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1 Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
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1 Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
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2 Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
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2 Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
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3 I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
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3 I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
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4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.
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4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.
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5 They have acted corruptly toward him; to their shame they are no longer his children, but a warped and crooked generation.
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5 They have acted corruptly toward him; to their shame they are no longer his children, but a warped and crooked generation.
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6 Is this the way you repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you?
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6 Is this the way you repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you?
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7 Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.
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7 Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.
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8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
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8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
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9 For the LORD's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.
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9 For the LORD's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.
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10 In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
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10 In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
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11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions.
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11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
