{"id":3458,"date":"2017-06-03T22:03:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T02:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=3458"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:36:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T00:36:47","slug":"daily-devotional-for-june-4-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=3458","title":{"rendered":"Daily Devotional for June 4 – 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday<\/p>\n

Act 2: 1-11 \u00a0Descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost<\/p>\n

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ORTHODOX STUDY BIBLE NOTES…<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Day of Pentecost, also called the Feast of Weeks in the OT, comes 50 days after Passover and is a celebration of the first fruits of harvest. As Jesus was crucified at Passover, the events of ch. 2 occur 50 days after His death. On the first Christian Pentecost, the unity of assembling with one accord (or purpose) in one place provides the environment in which the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in us. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This passage is read on the Feast of Pentecost (Trinity) Sunday, the seventh Sunday after Pascha. The Holy Spirit coming in the appearance of divided tongues, as of fire fulfills the prophecy of John the Baptist that Christ would \u201cbaptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire\u201d. This fire is a manifestation of the uncreated energy of God. Because God is wholly uncreated, His power or energy is also uncreated. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This is a fulfillment of the prophecy of Joel 3: 1 and a divine reversal or recapitulation of the events at the Tower of Babel . In the account of Babel, pride was shown to possess the awesome power to divide; here, the humble reception of the Holy Spirit is shown to have the overwhelming power to unite, even in diversity. A key lesson of Pentecost is that the people hear the gospel in their own language. Peter\u2019s sermon focuses on two prophetic themes: (1) the promised coming of the Holy Spirit (vv. 14\u2013 21); and (2) the Resurrection of Christ.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Monday<\/div>\n
**Readings will be selected Psalms<\/div>\n
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Psalm 1:<\/p>\n

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Blessed is<\/i> the man<\/span><\/span>
\nWho walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Nor stands in the path of sinners,<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;<\/span><\/span>
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>But his delight is<\/i> in the law of the Lord<\/span>,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>And in His law he meditates day and night.<\/span><\/span>
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>He shall be like a tree<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Planted by the rivers of water,<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>That brings forth its fruit in its season,<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Whose leaf also shall not wither;<\/span><\/span>
\nAnd whatever he does shall prosper.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4\u00a0<\/sup>The ungodly are<\/i> not so,<\/span>
\nBut are<\/i> like the chaff which the wind drives away.<\/span>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,<\/span>
\nNor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6\u00a0<\/sup>For the Lord<\/span> knows the way of the righteous,<\/span>
\nBut the way of the ungodly shall perish.<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 3\u00a0<\/span>Lord<\/span>, how they have increased who trouble me!<\/p>\n

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Many are<\/i> they who rise up against me.<\/span>
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>Many are<\/i> they who say of me,<\/span>
\n\u201cThere is<\/i> no help for him in God.\u201d Selah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3\u00a0<\/sup>But You, O Lord<\/span>, are<\/i> a shield for me,<\/span>
\nMy glory and the One who lifts up my head.<\/span>
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>I cried to the Lord<\/span> with my voice,<\/span>
\nAnd He heard me from His holy hill. Selah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5\u00a0<\/sup>I lay down and slept;<\/span>
\nI awoke, for the Lord<\/span> sustained me.<\/span>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people<\/span>
\nWho have set themselves<\/i> against me all around.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7\u00a0<\/sup>Arise, O Lord<\/span>;<\/span>
\nSave me, O my God!<\/span>
\nFor You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone;<\/span>
\nYou have broken the teeth of the ungodly.<\/span>
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>Salvation belongs<\/i> to the Lord<\/span>.<\/span>
\nYour blessing is<\/i> upon Your people. Selah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday<\/p>\n

Psalm 5<\/p>\n

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Give ear to my words, O Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>
\nConsider my meditation.<\/span>
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>Give heed to the voice of my cry,<\/span>
\nMy King and my God,<\/span>
\nFor to You I will pray.<\/span>
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord<\/span>;<\/span>
\nIn the morning I will direct it<\/i> to You,<\/span>
\nAnd I will look up.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4\u00a0<\/sup>For You are<\/i> not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,<\/span>
\nNor shall evil dwell with You.<\/span>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>The boastful shall not stand in Your sight;<\/span>
\nYou hate all workers of iniquity.<\/span>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;<\/span>
\nThe Lord<\/span> abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7\u00a0<\/sup>But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy;<\/span>
\nIn fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple.<\/span>
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>Lead me, O Lord<\/span>, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;<\/span>
\nMake Your way straight before my face.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9\u00a0<\/sup>For there is<\/i> no faithfulness in their mouth;<\/span>
\nTheir inward part is<\/i> destruction;<\/span>
\nTheir throat is<\/i> an open tomb;<\/span>
\nThey flatter with their tongue.<\/span>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>Pronounce them guilty, O God!<\/span>
\nLet them fall by their own counsels;<\/span>
\nCast them out in the multitude of their transgressions,<\/span>
\nFor they have rebelled against You.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11\u00a0<\/sup>But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You;<\/span>
\nLet them ever shout for joy, because You defend them;<\/span>
\nLet those also who love Your name<\/span>
\nBe joyful in You.<\/span>
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>For You, O Lord<\/span>, will bless the righteous;<\/span>
\nWith favor You will surround him as with<\/i> a shield.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday<\/p>\n

