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He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague,
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And destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt, The first of their strength in the tents of Ham.
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But He made His own people go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
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And He led them on safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
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And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.
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He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
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Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies,
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But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
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For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
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When God heard this, He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel,
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So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,