| Manuela |
1 |
Keep silence before me, O islands; |
| Lavender |
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and let the people renew their strength: |
| Willow |
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let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. |
| Fern |
2 |
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? |
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he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. |
| Lily |
3 |
He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. |
| Ivy |
4 |
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he. |
| Helena |
5 |
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. |
| Isadora |
6 |
They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. |
| Isabela |
7 |
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, |
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saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. |
| Manuela |
8 |
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. |
| Bella |
9 |
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, |
| Luiza |
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and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. |
| Jeniffer |
10 |
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: |
| Lavinia |
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I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. |
| Whitney |
11 |
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: |
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they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. |