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A petitioner pleads for life at the edge of a dry hollow.
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Psalms 30:8-10

Will the dust praise you?

Psalm 30: I cried out to you, and you healed me · Psalms 30

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8To you, O Yahweh, I call, and to my Lord I plead for mercy.

9What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it declare your faithfulness?

10Hear, O Yahweh, and be gracious to me; O Yahweh, be my helper.

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