><00:15:01.100><c> this</c><00:15:01.500><c> day,</c><00:15:03.100><c> I</c><00:15:03.480><c> declare</c><00:15:04.139><c> your</c><00:15:04.639><c> marvelous</c>

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silenced<00:15:23.960><c> his</c><00:15:24.399><c> testimony.</c><00:15:27.500><c> And</c><00:15:27.940><c> then</c><00:15:28.340><c> as</c><00:15:28.779><c> we</c><00:15:29.159><c> continue</c><00:15:29.500><c> on</c><00:15:29.779><c> in</c>

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that's<00:15:32.019><c> both</c><00:15:32.460><c> honest</c><00:15:33.080><c> and</c><00:15:33.600><c> I</c><00:15:33.720><c> think</c><00:15:34.100><c> deeply</c><00:15:34.759><c> personal.</c><00:15:36.639><c> Verse</c>

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18.<00:15:39.159><c> Even</c><00:15:39.759><c> when</c><00:15:40.200><c> I'm</c><00:15:40.580><c> old</c><00:15:41.039><c> and</c>

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gray,<00:15:42.610><c> do</c><00:15:43.110><c> not</c><00:15:43.409><c> forsake</c><00:15:44.049><c> me.</c><00:15:45.669><c> See,</c><00:15:46.190><c> this</c><00:15:46.470><c> isn't</c><00:15:46.830><c> a</c><00:15:47.190><c> denial</c><00:15:47.570><c> of</c>

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aging.<00:15:49.929><c> It's</c><00:15:50.230><c> just</c><00:15:50.429><c> the</c><00:15:50.710><c> opposite.</c>

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be<00:15:56.090><c> young</c><00:15:56.269><c> again.</c><00:15:58.850><c> He's</c>

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asking<00:15:59.590><c> that</c><00:15:59.850><c> God</c><00:16:00.169><c> would</c><00:16:00.529><c> remain</c><00:16:00.990><c> near.</c><00:16:03.370><c> And</c><00:16:03.570><c> he</c><00:16:03.669><c> asks</c><00:16:04.029><c> that</c>

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he<00:16:04.929><c> asked</c><00:16:05.230><c> God</c><00:16:05.490><c> to</c><00:16:05.809><c> remain</c><00:16:06.210><c> near</c><00:16:06.570><c> for</c>

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reason.<00:16:09.389><c> What's</c><00:16:09.990><c> the</c><00:16:10.149><c> reason?</c><00:16:11.409><c> Continuing</c><00:16:12.009><c> in</c><00:16:12.269><c> verse</c><00:16:12.509><c> 18.</c><00:16:14.350><c> So</c>

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forsake<00:16:33.429><c> me</c><00:16:33.610><c> so</c><00:16:33.809><c> that</c><00:16:33.929><c> I</c><00:16:33.990><c> have</c><00:16:34.250><c> time</c><00:16:34.730><c> to</c><00:16:35.049><c> declare</c><00:16:35.529><c> your</c><00:16:35.929><c> mighty</c>

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acts<00:16:36.529><c> to</c><00:16:36.730><c> the</c><00:16:36.889><c> next</c><00:16:37.129><c> generation.</c><00:16:38.889><c> See,</c><00:16:39.110><c> his</c><00:16:39.289><c> concern</c><00:16:39.769><c> isn't</c><00:16:40.110><c> simply</c>

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going<00:17:10.829><c> to</c><00:17:11.089><c> solve</c><00:17:11.390><c> every</c><00:17:11.730><c> question.</c><00:17:12.670><c> He</c><00:17:12.670><c> doesn't</c><00:17:13.450><c> say</c><00:17:13.690><c> he's</c><00:17:13.970><c> going</c><00:17:14.089><c> to</c>

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who<00:17:26.650><c> have</c><00:17:27.049><c> walked</c><00:17:27.450><c> with</c><00:17:27.769><c> God</c><00:17:28.250><c> the</c><00:17:28.730><c> longest</c><00:17:29.650><c> matters</c><00:17:30.630><c> so</c><00:17:31.289><c> much</c>

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endured.<00:17:43.450><c> Psalm</c><00:17:43.630><c> 71</c><00:17:44.109><c> reminds</c><00:17:44.730><c> us</c><00:17:45.029><c> that</c>

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righteousness,<00:18:03.769><c> God,</c><00:18:04.210><c> reaches</c><00:18:04.490><c> to</c><00:18:04.789><c> the</c>

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depths<00:18:19.670><c> of</c><00:18:19.930><c> the</c><00:18:20.130><c> earth,</c>

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hardship.<00:18:47.430><c> A</c><00:18:47.609><c> lifetime</c><00:18:47.990><c> with</c><00:18:48.829><c> God,</c><00:18:49.349><c> brothers</c><00:18:49.490><c> and</c><00:18:49.849><c> sisters,</c>

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will<00:18:50.730><c> still</c><00:18:51.309><c> include</c><00:18:51.890><c> loss.</c><00:19:01.509><c> It</c><00:19:02.349><c> will</c>

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Verse<00:19:04.309><c> 20</c><00:19:04.730><c> says</c><00:19:05.150><c> you</c><00:19:05.670><c> will</c><00:19:06.329><c> restore</c><00:19:07.170><c> my</c><00:19:07.690><c> life</c><00:19:07.990><c> again.</c><00:19:09.710><c> From</c><00:19:09.869><c> the</c><00:19:10.190><c> depths</c><00:19:10.450><c> of</c>

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faithfulness<00:19:42.809><c> is</c><00:19:43.089><c> not</c><00:19:43.410><c> temporary.</c><00:19:46.069><c> It</c><00:19:46.309><c> did</c><00:19:46.549><c> not</c><00:19:47.589><c> begin</c><00:19:48.150><c> late</c>

