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Psalms 22:19-21

you have answered me

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

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19But you, Yahweh, do not be far away; my strength, hurry to help me.

20Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.

21Save me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen—you have answered me.

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