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Psalms 4:1

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Neginoth: Psalms 6:1, Psalms 67:1, Psalms 76:1 *titles Habakkuk 3:19 *marg.

O: Psalms 11:7, Psalms 24:5, Psalms 41:12; Isaiah 45:24; Jeremiah 23:6; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 5:20-21

thou: Psalms 18:18-19, Psalms 31:8, Psalms 40:1-3, Psalms 116:6, Psalms 116:16; 1 Samuel 17:37, 1 Samuel 19:11-12, 1 Samuel 23:26-28; Job 36:16; 2 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Corinthians 1:10

have mercy upon me: or, be gracious unto me, Psalms 56:1, Psalms 57:1, Psalms 86:3-5, Psalms 119:75-77, Psalms 119:132, Psalms 143:2; Exodus 34:6-7

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