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been<00:19:53.789><c> present</c><00:19:54.130><c> from</c><00:19:54.410><c> the</c><00:19:54.529><c> very</c><00:19:55.130><c> beginning,</c><00:19:56.029><c> from</c><00:19:56.349><c> the</c><00:19:56.769><c> first</c>

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breath,<00:20:00.049><c> will</c><00:20:00.490><c> remain</c><00:20:00.990><c> faithful</c><00:20:01.750><c> to</c><00:20:02.750><c> the</c><00:20:03.009><c> last</c>

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breath<00:20:03.970><c> and</c><00:20:05.470><c> beyond.</c><00:20:07.390><c> Even</c><00:20:07.950><c> when</c><00:20:08.190><c> life</c><00:20:08.450><c> has</c><00:20:08.670><c> been</c><00:20:08.890><c> hard,</c><00:20:10.470><c> even</c>

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even<00:20:14.589><c> when</c><00:20:14.869><c> the</c><00:20:15.049><c> body</c><00:20:15.410><c> has</c><00:20:15.849><c> grown</c><00:20:16.089><c> weak.</c><00:20:17.849><c> Hope,</c><00:20:18.230><c> you</c><00:20:18.569><c> see,</c><00:20:20.069><c> hope</c><00:20:20.369><c> rests</c><00:20:20.789><c> not</c>

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in<00:20:21.809><c> circumstances.</c><00:20:23.910><c> The</c><00:20:24.309><c> psalmist's</c>

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hope<00:20:25.130><c> never</c><00:20:25.609><c> rested</c><00:20:26.009><c> in</c><00:20:26.390><c> strength</c><00:20:26.789><c> or</c><00:20:27.089><c> healing</c><00:20:27.410><c> or</c><00:20:27.789><c> understanding.</c><00:20:29.349><c> The</c><00:20:29.789><c> psalmist's</c><00:20:30.509><c> hope</c>

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rested<00:20:31.769><c> in</c><00:20:32.190><c> God.</c>

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many<00:20:46.329><c> and</c><00:20:46.990><c> bitter.</c><00:20:48.750><c> Jesus</c><00:20:49.170><c> knew</c><00:20:49.369><c> weakness,</c><00:20:50.890><c> rejection,</c><00:20:52.369><c> and</c>

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suffering.<00:20:54.369><c> And</c><00:20:54.730><c> like</c><00:20:54.950><c> the</c><00:20:55.269><c> psalmist,</c>

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he<00:20:56.230><c> entrusted</c><00:20:56.730><c> himself</c><00:20:57.430><c> completely</c><00:20:58.250><c> to</c><00:20:58.609><c> his</c><00:20:58.849><c> father.</c><00:21:00.789><c> God</c><00:21:01.069><c> did</c><00:21:01.309><c> not</c><00:21:01.589><c> spare</c><00:21:01.910><c> him</c><00:21:02.210><c> death,</c><00:21:03.170><c> but</c><00:21:03.950><c> he</c>

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did<00:21:04.490><c> restore</c>

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his<00:21:05.150><c> life</c><00:21:05.369><c> again.</c><00:21:06.369><c> And</c><00:21:06.769><c> because</c><00:21:07.150><c> of</c><00:21:07.390><c> that,</c><00:21:07.789><c> the</c><00:21:08.029><c> hope</c><00:21:08.529><c> that</c><00:21:09.170><c> we've</c><00:21:09.529><c> heard</c><00:21:09.710><c> in</c>

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Psalm<00:21:10.369><c> 71</c><00:21:11.089><c> is</c><00:21:11.809><c> not</c><00:21:12.670><c> uncertain.</c>

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It<00:21:14.690><c> is</c><00:21:15.009><c> sure.</c><00:21:16.609><c> And</c><00:21:16.789><c> so,</c><00:21:17.109><c> brothers</c><00:21:17.170><c> and</c><00:21:17.470><c> sisters,</c><00:21:17.829><c> as</c><00:21:18.029><c> we</c><00:21:18.289><c> take</c>

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this<00:21:18.710><c> bread</c><00:21:18.869><c> and</c><00:21:19.150><c> wine</c><00:21:19.390><c> this</c><00:21:19.750><c> morning,</c>

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we<00:21:20.309><c> do</c><00:21:20.569><c> so</c><00:21:21.210><c> with</c><00:21:21.789><c> a</c><00:21:22.049><c> hope</c><00:21:22.349><c> that</c><00:21:23.329><c> does</c><00:21:23.609><c> not</c><00:21:24.009><c> fade</c><00:21:24.329><c> with</c><00:21:24.650><c> age,</c><00:21:26.170><c> does</c><00:21:26.269><c> not</c>

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fail<00:21:27.029><c> in</c><00:21:27.289><c> weakness,</c>

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and<00:21:29.029><c> does</c><00:21:29.269><c> not</c><00:21:29.529><c> end</c><00:21:29.769><c> at</c><00:21:29.950><c> the</c><00:21:30.170><c> grave.</c><00:21:31.690><c> Our</c><00:21:32.029><c> hope</c><00:21:32.309><c> is</c><00:21:32.549><c> in</c><00:21:32.670><c> a</c><00:21:32.910><c> God</c>

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who<00:21:33.609><c> has</c><00:21:33.910><c> been</c><00:21:34.230><c> faithful</c><00:21:34.890><c> all</c><00:21:35.769><c> our</c><00:21:36.230><c> lives</c>

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and<00:21:38.210><c> who</c><00:21:38.410><c> will</c><00:21:38.609><c> be</c><00:21:38.869><c> faithful</c><00:21:39.210><c> still.</c>