I will: etc. or, Shall I lift up my eyes to the hills, whence should my help come? Jeremiah 3:23
lift up: Psalms 2:6, Psalms 68:15-16, Psalms 78:68, Psalms 87:1, Psalms 123:1; Isaiah 2:3
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Psalms 121:1
Psalms 121:1
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