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From the beginning to the end of time he can see everything, and nothing is too marvelous for him.
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No one can say, "What is this?' or "Why is that?'— for everything has been created for its own purpose.
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"His blessing covers the dry land like a river, and drenches it like a flood.
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But his wrath drives out the nations, as when he turned a watered land into salt.
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To the faithful his ways are straight, but full of pitfalls for the wicked.
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From the beginning good things were created for the good, but for sinners good things and bad.
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The basic necessities of human life are water and fire and iron and salt and wheat flour and milk and honey, the blood of the grape and oil and clothing.
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All these are good for the godly, but for sinners they turn into evils.
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"There are winds created for vengeance, and in their anger they can dislodge mountains; on the day of reckoning they will pour out their strength and calm the anger of their Maker.
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Fire and hail and famine and pestilence, all these have been created for vengeance;
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the fangs of wild animals and scorpions and vipers, and the sword that punishes the ungodly with destruction.