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The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage.
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Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows made no lamentation.
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Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.
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And He beat back His enemies; He put them to a perpetual reproach.
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Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
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But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.
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And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever.
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He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;
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From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.
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So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.