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But a husband I consented to take, with thy fear, not with my lust.
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And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man.
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For thy counsel is not in man's power.
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But this every one is sure of that worshippeth thee, that his life, if it be under trial, shall be crowned: and if it be under tribulation, it shall be delivered: and if it be under correction, it shall be allowed to come to thy mercy.
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For thou art not delighted in our being lost: because after a storm thou makest a calm, and after tears and weeping thou pourest in joyfulness.
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Be thy name, O God of Israel, blessed for ever.
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At that time the prayers of them both were heard in the sight of the glory of the most high God:
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And the holy angel of the Lord, Raphael was sent to heal them both, whose prayers at one time were rehearsed in the sight of the Lord.