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Therefore higher hath been his stature than all trees of the field, And multiplied are his boughs, and long are his branches, Because of many waters in his shooting forth,

In his boughs made a nest hath every fowl of the heavens, And under his branches brought forth hath every beast of the field, And in his shade dwell do all great nations.

And he is fair in his greatness, In the length of his thin shoots, For his root hath been by great waters.

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So it towered higher(A)
    than all the trees of the field;
its boughs increased
    and its branches grew long,
    spreading because of abundant waters.(B)
All the birds of the sky
    nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
    gave birth(C) under its branches;
all the great nations
    lived in its shade.(D)
It was majestic in beauty,
    with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
    to abundant waters.(E)

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