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day.</c><00:26:47.029><c> It</c><00:26:47.029><c> takes</c><00:26:47.329><c> us</c><00:26:47.710><c> into</c><00:26:47.950><c> the</c><00:26:48.089><c> very</c> 00:26:48.410 --> 00:26:50.569 realm<00:26:48.650><c> and</c><00:26:48.950><c> time</c><00:26:49.150><c> of</c><00:26:49.329><c> the</c><00:26:49.509><c> captivity.</c> 00:26:52.750 --> 00:27:02.150 But<00:26:52.910><c> Psalm</c><00:26:53.089><c> 74</c><00:26:53.609><c> is</c><00:26:53.910><c> described</c><00:26:54.289><c> as</c><00:26:54.450><c> a</c><00:26:54.609><c> psalm</c><00:26:54.809><c> of</c><00:26:54.990><c> Asaph.</c><00:26:58.509><c> Now</c><00:26:58.630><c> you</c><00:26:58.750><c> see</c><00:26:58.869><c> what</c><00:26:59.049><c> we're</c><00:26:59.289><c> suggesting.</c><00:27:01.609><c> What</c><00:27:01.890><c> we</c> 00:27:02.150 --> 00:27:05.170 believe<00:27:02.470><c> is</c><00:27:02.690><c> that</c><00:27:02.930><c> when</c><00:27:03.170><c> we</c><00:27:03.509><c> have</c><00:27:03.710><c> 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