Not for: Job 11:14, Job 15:20, Job 15:34, Job 21:27-28, Job 22:5-9, Job 27:6-7, Job 29:12-17, Job 31:1-40; Psalms 7:3-5, Psalms 44:17-21
my prayer: Job 8:5-6; Psalms 66:18-19; Proverbs 15:8; 1 Timothy 2:8
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Job 16:17
Job 16:17
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