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Psalms 22:9-11

Do not be far from me

Psalm 22: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? · Psalms 22

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9For you are the one who brought me out from the womb, making me secure at my mother’s breasts.

10On you I was cast from the womb; from my mother’s belly you are my God.

11Do not be far from me, for trouble is near, for there is no helper.

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