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Psalms 102:4

Psalms 102:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

heart: Psalms 6:2-3, Psalms 42:6, Psalms 55:4-5, Psalms 69:20, Psalms 77:3, Psalms 143:3-4; Job 6:4, Job 10:1; Lamentations 3:13, Lamentations 3:20; Matthew 26:37-38

withered: Psalms 102:11, Psalms 37:2; Isaiah 40:7

so that: Psalms 102:9; 1 Samuel 1:7-8; Ezra 10:6; Acts 9:9

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