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		</div><div style="text-align:center;"><b>Lenten Meditation Day 8</b></div>
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<h3 style="text-align:center;"><span id="en-NRSVCE-16427" class="text Ps-32-1">Psalm 32</span></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span class="text Ps-32-1">The Joy of Forgiveness</span></span></h3>
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<div class="line"><span style="font-size:small;"><span class="text Ps-32-1"><sup class="versenum">1 </sup>Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-1">whose sin is covered.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-16428" class="text Ps-32-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>Happy are those to whom the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Lord</span> imputes no iniquity,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-2">and in whose spirit there is no deceit.</span></span></span></div>
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<div class="line"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="en-NRSVCE-16429" class="text Ps-32-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>While I kept silence, my body wasted away</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-3">through my groaning all day long.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-16430" class="text Ps-32-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-4">my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. <i><span class="selah">Selah</span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<div class="line"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="en-NRSVCE-16431" class="text Ps-32-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>Then I acknowledged my sin to you,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-5">and I did not hide my iniquity;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Ps-32-5">I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Lord</span>,”</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-5">and you forgave the guilt of my sin.<i><span class="selah"> Selah</span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<div class="line"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="en-NRSVCE-16432" class="text Ps-32-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>Therefore let all who are faithful</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-6">offer prayer to you;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Ps-32-6">at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-6">shall not reach them.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-16433" class="text Ps-32-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>You are a hiding place for me;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-7">you preserve me from trouble;</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-7">you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. <i><span class="selah">Selah</span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<div class="line"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="en-NRSVCE-16434" class="text Ps-32-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-8">I will counsel you with my eye upon you.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-16435" class="text Ps-32-9"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-9">whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-9">else it will not stay near you.</span></span></span></div>
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<div class="line"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="en-NRSVCE-16436" class="text Ps-32-10"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>Many are the torments of the wicked,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-10">but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Lord</span>.</span></span><br />
<span id="en-NRSVCE-16437" class="text Ps-32-11"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>Be glad in the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Lord</span> and rejoice, O righteous,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-32-11">and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.</span></span></span></div>
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Lenten Meditation Day 8
