Why hast: Psalms 13:1, Psalms 22:1-2, Psalms 44:23-24, Psalms 77:9; Isaiah 40:27, Isaiah 49:15
why go: Psalms 38:6, Psalms 43:2, Psalms 88:9; Job 30:26-31
because: Psalms 55:3; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Lamentations 5:1-16
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Psalms 42:9
Psalms 42:9
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