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5 You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken.
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He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
6 You cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
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But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
8 They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys to the place that you appointed for them.
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they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.
9 You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
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You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.
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