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So he smote his adversaries in the rear, Reproach age-abiding, laid he upon them.

So he did shepherd them, according to the singleness of his heart, And, with the discernment of his hands, used he to guide them.

So, we, thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee, to times age-abiding, - To generation after generation, will we recount thy praise.

Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;

Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?

So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And, on thy Name, will we call.

Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:

So then I let them go on in the stubbornness of their own heart, - They might walk in their own counsels!

So, wilt thou pursue them with thy tempest, - And, with thy storm-wind, wilt terrify them:

So shall the heavens praise thy wondrousness, O Yahweh, - Yea, thy faithfulness, in the convocation of holy ones.

How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.

So hath mine eye descried them who were lying in wait for me, - Of my wicked assailants, mine ears, shall hear.

Forty years, loathed I that generation, So I said - A people going astray in heart, they are, Even they, have not known my ways!

Smitten like herbage, so is my heart dried up, For I have forgotten to eat my food.

As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;

So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham;

He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;

So he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, And he led them through deeps, as pasture-land;

So the waters covered their adversaries, Not one from among them, was left.

So he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.