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Psalms 62:1

Psalms 62:1

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Truly: or, Only, Psalms 62:2, Psalms 62:5-6

my soul: Psalms 25:5, Psalms 27:14, Psalms 33:20, Psalms 40:1, Psalms 123:2, Psalms 130:5-6; Isaiah 30:18, Isaiah 40:31; Lamentations 3:25, Lamentations 3:38; James 5:7

waiteth: Heb. is silent, Psalms 37:7, Psalms 65:1 *marg.

from: Psalms 37:39, Psalms 68:19-20, Psalms 121:2; Isaiah 12:2; Jeremiah 3:23; Luke 2:30-32

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