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Psalms 143:8

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to hear: Psalms 30:5, Psalms 42:8, Psalms 46:5 *marg. Psalms 59:16; Genesis 32:24-29; Hosea 6:3

cause me: Psalms 143:10, Psalms 5:8, Psalms 25:4-5, Psalms 27:11, Psalms 32:8, Psalms 119:34, Psalms 119:73; Proverbs 3:5-6; Isaiah 30:21, Isaiah 48:17

for I lift: Psalms 25:1, Psalms 86:4; Lamentations 3:41

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