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13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you.
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He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
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He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15 He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
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He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
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He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
17 He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?
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He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
18 He sends forth his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
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He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
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He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!
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He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws.Praise the LORD.
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