make: Heb. pray
thy dwelling place: 2 Chronicles 6:39, 2 Chronicles 30:27; Job 22:12-14; Psalms 123:1; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Isaiah 57:15; Matthew 6:9
forgive: Psalms 85:2-3, Psalms 130:3-4; Isaiah 43:25; Daniel 9:19; Micah 7:18; Matthew 6:12
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2 Chronicles 6:21
2 Chronicles 6:21
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