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Psalms 126:2

Psalms 126:2

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

Then was: Psalms 14:7, Psalms 53:6, Psalms 106:47-48; Ezra 3:11; Job 8:21; Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 49:9-13; Jeremiah 31:12-13, Jeremiah 33:11; Revelation 11:15-17

then said: Numbers 23:23; Joshua 2:9-11, Joshua 9:9-10; Nehemiah 6:16; Zechariah 8:22-23; Romans 11:15

done great things for them: Heb. magnified to do with them

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