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When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect,
    you came down; the mountains quaked at your presence.(A)
From ages past no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
    who works for those who wait for him.(B)
You meet those who gladly do right,
    those who remember you in your ways.
But you were angry, and we sinned;
    because you hid yourself we transgressed.[a](C)

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  1. 64.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain

For when you did awesome(A) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled(B) before you.
Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,(C)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.(D)
You come to the help of those who gladly do right,(E)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.(F)
    How then can we be saved?

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