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For we who have received the law perish by sin, and our heart also which received it.
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Notwithstanding, the law perisheth not, but remaineth in his force."
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And when I spoke these things in my heart, I looked back with mine eyes, and upon the right side I saw a woman; and behold, she mourned and wept with a loud voice, and was much grieved at heart, and her clothes were rent, and she had ashes upon her head.
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Then let I my thoughts go that were in me, and turned unto her
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and said unto her "Why weepest thou? Why art thou so grieved in thy mind?"
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And she said unto me, "Sir, let me alone, that I may bewail myself and add unto my sorrow, for I am sore vexed in my mind and brought very low."
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And I said unto her, "What aileth thee? Tell me."
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She said unto me, "I, thy servant, have been barren and had no child, though I had a husband thirty years.
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And those thirty years I did nothing else day and night and every hour but make my prayer to the Highest.
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After thirty years God heard me, thine handmaid, looked upon my misery, considered my trouble, and gave me a son. And I was very glad for him, so was my husband also and all my neighbors; and we gave great honor unto the Almighty.
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And I nourished him with great travail.