magnify: Psalms 35:26, Psalms 38:16, Psalms 41:11, Psalms 55:12; Micah 7:8; Zephaniah 2:10; Zechariah 12:7
plead: 1 Samuel 1:6; Nehemiah 1:3; Isaiah 4:1; Luke 1:25, Luke 13:2-4; John 9:2, John 9:34
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Job 19:5
Job 19:5
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