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From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.
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And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.
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And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of mg God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.
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I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.
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I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho: