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Psalms 53:5

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There: Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36; Deuteronomy 28:65-67; 1 Samuel 14:15; 2 Kings 7:6-7; Job 15:21; Proverbs 28:1

were they in great fear: Heb. they feared a fear, Psalms 14:5

scattered: Psalms 141:7; Ezekiel 6:5, Ezekiel 37:1-11

thou hast: Psalms 35:4, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 40:14, Psalms 83:16-17

because: Psalms 2:4, Psalms 73:20; Isaiah 37:22-38; Jeremiah 6:30; Lamentations 2:6

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