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life<00:17:08.819><c> when</c><00:17:09.740><c> you</c><00:17:10.000><c> feel</c><00:17:10.220><c> that</c><00:17:10.519><c> way,</c><00:17:11.680><c> too.</c>

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And<00:17:16.759><c> despite</c><00:17:17.140><c> the</c><00:17:17.460><c> fact</c><00:17:17.700><c> that</c><00:17:18.000><c> David</c><00:17:18.319><c> here</c><00:17:18.779><c> is</c><00:17:19.579><c> praying</c><00:17:19.980><c> as</c><00:17:20.299><c> though</c><00:17:20.539><c> God</c><00:17:20.819><c> is</c>

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not<00:17:21.380><c> hearing</c><00:17:21.680><c> his</c><00:17:22.099><c> prayer,</c>

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and<00:17:27.240><c> has</c><00:17:27.660><c> responded</c><00:17:28.339><c> to</c><00:17:28.640><c> those</c><00:17:29.019><c> requests.</c>

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Verse<00:17:31.420><c> 3,</c><00:17:31.779><c> David</c><00:17:31.920><c> said,</c><00:17:32.539><c> Yet</c><00:17:32.779><c> you</c><00:17:33.079><c> are</c><00:17:33.480><c> enthroned</c><00:17:34.299><c> as</c><00:17:34.619><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:17:35.240><c> One.</c>

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So<00:17:50.400><c> he's</c><00:17:50.720><c> acknowledging</c><00:17:51.240><c> that</c><00:17:51.519><c> God</c><00:17:51.859><c> does</c><00:17:52.220><c> in</c><00:17:52.440><c> fact</c><00:17:52.640><c> hear</c><00:17:53.059><c> prayer,</c>

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does<00:17:54.099><c> in</c><00:17:54.359><c> fact</c><00:17:54.599><c> respond</c><00:17:55.400><c> to</c><00:17:55.619><c> the</c><00:17:55.920><c> prayerful</c><00:17:56.400><c> request.</c>

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And<00:17:57.880><c> then</c><00:17:58.019><c> he</c><00:17:58.180><c> says</c><00:17:58.539><c> in</c><00:17:59.059><c> verse</c><00:17:59.339><c> 6,</c><00:17:59.759><c> But</c><00:17:59.819><c> I'm</c><00:18:00.180><c> a</c><00:18:00.400><c> worm.</c>

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I<00:18:02.299><c> am</c><00:18:02.779><c> in</c><00:18:03.160><c> such</c><00:18:03.619><c> despair</c><00:18:04.440><c> and</c><00:18:04.859><c> in</c><00:18:05.259><c> such</c><00:18:05.799><c> distress</c><00:18:06.619><c> that</c><00:18:06.980><c> I</c><00:18:07.400><c> feel</c><00:18:08.160><c> inhumane.</c>

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I<00:18:10.339><c> feel</c><00:18:10.680><c> less</c><00:18:11.039><c> than</c><00:18:11.299><c> a</c><00:18:11.460><c> human.</c>

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I<00:18:11.960><c> feel</c><00:18:12.200><c> like</c><00:18:12.519><c> the</c><00:18:12.839><c> dregs</c><00:18:13.220><c> of</c><00:18:13.480><c> society.</c>

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I'm<00:18:16.619><c> not</c><00:18:16.799><c> a</c><00:18:17.039><c> man.</c>

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I'm<00:18:18.900><c> scorned</c><00:18:19.339><c> of</c><00:18:19.480><c> men.</c>

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I'm<00:18:20.200><c> despised</c><00:18:20.819><c> by</c><00:18:21.180><c> people.</c>

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And<00:18:21.799><c> they</c><00:18:22.019><c> mock</c><00:18:22.359><c> me</c><00:18:22.740><c> because</c><00:18:23.140><c> of</c><00:18:23.400><c> my</c><00:18:23.720><c> faith,</c><00:18:24.079><c> because</c><00:18:24.359><c> I</c><00:18:24.579><c> pray</c>

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to<00:18:25.099><c> you,</c>

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He<00:18:27.720><c> trusts</c><00:18:28.180><c> in</c><00:18:28.519><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Let<00:18:30.019><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:30.500><c> rescue</c><00:18:30.980><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:32.559><c> this</c><00:18:32.740><c> is</c><00:18:32.940><c> said</c><00:18:33.039><c> in</c><00:18:33.220><c> a</c><00:18:33.380><c> mocking</c><00:18:33.700><c> way</c><00:18:34.059><c> as</c><00:18:34.299><c> though,</c><00:18:34.819><c> yeah,</c><00:18:35.160><c> let's</c><00:18:35.460><c> see</c><00:18:35.680><c> if</c>

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that<00:18:36.019><c> ever</c><00:18:36.319><c> happens.</c>

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And<00:18:40.819><c> then</c><00:18:40.960><c> in</c><00:18:41.119><c> the</c><00:18:41.279><c> ninth</c><00:18:41.559><c> verse,</c><00:18:42.140><c> the</c><00:18:42.339><c> psalmist</c><00:18:42.819><c> continues</c>

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this<00:18:43.940><c> prayer.</c>

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And<00:18:46.500><c> he</c><00:18:46.799><c> acknowledges</c><00:18:47.440><c> that</c><00:18:48.180><c> while</c><00:18:49.059><c> he's</c><00:18:49.759><c> praying</c><00:18:50.200><c> day</c><00:18:50.640><c> and</c>

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night<00:18:51.019><c> and</c><00:18:51.220><c> while</c><00:18:51.480><c> it</c><00:18:51.799><c> seems</c><00:18:52.099><c> that</c><00:18:52.359><c> God</c><00:18:52.640><c> has</c><00:18:52.940><c> forsaken</c><00:18:53.480><c> him,</c>

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why,<00:18:54.720><c> why</c><00:18:55.279><c> God?</c>

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He<00:18:57.160><c> acknowledges</c><00:18:57.720><c> that</c><00:18:58.059><c> God</c><00:18:58.579><c> exists</c><00:18:59.559><c> and</c><00:19:00.779><c> that</c><00:19:01.000><c> God</c><00:19:01.240><c> was</c><00:19:01.460><c> actually</c><00:19:01.859><c> his</c><00:19:02.279><c> creator.</c>

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And<00:19:03.859><c> that</c><00:19:03.960><c> it's</c><00:19:04.200><c> God</c><00:19:04.579><c> who</c><00:19:05.039><c> sustains</c><00:19:05.579><c> his</c><00:19:05.839><c> life</c><00:19:06.059><c> even</c><00:19:06.420><c> in</c><00:19:06.619><c> these</c>

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difficult<00:19:07.359><c> times.</c>

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Verse<00:19:11.200><c> 9,</c><00:19:11.579><c> You</c><00:19:11.720><c> brought</c><00:19:12.039><c> me</c><00:19:12.240><c> out</c><00:19:12.420><c> of</c><00:19:12.519><c> the</c><00:19:12.740><c> womb.</c>

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You're<00:19:14.599><c> my</c><00:19:14.859><c> creator.</c>

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when<00:19:21.000><c> I</c><00:19:21.259><c> nursed.</c>

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From<00:19:25.099><c> my</c><00:19:25.400><c> mother's</c><00:19:25.960><c> womb</c><00:19:26.180><c> you've</c><00:19:26.559><c> been</c><00:19:26.799><c> my</c><00:19:27.220><c> God.</c>

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Then<00:19:29.160><c> he</c><00:19:29.240><c> says,</c><00:19:29.740><c> Don't</c><00:19:29.740><c> be</c><00:19:30.000><c> far</c><00:19:30.299><c> from</c><00:19:30.539><c> me,</c><00:19:31.759><c> for</c><00:19:31.940><c> trouble</c><00:19:32.279><c> is</c><00:19:32.680><c> near</c><00:19:33.200><c> and</c><00:19:34.839><c> there's</c><00:19:35.180><c> no</c>

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one<00:19:35.720><c> to</c><00:19:36.000><c> help.</c>

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Here<00:19:37.859><c> David</c><00:19:38.079><c> is</c><00:19:38.299><c> saying,</c><00:19:38.799><c> I</c><00:19:39.259><c> feel</c><00:19:39.579><c> like</c><00:19:39.799><c> you're</c><00:19:40.000><c> ignoring</c><00:19:40.319><c> me.</c>

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I'm<00:19:40.940><c> praying</c><00:19:41.279><c> and</c><00:19:41.500><c> I'm</c><00:19:41.660><c> not</c><00:19:41.960><c> getting</c><00:19:42.220><c> any</c><00:19:42.539><c> response,</c><00:19:42.980><c> but</c><00:19:43.140><c> I</c>

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know<00:19:43.720><c> that</c><00:19:44.079><c> you</c><00:19:44.579><c> are</c><00:19:45.140><c> the</c><00:19:45.539><c> only</c><00:19:45.940><c> one</c><00:19:46.500><c> that</c><00:19:47.039><c> really</c><00:19:47.420><c> can</c><00:19:47.640><c> help</c><00:19:47.900><c> me.</c>

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Now<00:19:50.359><c> the</c><00:19:50.579><c> next</c><00:19:50.900><c> section</c><00:19:51.279><c> of</c><00:19:51.500><c> the</c><00:19:51.720><c> Psalm</c><00:19:51.940><c> Brothers</c><00:19:52.259><c> and</c><00:19:52.599><c> Sisters</c><00:19:52.960><c> is</c><00:19:53.500><c> where</c><00:19:53.980><c> David</c><00:19:54.599><c> describes</c><00:19:55.599><c> his</c>

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trouble<00:19:56.779><c> in</c><00:19:57.579><c> the</c><00:19:57.859><c> form</c><00:19:58.019><c> of</c><00:19:58.240><c> a</c><00:19:58.500><c> metaphor.</c>

