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Remember the old days.
    Think of the years already passed.
Ask your father. He will tell you.
    Ask your elders. They will inform you.
The Most High God gave the nations their lands.
    He divided up the human race.
He set up borders for the people.
    He even numbered the Israelites.
The Lord took his people as his share.
    The people of Jacob were his very own.

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Remember the days of old;(A)
    consider the generations long past.(B)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
    your elders, and they will explain to you.(C)
When the Most High(D) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,(E)
he set up boundaries(F) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](G)
For the Lord’s portion(H) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God