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He sang to you songs of the psalmist David, who said, `Many are the afflictions of the righteous.'
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He recounted to you Solomon's proverb, `There is a tree of life for those who do his will.'
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He confirmed the saying of Ezekiel, `Shall these dry bones live?'
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For he did not forget to teach you the song that Moses taught, which says,
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`I kill and I make alive: this is your life and the length of your days.'"
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.