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You've<00:14:49.779><c> traveled</c><00:14:50.059><c> this</c><00:14:50.360><c> great</c><00:14:50.620><c> distance.</c>

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David,<00:14:59.399><c> the</c><00:14:59.620><c> King</c><00:14:59.799><c> himself.</c>

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join<00:15:08.259><c> us.</c>

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you<00:15:20.419><c> are</c><00:15:20.919><c> the</c><00:15:21.240><c> sacred</c><00:15:21.639><c> courts</c><00:15:22.220><c> where</c><00:15:23.039><c> you</c><00:15:23.299><c> will</c><00:15:23.620><c> soon</c><00:15:24.019><c> mingle</c>

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bring<00:15:27.399><c> your</c><00:15:27.879><c> offerings.</c>

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ministering<00:15:34.779><c> priests.</c>

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you'll<00:15:41.159><c> smell</c><00:15:41.519><c> the</c><00:15:41.799><c> pleasing</c>

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aromas<00:15:42.779><c> of</c><00:15:43.379><c> the</c><00:15:43.740><c> smoke</c><00:15:44.019><c> that's</c><00:15:44.220><c> being</c><00:15:44.539><c> sacrificed</c><00:15:45.240><c> and</c><00:15:45.840><c> rising</c><00:15:46.340><c> to</c>

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heaven<00:15:46.879><c> itself.</c>

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at<00:16:04.679><c> that</c><00:16:04.940><c> time.</c>

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What<00:16:06.379><c> joy.</c>

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No<00:16:07.840><c> wonder</c><00:16:08.240><c> David</c><00:16:08.639><c> began</c><00:16:09.179><c> with</c><00:16:09.519><c> the</c><00:16:09.759><c> psalm</c><00:16:10.360><c> with</c><00:16:10.639><c> the</c><00:16:10.840><c> words,</c>

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I<00:16:11.559><c> rejoiced.</c>

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struggled<00:16:22.919><c> with</c><00:16:23.200><c> temptation.</c>

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they<00:16:30.799><c> all</c><00:16:31.080><c> too</c><00:16:31.299><c> often</c><00:16:31.700><c> committed.</c>

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by<00:16:38.460><c> saying,</c>

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you<00:16:59.600><c> forget,</c><00:17:00.179><c> brothers</c><00:17:00.559><c> and</c><00:17:00.899><c> sisters,</c>

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about<00:17:02.500><c> modern</c><00:17:03.019><c>-day</c><00:17:03.720><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Now,<00:17:23.000><c> let's</c><00:17:23.240><c> look</c><00:17:23.460><c> at</c><00:17:23.559><c> the</c><00:17:23.740><c> words</c><00:17:23.960><c> of</c><00:17:24.200><c> the</c><00:17:24.339><c> prayer.</c>

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Verse<00:17:25.619><c> 6.</c>

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shall<00:17:34.119><c> prosper</c><00:17:34.839><c> that</c><00:17:35.980><c> love</c><00:17:36.240><c> you.</c>

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They?

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for<00:17:44.079><c> his</c><00:17:44.420><c> companions.</c>

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the<00:17:55.500><c> city</c><00:17:55.740><c> or</c><00:17:55.900><c> its</c><00:17:56.079><c> buildings.</c>

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No,<00:17:58.799><c> David</c><00:17:59.059><c> is</c><00:17:59.359><c> praying</c><00:17:59.500><c> for</c><00:17:59.779><c> you.</c>

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Verse<00:18:02.779><c> 7.</c>

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Peace<00:18:04.119><c> be</c><00:18:04.460><c> within</c><00:18:04.700><c> your</c><00:18:05.019><c> walls</c><00:18:05.500><c> and</c><00:18:05.819><c> prosperity</c><00:18:06.619><c> within</c><00:18:07.259><c> your</c><00:18:07.579><c> palaces.</c>

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He's<00:18:18.380><c> not</c><00:18:18.559><c> praying</c><00:18:18.799><c> for</c><00:18:19.000><c> the</c><00:18:19.200><c> walls</c><00:18:19.460><c> that</c><00:18:19.640><c> they</c><00:18:19.859><c> could</c><00:18:20.039><c> withstand</c><00:18:20.700><c> the</c><00:18:21.099><c> siege</c><00:18:21.420><c> of</c>

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its<00:18:21.819><c> enemies.</c>

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