desirest: Psalms 51:6; Exodus 21:14; Numbers 15:27, Numbers 15:30-31, Numbers 35:31; Deuteronomy 22:22; Hosea 6:6
else would I: or, that I should
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Psalms 51:16
Psalms 51:16
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