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And<00:20:00.859><c> what</c><00:20:01.019><c> he's</c><00:20:01.299><c> doing</c><00:20:01.519><c> here</c><00:20:01.880><c> is</c><00:20:02.099><c> he</c><00:20:02.259><c> is</c><00:20:02.680><c> describing</c><00:20:03.359><c> his</c><00:20:03.859><c> trouble</c><00:20:04.559><c> and</c>

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explaining<00:20:05.720><c> that</c><00:20:06.059><c> he</c><00:20:06.420><c> feels</c><00:20:06.900><c> like</c><00:20:08.160><c> wounded</c><00:20:08.720><c> prey</c>

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that<00:20:10.779><c> has</c><00:20:10.980><c> been</c><00:20:11.259><c> encircled</c><00:20:12.539><c> by</c><00:20:13.980><c> carnivorous</c><00:20:16.359><c> scavenger</c><00:20:17.799><c> animals.</c>

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He's<00:20:22.640><c> wounded,</c><00:20:24.059><c> he's</c><00:20:24.559><c> hurt,</c><00:20:24.960><c> and</c><00:20:26.460><c> the</c><00:20:26.859><c> scavengers</c><00:20:27.440><c> are</c><00:20:27.779><c> surrounding</c><00:20:28.220><c> him</c>

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ready<00:20:28.859><c> to</c><00:20:29.240><c> tear</c><00:20:29.440><c> him</c><00:20:29.779><c> apart.</c>

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This<00:20:31.319><c> is</c><00:20:31.640><c> the</c><00:20:31.900><c> depth</c><00:20:32.319><c> of</c><00:20:32.680><c> his</c><00:20:33.059><c> pain.</c>

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Many<00:20:35.839><c> bulls,</c><00:20:36.380><c> he</c><00:20:36.599><c> says</c><00:20:36.799><c> in</c><00:20:37.000><c> verse</c><00:20:37.319><c> 12.</c>

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This<00:20:38.299><c> is</c><00:20:38.539><c> the</c><00:20:38.759><c> beginning</c><00:20:38.960><c> of</c><00:20:39.160><c> the</c><00:20:39.359><c> metaphor</c><00:20:39.680><c> and</c><00:20:39.799><c> we're</c><00:20:39.980><c> going</c>

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to<00:20:40.160><c> see</c><00:20:40.339><c> this</c><00:20:40.640><c> metaphor</c><00:20:41.039><c> from</c><00:20:41.519><c> verse</c><00:20:42.039><c> 12</c><00:20:42.559><c> through</c><00:20:42.819><c> verse</c><00:20:43.160><c> 18.</c>

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He<00:20:45.160><c> says,</c><00:20:45.819><c> Many</c><00:20:45.819><c> bulls</c><00:20:46.759><c> surround</c><00:20:47.359><c> me,</c><00:20:48.960><c> strong</c><00:20:49.240><c> bulls</c><00:20:49.799><c> of</c><00:20:49.940><c> bastion</c><00:20:50.400><c> encircle</c><00:20:50.960><c> me.</c>

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What<00:20:51.380><c> does</c><00:20:51.599><c> that</c><00:20:51.880><c> mean?</c>

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At<00:20:55.680><c> Thanksgiving,</c><00:20:58.660><c> Sister</c><00:20:58.980><c> Maggie</c><00:20:59.299><c> Schlagerer,</c><00:20:59.859><c> who</c><00:20:59.960><c> was</c>

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here,<00:21:01.180><c> came</c><00:21:01.440><c> with</c><00:21:01.599><c> her</c><00:21:01.819><c> boyfriend.</c>

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Her<00:21:03.319><c> boyfriend</c><00:21:03.720><c> is</c><00:21:03.960><c> from</c><00:21:04.220><c> Pamplona,</c><00:21:05.019><c> Spain.</c>

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And<00:21:07.440><c> some</c><00:21:07.599><c> of</c><00:21:07.759><c> you</c><00:21:07.880><c> might</c><00:21:08.079><c> be</c><00:21:08.359><c> familiar</c><00:21:08.779><c> with</c><00:21:09.099><c> the</c><00:21:09.660><c> running</c><00:21:09.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:10.539><c> bulls</c><00:21:11.160><c> in</c><00:21:11.319><c> Pamplona.</c>

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being<00:21:22.559><c> chased</c><00:21:23.000><c> by</c><00:21:23.380><c> those</c><00:21:23.819><c> bulls,</c>

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ready<00:21:25.200><c> to</c><00:21:25.640><c> gore</c><00:21:26.000><c> you,</c><00:21:26.759><c> ready</c><00:21:27.039><c> to</c><00:21:28.019><c> tear</c><00:21:28.279><c> you</c><00:21:28.619><c> asunder.</c>

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This<00:21:29.799><c> is</c><00:21:30.000><c> what</c><00:21:30.220><c> David</c><00:21:30.519><c> is</c><00:21:30.880><c> saying</c><00:21:31.180><c> when</c><00:21:31.839><c> he's</c><00:21:32.079><c> talking</c><00:21:32.420><c> about</c>

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these<00:21:33.019><c> many</c><00:21:33.359><c> bulls</c><00:21:34.940><c> that</c><00:21:35.259><c> surround</c><00:21:35.759><c> me,</c><00:21:36.240><c> strong</c><00:21:36.619><c> bulls</c><00:21:37.039><c> of</c><00:21:37.240><c> bastion.</c>

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This<00:21:37.680><c> is</c><00:21:37.920><c> an</c><00:21:38.160><c> area</c><00:21:38.460><c> that's</c><00:21:38.880><c> to</c><00:21:39.039><c> the</c><00:21:39.259><c> east</c><00:21:39.519><c> of</c><00:21:39.759><c> Jerusalem</c><00:21:40.160><c> where</c>

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there<00:21:40.500><c> was</c><00:21:40.740><c> great</c><00:21:41.420><c> fertile</c><00:21:41.980><c> lands</c><00:21:42.460><c> and</c><00:21:42.900><c> the</c><00:21:43.180><c> animals</c><00:21:43.619><c> grew</c>

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strong<00:21:44.700><c> there.</c>

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And<00:21:45.740><c> these</c><00:21:46.079><c> strong</c><00:21:46.400><c> bulls</c><00:21:46.900><c> encircle</c><00:21:47.420><c> me.</c>

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Verse<00:21:49.380><c> 13,</c><00:21:50.319><c> roaring</c><00:21:50.539><c> lions</c><00:21:51.299><c> tearing</c><00:21:52.059><c> their</c><00:21:52.440><c> prey,</c><00:21:52.779><c> open</c><00:21:53.099><c> their</c><00:21:53.319><c> mouths</c><00:21:53.680><c> wide</c>

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against<00:21:54.680><c> me.</c>

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I'm<00:21:56.059><c> poured</c><00:21:56.319><c> out</c><00:21:56.700><c> like</c><00:21:57.039><c> water.</c>

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I'm<00:21:58.680><c> bleeding.</c>

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My<00:22:00.079><c> life</c><00:22:00.400><c> is</c><00:22:00.660><c> being</c><00:22:01.279><c> poured</c><00:22:01.640><c> out.</c>

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My<00:22:03.359><c> heart</c><00:22:03.640><c> is</c><00:22:03.920><c> turned</c><00:22:04.200><c> to</c><00:22:04.519><c> wax.</c>

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It's<00:22:05.160><c> melted</c><00:22:05.420><c> away</c><00:22:05.819><c> within</c><00:22:06.099><c> me.</c>

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My<00:22:07.200><c> strength</c><00:22:07.779><c> is</c><00:22:08.240><c> dried</c><00:22:08.440><c> up</c><00:22:08.700><c> like</c><00:22:08.980><c> a</c><00:22:09.380><c> shard</c><00:22:09.680><c> of</c><00:22:10.099><c> broken</c><00:22:10.579><c> pottery.</c>

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My<00:22:14.180><c> body</c><00:22:14.519><c> is</c><00:22:14.900><c> broken.</c>

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I<00:22:18.519><c> am</c><00:22:18.779><c> hurting.</c>

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Verse<00:22:22.339><c> 16,</c><00:22:23.160><c> dogs</c><00:22:23.740><c> have</c><00:22:24.440><c> surrounded</c><00:22:24.960><c> me.</c>

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Brothers<00:22:26.220><c> and</c><00:22:26.460><c> sisters,</c><00:22:26.740><c> these</c><00:22:27.019><c> aren't</c><00:22:27.240><c> the</c><00:22:27.619><c> cute</c><00:22:27.920><c> domesticated</c><00:22:28.940><c> animals</c>

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that<00:22:29.759><c> we</c><00:22:30.000><c> know</c><00:22:30.480><c> and</c><00:22:31.279><c> love.</c>

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These<00:22:33.000><c> are</c><00:22:33.380><c> the</c><00:22:33.740><c> wild</c><00:22:34.200><c> packs</c><00:22:34.619><c> of</c><00:22:34.980><c> dogs</c><00:22:35.339><c> that</c><00:22:35.599><c> would</c><00:22:35.920><c> surround</c>

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the<00:22:36.839><c> outside</c><00:22:37.380><c> of</c><00:22:37.599><c> the</c><00:22:37.839><c> villages,</c>

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that<00:22:39.220><c> would</c><00:22:39.500><c> come</c><00:22:39.900><c> and</c><00:22:40.380><c> gather</c><00:22:41.720><c> around</c><00:22:42.519><c> the</c><00:22:43.059><c> carcass</c><00:22:43.460><c> of</c><00:22:43.599><c> an</c>

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animal<00:22:44.079><c> that</c><00:22:44.299><c> had</c><00:22:44.440><c> been</c><00:22:44.720><c> destroyed.</c>

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Dogs<00:22:47.680><c> have</c><00:22:48.420><c> surrounded</c><00:22:48.960><c> me</c><00:22:49.599><c> and</c><00:22:50.059><c> evil</c><00:22:50.339><c> men</c><00:22:51.440><c> have</c><00:22:51.900><c> encircled</c><00:22:52.400><c> me.</c>

