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Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hasta magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountaind, lest some evil take me, and I die:

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1 Tim. 1:14• ¹⁴and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus. (1 Tim. 1:14)

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1 Sam. 27:1• ¹{i}And David said in his heart{/i}, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul, There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; {i}and Saul will despair of me to seek me anymore within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.{/i} (1 Sam. 27:1)

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Psa. 18:1‑50• ¹To the chief musician, by a servant of Jehovah, by David, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.{HR}And he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
²Jehovah [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;{HR}My God, my rock, I will trust in him;{HR}My shield and horn of my salvation, my refuge.
³Worthy to be praised will I call Jehovah,{HR}And from mine enemies shall I be delivered.
⁴Pains of death encompassed me,{HR}And streams of wickedness terrify me.
⁵Pains of Sheol surrounded me,{HR}Snares of death fell upon me.
⁶In my distress I call upon Jehovah,{HR}And unto my God do I cry for help;{HR}From his temple heareth he my voice,{HR}And my supplication before him cometh into his ears.
⁷Then the earth shaketh and trembleth,{HR}And the foundations of mountains are moved;{HR}They are shaken because he was angry.
⁸There went up a smoke in his anger,{HR}And fire from his mouth devoureth;{HR}Coals were kindled by it.
⁹And he boweth the heavens and cometh down,{HR}And darkness [is] under his feet.
¹⁰And he rideth upon a cherub and flieth,{HR}Yea, he flieth upon the wings of the wind.
¹¹He maketh darkness his covering,{HR}His tent round about him,{HR}Darkness of waters,{HR}Thick clouds of the skies.
¹²From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed away:{HR}Hail, and coals of fire.
¹³And Jehovah thundereth in the heavens,{HR}And the Most High giveth his voice;{HR}Hail and coals of fire.
¹⁴And he sendeth his arrows and scattereth them,{HR}And lightnings in abundance,{HR}And discomfiteth them.
¹⁵And the channels of waters are seen,{HR}And the foundations of the world are made bare through thy rebuke,{HR}O Jehovah, through the breath of the wind of thy wrath,
¹⁶He sendeth from on high, he taketh me,{HR}He draweth me out of great waters.
¹⁷He delivereth me from my strong enemies and from my haters,{HR}For they were stronger than I.
¹⁸They fell upon me in the day of my trouble;{HR}But Jehovah was for a stay to me.
¹⁹And he bringeth me forth into the wide place;{HR}He delivereth me because he delighted in me.
²⁰Jehovah recompenseth me according to my righteousness;{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands he requiteth me.
²¹For I have kept the ways of Jehovah{HR}And have not acted wickedly against my God.
²²For all his judgments [are] before me,{HR}And his statutes I will not put away from me.
²³And I am upright before him{HR}And keep myself from mine iniquity.
²⁴And Jehovah requiteth me according to my righteousness,{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
²⁵With the merciful thou showest thyself merciful,{HR}With the upright man thou showest thyself upright.
²⁶With the pure thou showest thyself pure,{HR}And with the perverse thou showest thyself perverse.
²⁷For thou savest an afflicted people,{HR}And lofty eyes thou bringest down.
²⁸For thou lightest my lamp;{HR}Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
²⁹For by thee I run [through] a troop,{HR}And by my God I leap [over] a wall.
³⁰[As for] God, his way [is] perfect;{HR}The word of Jehovah [is] tried;{HR}A shield [is] he to all those who trust in him.
³¹For who [is] God besides Jehovah?{HR}And who [is] a rock except our God?
³²[It is] God that girdeth me with strength,{HR}And he maketh my way perfect.
³³He maketh my feet like hinds;{HR}And upon my high places he causeth me to stand,
³⁴Instructing my hands for the war;{HR}And a bow of brass is bent [by] mine arms.
³⁵And thou givest unto me a shield, thy salvation;{HR}And thy right hand upholdeth me,{HR}And thy meekness maketh me great.
³⁶Thou enlargest my steps under me,{HR}And my ancles have not slipped.
³⁷I pursue mine enemies and overtake them,{HR}And I turn not back until they are destroyed.
³⁸I break them in pieces and they are not able to rise;{HR}They fall under my feet.
³⁹And thou girdest me with strength for the battle,{HR}Thou causest to bow down under me those that rise up against me.
⁴⁰And mine enemies, thou turnest their back to me;{HR}And my haters—I will destroy them.
⁴¹They cry for help, but there is no deliverer—{HR}Unto Jehovah, but be answereth them not.
⁴²And I bruise them as dust before the wind,{HR}And as mire of the streets I pour them out.
⁴³Thou deliverest me from the strivings of the people;{HR}Thou placest me at the head of Gentiles:{HR}A people that I have not known serve me.
⁴⁴At the hearing of the ear they show themselves obedient to me;{HR}Sons of a stranger feign submission to me.
⁴⁵Sons of a stranger fade away,{HR}And they tremble out of their enclosed places.
⁴⁶Jehovah liveth, and blessed [is] my rock{HR}And exalted the God of my salvation,
⁴⁷The God who giveth revenges unto me{HR}And subdueth peoples under me,
⁴⁸My deliverer from mine enemies yea,{HR}Thou liftest me up from among those who rise up against me,{HR}From a man of violence thou deliverest me.
⁴⁹Therefore I give thanks to thee among the Gentiles,{HR}O Jehovah, and to thy name I sing praises,
⁵⁰That maketh great the deliverances of his king{HR}And showeth kindness to his anointed,{HR}To David and to his seed forever. (Psa. 18:1‑50)

