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He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens and drove along the south wind by his strength.

He caused them to fall in the midst of his camp, all around his dwellings.

In spite of all this they sinned further and did not believe his wonders.

For their heart was not steadfast with him, nor were they faithful to his covenant.

But he was compassionate; he pardoned their guilt and did not destroy them. And many times he turned back his anger and did not stir up all his wrath,

And they did not remember his power when he redeemed them from the enemy,

how he performed his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the region of Zoan,

He sent against them his fierce anger, rage and indignation and trouble, a band of destroying angels.

He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death but handed their life over to the plague.

Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them like a herd in the wilderness.

So he brought them to his holy territory, this mountain his right hand acquired.

But they tested and rebelled against God Most High and did not keep his statutes.

And he gave his strength into captivity and his splendor into the hand of the enemy.

He also handed his people over to the sword, and he was very angry with his inheritance.

Fire devoured his young men, and his young women were not praised.

His priests fell by the sword, and his widows did not weep.

And he beat back his enemies; he gave them over to perpetual scorn.

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.

And he chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds.

He brought him from following nursing ewes to shepherd Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.