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And<00:22:53.460><c> then</c><00:22:53.559><c> there's</c><00:22:53.799><c> that</c><00:22:54.019><c> familiar</c><00:22:54.400><c> verse</c><00:22:54.700><c> that</c><00:22:54.940><c> says</c><00:22:55.119><c> they</c>

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have<00:22:55.740><c> pierced</c><00:22:56.259><c> my</c><00:22:56.720><c> hands</c><00:22:57.079><c> and</c><00:22:57.299><c> my</c><00:22:57.619><c> feet.</c>

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and<00:23:03.779><c> we</c><00:23:04.039><c> think</c><00:23:04.180><c> of</c><00:23:04.440><c> our</c><00:23:04.740><c> Lord</c><00:23:05.099><c> and</c><00:23:05.460><c> our</c><00:23:05.819><c> Savior</c><00:23:06.240><c> who</c><00:23:06.559><c> was</c><00:23:06.900><c> crucified</c><00:23:07.519><c> on</c>

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our<00:23:08.000><c> behalf.</c>

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But<00:23:08.980><c> for</c><00:23:09.299><c> the</c><00:23:09.619><c> Jew</c><00:23:09.920><c> who</c><00:23:10.180><c> was</c><00:23:10.519><c> reading</c><00:23:10.839><c> this</c><00:23:11.299><c> before</c><00:23:11.900><c> Jesus,</c>

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they<00:23:14.279><c> would</c><00:23:14.579><c> understand</c><00:23:15.180><c> this</c><00:23:15.519><c> passage</c><00:23:15.940><c> to</c><00:23:16.279><c> be</c><00:23:16.460><c> as</c><00:23:16.779><c> though</c>

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the<00:23:17.900><c> victim,</c><00:23:18.940><c> the</c><00:23:19.119><c> one</c><00:23:19.319><c> who</c><00:23:19.480><c> was</c><00:23:19.700><c> bleeding,</c>

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the<00:23:20.680><c> prey</c><00:23:21.319><c> is</c><00:23:22.059><c> fighting</c><00:23:22.579><c> off</c><00:23:22.900><c> these</c><00:23:23.240><c> dogs</c><00:23:23.720><c> and</c><00:23:24.000><c> the</c><00:23:24.200><c> dogs</c><00:23:24.460><c> are</c>

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tearing<00:23:25.319><c> at</c><00:23:25.660><c> his</c><00:23:26.039><c> hands</c><00:23:26.400><c> and</c><00:23:26.680><c> at</c><00:23:26.859><c> his</c><00:23:27.180><c> feet</c>

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as<00:23:27.859><c> he's</c><00:23:28.180><c> trying</c><00:23:28.480><c> to</c><00:23:28.799><c> kick</c><00:23:28.960><c> and</c><00:23:29.200><c> push</c><00:23:29.420><c> them</c><00:23:29.640><c> away.</c>

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The<00:23:31.960><c> question</c><00:23:32.359><c> is,</c><00:23:32.640><c> have</c><00:23:32.859><c> we</c><00:23:33.160><c> ever</c><00:23:33.500><c> felt</c><00:23:33.880><c> that</c><00:23:34.299><c> way?</c>

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Because<00:23:38.220><c> there</c><00:23:38.480><c> are</c><00:23:38.500><c> people</c><00:23:38.779><c> that</c><00:23:39.059><c> do</c><00:23:39.279><c> feel</c><00:23:39.579><c> that</c><00:23:39.880><c> way.</c>

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I<00:23:42.259><c> can</c><00:23:42.539><c> count</c><00:23:42.819><c> all</c><00:23:43.039><c> my</c><00:23:43.240><c> bones.</c><00:23:43.700><c> People</c><00:23:44.000><c> stare</c><00:23:44.640><c> and</c><00:23:44.960><c> gloat</c><00:23:45.200><c> over</c><00:23:45.420><c> me.</c>

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They<00:23:45.859><c> divide</c><00:23:46.279><c> their</c><00:23:46.579><c> garments</c><00:23:46.920><c> among</c><00:23:47.299><c> me.</c><00:23:47.500><c> They</c><00:23:47.700><c> cast</c><00:23:48.039><c> lots</c>

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from<00:23:48.599><c> my</c><00:23:48.880><c> clothing.</c>

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And<00:23:50.599><c> this</c><00:23:50.819><c> then</c><00:23:51.180><c> concludes</c><00:23:51.839><c> that</c><00:23:52.319><c> metaphor</c><00:23:52.799><c> section</c><00:23:53.279><c> of</c><00:23:53.480><c> the</c>

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psalm<00:23:54.079><c> where</c><00:23:54.240><c> he</c><00:23:54.539><c> explains</c><00:23:55.000><c> how</c><00:23:55.819><c> challenged</c><00:23:56.500><c> he</c><00:23:57.059><c> is.</c>

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He<00:23:58.319><c> feels</c><00:23:58.640><c> like</c><00:23:59.119><c> prey</c><00:23:59.299><c> being</c><00:23:59.619><c> attacked.</c>

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And<00:24:02.960><c> in</c><00:24:03.099><c> verse</c><00:24:03.339><c> 19,</c><00:24:06.039><c> while</c><00:24:06.240><c> he</c><00:24:06.460><c> began</c><00:24:06.920><c> the</c><00:24:07.200><c> passage</c><00:24:07.619><c> of</c><00:24:07.819><c> the</c><00:24:08.079><c> psalm</c><00:24:08.339><c> by</c>

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saying,<00:24:08.960><c> I'm</c><00:24:09.099><c> praying</c><00:24:09.559><c> and</c><00:24:09.779><c> you</c><00:24:10.119><c> don't</c><00:24:10.400><c> listen</c><00:24:10.779><c> to</c><00:24:11.079><c> me,</c>

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in<00:24:11.960><c> verse</c><00:24:12.240><c> 19,</c><00:24:12.819><c> he</c><00:24:13.220><c> prays</c><00:24:14.019><c> to</c><00:24:14.400><c> God</c><00:24:15.019><c> once</c><00:24:15.759><c> again.</c>

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But<00:24:17.980><c> you,</c><00:24:18.579><c> O</c><00:24:18.640><c> Yahweh,</c><00:24:20.039><c> be</c><00:24:20.279><c> not</c><00:24:20.660><c> far</c><00:24:21.039><c> off.</c>

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O<00:24:22.200><c> my</c><00:24:22.460><c> strength,</c><00:24:22.839><c> come</c><00:24:23.140><c> quickly</c><00:24:23.599><c> to</c><00:24:23.920><c> help</c><00:24:24.099><c> me.</c>

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Deliver<00:24:25.940><c> my</c><00:24:26.200><c> life</c><00:24:26.480><c> from</c><00:24:26.720><c> the</c><00:24:27.000><c> sword,</c><00:24:27.240><c> my</c><00:24:27.480><c> precious</c><00:24:27.880><c> life</c><00:24:28.160><c> from</c>

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the<00:24:28.700><c> power</c><00:24:29.059><c> of</c><00:24:29.359><c> the</c><00:24:29.619><c> dogs.</c>

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Rescue<00:24:31.339><c> me</c><00:24:31.599><c> from</c><00:24:31.779><c> the</c><00:24:32.099><c> mouth</c><00:24:32.480><c> of</c><00:24:32.740><c> the</c><00:24:33.000><c> lions.</c>

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Save<00:24:34.700><c> me</c><00:24:35.000><c> from</c><00:24:35.220><c> the</c><00:24:35.640><c> horns</c><00:24:36.319><c> of</c><00:24:37.920><c> those</c><00:24:38.259><c> wild,</c><00:24:39.599><c> strong</c><00:24:40.079><c> bulls</c><00:24:40.920><c> of</c><00:24:41.180><c> Bation.</c>

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God,<00:24:45.099><c> hear</c><00:24:45.599><c> my</c><00:24:45.960><c> prayer</c><00:24:46.619><c> once</c><00:24:47.440><c> again.</c>

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And<00:24:49.980><c> brothers</c><00:24:50.160><c> and</c><00:24:50.460><c> sisters,</c><00:24:50.819><c> at</c><00:24:51.220><c> that</c><00:24:51.700><c> point,</c><00:24:53.680><c> the</c><00:24:53.940><c> psalm</c><00:24:54.599><c> shifts</c><00:24:55.099><c> its</c><00:24:55.660><c> focus</c><00:24:56.299><c> from</c><00:24:57.680><c> one</c><00:24:58.059><c> of</c>

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despair<00:24:59.119><c> and</c><00:24:59.559><c> lament</c><00:25:00.140><c> to</c><00:25:01.619><c> one</c><00:25:01.819><c> of</c><00:25:02.119><c> joy.</c>

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Because<00:25:04.059><c> what</c><00:25:04.299><c> we</c><00:25:04.539><c> see</c><00:25:04.740><c> from</c><00:25:04.960><c> verse</c><00:25:05.319><c> 22</c><00:25:06.380><c> to</c><00:25:07.180><c> the</c><00:25:07.500><c> end</c><00:25:07.799><c> of</c><00:25:08.119><c> the</c>

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psalm<00:25:09.160><c> is</c><00:25:09.700><c> the</c><00:25:10.140><c> response</c><00:25:11.119><c> that</c><00:25:11.799><c> David</c><00:25:12.180><c> has</c><00:25:13.000><c> to</c><00:25:13.599><c> having</c><00:25:13.900><c> been</c>

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rescued<00:25:14.940><c> by</c><00:25:15.339><c> his</c><00:25:15.680><c> God.</c>

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This<00:25:17.599><c> time,</c><00:25:17.980><c> God</c><00:25:18.359><c> heard</c><00:25:18.779><c> his</c><00:25:19.200><c> prayer</c><00:25:19.500><c> and</c><00:25:19.799><c> because</c><00:25:20.359><c> God</c><00:25:20.720><c> heard</c>

