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But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High. They did not obey his laws.

But he rejected Joseph's descendants; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?

"But no, my people wouldn't listen. Israel did not want me around.

But I would feed you with the finest wheat. I would satisfy you with wild honey from the rock."

But these oppressors know nothing; they are so ignorant! They wander about in darkness, while the whole world is shaken to the core.

But you will die like mere mortals and fall like every other ruler.'"

I listen carefully to what God the Lord is saying, for he speaks peace to his faithful people. But let them not return to their foolish ways.

But you, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.

But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,

But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.

But now you have rejected him and cast him off. You are angry with your anointed king.

In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered.

Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.

But you, O Lord , will be exalted forever.

But you have made me as strong as a wild ox. You have anointed me with the finest oil.

But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.

But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore— the Lord above is mightier than these!

I cried out, "I am slipping!" but your unfailing love, O Lord , supported me.

But the Lord is my fortress; my God is the mighty rock where I hide.