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And<00:18:48.640><c> there</c><00:18:48.759><c> are</c><00:18:48.980><c> times,</c><00:18:49.240><c> of</c><00:18:49.519><c> course,</c><00:18:50.119><c> that</c><00:18:50.299><c> we</c><00:18:50.519><c> need</c><00:18:50.779><c> to</c><00:18:51.079><c> be</c><00:18:51.599><c> shepherded,</c><00:18:52.279><c> that</c><00:18:52.519><c> we</c>

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So,<00:19:17.960><c> it's</c><00:19:18.220><c> paradoxical,</c><00:19:19.180><c> isn't</c><00:19:19.339><c> it?</c><00:19:19.559><c> It's</c><00:19:19.799><c> paradoxical</c><00:19:20.519><c> that</c>

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in<00:19:31.299><c> these</c><00:19:32.140><c> difficult</c><00:19:32.759><c> situations.</c>

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Now,<00:19:39.339><c> what</c><00:19:39.599><c> happens</c><00:19:40.119><c> in</c><00:19:40.359><c> the</c><00:19:40.579><c> psalm</c><00:19:40.859><c> is</c><00:19:41.019><c> we</c><00:19:41.180><c> start</c><00:19:41.480><c> off</c><00:19:41.680><c> with</c>

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why<00:19:47.920><c> we</c><00:19:48.140><c> need</c><00:19:48.299><c> to</c><00:19:48.519><c> pass</c><00:19:48.740><c> through</c><00:19:48.960><c> it.</c><00:19:49.299><c> Why</c><00:19:49.460><c> couldn't</c><00:19:49.700><c> we</c><00:19:49.900><c> have</c>

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just<00:19:50.380><c> stayed</c><00:19:50.559><c> in</c><00:19:50.700><c> the</c><00:19:50.900><c> green</c><00:19:51.099><c> pastures?</c>

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actually<00:20:08.880><c> pass</c><00:20:09.279><c> through</c><00:20:09.579><c> it</c>

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and<00:20:10.779><c> come</c><00:20:11.279><c> out</c><00:20:12.180><c> of</c><00:20:12.339><c> the</c><00:20:12.539><c> other</c><00:20:12.859><c> side.</c><00:20:13.900><c> And</c><00:20:14.099><c> that</c><00:20:14.299><c> when</c><00:20:14.500><c> we</c><00:20:14.720><c> come</c>

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important<00:20:19.480><c> has</c><00:20:20.059><c> changed.</c><00:20:21.079><c> Just</c><00:20:21.339><c> have</c><00:20:21.519><c> a</c><00:20:21.660><c> look</c><00:20:22.039><c> at</c><00:20:22.720><c> how</c><00:20:23.019><c> the</c><00:20:23.220><c> psalm</c><00:20:23.519><c> is</c>

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worded.<00:20:24.000><c> And</c><00:20:24.079><c> this</c><00:20:24.220><c> is</c><00:20:24.440><c> a</c><00:20:24.519><c> point</c><00:20:24.680><c> of</c><00:20:25.039><c> detail,</c>

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but<00:20:26.220><c> a</c><00:20:26.319><c> point</c><00:20:26.619><c> of</c><00:20:27.180><c> incredible</c><00:20:27.720><c> beauty,</c><00:20:28.599><c> I</c><00:20:28.859><c> think.</c><00:20:29.559><c> Because</c><00:20:29.839><c> it</c><00:20:30.140><c> says,</c>

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mine<00:20:35.059><c> enemies,</c>

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Thou<00:20:36.019><c> anointest</c><00:20:36.539><c> my</c><00:20:36.779><c> head</c><00:20:37.039><c> with</c><00:20:37.319><c> oil,</c><00:20:37.940><c> my</c><00:20:38.220><c> cup</c><00:20:38.960><c> runs</c><00:20:39.680><c> over.</c><00:20:41.460><c> What</c><00:20:41.680><c> I'd</c><00:20:41.859><c> just</c><00:20:42.039><c> like</c><00:20:42.200><c> you</c><00:20:42.400><c> to</c><00:20:42.559><c> notice</c>

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you,<00:20:47.240><c> he,</c><00:20:47.680><c> she,</c><00:20:48.140><c> it,</c><00:20:48.380><c> they,</c><00:20:48.880><c> them.</c><00:20:49.779><c> But</c><00:20:50.240><c> very,</c>

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So<00:21:06.220><c> the</c><00:21:06.480><c> psalm</c><00:21:06.720><c> in</c><00:21:06.880><c> a</c><00:21:07.000><c> way</c><00:21:07.200><c> is,</c><00:21:07.460><c> just</c><00:21:07.640><c> imagine</c><00:21:07.920><c> I'm</c><00:21:08.140><c> the</c><00:21:08.319><c> psalmist</c><00:21:08.599><c> for</c><00:21:08.799><c> a</c>

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and<00:21:10.240><c> you're</c><00:21:10.440><c> listening,</c><00:21:10.920><c> you're</c><00:21:11.079><c> the</c><00:21:11.259><c> audience.</c><00:21:12.160><c> And</c><00:21:12.339><c> it's</c><00:21:12.519><c> you</c><00:21:12.680><c> and</c><00:21:12.839><c> me</c><00:21:13.039><c> having</c><00:21:13.279><c> a</c><00:21:13.660><c> conversation</c>

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shepherd,<00:21:18.660><c> he.</c><00:21:19.180><c> We're</c><00:21:19.400><c> talking</c><00:21:19.680><c> about</c><00:21:20.000><c> him</c><00:21:20.240><c> in</c><00:21:20.460><c> the</c>

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third<00:21:21.019><c> person.</c><00:21:21.940><c> The</c><00:21:22.140><c> Lord</c><00:21:22.359><c> is</c><00:21:22.599><c> my</c><00:21:22.819><c> shepherd,</c><00:21:23.319><c> he</c><00:21:23.660><c> makes</c><00:21:24.000><c> me</c><00:21:24.319><c> to</c>

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goodness<00:27:05.900><c> and</c><00:27:06.160><c> mercy</c><00:27:06.460><c> shall</c><00:27:06.700><c> follow</c><00:27:06.960><c> me</c><00:27:07.220><c> all</c><00:27:07.500><c> the</c>

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in<00:30:00.079><c> that</c><00:30:00.299><c> day,</c><00:30:00.599><c> we</c><00:30:00.660><c> will</c><00:30:00.900><c> truly</c><00:30:01.460><c> dwell</c><00:30:01.980><c> in</c><00:30:02.380><c> the</c><00:30:02.519><c> Lord's</c><00:30:02.859><c> house</c><00:30:03.039><c> forever.</c>