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I said, "O Lord, you spoke at the beginning of creation, and said on the first day, "Let heaven and earth be made,' and your word accomplished the work.
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Then on the eighth night my heart was troubled within me again, and I began to speak in the presence of the Most High.
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My spirit was greatly aroused, and my soul was in distress.
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I said, "O Lord, you spoke at the beginning of creation, and said on the first day, "Let heaven and earth be made,' and your word accomplished the work.
39
Then the spirit was blowing, and darkness and silence embraced everything; the sound of human voices was not yet there.
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Then you commanded a ray of light to be brought out from your store-chambers, so that your works could be seen.
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