dark: Psalms 143:3; Job 10:21-22; Isaiah 8:22; Matthew 8:12; Jude 1:13
in the land: Psalms 88:5, Psalms 31:12; Ecclesiastes 2:16, Ecclesiastes 8:10, Ecclesiastes 9:5
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Psalms 88:12
Psalms 88:12
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