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1 Chronicles 29:17

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triest the heart: 1 Chronicles 28:9; Deuteronomy 8:2; 1 Samuel 16:7; Psalms 7:9, Psalms 51:6; Proverbs 16:2, Proverbs 21:2; Jeremiah 17:10; Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 2:23

hast pleasure: Proverbs 11:20, Proverbs 15:8-9; John 1:47

in the uprightness: Acts 24:16; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:10

joy thy people: 1 Chronicles 29:9; Philemon 1:7, Philemon 1:20

present: Heb. found

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