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so that what has been fashioned may be nourished for a time; and afterwards you will still guide it in your mercy.
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You have nurtured it in your righteousness, and instructed it in your law, and reproved it in your wisdom.
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You put it to death as your creation, and make it live as your work.
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If then you will suddenly and quickly destroy what with so great labor was fashioned by your command, to what purpose was it made?
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And now I will speak out: About all humankind you know best; but I will speak about your people, for whom I am grieved,
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