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Psalms 142:4

Psalms 142:4

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

I looked: etc. or, Look on the right hand and see

but there was: Psalms 31:11, Psalms 69:20, Psalms 88:8, Psalms 88:18; Job 19:13-19; Matthew 26:56; 2 Timothy 4:16

refuge: 1 Samuel 23:11-13, 1 Samuel 23:19-20, 1 Samuel 27:1

failed me, no man cared for my soul: Heb. perished from me; no man sought after my soul

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