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Psalms 40:2

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brought: Psalms 18:16-17, Psalms 71:20, Psalms 86:13, Psalms 116:3, Psalms 142:6-7, Psalms 143:3; Isaiah 24:22; Jonah 2:5-6; Zechariah 9:11; Acts 2:24, Acts 2:27-31

horrible pit: Heb. pit of noise, Matthew 13:50

the miry: Psalms 69:2, Psalms 69:14-15; Jeremiah 38:6-12; Lamentations 3:53-55

set: Psalms 27:5, Psalms 61:2; Matthew 7:24-25

established: Psalms 17:5, Psalms 18:36, Psalms 37:23, Psalms 119:133

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