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Psalms 138:7

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Though I walk: Psalms 23:3-4, Psalms 41:7-8, Psalms 66:10-12; Job 13:15, Job 19:25-26; Isaiah 57:16

thou wilt: Psalms 71:20-21, Psalms 85:6, Psalms 119:49-50

thou shalt stretch: Psalms 35:1-3, Psalms 56:1-2, Psalms 56:9, Psalms 64:7-8, Psalms 77:10, Psalms 144:1-2; Isaiah 5:25, Isaiah 9:12, Isaiah 9:17, Isaiah 9:21; Isaiah 10:4; Micah 7:8-10

and thy right: Psalms 17:7, Psalms 18:35, Psalms 44:3, Psalms 44:5-7, Psalms 60:5; Isaiah 41:10; Acts 2:33

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