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And thy glory passed through the four gates of fire and earthquake and wind and ice, to give the law to the descendants of Jacob, and thy commandment to the posterity of Israel.
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"Yet thou didst not take away from them their evil heart, so that thy law might bring forth fruit in them.
21
For the first Adam, burdened with an evil heart, transgressed and was overcome, as were also all who were descended from him.
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Thus the disease became permanent; the law was in the people's heart along with the evil root, but what was good departed, and the evil remained.
23
So the times passed and the years were completed, and thou didst raise up for thyself a servant, named David.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.