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 having been seated, he began to repeat the following psalm:

{{block center| "When I was a minor And in the palace of my Father, Enjoying the riches and abundance Of those who brought me up, From the East, our home, The parents having equipped me, sent me away. From the richness of their treasuries They supplied a burden, Great and yet light, That I alone could carry it. Gold is the burden from above, And silver from the great treasuries And Chalcedon stones from India, And pearls from the land of Kosan. And they supplied me with a diamond < Which can break the iron. >