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Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The
Daily Bible Reading Experience.

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Day two hundred and ninety seven.

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The Psalms book three Psalms 73 to 89,

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Psalms 73, a Psalm of asap.

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Truly God is good to Israel to
those whose hearts are pure.

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But as for me, I almost lost my footing.

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My feet were slipping and I was
almost gone for, I envied the

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proud when I saw them prosper.

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Despite their wickedness, they
seem to live such painless lives.

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Their bodies are so healthy and strong.

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They don't have troubles
like other people.

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They're not plagued with
problems like everyone else.

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They wear pride like a jeweled necklace
and clothed themselves with cruelty.

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These fat cats have everything
their hearts could ever wish for.

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They scoff and speak
only evil in their pride.

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They seek to crush others.

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They boast against the very heavens and
their words strut throughout the earth.

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And so the people are dismayed and
confused, drinking in all their words.

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What does God know?

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They ask?

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Does the most high even
know what's happening?

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Look at these wicked people enjoying a
life of ease while their riches multiply.

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Did I keep my heart pure for nothing?

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Did I keep myself innocent for no reason?

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I get nothing but trouble all day long.

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Every morning brings me pain.

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If I had really spoken this
way to others, I would have

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been a traitor to your people.

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So I tried to understand why the wicked
prosper, but what a difficult task it is.

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Then I went into your sanctuary,
oh God, and I finally understood

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the destiny of the wicked.

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Truly, you put them on a slippery
path and send them sliding over the

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cliff to destruction in an instant.

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They are destroyed, completely
swept away by terrors.

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When you arise, oh Lord, you
will laugh at their silly ideas.

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As a person laughs at dreams in the
morning, then I realized that my heart

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was bitter and I was all torn up inside.

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I was so foolish and ignorant.

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I must have seemed like a
senseless animal to you.

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Yet I still belong to you.

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You hold my right hand, you
guide me with your counsel,

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leading me to a glorious destiny.

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Whom have I in heaven?

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But you, I desire you more
than anything on earth.

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My health may fail and my spirit
may grow weak, but God remains

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the strength of my heart.

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He is mine forever.

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Those who desert him will perish for you.

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Destroy those who abandon you.

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But as for me, how good it is
to be near God, I have made

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the sovereign Lord my shelter.

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I will tell everyone about
the wonderful things you do.

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Psalm 74, a Psalm of asap.

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Oh God, why have you rejected us so long?

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Why is your anger so intense against
the sheep of your own pasture?

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Remember that we are the
people you chose long ago.

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The tribe you redeemed as
your own special possession.

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And remember, Jerusalem,
your home here on earth.

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Walk through the awful ruins of the city.

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See how the enemy has
destroyed your sanctuary?

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There, your enemies shouted.

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Their victorious battle cries there.

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They set up their battle standards.

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They swung their axes like woodcutters
in a forest with axes and picks.

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They smashed the carved paneling.

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They burned your sanctuary to the ground.

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They defiled the place
that bears your name.

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Then they thought, let's destroy
everything, so they burned down all

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the places where God was worshiped.

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We no longer see your miraculous signs.

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All the prophets are gone and no
one can tell us when it will end.

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How long?

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Oh God.

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Will you allow our enemies to insult you?

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Will you let them dishonor
your name forever?

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Why do you hold back
your strong right hand?

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Unleash your powerful
fist and destroy them?

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You, oh God, are my king.

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From ages past bringing salvation to the
earth, you split the sea by your strength

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and smash the heads of the sea monsters.

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You crush the heads of leviathan
and let the desert animals eat him.

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You caused the springs and streams to gush
forth and you dried up rivers that never

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run dry both day and night belong to you.

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You made the starlight and the sun.

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You set the boundaries of the earth
and you made both summer and winter.

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See how these enemies insult you?

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Lord, A foolish nation
has dishonored your name.

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Don't let these wild beasts
destroy your turtle Doves.

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Don't forget your
suffering people forever.

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Remember, your covenant promises for the
land is full of darkness and violence.

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Don't let the downtrodden
be humiliated again.

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Instead, let the poor and
needy praise your name, arise

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oh God, and defend your cause.