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Psa. 40:1‑17• ¹To the chief musician; a psalm of David.{HR}Waiting I waited for Jehovah,{HR}And he inclined unto me and heard my cry.
²And he brought me up from a pit of noise,{HR}From the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock;{HR}He fixed my steps.
³And he put in my mouth a new song, praise to our God:{HR}Many shall {i}see{/i} and fear, and trust in Jehovah.
⁴Blessed the man who hath made Jehovah his trust,{HR}And hath not turned round to the proud{HR}And those who swerve to falsehood.
⁵Great things hast thou done, O Jehovah my God;{HR}Thy wonderful deeds and thy thoughts to us none can set in order to thee:{HR}I would declare and speak—they are too many to be numbered.
⁶Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;{HR}Mine ears didst thou dig;{HR}Burnt-offering and sin-offering thou didst not ask.
⁷Then I said, Behold, I come:{HR}In the volume of the book it is written of me:
⁸To do thy will, my God, I delight;{HR}And thy law [is] in the midst of my bowels.
⁹I have announced righteousness in the great congregation;{HR}Behold, I will not refrain my lips; O Jehovah, thou hast known.
¹⁰Thy righteousness I hid not in the midst of my heart;{HR}Thy faithfulness and thy salvation I declared;{HR}I concealed not thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.
¹¹Thou, O Jehovah, wilt not withhold thy compassion from me;{HR}Thy mercy and thy truth will always preserve me.
¹²For evils till there is no number have encompassed me;{HR}Mine iniquities have overtaken me, and I have not been able to see;{HR}They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath left me.
¹³Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me;{HR}O Jehovah, make haste to my help.
¹⁴They shall be ashamed and confounded together that seek my soul to destroy it;{HR}Driven back and disgraced shall they be that wish my hurt.
¹⁵They shall be desolate as a reward for their shame{HR}That say to me, Aha, aha.
¹⁶Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee;{HR}Let those that love thy salvation say always, Jehovah be magnified.
¹⁷But I poor and needy—the Lord considereth me.{HR}My help and deliverer [art] thou; O my God, delay not. (Psa. 40:1‑17)

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Psa. 103:1‑22• ¹Of David.{HR}Bless Jehovah, my soul,{HR}And all within me,{HR}[Bless] his holy name.
²Bless Jehovah, my soul,{HR}And forget not all his benefits;
³Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;{HR}Who healeth all thy diseases;
⁴Who redeemeth thy life from the pit;{HR}Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
⁵Who satisfieth thine adornment with the good:{HR}Thy youth is renewed like the eagle.
⁶Jehovah doeth righteousnesses{HR}And judgments for all oppressed.
⁷He made known his ways unto Moses,{HR}His acts unto the sons of Israel.
⁸Jehovah [is] merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
⁹Not always will he chide, nor retain [anger] forever.
¹⁰He hath not dealt with us according to our sins,{HR}Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
¹¹For, as height of heavens [is] above the earth,{HR}His lovingkindness is mighty over those that fear them.
¹²As far as east from west,{HR}He hath put far from us our transgressions.
¹³As a father's pity on children (sons),{HR}So hath Jehovah pity on those that fear him.
¹⁴For he knoweth our frame,{HR}Mindful that we [are] dust.
¹⁵Man! his days [are] like grass;{HR}As a flower of the field, so doth he flourish.
¹⁶For a breath passeth over him, and he is not,{HR}And the place thereof shall know him no more.
¹⁷But the mercy of Jehovah [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him;{HR}And his righteousness [is] to sons of sons,
¹⁸To those that keep his covenant,{HR}And to those that remember his precepts to do them,
¹⁹Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens,{HR}And his kingdom ruleth over all .
²⁰Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength,{HR}Doing his word, hearkening to the voice of his word.
²¹Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts,{HR}Ministers of his that do his pleasure.
²²Bless Jehovah, all his works in all places of his realm.{HR}Bless Jehovah, my soul. (Psa. 103:1‑22)

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Psa. 106:1‑107:43• ¹Praise ye Jah . Give thanks unto Jehovah,{HR}For [he is] good, for his mercy [is] forever.
²Who shall tell the powers of Jehovah—{HR}Shall utter all his praise?
³Blessed they that keep judgment,{HR}He that doeth righteousness at every time.
⁴Remember me, O Jehovah, in the favour of thy people,{HR}Visit me with (in) thy salvation,
⁵To look on (in) the good of thy chosen ones,{HR}To rejoice in the joy of thy nation,{HR}To glory with thine inheritance.
⁶We have sinned with our fathers,{HR}We have been perverse,{HR}We have done wickedly.
⁷Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders;{HR}They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies,{HR}But rebelled at the sea, at the Red Sea.
⁸Yet he saved them for his name's sake,{HR}To make known his power.
⁹And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;{HR}And he made them walk through the depths as the wilderness.
¹⁰And he saved them from the hater's hand,{HR}And redeemed them from the enemy's hand.
¹¹And waters covered their adversaries;{HR}Not one of them was left.
¹²Then (and) believed they his words,{HR}They sang his praise.
¹³They hasted, they forgot his works,{HR}They waited not for his counsel;
¹⁴And lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,{HR}And tempted God in the desert.
¹⁵And he gave them their request,{HR}And sent leanness into their soul.
¹⁶And they were envious of Moses in the camp,{HR}Of Aaron, saint of Jehovah.
¹⁷Earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,{HR}And covered Abiram's company.
¹⁸And a fire burned in their company,{HR}A flame consumed wicked ones.
¹⁹They made a calf in Horeb{HR}And bowed down to a molten image;
²⁰And changed their glory{HR}For the likeness of an ox eating grass.
²¹They forgot God their Saviour{HR}That did great things in Egypt,
²²Wondrous works in Ham's land,{HR}Terrible things at the Red Sea.
²³And he said he would destroy them,{HR}Had not Moses stood in the breach before him,{HR}To turn away his wrath from destroying.
²⁴And they despised the pleasant land,{HR}They believed not his word;
²⁵But they murmured in their tents;{HR}They did not hearken to Jehovah's voice.
²⁶And he lifted up his hand to them,{HR}To make them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷And to make their seed fall among the nations,{HR}And to scatter them in the lands.
²⁸And they joined themselves to Baal-Peor{HR}And ate sacrifices of dead (beings).
²⁹And they provoked him by their actions,{HR}And the plague broke out among them.
³⁰Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment,{HR}And the plague was stayed.
³¹And it was reckoned to him for righteousness{HR}To generation and generation for evermore.
³²And they angered him at the waters of Meribah,{HR}And it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³For they provoked his spirit,{HR}And he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
³⁴They destroyed not the peoples{HR}As (about which) Jehovah said to them;
³⁵But they mingled with the nations{HR}And learned their doings.
³⁶And they served their idols,{HR}Which became a snare unto them.
³⁷And they sacrificed their sons{HR}And their daughters to the demons;
³⁸And shed innocent blood—{HR}Blood of their sons and their daughters,{HR}Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan,{HR}And the land was polluted with blood.
³⁹And they were defiled in their doings,{HR}And went a whoring in their actions.
⁴⁰And Jehovah's anger was kindled at his people,{HR}And he abhorred his inheritance.
⁴¹And he gave them into nations' hand,{HR}And over them ruled their haters.
⁴²And their enemies oppressed them,{HR}And they were bowed down under their hand.
⁴³Many times he delivereth them,{HR}And they rebel in their counsel{HR}And were brought low by their iniquity.
⁴⁴But he regarded them in the distress{HR}When he heard them cry.
⁴⁵And he remembered for them his covenant,{HR}And repented according to the multitude of his mercies;
⁴⁶And he gave them compassion{HR}Before all that took them captives.
⁴⁷Save us, Jehovah our God,{HR}And gather us from among the nations{HR}To give thanks unto thy holy name,{HR}To glory in thy praise.
⁴⁸Blessed [be] Jehovah God of Israel{HR}From the everlasting and unto the everlasting!{HR}And let all the people say, Amen, Hallelujah .
¹Give ye thanks to Jehovah, for he [is] good;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
²Let the redeemed of Jehovah say [so],{HR}Whom he redeemed from the oppressor's hand;
³And he gathered them from the lands,{HR}From east and from west, from north and from south (sea).
⁴They wandered in the wilderness, in a desert way;{HR}No city of habitation they found.
⁵Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
⁶And they cried unto Jehovah in their distress:{HR}Out of their strait he delivereth them.
⁷And he led them by the right way{HR}To go to a city of habitation.
⁸O that [they] might give thanks to Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
⁹For he satisfied the craving soul,{HR}And filled with good the hungry soul.
¹⁰Dwellers in darkness and death-shade,{HR}Bound in affliction and iron,
¹¹Because they resisted the words of God ,{HR}And despised the counsel of the Most High,
¹²Therefore (and) he bowed down their heart with labour;{HR}They stumbled, and [there was] no helper.
¹³And they cried unto Jehovah in their distress:{HR}Out of their straits he saveth them;
¹⁴He bringeth them out of darkness and death-shade,{HR}And their bonds he rendeth.
¹⁵O that [they] might give thanks to Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
¹⁶For he broke the gates of brass{HR}And cut off the bars of iron.
¹⁷Fools, by [the] way of their transgression,{HR}And by their iniquities, are afflicted,
¹⁸All food their soul abhorreth;{HR}And they draw near to the gates of death.
¹⁹And they cried unto Jehovah in their distress:{HR}Out of their straits he saveth them.
²⁰He sendeth his word,{HR}And delivereth them from their destructions (pits).
²¹O that [they] might give thanks unto Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
²²And let them sacrifice sacrifices of praise{HR}And declare his works with singing.
²³They that go down to the sea in the ships,{HR}That do business in great waters,
²⁴These saw Jehovah's works{HR}And his wonders in the deep.
²⁵And he said,{HR}And there arose a tempestuous wind,{HR}Which lifted up its billows.
²⁶They rise [to] the heavens,{HR}They sink [to] the depths;{HR}Their soul melteth with evil,
²⁷They reel and stagger like the drunkard,{HR}And all their wisdom is confounded.
²⁸And they cried unto Jehovah in their distress,{HR}And out of their straits he bringeth them.
²⁹He stilleth the tempest,{HR}And their billows are silent.
³⁰And they are glad because they be quiet;{HR}And he guideth them to the haven of their desire.
³¹O that [they] might give thanks unto Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
³²And let them exalt him in the congregation of the people,{HR}And praise him in the session of the elders.
³³He turneth rivers to a wilderness,{HR}And water-springs to a thirsty ground,
³⁴A fruitful land to saltness{HR}For the wickedness of those dwelling in it.
³⁵He turneth a wilderness to a pool of water{HR}And a dry land to water-springs.
³⁶And he settleth there hungry [men],{HR}And they establish a city of habitation,
³⁷And sow fields, and plant vineyards,{HR}And gain fruits of increase.
³⁸And he blesseth them,{HR}And multiplieth greatly{HR}And their cattle he doth not diminish.
³⁹And they were diminished and brought low{HR}From oppression, evil, and sorrow.
⁴⁰He poureth contempt upon princes,{HR}And made them wander in a waste without a way.
⁴¹And he set high the needy one from affliction{HR}And made families like the sheep.
⁴²The upright shall see and rejoice;{HR}And all iniquity shall stop its mouth.
⁴³Whoso [is] wise and observeth these things,{HR}Even they shall understand the mercies of Jehovah. (Psa. 106:1‑107:43)

