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And in the midst of her own people she shall be exalted, and shall be ad- mired in the holy assembly.
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And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying:
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I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures:
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I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth:
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I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.
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I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea,
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And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,
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And in every nation I have had the chief rule:
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And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.
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Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,
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And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.