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And thou shalt mortify it as thy creature, and quicken it as thy work.
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If therefore thou shalt destroy him which with so great labour was fashioned, it is an easy thing to be ordained by thy commandment, that the thing which was made might be preserved.
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Now therefore, Lord, I will speak; touching man in general, thou knowest best; but touching thy people, for whose sake I am sorry;
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And for thine inheritance, for whose cause I mourn; and for Israel, for whom I am heavy; and for Jacob, for whose sake I am troubled;
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Therefore will I begin to pray before thee for myself and for them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land.
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But I have heard the swiftness of the judge which is to come.
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Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I shall speak before thee. This is the beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up: and I said,
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O Lord, thou that dwellest in everlastingness which beholdest from above things in the heaven and in the air;
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Whose throne is inestimable; whose glory may not be comprehended; before whom the hosts of angels stand with trembling,
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Whose service is conversant in wind and fire; whose word is true, and sayings constant; whose commandment is strong, and ordinance fearful;
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Whose look drieth up the depths, and indignation maketh the mountains to melt away; which the truth witnesseth: