4
He considered how to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city to withstand a seige.
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How glorious he was when the people gathered round him as he came out of the inner sanctuary!
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Like the morning star among the clouds, like the moon when it is full;
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like the sun shining upon the temple of the Most High, and like the rainbow gleaming in glorious clouds;
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like roses in the days of the first fruits, like lilies by a spring of water, like a green shoot on Lebanon on a summer day;
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.