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his<00:25:21.480><c> prayer</c><00:25:21.920><c> and</c><00:25:22.799><c> because</c><00:25:23.460><c> God</c><00:25:23.940><c> acted,</c>

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David<00:25:26.680><c> is</c><00:25:26.980><c> alive</c><00:25:27.559><c> and</c><00:25:28.740><c> he</c><00:25:28.900><c> can</c><00:25:29.240><c> now</c><00:25:29.779><c> offer</c><00:25:30.099><c> his</c><00:25:30.619><c> thanks</c><00:25:30.960><c> to</c><00:25:31.200><c> God</c>

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and<00:25:31.720><c> not</c><00:25:32.000><c> just</c><00:25:32.299><c> his</c><00:25:32.740><c> thanks,</c>

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but<00:25:33.720><c> he</c><00:25:33.940><c> wants</c><00:25:34.160><c> to</c><00:25:34.740><c> share</c><00:25:35.079><c> that</c><00:25:35.960><c> joy</c><00:25:36.559><c> of</c><00:25:36.859><c> having</c><00:25:37.099><c> been</c><00:25:37.420><c> rescued</c>

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with<00:25:39.619><c> all</c><00:25:39.920><c> the</c><00:25:40.119><c> people</c><00:25:40.339><c> around</c><00:25:40.660><c> him.</c>

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Let's<00:25:42.240><c> pick</c><00:25:42.380><c> it</c><00:25:42.500><c> up</c><00:25:42.599><c> in</c><00:25:42.720><c> the</c><00:25:42.880><c> 22nd</c><00:25:43.480><c> verse.</c>

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Again,<00:25:45.319><c> what's</c><00:25:45.740><c> happening</c><00:25:45.900><c> now</c><00:25:46.180><c> is</c><00:25:46.319><c> we've</c><00:25:46.579><c> got</c><00:25:46.720><c> this</c><00:25:47.200><c> shift</c>

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in<00:25:47.640><c> the</c><00:25:47.900><c> psalm.</c>

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Up<00:25:49.019><c> until</c><00:25:49.440><c> this</c><00:25:49.779><c> point,</c><00:25:50.140><c> it's</c><00:25:50.319><c> all</c><00:25:50.680><c> about</c><00:25:50.920><c> the</c><00:25:51.640><c> struggle</c><00:25:52.140><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:52.680><c> travail</c><00:25:53.079><c> and</c><00:25:53.380><c> the</c><00:25:53.720><c> despair</c><00:25:54.240><c> of</c><00:25:54.460><c> the</c><00:25:54.740><c> psalmist.</c>

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And<00:25:56.259><c> now</c><00:25:56.819><c> something</c><00:25:57.200><c> has</c><00:25:57.579><c> happened</c><00:25:58.019><c> where</c><00:25:58.359><c> he</c><00:25:58.579><c> has</c><00:25:58.839><c> been</c><00:25:59.119><c> rescued.</c>

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In<00:26:01.259><c> the</c><00:26:01.460><c> 22nd</c><00:26:02.039><c> verse,</c><00:26:02.240><c> he</c><00:26:02.380><c> says,</c><00:26:02.900><c> I</c><00:26:02.900><c> will</c><00:26:03.240><c> declare</c><00:26:04.099><c> your</c><00:26:04.819><c> name</c>

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to<00:26:05.599><c> my</c><00:26:05.960><c> brothers</c><00:26:06.420><c> in</c><00:26:06.680><c> the</c><00:26:06.900><c> congregation.</c>

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I'm<00:26:08.740><c> going</c><00:26:09.019><c> to</c><00:26:09.259><c> go</c><00:26:09.500><c> into</c><00:26:09.819><c> the</c><00:26:10.180><c> temple</c><00:26:10.599><c> and</c><00:26:11.140><c> I</c><00:26:11.440><c> am</c><00:26:11.640><c> going</c><00:26:11.859><c> to</c><00:26:12.220><c> declare</c><00:26:12.839><c> you</c>

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to<00:26:14.400><c> all</c><00:26:14.940><c> the</c><00:26:15.200><c> brothers</c><00:26:15.420><c> and</c><00:26:15.779><c> sisters</c><00:26:16.119><c> who</c><00:26:16.400><c> are</c><00:26:16.700><c> there,</c>

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all<00:26:17.440><c> my</c><00:26:17.839><c> fellow</c><00:26:18.259><c> Israelites.</c>

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I'm<00:26:20.980><c> going</c><00:26:21.160><c> to</c><00:26:21.539><c> declare</c><00:26:21.859><c> you</c><00:26:22.160><c> in</c><00:26:22.279><c> the</c><00:26:22.579><c> congregation.</c>

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I<00:26:23.299><c> will</c><00:26:23.559><c> praise</c><00:26:23.960><c> you.</c>

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And<00:26:25.920><c> then</c><00:26:26.400><c> the</c><00:26:26.740><c> psalmist</c><00:26:26.980><c> turns</c><00:26:27.480><c> to</c><00:26:27.740><c> his</c><00:26:27.960><c> fellow</c><00:26:28.359><c> Israelites</c>

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and<00:26:29.259><c> he</c><00:26:29.539><c> says</c><00:26:29.740><c> to</c><00:26:29.960><c> them</c><00:26:30.200><c> in</c><00:26:30.359><c> the</c><00:26:30.559><c> 23rd</c><00:26:31.240><c> verse,</c>

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You<00:26:32.359><c> who</c><00:26:32.700><c> fear</c><00:26:32.940><c> Yahweh,</c><00:26:34.799><c> praise</c><00:26:35.160><c> him.</c>

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All<00:26:36.480><c> you</c><00:26:36.680><c> descendants</c><00:26:37.140><c> of</c><00:26:37.380><c> Jacob,</c><00:26:38.000><c> honor</c><00:26:38.359><c> him.</c>

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Revere<00:26:41.240><c> him,</c><00:26:41.640><c> all</c><00:26:41.839><c> you</c><00:26:42.039><c> descendants</c><00:26:42.480><c> of</c><00:26:42.700><c> Israel.</c>

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How<00:26:44.299><c> come?</c>

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Verse<00:26:45.579><c> 24.</c>

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Because<00:26:47.740><c> he</c><00:26:47.940><c> has</c><00:26:48.359><c> not</c><00:26:48.680><c> despised</c><00:26:49.579><c> or</c><00:26:50.059><c> disdained</c><00:26:50.900><c> the</c><00:26:51.579><c> suffering</c><00:26:51.960><c> of</c><00:26:52.180><c> the</c>

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afflicted<00:26:52.880><c> one.</c>

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He's<00:26:53.920><c> not</c><00:26:54.180><c> hidden</c><00:26:54.420><c> his</c><00:26:54.799><c> face</c><00:26:55.019><c> from</c><00:26:55.240><c> him,</c><00:26:55.980><c> but</c><00:26:56.299><c> he</c><00:26:57.200><c> listens</c><00:26:57.700><c> to</c>

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his<00:26:58.480><c> cry</c><00:26:58.940><c> for</c><00:26:59.319><c> help.</c>

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And<00:27:02.079><c> then</c><00:27:02.200><c> he</c><00:27:02.319><c> turns</c><00:27:02.559><c> back</c><00:27:02.920><c> to</c><00:27:03.220><c> praising</c><00:27:03.480><c> God</c><00:27:03.859><c> directly</c><00:27:04.420><c> and</c>

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he<00:27:04.799><c> says,</c>

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From<00:27:05.579><c> you</c><00:27:06.039><c> comes</c><00:27:06.420><c> the</c><00:27:06.799><c> theme</c><00:27:07.099><c> of</c><00:27:07.339><c> my</c><00:27:07.720><c> praise</c><00:27:08.019><c> in</c><00:27:08.200><c> the</c><00:27:08.400><c> great</c><00:27:08.640><c> assembly.</c>

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Before<00:27:09.559><c> those</c><00:27:09.880><c> who</c><00:27:10.180><c> fear</c><00:27:10.359><c> you,</c><00:27:11.519><c> will</c><00:27:11.700><c> I</c><00:27:11.960><c> fulfill</c><00:27:12.359><c> my</c><00:27:12.720><c> vows?</c>

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The<00:27:14.059><c> poor</c><00:27:14.339><c> will</c><00:27:14.619><c> eat</c><00:27:14.900><c> and</c><00:27:15.099><c> be</c><00:27:15.400><c> satisfied.</c>

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They<00:27:16.220><c> will</c><00:27:16.579><c> seek</c><00:27:16.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:17.480><c> and</c><00:27:17.859><c> will</c><00:27:18.259><c> praise</c><00:27:18.579><c> him</c><00:27:18.900><c> with</c><00:27:19.180><c> their</c>

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hearts<00:27:19.819><c> and</c><00:27:20.160><c> live</c><00:27:20.440><c> forever.</c>

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Verse<00:27:22.380><c> 27.</c>

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All<00:27:23.339><c> the</c><00:27:23.640><c> ends</c><00:27:23.880><c> of</c><00:27:24.099><c> the</c><00:27:24.220><c> earth</c><00:27:24.359><c> will</c><00:27:24.720><c> remember</c><00:27:25.319><c> and</c><00:27:26.000><c> turn</c><00:27:26.279><c> to</c><00:27:26.559><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:27:27.500><c> all</c><00:27:27.660><c> the</c><00:27:27.900><c> families</c><00:27:28.180><c> of</c><00:27:28.400><c> the</c><00:27:28.559><c> nations</c><00:27:28.880><c> bow</c><00:27:29.220><c> down</c><00:27:29.599><c> before</c>

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him<00:27:30.200><c> for</c><00:27:30.380><c> the</c><00:27:30.720><c> dominion</c><00:27:31.119><c> belongs</c><00:27:31.619><c> to</c><00:27:31.920><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:27:32.880><c> he</c><00:27:33.160><c> rules</c><00:27:33.579><c> over</c><00:27:34.180><c> all</c><00:27:34.680><c> the</c><00:27:34.940><c> nations.</c>

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He's<00:27:37.380><c> encouraging</c><00:27:37.920><c> his</c><00:27:38.279><c> fellow</c><00:27:38.519><c> Israelites</c><00:27:38.960><c> to</c><00:27:39.440><c> share</c><00:27:39.700><c> with</c>

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him<00:27:40.039><c> in</c><00:27:40.200><c> the</c><00:27:40.460><c> joy</c><00:27:40.859><c> that</c><00:27:41.539><c> he's</c><00:27:41.859><c> been</c><00:27:42.099><c> rescued.</c>

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And<00:27:43.299><c> David</c><00:27:43.799><c> knows</c><00:27:44.460><c> that</c><00:27:45.079><c> he</c><00:27:45.819><c> has</c><00:27:46.559><c> a</c><00:27:47.039><c> seed</c><00:27:47.339><c> who</c><00:27:47.880><c> will</c><00:27:48.400><c> rise</c><00:27:48.920><c> after</c><00:27:49.420><c> he</c>

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has<00:27:50.019><c> died.</c>

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And<00:27:51.140><c> will</c><00:27:51.500><c> rule</c><00:27:51.960><c> and</c><00:27:52.519><c> reign</c><00:27:53.119><c> forever</c><00:27:54.099><c> from</c><00:27:54.720><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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David<00:27:56.039><c> knows</c><00:27:56.420><c> this.</c>

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And<00:27:57.880><c> at</c><00:27:58.160><c> first</c><00:27:58.400><c> he's</c><00:27:58.859><c> praying</c><00:27:59.119><c> that</c><00:27:59.359><c> God</c><00:27:59.599><c> is</c><00:28:00.000><c> ignoring</c><00:28:00.359><c> his</c><00:28:00.759><c> prayers</c><00:28:01.019><c> and</c><00:28:01.200><c> that</c><00:28:01.400><c> he</c>

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is<00:28:01.740><c> in</c><00:28:01.920><c> despair.</c>

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But<00:28:03.059><c> now</c><00:28:03.339><c> he's</c><00:28:03.539><c> been</c><00:28:03.839><c> rescued.</c>

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And<00:28:04.519><c> because</c><00:28:05.079><c> he's</c><00:28:05.420><c> been</c><00:28:05.680><c> rescued,</c><00:28:06.279><c> brothers</c><00:28:06.380><c> and</c><00:28:06.680><c> sisters,</c>

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look<00:28:08.059><c> at</c><00:28:08.200><c> how</c><00:28:08.420><c> the</c><00:28:08.660><c> Psalm</c><00:28:08.839><c> ends.</c>

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We'll<00:28:11.559><c> skip</c><00:28:11.759><c> down</c><00:28:12.059><c> to</c><00:28:12.259><c> the</c><00:28:12.460><c> 30th</c><00:28:12.859><c> verse.</c>

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Posterity<00:28:16.859><c> will</c><00:28:17.480><c> serve</c><00:28:17.799><c> him.</c>

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King<00:28:19.539><c> James</c><00:28:19.819><c> says,</c><00:28:20.480><c> A</c><00:28:20.839><c> seed</c><00:28:21.279><c> will</c><00:28:21.799><c> serve</c><00:28:22.160><c> him.</c>

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My<00:28:24.019><c> children</c><00:28:24.819><c> will</c><00:28:25.619><c> serve</c><00:28:25.920><c> him.</c>

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And<00:28:27.240><c> future</c><00:28:27.599><c> generations</c><00:28:28.319><c> will</c><00:28:28.539><c> be</c><00:28:28.859><c> told</c><00:28:29.200><c> about</c><00:28:29.579><c> the</c><00:28:29.920><c> Lord.</c>

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They<00:28:31.660><c> will</c><00:28:31.940><c> proclaim</c><00:28:32.640><c> his</c><00:28:33.119><c> righteousness</c><00:28:33.819><c> to</c><00:28:37.200><c> a</c><00:28:37.440><c> people</c><00:28:37.680><c> yet</c><00:28:38.059><c> unborn.</c>

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Brothers<00:28:40.000><c> and</c><00:28:40.259><c> sisters,</c><00:28:40.579><c> that's</c><00:28:40.920><c> us.</c>

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And<00:28:43.299><c> then</c><00:28:43.460><c> the</c><00:28:43.700><c> Psalm</c><00:28:44.019><c> concludes</c><00:28:44.799><c> with</c><00:28:45.099><c> the</c><00:28:45.339><c> words,</c><00:28:46.579><c> for</c><00:28:46.779><c> he</c>

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has<00:28:47.279><c> done</c><00:28:47.480><c> it.</c>

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And<00:28:49.079><c> so</c><00:28:49.160><c> do</c><00:28:49.339><c> you</c><00:28:49.339><c> see</c><00:28:49.460><c> what</c><00:28:49.599><c> we</c><00:28:49.819><c> see</c><00:28:49.960><c> here?</c>

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We<00:28:52.079><c> see</c><00:28:52.359><c> a</c><00:28:52.819><c> man</c><00:28:53.380><c> who</c><00:28:54.539><c> is</c><00:28:54.839><c> struggling</c><00:28:55.140><c> with</c><00:28:55.420><c> depression.</c>

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Struggling<00:28:58.440><c> with</c><00:28:59.039><c> whatever</c><00:29:00.039><c> problems</c><00:29:00.900><c> he</c><00:29:01.140><c> had</c><00:29:01.400><c> in</c><00:29:01.539><c> his</c><00:29:01.799><c> life</c>

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at<00:29:02.180><c> that</c><00:29:02.400><c> time.</c>

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And<00:29:04.440><c> he's</c><00:29:04.660><c> frustrated</c><00:29:05.180><c> because</c><00:29:05.480><c> he</c><00:29:05.680><c> feels</c><00:29:06.059><c> like</c><00:29:06.759><c> God's</c><00:29:07.140><c> not</c>

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hearing<00:29:07.599><c> him.</c>

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But<00:29:09.259><c> he</c><00:29:09.339><c> never</c><00:29:09.539><c> gives</c><00:29:09.740><c> up</c><00:29:09.940><c> on</c><00:29:10.180><c> God.</c>

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None<00:29:12.039><c> of</c><00:29:12.220><c> these</c><00:29:12.480><c> lament</c><00:29:12.940><c> Psalms,</c><00:29:14.339><c> so</c><00:29:14.599><c> many</c><00:29:14.839><c> of</c><00:29:14.920><c> these</c><00:29:15.160><c> lament</c>

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Psalms<00:29:16.220><c> express</c><00:29:16.920><c> in</c><00:29:17.359><c> just</c><00:29:17.619><c> this</c><00:29:19.420><c> open</c><00:29:20.500><c> way.</c>

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This<00:29:22.119><c> raw</c><00:29:23.240><c> way,</c><00:29:24.180><c> the</c><00:29:24.319><c> frustration</c><00:29:24.900><c> with</c><00:29:25.160><c> God.</c>

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And<00:29:27.240><c> sometimes</c><00:29:27.519><c> it's</c><00:29:27.819><c> okay</c><00:29:28.160><c> for</c><00:29:28.359><c> us</c><00:29:28.519><c> to</c><00:29:28.660><c> be</c><00:29:28.920><c> frustrated</c><00:29:29.380><c> when</c>

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we<00:29:29.839><c> feel</c><00:29:30.119><c> as</c><00:29:30.299><c> though</c><00:29:30.440><c> we're</c><00:29:30.740><c> not</c><00:29:31.259><c> having</c><00:29:31.559><c> our</c><00:29:31.900><c> prayers</c><00:29:32.119><c> heard.</c>

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There's<00:29:34.519><c> this</c><00:29:34.880><c> honesty</c><00:29:35.400><c> in</c><00:29:35.599><c> these</c><00:29:35.880><c> things.</c>

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But<00:29:37.539><c> nowhere</c><00:29:37.900><c> ever</c><00:29:38.440><c> in</c><00:29:38.759><c> these</c><00:29:39.099><c> Psalms</c><00:29:40.039><c> do</c><00:29:40.460><c> we</c><00:29:40.640><c> see</c><00:29:40.819><c> the</c><00:29:41.140><c> Psalmist</c><00:29:41.519><c> ignoring</c><00:29:42.220><c> God.</c>

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Turning<00:29:43.539><c> their</c><00:29:43.900><c> back</c><00:29:44.200><c> on</c><00:29:44.500><c> God.</c>

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In<00:29:46.119><c> this</c><00:29:46.400><c> one,</c><00:29:47.700><c> he</c><00:29:47.900><c> says,</c><00:29:49.519><c> Oh</c><00:29:49.680><c> Lord,</c><00:29:50.180><c> do</c><00:29:50.460><c> not</c><00:29:50.720><c> be</c><00:29:51.019><c> far</c><00:29:51.640><c> off.</c>

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Come<00:29:52.859><c> quickly</c><00:29:53.299><c> to</c><00:29:53.500><c> help</c><00:29:53.619><c> me.</c>

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He<00:29:53.960><c> continues</c><00:29:54.539><c> to</c><00:29:54.839><c> pray.</c>

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And<00:29:56.339><c> that</c><00:29:56.519><c> then,</c><00:29:56.920><c> brothers</c><00:29:57.079><c> and</c><00:29:57.359><c> sisters,</c><00:29:58.519><c> is</c><00:29:58.720><c> a</c><00:29:58.880><c> lesson</c><00:29:59.119><c> for</c><00:29:59.380><c> us.</c>

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That<00:30:00.599><c> in</c><00:30:01.240><c> the</c><00:30:01.579><c> depth</c><00:30:01.980><c> of</c><00:30:02.400><c> darkness,</c><00:30:03.980><c> there</c><00:30:04.160><c> is</c><00:30:04.480><c> still</c><00:30:04.720><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:30:09.099><c> God</c><00:30:09.359><c> has</c><00:30:09.640><c> done</c><00:30:09.839><c> it.</c>

