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I served him in the Sacred Tent and then made my home on Mount Zion.
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He settled me in the Beloved City and gave me authority over Jerusalem.
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I put down roots among an honored people whom the Lord had chosen as his own.
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I grew tall, like the cedars in Lebanon, like the cypresses on Mount Hermon,
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like the palm trees of Engedi, like the roses of Jericho, like beautiful olive trees in the fields, like plane trees growing by the water.
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My breath was the spicy smell of cinnamon, of sweet perfume and finest myrrh, of stacte, onycha, and galbanum, the fragrant incense in the Sacred Tent.
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Like an oak I spread out my branches, magnificent and graceful.
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Like a grapevine I put out lovely shoots; my blossoms gave way to rich and glorious fruit.
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Come to me, all you that want me, and eat your fill of my fruit.
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You will remember me as sweeter than honey, better than honey from the comb.