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If you should expect from me a discourse in which I should explain redemption, I must follow the example of that philosopher of ancient times who, when some asked a definition of God, said I must first ask for a week to prepare my reply; after that week is passed I must ask a second, and again a third, and so on till I had at last declared that I never could end my demand for time. For the more that philosopher meditated on God, the less was he able to give a definition; and the more I meditate on redemption, the less can I explain it.

(Adolphe Monod.)

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KJV: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

WEB: "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and worked redemption for his people;