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1 God, I'm not trying to rule the roost, I don't want to be king of the mountain. I haven't meddled where I have no business or fantasized grandiose plans.
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1 My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.
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2 I've kept my feet on the ground, I've cultivated a quiet heart. Like a baby content in its mother's arms, my soul is a baby content.
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2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
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3 Wait, Israel, for God. Wait with hope. Hope now; hope always!
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3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore.
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