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Wisdom brought success to the people of Israel through a holy prophet. 1
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They traveled across a desert where no one lived and camped in places where no human being had ever been.
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They stood up to their enemies and fought them off.
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When your people grew thirsty, they called to you, Lord, and you gave them water flowing out of solid rock.
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The disasters that punished the Egyptians saved your people when they were in trouble.
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Because those enemies decreed that the babies of your people should be killed, you stirred up the sources of their everflowing river and made it foul with blood. In the desert you let your people go thirsty, to give them a taste of how you had punished their enemies. And then, when they least expected it, you gave them plenty of water.