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Psalms 23:5

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preparest: Psalms 22:26, Psalms 22:29, Psalms 31:19-20, Psalms 104:15; Job 36:16; Isaiah 25:6; John 6:53-56; John 10:9-10, John 16:22

thou anointest: Heb. makest fat, Psalms 45:7, Psalms 92:10; Amos 6:6; Matthew 6:17; 2 Corinthians 1:21; 1 John 2:20, 1 John 2:27

my cup: Psalms 16:5, Psalms 116:13; 1 Corinthians 10:16; Ephesians 3:20

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