Psalm 8:<\/p>\n

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O Lord<\/span>, our Lord,<\/span><\/span>
\nHow excellent is<\/i> Your name in all the earth,<\/span>
\nWho have set Your glory above the heavens!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2\u00a0<\/sup>Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants<\/span>
\nYou have ordained strength,<\/span>
\nBecause of Your enemies,<\/span>
\nThat You may silence the enemy and the avenger.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3\u00a0<\/sup>When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,<\/span>
\nThe moon and the stars, which You have ordained,<\/span>
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>What is man that You are mindful of him,<\/span>
\nAnd the son of man that You visit him?<\/span>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>For You have made him a little lower than the angels,[b<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span>
\nAnd You have crowned him with glory and honor.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6\u00a0<\/sup>You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;<\/span>
\nYou have put all things<\/i> under his feet,<\/span>
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>All sheep and oxen\u2014<\/span>
\nEven the beasts of the field,<\/span>
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>The birds of the air,<\/span>
\nAnd the fish of the sea<\/span>
\nThat pass through the paths of the seas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9\u00a0<\/sup>O Lord<\/span>, our Lord,<\/span>
\nHow excellent is<\/i> Your name in all the earth!<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 11<\/p>\n

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How can you say to my soul,<\/span>
\n\u201cFlee as<\/i> a bird to your mountain\u201d?<\/span>
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>For look! The wicked bend their<\/i> bow,<\/span>
\nThey make ready their arrow on the string,<\/span>
\nThat they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart.<\/span>
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>If the foundations are destroyed,<\/span>
\nWhat can the righteous do?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4\u00a0<\/sup>The Lord<\/span> is<\/i> in His holy temple,<\/span>
\nThe Lord<\/span>\u2019s throne is<\/i> in heaven;<\/span>
\nHis eyes behold,<\/span>
\nHis eyelids test the sons of men.<\/span>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>The Lord<\/span> tests the righteous,<\/span>
\nBut the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.<\/span>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>Upon the wicked He will rain coals;<\/span>
\nFire and brimstone and a burning wind<\/span>
\nShall be<\/i> the portion of their cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7\u00a0<\/sup>For the Lord<\/span> is<\/i> righteous,<\/span>
\nHe loves righteousness;<\/span>
\nHis countenance beholds the upright.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday<\/p>\n

Psalm 9:<\/p>\n

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I will praise You,<\/i> O Lord<\/span>, with my whole heart;<\/span><\/span>
\nI will tell of all Your marvelous works.<\/span>
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>I will be glad and rejoice in You;<\/span>
\nI will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3\u00a0<\/sup>When my enemies turn back,<\/span>
\nThey shall fall and perish at Your presence.<\/span>
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>For You have maintained my right and my cause;<\/span>
\nYou sat on the throne judging in righteousness.<\/span>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>You have rebuked the nations,<\/span>
\nYou have destroyed the wicked;<\/span>
\nYou have blotted out their name forever and ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6\u00a0<\/sup>O enemy, destructions are finished forever!<\/span>
\nAnd you have destroyed cities;<\/span>
\nEven their memory has perished.<\/span>
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>But the Lord<\/span> shall endure forever;<\/span>
\nHe has prepared His throne for judgment.<\/span>
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>He shall judge the world in righteousness,<\/span>
\nAnd He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9\u00a0<\/sup>The Lord<\/span> also will be a refuge for the oppressed,<\/span>
\nA refuge in times of trouble.<\/span>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>And those who know Your name will put their trust in You;<\/span>
\nFor You, Lord<\/span>, have not forsaken those who seek You.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11\u00a0<\/sup>Sing praises to the Lord<\/span>, who dwells in Zion!<\/span>
\nDeclare His deeds among the people.<\/span>
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>When He avenges blood, He remembers them;<\/span>
\nHe does not forget the cry of the humble.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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13\u00a0<\/sup>Have mercy on me, O Lord<\/span>!<\/span>
\nConsider my trouble from those who hate me,<\/span>
\nYou who lift me up from the gates of death,<\/span>
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>That I may tell of all Your praise<\/span>
\nIn the gates of the daughter of Zion.<\/span>
\nI will rejoice in Your salvation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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15\u00a0<\/sup>The nations have sunk down in the pit which<\/i> they made;<\/span>
\nIn the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.<\/span>
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>The Lord<\/span> is known by<\/i> the judgment He executes;<\/span>
\nThe wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Meditation.[b<\/a>]<\/sup> Selah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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17\u00a0<\/sup>The wicked shall be turned into hell,<\/span>
\nAnd<\/i> all the nations that forget God.<\/span>
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>For the needy shall not always be forgotten;<\/span>
\nThe expectation of the poor shall not<\/i> perish forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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19\u00a0<\/sup>Arise, O Lord<\/span>,<\/span>
\nDo not let man prevail;<\/span>
\nLet the nations be judged in Your sight.<\/span>
\n20\u00a0<\/sup>Put them in fear, O Lord<\/span>,<\/span>
\nThat<\/i> the nations may know themselves to be but<\/i> men. <\/span><\/p>\n

Friday<\/p>\n

Psalm 13:<\/p>\n

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How long, O Lord<\/span>? Will You forget me forever?<\/span><\/span>
\nHow long will You hide Your face from me?<\/span>
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>How long shall I take counsel in my soul,<\/span>
\nHaving<\/i> sorrow in my heart daily?<\/span>
\nHow long will my enemy be exalted over me?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3\u00a0<\/sup>Consider and<\/i> hear me, O Lord<\/span> my God;<\/span>
\nEnlighten my eyes,<\/span>
\nLest I sleep the sleep of<\/i> death;<\/span>
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>Lest my enemy say,<\/span>
\n\u201cI have prevailed against him\u201d;<\/span>
\nLest<\/i> those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5\u00a0<\/sup>But I have trusted in Your mercy;<\/span>
\nMy heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.<\/span>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>I will sing to the Lord<\/span>,<\/span>
\nBecause He has dealt bountifully with me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 14:<\/p>\n

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The fool has said in his heart,<\/span><\/span>
\n\u201cThere is<\/i> no God.\u201d<\/span>
\nThey are corrupt,<\/span>
\nThey have done abominable works,<\/span>
\nThere is none who does good.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2\u00a0<\/sup>The Lord<\/span> looks down from heaven upon the children of men,<\/span>
\nTo see if there are any who understand, who seek God.<\/span>
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>They have all turned aside,<\/span>
\nThey have together become corrupt;<\/span>
\nThere is<\/i> none who does good,<\/span>
\nNo, not one.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4\u00a0<\/sup>Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,<\/span>
\nWho eat up my people as<\/i> they eat bread,<\/span>
\nAnd do not call on the Lord<\/span>?<\/span>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>There they are in great fear,<\/span>
\nFor God is<\/i> with the generation of the righteous.<\/span>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>You shame the counsel of the poor,<\/span>
\nBut the Lord<\/span> is<\/i> his refuge.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7\u00a0<\/sup>Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come<\/i> out of Zion!<\/span>
\nWhen the Lord<\/span> brings back the captivity of His people,<\/span>
\nLet Jacob rejoice and<\/i> Israel be glad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday<\/p>\n

Psalm 15:<\/p>\n

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Lord<\/span>, who may abide in Your tabernacle?<\/span><\/span>
\nWho may dwell in Your holy hill?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2\u00a0<\/sup>He who walks uprightly,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>And works righteousness,<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>And speaks the truth in his heart;<\/span><\/span>
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>He who<\/i> does not backbite with his tongue,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Nor does evil to his neighbor,<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;<\/span><\/span>
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>In whose eyes a vile person is despised,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>But he honors those who fear the Lord<\/span>;<\/span><\/span>
\nHe who<\/i> swears to his own hurt and does not change;<\/span>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>He who<\/i> does not put out his money at usury,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He who does these things<\/i> shall never be moved.<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 16: Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.<\/p>\n

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2\u00a0<\/sup>O my soul,<\/i> you have said to the Lord<\/span>,<\/span>
\n\u201cYou are<\/i> my Lord,<\/span>
\nMy goodness is nothing apart from You.\u201d<\/span>
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>As for the saints who are<\/i> on the earth,<\/span>
\n\u201cThey are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4\u00a0<\/sup>Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after<\/i> another god;<\/i><\/span>
\nTheir drink offerings of blood I will not offer,<\/span>
\nNor take up their names on my lips.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5\u00a0<\/sup>O Lord<\/span>, You are<\/i> the portion of my inheritance and my cup;<\/span>
\nYou maintain my lot.<\/span>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;<\/i><\/span>
\nYes, I have a good inheritance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7\u00a0<\/sup>I will bless the Lord<\/span> who has given me counsel;<\/span>
\nMy heart also instructs me in the night seasons.<\/span>
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>I have set the Lord<\/span> always before me;<\/span>
\nBecause He is<\/i> at my right hand I shall not be moved.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;<\/span>
\nMy flesh also will rest in hope.<\/span>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,<\/span>
\nNor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.<\/span>
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>You will show me the path of life;<\/span>
\nIn Your presence is<\/i> fullness of joy;<\/span>
\nAt Your right hand are<\/i> pleasures forevermore.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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