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Then my Creator, who created the universe, told me where I was to live. "Make your home in Israel,' he said. "The descendants of Jacob will be your people.'
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He created me in eternity, before time began, and I will exist for all eternity to come.
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I served him in the Sacred Tent and then made my home on Mount Zion.
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He settled me in the Beloved City and gave me authority over Jerusalem.
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I put down roots among an honored people whom the Lord had chosen as his own.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.