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Remember how these fools
insult you all day long.

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Don't overlook what
your enemies have said.

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Or their growing uproar.

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Psalm 75 for the choir director, a Psalm
of asap, a song to be sung to the tune.

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Do not destroy.

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We thank you.

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Oh God, we give thanks because
you are near people everywhere.

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Tell of your wonderful deeds.

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God says, at the time I have planned, I
will bring justice against the wicked.

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When the earthquakes and its people
live in turmoil, I am the one who

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keeps its foundations firm interlude.

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I warned the proud.

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Stop your boasting.

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I told the wicked, don't raise your fists.

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Don't raise your fists in defiance at the
heavens, or speak with such arrogance.

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For no one on earth, from east or
west, or even from the wilderness,

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should raise a defiant fist.

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It is God alone who judges.

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He decides who will
rise and who will fall.

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For the Lord Holds a cup in his hand that
is full of foaming wine mixed with spices.

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He pours out the wine in judgment
and all the wicked must drink

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it, draining it to the drags.

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But as for me, I will always
proclaim what God has done.

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I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

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For God says, I will break the
strength of the wicked, but I will

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increase the power of the godly.

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Psalm 76 for the choir director,
a Psalm of asap, a song to be

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accompanied by string instruments.

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God is honored in Judah.

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His name is great in Israel.

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Jerusalem is where he lives.

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Mount Zion is his home.

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There he has broken the fiery
arrows of the enemy, the shields and

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swords and weapons of war interlude.

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You are glorious and more majestic
than the everlasting mountains.

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Our boldest enemies have been plundered.

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They lie before us In the sleep of death.

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No warrior could lift a hand
against us At the blast of your

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breath, oh God, of Jacob, their
horses and chariots lay still.

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No wonder you are greatly
feared who can stand before you.

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When your anger explodes from
heaven, you sentenced your enemies.

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The earth trembled and
stood silent before you.

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You stand up to judge those who
do evil, oh God, and to rescue

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the oppressed of the earth.

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Interlude, human defiance only
enhances your glory for you.

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Use it as a weapon.

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Make vows to the Lord
your God, and keep them.

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Let everyone bring tribute to the
awesome one for He breaks the pride

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of princes and the kings of the earth.

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Fear him.

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Psalm 77 for Judean, the choir
director, a Psalm of asap.

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I cry out to God.

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Yes, I shout, oh, that
God would listen to me.

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When I was in deep trouble, I
searched for the Lord all night long.

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I prayed with hands lifted toward
heaven, but my soul was not comforted.

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I think of God and I moan overwhelmed
with longing for his help.

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Interlude you.

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Don't let me sleep.

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I am too distressed even to pray.

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I think of the good old days
long since ended when my nights

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were filled with joyful songs.

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I search my soul and
ponder the difference.

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Now, has the Lord rejected me forever?

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Will he never again be kind to me?

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Is his unfailing love gone forever?

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Have his promises permanently failed?

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Has God forgotten to be gracious?

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Has he slammed the door on his compassion
interlude and I said, this is my fate.

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The most high has turned
his hand against me.

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But then I recall all you have
done, oh Lord, I remember your

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wonderful deeds of long ago.

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They're constantly in my thoughts.

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I cannot stop thinking
about your mighty works.

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Oh God, your ways are holy.

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Is there any God as mighty as you?

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You are the God of great wonders.

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You demonstrate your awesome power
among the nations by your strong arm.

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You redeemed your people.

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The descendants of Jacob
and Joseph Interlude.

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When the Red Sea saw you, oh God,
it's waters looked and trembled

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the sea quaked to its very depths.

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The clouds poured down rain.

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The thunder rumbled in the sky.

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Your arrows of lightning flashed.

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Your thunder roared from the whirlwind.

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The lightning lit up the world.

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The earth trembled and shook
your road led through the sea.

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Your pathway through the mighty waters
a pathway no one knew was there.

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You led your people along that
road like a flock of sheep with

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Moses and Aaron as their shepherds.

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This concludes today's
Immer Reading experience.

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Thank you for joining us.