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So I fasted seven days, mourning and weeping, as the angel Uriel had commanded me.
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After seven days the thoughts of my heart were very grievous to me again.
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Then my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began once more to speak words in the presence of the Most High.
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I said, "O sovereign Lord, from every forest of the earth and from all its trees you have chosen one vine,
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and from all the lands of the world you have chosen for yourself one region, and from all the flowers of the world you have chosen for yourself one lily,
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