3 “I came out of the mouth of the Most High, and covered the earth as a mist. (WEB) 4 I lived in high places, and my throne is in the pillar of the cloud. (WEB) 5 Alone I surrounded the circuit of heaven, and walked in the depth of the abyss. (WEB)
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