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"I came out of the mouth of the Most High, and covered the earth as a cloud.
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I dwelt in high places, and my throne is in a cloudy pillar.
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I alone compassed the circuit of heaven, and walked in the bottom of the deep.
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In the waves of the sea and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I got a possession.
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With all these I sought rest; and in whose inheritance shall I abide?
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"So the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and He that made me caused my tabernacle to rest, and said, `Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thine inheritance in Israel.'
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He created me from the beginning before the world, and I shall never fail.
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In the holy tabernacle I served before Him, and so was I established in Zion.
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Likewise in the beloved city He gave me rest, and in Jerusalem was my power.
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And I took root in an honorable people, even in the portion of the Lord's inheritance.
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"I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon, and as a cypress tree upon the mountains of Hermon.