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"Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
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Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.
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For I proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God.
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He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.
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"They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation.
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Do you thus deal with the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?
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"Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you: