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Psalms 143:7

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Hear me: Psalms 13:1-4, Psalms 40:13, Psalms 40:17, Psalms 70:5, Psalms 71:12

my spirit: Psalms 40:12, Psalms 69:3; Isaiah 57:16; Luke 21:26

hide not: Psalms 22:24, Psalms 27:9, Psalms 69:17; Isaiah 8:17

lest I be like: etc. or, for I am become like, etc

unto them: Psalms 28:1, Psalms 88:4-6, Psalms 88:10-11; Isaiah 38:18

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