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1 Give ear , O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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1 O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.
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2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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2 I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from of old--
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3 Which we have heard and known , and our fathers have told us.
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3 what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us.
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4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done .
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4 We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.
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5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
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5 He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,
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6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their children:
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6 so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.
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7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
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7 Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
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8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright , and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
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8 They would not be like their forefathers-- a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
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9 The children of Ephraim, being armed , and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
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9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;
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10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
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10 they did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law.
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11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
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11 They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.
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12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
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12 He did miracles in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
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13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through ; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
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13 He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand firm like a wall.
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14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
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14 He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.
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15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
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15 He split the rocks in the desert and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
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16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
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16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.
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17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
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17 But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
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18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
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18 They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
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19 Yea, they spake against God; they said , Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
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19 They spoke against God, saying, "Can God spread a table in the desert?
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20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out , and the streams overflowed ; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
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20 When he struck the rock, water gushed out, and streams flowed abundantly. But can he also give us food? Can he supply meat for his people?"
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21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth : so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
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21 When the LORD heard them, he was very angry; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel,
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22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
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22 for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance.
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23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
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23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens;
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24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat , and had given them of the corn of heaven.
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24 he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven.
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25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
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25 Men ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.
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26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
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26 He let loose the east wind from the heavens and led forth the south wind by his power.
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27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
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27 He rained meat down on them like dust, flying birds like sand on the seashore.
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28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
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28 He made them come down inside their camp, all around their tents.
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29 So they did eat , and were well filled : for he gave them their own desire;
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29 They ate till they had more than enough, for he had given them what they craved.
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30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
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30 But before they turned from the food they craved, even while it was still in their mouths,
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31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
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31 God's anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel.
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32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works .
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32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
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33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
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33 So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
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34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
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34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again.
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35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer .
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35 They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
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36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
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36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues;
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37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
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37 their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.
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38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away , and did not stir up all his wrath.
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38 Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath.
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39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away , and cometh not again .
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39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
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40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
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40 How often they rebelled against him in the desert and grieved him in the wasteland!
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41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
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41 Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
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42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
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42 They did not remember his power-- the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,
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43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
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43 the day he displayed his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders in the region of Zoan.
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44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods , that they could not drink .
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44 He turned their rivers to blood; they could not drink from their streams.
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45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
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45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
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46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
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46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.
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47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
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47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
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48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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48 He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.
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49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
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49 He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility-- a band of destroying angels.
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50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
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50 He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.
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51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
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51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.
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52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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52 But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the desert.
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53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies .
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53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies.
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54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased .
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54 Thus he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill country his right hand had taken.
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55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
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55 He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
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56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
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56 But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.
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57 But turned back , and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
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57 Like their fathers they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.
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58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
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58 They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
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59 When God heard this, he was wroth , and greatly abhorred Israel:
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59 When God heard them, he was very angry; he rejected Israel completely.
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60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
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60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among men.
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61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
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61 He sent [the ark of] his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
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62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
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62 He gave his people over to the sword; he was very angry with his inheritance.
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63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage .
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63 Fire consumed their young men, and their maidens had no wedding songs;
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64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation .
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64 their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep.
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65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
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65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a man wakes from the stupor of wine.
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66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
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66 He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame.
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67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
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67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
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68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved .
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68 but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
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69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
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69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.
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70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds :
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70 He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;
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71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
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71 from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.
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72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
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72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.
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