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22 Your sins were like a big cloud,
    but I wiped them all away.
Your sins are gone,
    like a cloud that disappeared into thin air.
I rescued and protected you,
    so come back to me.”

23 Skies, rejoice for what the Lord has done.
    Earth, shout for joy down to your deepest parts!
Start singing, you mountains
    and all you trees in the forest!
Yes, the Lord has saved Jacob.
    He has shown his glory by rescuing Israel.
24 The one who rescued you is the Lord,
    the one who formed you in your mother’s womb.
He says, “I, the Lord, made everything.
    I put the skies there myself.
    I spread out the earth before me.”

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22 I have swept away(A) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return(B) to me,
    for I have redeemed(C) you.”

23 Sing for joy,(D) you heavens, for the Lord has done this;
    shout aloud, you earth(E) beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,(F)
    you forests and all your trees,(G)
for the Lord has redeemed(H) Jacob,
    he displays his glory(I) in Israel.

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24 “This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(J) who formed(K) you in the womb:(L)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,(M)
    who spreads out the earth(N) by myself,

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