Chapter 17

¹ The Lord created man of the earth,

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² He gave them few days, and a short time,

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³ He endued them with strength by themselves,

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⁴ And put the fear of man upon all flesh,

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⁶ Counsel, and a tongue, and eyes,

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⁷ Withal he filled them with the knowledge of understanding,

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⁸ He set his eye upon their hearts,

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¹⁰ And they shall praise his holy name,

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¹¹ Beside this he gave them knowledge,

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¹² He made an everlasting covenant with them,

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¹³ Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory,

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¹⁴ And he said unto them,

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¹⁵ Their ways are ever before him,

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¹⁷ For in the division of the nations of the whole earth

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¹⁹ Therefore all their works are as the sun before him,

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²⁰ None of their unrighteous deeds are hidden from him,

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²² The alms of a man is as a signet with him,

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²³ Afterward he will rise up and reward them,

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²⁴ But unto them that repent, he granted them return,

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²⁵ Return unto the Lord, and forsake thy sins,

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²⁶ Turn again to the most High, and turn away from iniquity:

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²⁷ Who shall praise the most High in the grave,

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²⁸ Thanksgiving perisheth from the dead, as from one that is not:

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²⁹ How great is the lovingkindness of the Lord our God,

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³⁰ For all things cannot be in men,

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³¹ What is brighter than the sun? yet the light thereof faileth:

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³² He vieweth the power of the height of heaven;

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