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"Then the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and the one who created me assigned a place for my tent. And he said, `Make your dwelling in Jacob, and in Israel receive your inheritance.'
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From eternity, in the beginning, he created me, and for eternity I shall not cease to exist.
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In the holy tabernacle I ministered before him, and so I was established in Zion.
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In the beloved city likewise he gave me a resting place, and in Jerusalem was my dominion.
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So I took root in an honored people, in the portion of the Lord, who is their inheritance.
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.