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The phrasing of the Bible in Basic English offers a fascinatingly stark shift in the semantics of divine agency and labor.
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A reading from Psalms 127:1
- A Song of the going up. Of Solomon. - If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
— Psalms 127:1 (en_bbe)
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