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so they perished because they had no wisdom, they perished through their folly.
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Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
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Who has gone over the sea, and found her, and will buy her for pure gold?
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No one knows the way to her, or is concerned about the path to her.
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But the one who knows all things knows her, he found her by his understanding. The one who prepared the earth for all time filled it with four-footed creatures;
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the one who sends forth the light, and it goes; he called it, and it obeyed him, trembling;
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the stars shone in their watches, and were glad; he called them, and they said, "Here we are!" They shone with gladness for him who made them.
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This is our God; no other can be compared to him.
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He found the whole way to knowledge, and gave her to his servant Jacob and to Israel, whom he loved.
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Afterward she appeared on earth and lived with humankind.