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Now after this I wept again and fasted seven days as before, in order to complete the three weeks as I had been told.
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And on the eighth night my heart was troubled within me again, and I began to speak in the presence of the Most High.
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For my spirit was greatly aroused, and my soul was in distress.
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I said, "O Lord, thou didst speak at the beginning of creation, and didst say on the first day, `Let heaven and earth be made,' and thy word accomplished the work.
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And then the Spirit was hovering, and darkness and silence embraced everything; the sound of man's voice was not yet there.