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JULY 28
That has come upon us, They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your
Our kings and our princes, countenance.
Our priests and our prophets, 16 In Your name they rejoice all day long,
Our fathers and on all Your people, And in Your righteousness they are
From the days of the kings of Assyria exalted.
until this day. 17 For You are the glory of their strength,
33 However You are just in all that has And in Your favor our horn is exalted.
befallen us; 18 For our shield belongs to the LORD,
For You have dealt faithfully, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
But we have done wickedly. Proverbs 21:29–31
34 Neither our kings nor our princes,
29 A wicked man hardens his face,
Our priests nor our fathers,
Have kept Your law, But as for the upright, he establishes
Nor heeded Your commandments and his way.
Your testimonies,
With which You testified against them.
35 For they have not served You in their
kingdom, 21:29 The wicked become obstinate, main-
Or in the many good things that You taining what suits them without regard for
gave them, others or the truth, while good people pro-
Or in the large and rich land which ceed with integrity.
You set before them;
Nor did they turn from their wicked
works.
There is no wisdom or understanding
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36 “Here we are, servants today! Or counsel against the LORD.
And the land that You gave to our
31 The horse is prepared for the day of
fathers,
To eat its fruit and its bounty, battle,
Here we are, servants in it! But deliverance is of the LORD.
And it yields much increase to the kings Acts 27:27–44
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You have set over us,
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Because of our sins; Now when the fourteenth night had come,
Also they have dominion over our as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic
bodies and our cattle Sea, about midnight the sailors sensed that
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At their pleasure; they were drawing near some land. And they
And we are in great distress. took soundings and found it to be twenty fath-
oms; and when they had gone a little farther,
“And because of all this, they took soundings again and found it to be
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We make a sure covenant and write it; fifteen fathoms. Then, fearing lest we should
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Our leaders, our Levites, and our run aground on the rocks, they dropped four
priests seal it.”
Psalm 89:11–18
The heavens are Yours, the earth also
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is Yours; 27:27 fourteenth night. Since they sailed
The world and all its fullness, You have from Fair Havens (v.13).Adriatic Sea. The cen-
founded them. tral Mediterranean Sea,not the present Adriatic
The north and the south, You have Sea located between Italy and Croatia. The
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created them; modern Adriatic was known in Paul’s day as the
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your Gulf of Adria. sensed. The sailors probably
name. heard the sound of waves breaking on a shore.
You have a mighty arm;
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Strong is Your hand, and high is Your 27:28 took soundings.With a weight attached
right hand. to a length of rope they measured the depth of
14 Righteousness and justice are the the sea. twenty fathoms…fifteen fathoms.
foundation of Your throne; 120 feet…90 feet.The decreasing depth of the
Mercy and truth go before Your face. water confirmed the ship was approaching
Blessed are the people who know the land.
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joyful sound!
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