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Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

As for man, his days are like grass; Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.

You covered it with the deep sea as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.

You set a boundary so that they will not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.

And wine, which makes a human heart cheerful, So that he makes his face gleam with oil, And food, which sustains a human heart.

The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock hyrax.

A person goes out to his work And to his labor until evening.

He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,

Then He confirmed it to Jacob as a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

When they were only a few people in number, Very few, and strangers in it.

And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.

He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

He spoke, and a swarm of flies And gnats invaded all their territory.

He spread out a cloud as a covering, And fire to illumine by night.

He opened the rock and water flowed out; It ran in the dry places like a river.

And He led out His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout.

So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them.

And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.

They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped a cast metal image.