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Lamentations Chapter 3

Lamentations
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Lamentations

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In Lamentations chapter 3 the people of Jerusalem mourn and recall the destruction of their city, lamenting the loss of their homes and the suffering of their families. The chapter emphasizes God's judgment and the hopelessness of their situation, urging them to trust in Him despite the devastation.

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(1) I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
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Lamentations 1:12Lamentations 1:13Lamentations 1:14Job 19:21Psalms 71:20Psalms 88:7Psalms 88:15Psalms 88:16Isaiah 53:3Jeremiah 15:17Jeremiah 15:18Jeremiah 20:14

(2) He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
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Lamentations 3:53Lamentations 3:54Lamentations 3:55Lamentations 2:1Deuteronomy 28:29Job 18:18Job 30:26Isaiah 59:9Jeremiah 13:16Amos 5:18Amos 5:19Amos 5:20

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Job 10:22Isaiah 5:20Matthew 6:23John 12:35Isaiah 30:26Genesis 1:4

(3) Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
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Lamentations 2:4Lamentations 2:5Lamentations 2:6Lamentations 2:7Deuteronomy 29:20Job 31:21Isaiah 1:25Isaiah 63:10

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Numbers 22:33Jeremiah 44:25

(4) My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
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Job 16:8Job 16:9Psalms 31:9Psalms 31:10Psalms 32:3Psalms 38:2Psalms 38:3Psalms 38:4Psalms 38:5Psalms 38:6Psalms 38:7Psalms 38:8

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Jeremiah 8:1II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9

(5) He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
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Lamentations 3:7Lamentations 3:8Lamentations 3:9Job 19:8Lamentations 3:19Psalms 69:21Jeremiah 8:14Jeremiah 9:15Jeremiah 23:15

(6) He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
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Psalms 88:5Psalms 88:6Psalms 143:3Psalms 143:7

(7) He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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Lamentations 3:9Job 3:23Job 19:8Psalms 88:8Jeremiah 38:6Hosea 2:6Lamentations 1:14Lamentations 5:5Daniel 9:12

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Isaiah 59:1

(8) Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
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Lamentations 3:44Job 19:7Job 30:20Psalms 22:2Psalms 80:4Habakkuk 1:2Matthew 27:46

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I Kings 8:28II Chronicles 6:19Psalms 17:1Psalms 102:1Jeremiah 11:14Joshua 6:10

(9) He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
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Lamentations 3:11Isaiah 30:28Isaiah 63:17

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Exodus 20:25Isaiah 28:16Proverbs 2:15Proverbs 3:17Jeremiah 18:15

(10) He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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Job 10:16Isaiah 38:13Hosea 5:14Hosea 6:1Hosea 13:7Hosea 13:8Amos 5:18Amos 5:19Amos 5:20Psalms 10:9Psalms 17:12

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Psalms 17:12II Samuel 18:20Psalms 10:8Psalms 10:9

(11) He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
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Job 16:12Job 16:13Psalms 50:22Jeremiah 5:6Jeremiah 51:20Jeremiah 51:21Jeremiah 51:22Daniel 2:40Daniel 2:41Daniel 2:42Daniel 2:43Daniel 2:44

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Ruth 4:1I Samuel 8:3II Samuel 18:30I Kings 22:43Psalms 78:57Isaiah 8:9

(12) He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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Job 6:4Job 7:20Job 16:12Job 16:13Psalms 7:12Psalms 7:13Psalms 38:2

(13) He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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Deuteronomy 32:23Job 6:4Job 41:28

(14) I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
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Lamentations 3:63Nehemiah 4:2Nehemiah 4:3Nehemiah 4:4Job 30:1Job 30:2Job 30:3Job 30:4Job 30:5Job 30:6Job 30:7Job 30:8

(15) He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
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Lamentations 3:19Ruth 1:20Job 9:18Psalms 60:3Isaiah 51:17Isaiah 51:18Isaiah 51:19Isaiah 51:20Isaiah 51:21Isaiah 51:22Jeremiah 9:15Jeremiah 23:15

(16) He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
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Job 4:10Psalms 3:7Psalms 58:6Proverbs 20:17Matthew 7:9Luke 11:11Psalms 102:9Job 2:8Jeremiah 6:26Jonah 3:6

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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9I Kings 5:17Joel 1:6

(17) And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
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Lamentations 1:16Psalms 119:155Isaiah 38:17Isaiah 54:10Isaiah 59:11Jeremiah 8:15Jeremiah 14:19Jeremiah 16:5Zechariah 8:10Genesis 41:30Job 7:7Jeremiah 20:14

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Psalms 103:12

(18) And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
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I Samuel 27:1Job 6:11Job 17:15Psalms 31:22Psalms 116:11Ezekiel 37:11

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Romans 8:24I Corinthians 9:10

(19) Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
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Nehemiah 9:32Job 7:7Psalms 89:47Psalms 89:50Psalms 132:1Lamentations 3:5Lamentations 3:15Jeremiah 9:15

(20) My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
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Job 21:6Psalms 42:5Psalms 42:6Psalms 42:11Psalms 43:5Psalms 146:8

(21) This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
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Psalms 77:7Psalms 77:8Psalms 77:9Psalms 77:10Psalms 77:11Lamentations 3:24Lamentations 3:25Lamentations 3:26Lamentations 3:27Lamentations 3:28Lamentations 3:29Psalms 119:81

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Romans 8:24I Corinthians 9:10

(22) It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
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Ezra 9:8Ezra 9:9Ezra 9:13Ezra 9:14Ezra 9:15Nehemiah 9:31Psalms 78:38Psalms 106:45Ezekiel 20:8Ezekiel 20:9Ezekiel 20:13Ezekiel 20:14

(23) They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
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Psalms 30:5Isaiah 33:2Zephaniah 3:5Exodus 34:6Psalms 36:5Psalms 89:1Psalms 89:2Psalms 89:33Psalms 146:6Titus 1:2Hebrews 6:18Hebrews 10:23

(24) The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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Psalms 16:5Psalms 73:26Psalms 119:57Psalms 142:5Jeremiah 10:16Jeremiah 51:19Lamentations 3:21I Samuel 30:6I Chronicles 5:20Job 13:15Psalms 31:24Psalms 33:18

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Romans 8:24Ezekiel 45:7I Corinthians 9:10

(25) The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
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Lamentations 3:26Genesis 49:18Psalms 25:8Psalms 27:14Psalms 37:7Psalms 37:34Psalms 39:7Psalms 40:1Psalms 40:2Psalms 40:3Psalms 40:4Psalms 40:5

(26) It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
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Psalms 52:9Psalms 54:6Psalms 73:28Psalms 92:1Galatians 4:18Hebrews 3:14Hebrews 10:35I Peter 1:13Genesis 49:18Exodus 14:13II Chronicles 20:17Psalms 37:7

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Romans 8:24Psalms 130:5I Corinthians 9:10

(27) It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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Psalms 90:12Psalms 94:12Psalms 119:71Ecclesiastes 12:1Matthew 11:29Matthew 11:30Hebrews 12:5Hebrews 12:6Hebrews 12:7Hebrews 12:8Hebrews 12:9Hebrews 12:10

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II Samuel 18:20

(28) He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
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Lamentations 2:10Psalms 39:9Psalms 102:7Jeremiah 15:17

(29) He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
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II Chronicles 33:12Job 40:4Job 42:5Job 42:6Ezekiel 16:63Romans 3:19Joel 2:14Jonah 3:9Zephaniah 2:3Luke 15:18Luke 15:19Luke 18:13

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Romans 8:24I Corinthians 9:10

(30) He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
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Job 16:10Isaiah 50:6Micah 5:1Matthew 5:39Matthew 26:67Luke 6:29II Corinthians 11:20Psalms 69:9Psalms 69:20Psalms 123:3

(31) For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
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I Samuel 12:22Psalms 77:7Psalms 94:14Psalms 103:8Psalms 103:9Psalms 103:10Isaiah 54:7Isaiah 54:8Isaiah 54:9Isaiah 54:10Isaiah 57:16Jeremiah 31:37

(32) But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
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Lamentations 3:22Exodus 2:23Exodus 3:7Judges 10:16II Kings 13:23Psalms 30:5Psalms 78:38Psalms 103:11Psalms 106:43Psalms 106:44Psalms 106:45Jeremiah 31:20

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Job 16:6Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8

(33) For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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Isaiah 28:21Ezekiel 18:32Ezekiel 33:11Hebrews 12:9Hebrews 12:10

(34) To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
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Isaiah 51:22Isaiah 51:23Jeremiah 50:17Jeremiah 50:33Jeremiah 50:34Jeremiah 51:33Jeremiah 51:34Jeremiah 51:35Jeremiah 51:36Psalms 69:33Psalms 79:11Psalms 102:20

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Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38

(35) To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
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II Samuel 2:21Ruth 4:1II Samuel 18:30Ezekiel 33:11

(36) To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
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II Samuel 11:27Isaiah 59:15Habakkuk 1:13

(37) Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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Psalms 33:9Psalms 33:10Psalms 33:11Proverbs 16:9Proverbs 19:21Proverbs 21:30Isaiah 46:10Daniel 4:35Romans 9:15Ephesians 1:11James 4:13James 4:14

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Proverbs 1:27

(38) Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
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Job 2:10Psalms 75:7Proverbs 29:26Isaiah 45:7Amos 3:6

(39) Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
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Lamentations 3:22Numbers 11:11Proverbs 19:3Isaiah 38:17Isaiah 38:18Isaiah 38:19Genesis 4:5Genesis 4:6Genesis 4:7Genesis 4:13Genesis 4:14Leviticus 26:41

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Ezekiel 14:10

(40) Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
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I Chronicles 15:12I Chronicles 15:13Job 11:13Job 11:14Job 11:15Job 34:31Job 34:32Psalms 4:4Psalms 119:59Psalms 139:23Psalms 139:24Ezekiel 18:28

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Ezekiel 33:11Jeremiah 17:10

(41) Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
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Psalms 25:1Psalms 86:4Psalms 143:6Psalms 143:7Psalms 143:8Psalms 28:2Psalms 63:4Psalms 141:2I Thessalonians 2:8

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Psalms 148:4Isaiah 51:6

(42) We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
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Lamentations 1:18Lamentations 5:16Nehemiah 9:26Job 33:27Job 33:28Jeremiah 3:13Daniel 9:5Daniel 9:6Daniel 9:7Daniel 9:8Daniel 9:9Daniel 9:10

(43) Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
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Lamentations 2:1Psalms 44:19Lamentations 3:66Psalms 83:15Lamentations 2:2Lamentations 2:17Lamentations 2:21II Chronicles 36:16II Chronicles 36:17Ezekiel 7:9Ezekiel 8:18Ezekiel 9:10

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Lamentations 2:21Ezekiel 32:25Lamentations 2:1

(44) Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
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Psalms 97:2Lamentations 3:8Psalms 80:4Jeremiah 14:11Jeremiah 15:1Zechariah 7:13

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Exodus 24:16Numbers 9:21

(45) Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
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Lamentations 3:14Lamentations 2:15Lamentations 4:14Lamentations 4:15Deuteronomy 28:13Deuteronomy 28:37Deuteronomy 28:44I Corinthians 4:13

(46) All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
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Lamentations 2:16Exodus 11:7Job 30:9Job 30:10Job 30:11Psalms 22:6Psalms 22:7Psalms 22:8Psalms 44:13Psalms 44:14Psalms 79:4Psalms 79:10

(47) Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
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Isaiah 24:17Isaiah 24:18Isaiah 51:19Jeremiah 48:43Jeremiah 48:44Luke 21:35Lamentations 1:4Lamentations 1:13Lamentations 2:1Lamentations 2:2Lamentations 2:3Lamentations 2:4

(48) Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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Lamentations 2:11Lamentations 2:18Psalms 119:136Jeremiah 4:19Jeremiah 9:1Jeremiah 9:18Jeremiah 13:17Romans 9:1Romans 9:2Romans 9:3

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Luke 12:53Luke 6:42Genesis 36:2Leviticus 18:17Ezekiel 29:4Deuteronomy 19:21

(49) Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
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Lamentations 1:16Psalms 77:2Jeremiah 14:17

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Luke 6:42Deuteronomy 19:21Luke 11:34

(50) Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
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Lamentations 2:20Lamentations 5:1Psalms 80:14Psalms 80:15Psalms 80:16Psalms 102:19Psalms 102:20Isaiah 62:6Isaiah 62:7Isaiah 63:15Isaiah 64:1Daniel 9:16

(51) Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
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Genesis 44:34I Samuel 30:3I Samuel 30:4Jeremiah 4:19Jeremiah 4:20Jeremiah 4:21Jeremiah 14:18Luke 19:41Luke 19:42Luke 19:43Luke 19:44Lamentations 1:18

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Luke 6:42Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Jeremiah 29:6Ezekiel 16:55Deuteronomy 19:21

(52) Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
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Jeremiah 37:15Jeremiah 37:16Jeremiah 38:4Jeremiah 38:5Jeremiah 38:6I Samuel 24:10I Samuel 24:11I Samuel 24:12I Samuel 24:13I Samuel 24:14I Samuel 24:15I Samuel 25:28

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Leviticus 14:6

(53) They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
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Jeremiah 37:20Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 38:9Daniel 6:17Matthew 27:60Matthew 27:66

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Isaiah 28:16

(54) Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
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Psalms 18:4Psalms 69:1Psalms 69:2Psalms 69:15Psalms 124:4Psalms 124:5Jonah 2:3Jonah 2:4Jonah 2:5Lamentations 3:18Job 17:11Job 17:12

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Genesis 1:6Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 47:4

(55) I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
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II Chronicles 33:11II Chronicles 33:12Psalms 18:5Psalms 18:6Psalms 40:1Psalms 40:2Psalms 69:13Psalms 69:14Psalms 69:15Psalms 69:16Psalms 69:17Psalms 69:18

(56) Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
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II Chronicles 33:13II Chronicles 33:19Job 34:28Psalms 3:4Psalms 6:8Psalms 6:9Psalms 34:6Psalms 66:19Psalms 116:1Psalms 116:2Isaiah 38:5Psalms 55:1

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Psalms 141:1

(57) Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
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Psalms 69:18Psalms 145:18Isaiah 58:9James 4:8Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 41:14Isaiah 43:1Isaiah 43:2Jeremiah 1:17Acts 18:9Acts 27:24Revelation 1:17

(58) O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
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I Samuel 25:39Psalms 35:1Jeremiah 51:36Genesis 48:16Psalms 34:22Psalms 71:23Psalms 103:4

(59) O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
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Jeremiah 11:19Jeremiah 11:20Jeremiah 11:21Jeremiah 15:10Jeremiah 18:18Jeremiah 18:19Jeremiah 18:20Jeremiah 18:21Jeremiah 18:22Jeremiah 18:23Jeremiah 20:7Jeremiah 20:8

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Judges 11:27

(60) Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
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Lamentations 3:59Psalms 10:14Jeremiah 11:19Jeremiah 11:20

(61) Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
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Lamentations 3:30Lamentations 5:1Psalms 74:18Psalms 89:50Zephaniah 2:8

(62) The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
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Psalms 59:7Psalms 59:12Psalms 140:3Ezekiel 36:3Jeremiah 18:18

(63) Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
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Psalms 139:2Lamentations 3:14Job 30:9

(64) Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
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Psalms 28:4Jeremiah 11:20Jeremiah 50:29II Timothy 4:14Revelation 6:10Revelation 18:6

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Joel 3:4

(66) Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
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Lamentations 3:43Psalms 35:6Psalms 73:15Deuteronomy 7:24Deuteronomy 25:19Deuteronomy 29:20II Kings 14:27Jeremiah 10:11Psalms 8:3Psalms 115:16Isaiah 66:1

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Psalms 148:4

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