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You covered the earth with deep water,
    like a coat.
The water covered the tops of the mountains.
But when you shouted,
    the water went back.
It ran away,
    when you shouted like thunder.
The water poured down from the mountains,
    and it went down into the valleys.
It went to stay in the place that you had chosen for it.

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You covered it(A) with the watery depths(B) as with a garment;
    the waters stood(C) above the mountains.
But at your rebuke(D) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder(E) they took to flight;
they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned(F) for them.

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