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Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
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All of them are put to shame and confounded, the makers of idols go in confusion together.
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But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.
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For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it a chaos, he formed it to be inhabited!): I am the Lord, and there is no other.
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I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, "Seek me in chaos." I the Lord speak the truth, I declare what is right.
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