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[“Ah, no,” the faithless spies reply]

The men that went up with him said, &c. —xiii. 31–33.

Ah, no,” the faithless spies reply,
Who search'd with us the happy land,
“We cannot scale the forts so high,
Or 'gainst the sons of Anak stand:

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Stronger than us our foes we deem.”—
But are they stronger than your Lord?
Giants are grasshoppers to Him,
To all who venture on His word.