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And among all the multitudes of people thou hast gotten thee one people: and unto this people, whom thou lovedst, thou gavest a law that is approved of all.
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And now, O Lord, why hast thou given this one people over unto many? and upon the one root hast thou prepared others, and why hast thou scattered thy only one people among many?
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And they which did gainsay thy promises, and believed not thy covenants, have trodden them down.
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If thou didst so much hate thy people, yet shouldest thou punish them with thine own hands.
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Now when I had spoken these words, the angel that came to me the night afore was sent unto me,