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Psalms 60:1

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Michtam: or, a golden Psalm, Psalms 59:1 *title

when he strove: 2 Samuel 8:3, 2 Samuel 8:12-13, 2 Samuel 10:16; 1 Chronicles 18:3, 1 Chronicles 18:12-13, 1 Chronicles 19:16-19

valley: 2 Kings 14:7; 2 Chronicles 25:11

O God: Psalms 60:10, Psalms 44:9, Psalms 74:1, Psalms 89:38, Psalms 108:11; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Romans 11:1-2

scattered: Heb. broken, Psalms 59:11; 1 Samuel 4:10-11, 1 Samuel 4:17, 1 Samuel 13:6-7, 1 Samuel 13:11, 1 Samuel 13:19-22, 1 Samuel 31:1-7

O turn: Psalms 79:9, Psalms 89:3, Psalms 89:7, Psalms 89:19, Psalms 85:4, Psalms 90:13; Lamentations 3:31-32; Zechariah 10:6

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