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Psalms 131:1

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my heart: Numbers 12:3; Deuteronomy 17:20; 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:18, 1 Samuel 16:22, 1 Samuel 17:15, 1 Samuel 17:28-29, 1 Samuel 18:23; Matthew 11:29; Acts 20:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:6-7, 1 Thessalonians 2:10

neither: Psalms 78:70-72; Jeremiah 17:16, Jeremiah 45:5; Amos 7:14-15; Romans 12:16

exercise: Heb. walk

high for me: Heb. wonderful for me, Psalms 139:6; Job 42:3; Romans 11:33

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