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Psalms 40:11

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Withhold: From this verse to the end, we have quite a new subject; for the former contains a thanksgiving, and this contains a supplication. It is nearly the same as the seventieth, and probably formed a distinct Psalm. Psalms 69:13, Psalms 69:16

let thy: Psalms 23:6, Psalms 43:3, Psalms 57:3, Psalms 61:7, Psalms 85:10; Hebrews 5:7

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