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Now<00:19:25.099><c> that's</c><00:19:25.779><c> an</c><00:19:25.920><c> interesting</c><00:19:26.420><c> caveat,</c><00:19:27.079><c> isn't</c><00:19:27.200><c> it?</c><00:19:27.640><c> In</c><00:19:27.819><c> the</c>

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And<00:20:57.720><c> so</c><00:20:57.960><c> in</c><00:20:58.240><c> Psalm</c><00:20:58.380><c> 16,</c><00:20:59.940><c> you</c><00:21:00.079><c> notice</c><00:21:00.319><c> that</c><00:21:00.539><c> all</c><00:21:00.700><c> of</c><00:21:00.839><c> these</c><00:21:01.039><c> psalms</c><00:21:01.339><c> mention</c><00:21:01.740><c> joy,</c>

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ages<00:25:23.279><c> now</c><00:25:23.839><c> and</c><00:25:24.099><c> forevermore.</c><00:25:25.779><c> Amen.</c>