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And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words.
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Such as by their skill sought out musical tunes, and published canticles of the scriptures.
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Rich men in virtue, studying beautifulness: living at peace in their houses.
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All these have gained glory in their generations, and were praised in their days.
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They that were born of them have left a name behind them, that their praises might be related:
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And there are some, of whom there is no memorial: who are perished, as if they had never been: and are become as if they had never been born, and their children with them.
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But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed:
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Good things continue with their seed,
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Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants.
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And their children for their sakes remain for ever: their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken.
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Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.