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Now,<00:30:13.740><c> the</c><00:30:13.900><c> reason</c><00:30:14.200><c> we're</c><00:30:14.440><c> here</c><00:30:14.700><c> today</c><00:30:15.220><c> is</c><00:30:16.299><c> to</c><00:30:16.599><c> remember</c><00:30:17.019><c> our</c><00:30:17.319><c> Lord.</c>

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We<00:30:19.359><c> began</c><00:30:19.720><c> our</c><00:30:20.039><c> service</c><00:30:20.359><c> by</c><00:30:20.700><c> singing</c><00:30:21.420><c> hymns</c><00:30:21.940><c> of</c><00:30:22.220><c> praise.</c>

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Echoing<00:30:24.539><c> the</c><00:30:24.799><c> praise</c><00:30:25.119><c> of</c><00:30:25.339><c> the</c><00:30:25.579><c> angels</c><00:30:26.019><c> at</c><00:30:26.259><c> the</c><00:30:26.440><c> birth</c><00:30:26.700><c> of</c><00:30:26.900><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:30:29.160><c> now</c><00:30:29.420><c> we're</c><00:30:29.599><c> about</c><00:30:29.900><c> to</c><00:30:30.259><c> break</c><00:30:30.500><c> bread</c><00:30:30.920><c> and</c><00:30:32.400><c> drink</c><00:30:32.640><c> from</c><00:30:32.880><c> the</c><00:30:33.079><c> cup.</c>

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And<00:30:34.619><c> we</c><00:30:34.799><c> do</c><00:30:34.960><c> so</c><00:30:35.240><c> in</c><00:30:35.619><c> remembrance</c><00:30:36.000><c> of</c><00:30:36.319><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:30:38.160><c> I'd</c><00:30:38.420><c> like</c><00:30:38.480><c> to</c><00:30:38.680><c> ask</c><00:30:38.859><c> you</c><00:30:39.039><c> now</c><00:30:39.279><c> to</c><00:30:39.519><c> turn</c><00:30:39.660><c> with</c><00:30:39.839><c> me</c><00:30:39.960><c> to</c><00:30:40.079><c> Matthew,</c><00:30:40.839><c> Chapter</c><00:30:41.380><c> 27.</c>

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And<00:30:47.859><c> now,</c><00:30:48.279><c> brothers</c><00:30:48.539><c> and</c><00:30:48.839><c> sisters,</c><00:30:49.220><c> it's</c><00:30:49.500><c> okay</c><00:30:49.839><c> for</c><00:30:50.059><c> us</c><00:30:50.240><c> to</c><00:30:50.480><c> think</c><00:30:50.599><c> of</c>

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this<00:30:51.119><c> Psalm</c><00:30:51.700><c> in</c><00:30:53.460><c> light</c><00:30:53.680><c> of</c><00:30:53.900><c> what</c><00:30:54.180><c> Jesus</c><00:30:54.819><c> has</c><00:30:55.460><c> endured.</c>

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Then<00:31:03.019><c> the</c><00:31:03.200><c> governor's</c><00:31:03.759><c> soldiers</c><00:31:04.099><c> took</c><00:31:04.400><c> Jesus</c><00:31:04.799><c> into</c><00:31:05.119><c> the</c><00:31:05.380><c> praetorium</c><00:31:06.039><c> and</c>

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gathered<00:31:06.619><c> the</c><00:31:06.880><c> whole</c><00:31:07.180><c> company</c><00:31:07.599><c> of</c><00:31:07.819><c> soldiers</c><00:31:08.180><c> around</c><00:31:08.619><c> him.</c>

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Matthew,<00:31:11.079><c> Chapter</c><00:31:11.079><c> 27,</c><00:31:11.960><c> Verse</c><00:31:12.160><c> 28.</c>

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They<00:31:16.220><c> stripped</c><00:31:16.619><c> him</c><00:31:17.180><c> and</c><00:31:17.900><c> put</c><00:31:18.099><c> a</c><00:31:18.319><c> scarlet</c><00:31:18.680><c> robe</c><00:31:18.880><c> on</c><00:31:19.079><c> him.</c>

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And<00:31:20.460><c> then</c><00:31:20.680><c> twisted</c><00:31:20.980><c> a</c><00:31:21.220><c> crown</c><00:31:21.380><c> of</c><00:31:21.680><c> thorns</c><00:31:22.000><c> and</c><00:31:22.279><c> set</c><00:31:22.420><c> it</c><00:31:22.539><c> on</c><00:31:22.660><c> his</c><00:31:22.900><c> head.</c>

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And<00:31:23.980><c> they</c><00:31:24.039><c> put</c><00:31:24.180><c> a</c><00:31:24.460><c> staff</c><00:31:24.660><c> in</c><00:31:24.779><c> his</c><00:31:25.000><c> right</c><00:31:25.279><c> hand</c><00:31:25.500><c> and</c><00:31:25.740><c> knelt</c><00:31:25.900><c> in</c>

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front<00:31:26.319><c> of</c><00:31:26.460><c> him</c><00:31:26.579><c> and</c><00:31:26.839><c> mocked</c><00:31:27.140><c> him.</c>

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Hail,<00:31:28.700><c> King</c><00:31:28.920><c> of</c><00:31:29.059><c> the</c><00:31:29.240><c> Jews,</c><00:31:29.460><c> they</c><00:31:29.740><c> said.</c>

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They<00:31:31.259><c> spit</c><00:31:31.480><c> on</c><00:31:31.680><c> him.</c>

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They<00:31:32.779><c> took</c><00:31:32.940><c> the</c><00:31:33.279><c> staff</c><00:31:33.480><c> and</c><00:31:33.759><c> struck</c><00:31:34.000><c> him</c><00:31:34.180><c> on</c><00:31:34.359><c> the</c><00:31:34.519><c> head</c><00:31:34.680><c> again</c>

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and<00:31:35.480><c> again.</c>

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And<00:31:36.900><c> after</c><00:31:37.119><c> they'd</c><00:31:37.440><c> mocked</c><00:31:37.599><c> him,</c><00:31:37.740><c> they</c><00:31:37.880><c> took</c><00:31:38.059><c> off</c><00:31:38.299><c> the</c><00:31:38.500><c> robe</c>

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and<00:31:38.900><c> put</c><00:31:39.140><c> his</c><00:31:40.380><c> clothes</c><00:31:40.640><c> on</c><00:31:40.900><c> him.</c>

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And<00:31:42.059><c> then</c><00:31:42.180><c> they</c><00:31:42.319><c> led</c><00:31:42.460><c> him</c><00:31:42.720><c> away</c><00:31:43.160><c> to</c><00:31:44.039><c> crucify</c><00:31:44.599><c> him.</c>

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And<00:31:46.299><c> as</c><00:31:46.500><c> they</c><00:31:46.619><c> were</c><00:31:46.799><c> going</c><00:31:47.019><c> out,</c><00:31:47.319><c> they</c><00:31:47.420><c> met</c><00:31:47.599><c> a</c><00:31:47.799><c> man</c><00:31:47.980><c> from</c><00:31:48.259><c> Cyrene</c><00:31:48.759><c> named</c><00:31:49.039><c> Simon.</c>

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And<00:31:50.440><c> they</c><00:31:50.640><c> forced</c><00:31:50.920><c> him</c><00:31:51.119><c> to</c><00:31:51.359><c> carry</c><00:31:51.619><c> the</c><00:31:52.500><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:31:54.099><c> they</c><00:31:54.240><c> came</c><00:31:54.440><c> to</c><00:31:54.619><c> a</c><00:31:54.799><c> place</c><00:31:55.039><c> called</c><00:31:55.380><c> Golgotha,</c><00:31:56.099><c> which</c><00:31:56.299><c> means</c>

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the<00:31:56.859><c> place</c><00:31:57.059><c> of</c><00:31:57.279><c> the</c><00:31:57.579><c> skull.</c>

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And<00:31:59.480><c> there</c><00:31:59.720><c> they</c><00:31:59.980><c> offered</c><00:32:00.279><c> Jesus</c><00:32:00.799><c> wine</c><00:32:01.400><c> to</c><00:32:01.799><c> drink</c><00:32:02.200><c> mixed</c><00:32:02.900><c> with</c><00:32:03.240><c> gall.</c>

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But<00:32:04.519><c> after</c><00:32:04.859><c> tasting</c><00:32:05.240><c> it,</c><00:32:05.500><c> he</c><00:32:05.759><c> refused</c><00:32:06.460><c> to</c><00:32:06.880><c> drink</c><00:32:07.039><c> it.</c>

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And<00:32:08.359><c> when</c><00:32:08.500><c> they</c><00:32:08.680><c> had</c><00:32:08.920><c> crucified</c><00:32:09.400><c> him,</c><00:32:09.660><c> they</c><00:32:09.980><c> divided</c><00:32:10.519><c> his</c><00:32:11.079><c> clothes</c><00:32:11.619><c> by</c>

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casting<00:32:13.519><c> lots.</c>

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It's<00:32:14.900><c> the</c><00:32:14.980><c> very</c><00:32:15.319><c> thing</c><00:32:15.579><c> that</c><00:32:15.779><c> the</c><00:32:16.039><c> psalmist</c><00:32:16.559><c> prophesied</c><00:32:17.960><c> in</c>

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Psalm<00:32:18.680><c> 22.</c>

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And<00:32:21.039><c> sitting</c><00:32:21.279><c> down,</c><00:32:21.759><c> they</c><00:32:21.759><c> kept</c><00:32:22.019><c> watch</c><00:32:22.359><c> over</c><00:32:22.680><c> him.</c>

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And<00:32:23.079><c> above</c><00:32:23.259><c> his</c><00:32:23.519><c> head,</c><00:32:23.839><c> they</c><00:32:23.980><c> placed</c><00:32:24.240><c> the</c><00:32:24.480><c> written</c><00:32:24.680><c> charge</c>

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against<00:32:25.480><c> him.</c>

