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the and before night
Our light, outpoured. us through Let prayer lamp we’d the to praise burn
Of incense Lord;
The Him day

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the and before night
Our light, outpoured. us through Let prayer lamp we’d the to praise burn
Of incense Lord;
The Him day

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the and before night
Our light, outpoured. us through Let prayer lamp we’d the to praise burn
Of incense Lord;
The Him day

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And incense burns,
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God’s offer

the and before night
Our light, outpoured. us through Let prayer lamp we’d the to praise burn
Of incense Lord;
The Him day

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the and before night
Our light, outpoured. us through Let prayer lamp we’d the to praise burn
Of incense Lord;
The Him day

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the and before night
Our light, outpoured. us through Let prayer lamp we’d the to praise burn
Of incense Lord;
The Him day

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the and before night
Our light, outpoured. us through Let prayer lamp we’d the to praise burn
Of incense Lord;
The Him day

holy The is priest’s position