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After that, I mourned and fasted for seven more days, as I had done before, and so I completed the three weeks of fasting that I had been commanded to observe.
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On the eighth night I was again deeply troubled, and I began to speak to God Most High.
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but I said, "O Lord, at the beginning of creation you spoke the word. On the first day you commanded, "Let the universe be made,' and your word carried out that command.
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At that time the spirit was moving, darkness and silence were everywhere, and no human voice was yet heard.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.