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This<00:32:25.900><c> is</c><00:32:26.119><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:26.599><c> the</c><00:32:26.759><c> King</c><00:32:26.920><c> of</c><00:32:27.079><c> the</c><00:32:27.240><c> Jews.</c>

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Two<00:32:29.019><c> robbers</c><00:32:29.420><c> were</c><00:32:29.640><c> crucified</c><00:32:30.220><c> with</c><00:32:30.460><c> him,</c><00:32:30.660><c> one</c><00:32:30.880><c> on</c><00:32:31.079><c> the</c><00:32:31.240><c> right</c>

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and<00:32:32.299><c> one</c><00:32:32.480><c> on</c><00:32:32.680><c> the</c><00:32:32.839><c> left.</c>

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And<00:32:34.019><c> those</c><00:32:34.240><c> who</c><00:32:34.480><c> passed</c><00:32:34.720><c> by</c><00:32:35.059><c> hurled</c><00:32:35.480><c> insults</c><00:32:36.099><c> at</c><00:32:36.160><c> him,</c><00:32:36.440><c> shaking</c><00:32:36.720><c> their</c>

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heads<00:32:37.200><c> and</c><00:32:37.519><c> saying,</c>

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You<00:32:38.839><c> who</c><00:32:39.039><c> are</c><00:32:39.200><c> going</c><00:32:39.380><c> to</c><00:32:39.759><c> destroy</c><00:32:39.940><c> the</c><00:32:40.200><c> temple</c><00:32:40.420><c> and</c><00:32:40.640><c> build</c><00:32:40.799><c> it</c>

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in<00:32:41.099><c> three</c><00:32:41.279><c> days,</c><00:32:41.579><c> save</c><00:32:41.819><c> yourself.</c>

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Come<00:32:43.539><c> down</c><00:32:43.839><c> from</c><00:32:44.039><c> the</c><00:32:44.299><c> cross</c><00:32:44.579><c> if</c><00:32:44.759><c> you</c><00:32:44.920><c> are</c><00:32:45.019><c> the</c><00:32:45.220><c> Son</c><00:32:45.319><c> of</c><00:32:45.559><c> God.</c>

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x
And<00:32:47.119><c> in</c><00:32:47.380><c> the</c><00:32:47.500><c> same</c><00:32:47.960><c> way,</c><00:32:48.960><c> the</c><00:32:49.160><c> chief</c><00:32:49.500><c> priests</c><00:32:49.940><c> and</c><00:32:50.240><c> teachers</c>

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of<00:32:50.859><c> the</c><00:32:51.059><c> law</c><00:32:51.259><c> and</c><00:32:51.519><c> elders</c><00:32:51.799><c> mocked</c><00:32:52.259><c> him.</c>

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:56.519
x
And<00:32:53.960><c> here,</c><00:32:54.319><c> echoing</c><00:32:54.700><c> the</c><00:32:54.940><c> words</c><00:32:55.180><c> of</c><00:32:55.420><c> that</c><00:32:55.700><c> hymn</c><00:32:56.000><c> that</c><00:32:56.180><c> they</c>

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would<00:32:56.759><c> have</c><00:32:57.059><c> known,</c>

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the<00:32:58.900><c> chief</c><00:32:59.200><c> priests</c><00:32:59.539><c> and</c><00:32:59.720><c> the</c><00:32:59.940><c> elders</c><00:33:00.119><c> said,</c><00:33:00.579><c> He</c><00:33:00.960><c> saved</c><00:33:01.299><c> others.</c>

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But<00:33:03.359><c> he</c><00:33:03.500><c> can't</c><00:33:03.759><c> save</c><00:33:04.000><c> himself.</c>

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He's<00:33:05.500><c> the</c><00:33:05.619><c> King</c><00:33:05.779><c> of</c><00:33:05.940><c> Israel.</c><00:33:06.259><c> Let</c><00:33:06.380><c> him</c><00:33:06.519><c> come</c><00:33:06.720><c> down</c><00:33:06.980><c> from</c><00:33:07.220><c> the</c><00:33:07.460><c> cross.</c>

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:09.480
x
And<00:33:08.420><c> we</c><00:33:08.599><c> will</c><00:33:08.859><c> believe</c><00:33:09.140><c> in</c><00:33:09.359><c> him.</c>

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He<00:33:09.720><c> trusts</c><00:33:10.119><c> in</c><00:33:10.440><c> God.</c><00:33:10.819><c> Let</c><00:33:11.019><c> God</c><00:33:11.359><c> rescue</c><00:33:11.819><c> him.</c>

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x
Now<00:33:13.799><c> if</c><00:33:13.980><c> he</c><00:33:14.099><c> wants</c><00:33:14.380><c> him,</c><00:33:15.339><c> for</c><00:33:15.500><c> he</c><00:33:15.619><c> said,</c><00:33:15.700><c> I</c><00:33:15.859><c> am</c><00:33:16.079><c> the</c><00:33:16.240><c> Son</c><00:33:16.359><c> of</c><00:33:16.599><c> God.</c>

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And<00:33:18.220><c> so</c><00:33:18.359><c> while</c><00:33:18.579><c> they</c><00:33:18.859><c> are</c><00:33:19.279><c> casting</c><00:33:19.700><c> these</c><00:33:20.140><c> insults</c><00:33:20.700><c> to</c><00:33:20.920><c> Jesus</c>

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as<00:33:21.559><c> he's</c><00:33:21.920><c> dying</c><00:33:22.299><c> on</c><00:33:22.579><c> the</c><00:33:22.819><c> cross,</c>

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the<00:33:23.420><c> words</c><00:33:23.779><c> that</c><00:33:24.079><c> they</c><00:33:24.500><c> say</c><00:33:25.000><c> are</c><00:33:25.859><c> having</c><00:33:26.140><c> the</c><00:33:26.640><c> opposite</c><00:33:27.000><c> effect</c><00:33:27.880><c> of</c>

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what<00:33:28.200><c> they</c><00:33:28.559><c> intend.</c>

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They<00:33:30.039><c> intend</c><00:33:30.319><c> to</c><00:33:30.640><c> insult</c><00:33:31.019><c> him,</c><00:33:31.259><c> to</c><00:33:31.519><c> break</c><00:33:31.819><c> his</c><00:33:32.279><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:33:33.220><c> yet</c><00:33:33.440><c> Jesus</c><00:33:33.980><c> knows</c><00:33:34.440><c> that</c><00:33:34.759><c> these</c><00:33:35.039><c> are</c><00:33:35.319><c> the</c><00:33:35.480><c> very</c><00:33:35.819><c> words</c><00:33:36.660><c> that</c><00:33:37.359><c> the</c>

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psalmist<00:33:38.019><c> used.</c>

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And<00:33:39.660><c> so</c><00:33:39.759><c> when</c><00:33:39.960><c> he</c><00:33:40.319><c> hears</c><00:33:40.720><c> these</c><00:33:42.299><c> words</c><00:33:42.640><c> read,</c><00:33:43.660><c> not</c><00:33:43.880><c> read,</c><00:33:44.180><c> when</c>

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he<00:33:44.660><c> hears</c><00:33:44.819><c> these</c><00:33:45.220><c> insults</c><00:33:45.779><c> cast</c><00:33:46.099><c> upon</c><00:33:46.460><c> him,</c>

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he<00:33:46.960><c> trusts</c><00:33:47.240><c> in</c><00:33:47.519><c> God.</c><00:33:47.740><c> Let</c><00:33:47.900><c> God</c><00:33:48.200><c> rescue</c><00:33:48.640><c> him.</c>

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Jesus<00:33:49.660><c> is</c><00:33:49.980><c> thinking,</c><00:33:50.940><c> this</c><00:33:51.339><c> is</c><00:33:51.579><c> what</c><00:33:52.099><c> Psalm</c><00:33:52.420><c> 22</c><00:33:53.200><c> prophesied.</c>

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Verse<00:34:00.560><c> 45.</c>

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From<00:34:02.779><c> the</c><00:34:03.039><c> sixth</c><00:34:03.259><c> hour</c><00:34:03.779><c> until</c><00:34:04.819><c> the</c><00:34:05.079><c> ninth</c><00:34:05.319><c> hour,</c><00:34:06.500><c> darkness</c>

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came<00:34:07.259><c> over</c><00:34:07.519><c> the</c><00:34:07.740><c> land.</c>

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And<00:34:09.300><c> about</c><00:34:09.480><c> the</c><00:34:09.719><c> ninth</c><00:34:09.940><c> hour,</c><00:34:10.320><c> Jesus</c><00:34:10.760><c> cried</c><00:34:11.179><c> out</c><00:34:11.460><c> in</c><00:34:11.639><c> a</c><00:34:11.800><c> loud</c>

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voice,<00:34:14.059><c> Eli,</c><00:34:15.559><c> Eli</c><00:34:16.400><c> lama</c><00:34:17.900><c> sabachthanai,</c>

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which<00:34:20.599><c> when</c><00:34:21.019><c> translated</c><00:34:21.699><c> reads,</c><00:34:24.440><c> my</c><00:34:24.480><c> God,</c><00:34:26.199><c> my</c><00:34:26.500><c> God,</c><00:34:28.320><c> why?</c>

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My<00:34:31.320><c> God,</c><00:34:31.579><c> my</c><00:34:31.780><c> God,</c><00:34:32.179><c> why</c><00:34:32.519><c> have</c><00:34:32.739><c> you</c><00:34:32.980><c> forsaken</c><00:34:33.480><c> me?</c>

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Jesus<00:34:34.920><c> now,</c><00:34:35.440><c> brothers</c><00:34:35.579><c> and</c><00:34:35.900><c> sisters,</c><00:34:37.679><c> is</c><00:34:37.980><c> quoting</c><00:34:38.619><c> from</c><00:34:39.960><c> this</c><00:34:41.239><c> hymn.</c>

