The waters nourished it;
    the deep made it grow tall,
making (A)its rivers flow
    around the place of its planting,
sending forth its streams
    to all the trees of the field.
So (B)it towered high
    above all the trees of the field;
its boughs grew large
    and its branches long
    from (C)abundant water in its shoots.
(D)All the birds of the heavens
    made their nests in its boughs;
under its branches all the beasts of the field
    gave birth to their young,
and under its shadow
    lived all great nations.

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