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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 Sion.
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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 honourable people, even in the portion of the Lord's inheritance.
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I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree upon the mountains of Hermon.
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I was exalted like a palm tree in En-gaddi, and as a rose plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field, and grew up as a plane tree by the water.
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I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax, and as the fume of frankincense in the tabernacle.
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As the turpentine tree I stretched out my branches, and my branches are the branches of honour and grace.
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As the vine brought I forth pleasant savour, and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.
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I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope: I therefore, being eternal, am given to all my children which are named of him.
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Come unto me, all ye that be desirous of me, and fill yourselves with my fruits.