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And<00:34:45.239><c> it's</c><00:34:45.519><c> my</c><00:34:45.800><c> understanding</c><00:34:46.599><c> that</c><00:34:47.679><c> Jesus</c><00:34:48.179><c> didn't</c><00:34:48.679><c> just</c><00:34:49.400><c> say</c>

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this<00:34:50.599><c> first</c><00:34:51.260><c> verse</c><00:34:51.960><c> of</c><00:34:52.300><c> the</c><00:34:52.480><c> hymn.</c>

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I'd<00:34:55.420><c> like</c><00:34:55.539><c> to</c><00:34:55.840><c> believe</c><00:34:56.119><c> that</c><00:34:56.380><c> Jesus</c><00:34:56.780><c> went</c><00:34:57.079><c> through</c><00:34:57.860><c> and</c><00:34:59.400><c> said</c>

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every<00:35:00.079><c> verse</c><00:35:00.980><c> of</c><00:35:01.539><c> Psalm</c><00:35:01.739><c> 22.</c>

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Verse<00:35:05.960><c> 48.</c><00:35:06.679><c> Immediately</c><00:35:07.199><c> one</c><00:35:07.480><c> of</c><00:35:07.659><c> them</c><00:35:08.260><c> ran</c><00:35:08.860><c> and</c><00:35:09.059><c> got</c><00:35:09.239><c> a</c><00:35:09.639><c> sponge.</c>

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Why?<00:35:12.360><c> Remember</c><00:35:12.699><c> in</c><00:35:12.860><c> the</c><00:35:13.099><c> Psalm,</c><00:35:14.139><c> he</c><00:35:14.440><c> says</c><00:35:14.679><c> that</c><00:35:14.920><c> his</c><00:35:15.659><c> lips</c><00:35:16.219><c> clung</c><00:35:17.159><c> to</c>

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the<00:35:17.519><c> roof</c><00:35:17.679><c> of</c><00:35:17.860><c> his</c><00:35:18.099><c> mouth,</c>

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that<00:35:18.599><c> he</c><00:35:18.840><c> was</c><00:35:19.119><c> dried</c><00:35:19.360><c> up</c><00:35:19.599><c> like</c><00:35:19.860><c> a</c><00:35:20.179><c> shard</c><00:35:20.420><c> of</c><00:35:20.800><c> pottery.</c>

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If<00:35:23.619><c> Jesus</c><00:35:24.000><c> is</c><00:35:24.340><c> reading</c><00:35:24.599><c> these</c><00:35:25.000><c> things,</c><00:35:25.260><c> if</c><00:35:25.440><c> Jesus</c><00:35:25.780><c> is</c><00:35:26.119><c> reciting</c><00:35:26.539><c> these</c>

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things<00:35:27.019><c> from</c><00:35:27.239><c> the</c><00:35:27.519><c> Psalm</c><00:35:27.719><c> rather,</c>

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no<00:35:28.960><c> wonder</c><00:35:29.219><c> they</c><00:35:29.519><c> came</c><00:35:30.039><c> and</c><00:35:30.519><c> brought</c><00:35:30.679><c> him</c><00:35:31.199><c> something</c><00:35:31.559><c> to</c><00:35:31.920><c> drink.</c>

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And<00:35:34.000><c> when</c><00:35:34.199><c> Jesus</c><00:35:34.619><c> had</c><00:35:35.019><c> cried</c><00:35:35.199><c> out</c><00:35:35.500><c> again</c><00:35:36.059><c> in</c><00:35:36.519><c> a</c><00:35:36.719><c> loud</c><00:35:36.960><c> voice,</c>

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verse<00:35:38.420><c> 50,</c><00:35:40.280><c> he</c><00:35:40.719><c> gave</c><00:35:40.920><c> up</c><00:35:41.139><c> his</c><00:35:41.440><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:35:43.659><c> John</c><00:35:44.139><c> tells</c><00:35:44.679><c> us</c><00:35:44.940><c> what</c><00:35:45.159><c> Jesus</c><00:35:45.619><c> said</c><00:35:45.920><c> when</c><00:35:46.079><c> he</c><00:35:46.380><c> cried</c><00:35:46.559><c> out</c><00:35:46.840><c> in</c><00:35:46.960><c> a</c>

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loud<00:35:47.320><c> voice.</c>

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What<00:35:49.139><c> did</c><00:35:49.239><c> he</c><00:35:49.380><c> say?</c>

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It<00:35:53.180><c> is</c><00:35:53.780><c> finished.</c>

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And<00:35:56.340><c> brothers</c><00:35:56.500><c> and</c><00:35:56.739><c> sisters,</c><00:35:57.099><c> what's</c><00:35:57.420><c> the</c><00:35:57.599><c> last</c><00:35:58.539><c> sentence</c><00:35:59.119><c> of</c>

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Psalm<00:35:59.739><c> 22?</c>

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The<00:36:02.219><c> Lord</c><00:36:02.840><c> has</c><00:36:03.659><c> done</c><00:36:04.079><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:36:06.500><c> the</c><00:36:06.659><c> very</c><00:36:06.980><c> same</c><00:36:07.360><c> expression.</c>

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And<00:36:09.780><c> what</c><00:36:09.920><c> has</c><00:36:10.159><c> been</c><00:36:10.420><c> accomplished</c><00:36:11.139><c> is</c><00:36:12.280><c> that</c><00:36:12.639><c> Jesus'</c><00:36:13.599><c> death</c>

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rescues<00:36:15.219><c> us.</c>

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So<00:36:17.699><c> if</c><00:36:17.940><c> you</c><00:36:18.219><c> are</c><00:36:18.480><c> feeling</c><00:36:18.860><c> in</c><00:36:19.239><c> despair,</c><00:36:20.039><c> if</c><00:36:20.199><c> you</c><00:36:20.440><c> are</c><00:36:20.679><c> feeling</c>

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discouraged,<00:36:22.800><c> know</c><00:36:23.099><c> that</c><00:36:23.440><c> Jesus</c><00:36:24.219><c> rescues</c><00:36:25.159><c> you</c><00:36:25.539><c> from</c><00:36:25.800><c> that.</c>

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And<00:36:27.400><c> there</c><00:36:27.519><c> will</c><00:36:27.699><c> be</c><00:36:27.900><c> a</c><00:36:28.159><c> time</c><00:36:29.000><c> when</c><00:36:29.500><c> the</c><00:36:29.760><c> Lord</c><00:36:29.980><c> will</c><00:36:30.360><c> return</c><00:36:31.039><c> and</c><00:36:32.179><c> bring</c><00:36:32.519><c> joy</c><00:36:33.300><c> to</c>

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the<00:36:34.739><c> world.</c>

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When<00:36:36.420><c> all</c><00:36:36.840><c> the</c><00:36:37.059><c> earth</c><00:36:37.239><c> will</c><00:36:37.440><c> be</c><00:36:37.699><c> filled</c><00:36:38.039><c> with</c><00:36:38.239><c> God's</c><00:36:38.760><c> righteousness.</c>

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When<00:36:40.239><c> the</c><00:36:40.599><c> struggles</c><00:36:40.980><c> that</c><00:36:41.300><c> we</c><00:36:41.519><c> endure</c><00:36:41.920><c> in</c><00:36:42.320><c> this</c><00:36:42.619><c> age</c><00:36:43.119><c> will</c><00:36:44.320><c> no</c>

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longer<00:36:44.980><c> be</c><00:36:45.300><c> endured.</c>

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Because<00:36:47.779><c> he</c><00:36:48.539><c> has</c><00:36:48.840><c> done</c><00:36:49.059><c> it.</c>

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And<00:36:50.920><c> so</c><00:36:51.059><c> as</c><00:36:51.300><c> we</c><00:36:51.519><c> remember</c><00:36:52.059><c> our</c><00:36:52.360><c> Lord</c><00:36:52.679><c> now,</c><00:36:53.800><c> we</c><00:36:54.380><c> think</c><00:36:54.599><c> of</c><00:36:54.760><c> his</c>

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birth,<00:36:55.519><c> yes.</c>

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We<00:36:57.599><c> think</c><00:36:57.820><c> of</c><00:36:58.159><c> all</c><00:36:58.480><c> that</c><00:36:58.780><c> birth</c><00:36:59.059><c> means,</c><00:37:00.800><c> that</c><00:37:01.000><c> Jesus'</c><00:37:01.840><c> life</c>

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and<00:37:03.519><c> his</c><00:37:03.760><c> death</c><00:37:04.480><c> and</c><00:37:05.219><c> his</c><00:37:05.539><c> resurrection</c>

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provides<00:37:07.820><c> redemption</c><00:37:08.539><c> for</c><00:37:08.960><c> us,</c><00:37:09.480><c> a</c><00:37:09.820><c> people</c><00:37:10.440><c> who</c><00:37:11.480><c> are</c><00:37:11.800><c> in</c><00:37:12.159><c> need,</c>

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a<00:37:13.699><c> people</c><00:37:13.940><c> who</c><00:37:14.179><c> are</c><00:37:14.519><c> struggling.</c>

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And<00:37:16.420><c> we</c><00:37:16.659><c> rejoice</c><00:37:17.159><c> today,</c><00:37:18.480><c> and</c><00:37:18.659><c> we</c><00:37:18.840><c> will</c><00:37:19.079><c> rejoice</c><00:37:19.639><c> in</c><00:37:19.920><c> the</c><00:37:20.199><c> congregation</c><00:37:20.960><c> with</c>

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all<00:37:21.739><c> those</c><00:37:22.019><c> saints</c><00:37:22.400><c> of</c><00:37:22.699><c> old</c>

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when<00:37:24.099><c> together</c><00:37:24.679><c> we</c><00:37:25.699><c> will</c><00:37:26.039><c> praise</c><00:37:26.400><c> the</c><00:37:26.739><c> Lord</c><00:37:27.500><c> when</c><00:37:29.320><c> joy</c><00:37:29.739><c> fills</c>

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the<00:37:30.400><c> world.</c>