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Psa. 116:1‑19• ¹I love Jehovah,{HR}For he hath heard my voice, my supplications.
²For he inclined his ear unto me,{HR}And I will call [upon him] in my days.
³Bands of death compassed me,{HR}And straits of Sheol seized me:{HR}I found trouble and sorrow;
⁴And on Jehovah's name I call;{HR}I pray, O Jehovah, deliver my soul.
⁵Gracious [is] Jehovah and righteous;{HR}And our God [is] merciful.
⁶Jehovah keepeth the simple:{HR}I was brought low, and he saved me.
⁷Return to thy rest, O my soul;{HR}For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.
⁸For thou hast delivered my soul from death,{HR}Mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
⁹I will walk before Jehovah in lands of the living.
¹⁰I believed, for I speak;{HR}As for me, I was greatly afflicted.
¹¹I said in my haste (alarm),{HR}All mankind [are] false.
¹²How shall I requite to Jehovah{HR}All his bestowals upon me?
¹³I will take the cup of salvation{HR}And call on the name of Jehovah.
¹⁴I will pay my vows to Jehovah,{HR}Yea in the presence of all his people.
¹⁵Precious in the eyes of Jehovah{HR}[Is] the death of his saints.
¹⁶Yea, O Jehovah, for I [am] thy servant.{HR}I [am] thy servant, son of thy handmaid:{HR}Thou hast loosed my bonds.
¹⁷To thee will I sacrifice the sacrifice of praise,{HR}And on Jehovah's name will I call.
¹⁸My vows to Jehovah I will pay,{HR}Yea before all his people,
¹⁹In the courts of Jehovah's house,{HR}In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 116:1‑19)

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1 Tim. 1:14‑16• ¹⁴and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.
¹⁵Faithful [is] the word and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
¹⁶But for this cause mercy was shown me that in me, [as] chief, Christ might display the whole long-suffering for an outline-sketch of those that should believe on him unto life eternal. (1 Tim. 1:14‑16)

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Gen. 12:13• ¹³Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, {i}that it may be well with me on thy account, and my soul may live because of thee.{/i} (Gen. 12:13)

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Deut. 31:17• ¹⁷{i}And my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them, and they will say in that day, Have not these evils befallen me because my God is not in my midst?{/i} (Deut. 31:17)

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1 Sam. 27:1• ¹{i}And David said in his heart{/i}, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul, There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; {i}and Saul will despair of me to seek me anymore within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.{/i} (1 Sam. 27:1)

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1 Kings 9:9• ⁹{i}And they shall say, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have attached themselves to other gods, and have worshipped them and served them; therefore has Jehovah brought upon them all this evil.{/i} (1 Kings 9:9)

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Psa. 77:7‑11• ⁷Will the Lord cast off forever?{HR}And will he be favourable no more?
⁸Hath his mercy failed forever?{HR}Hath the word come to an end from generation to generation?
⁹Hath God forgotten to be gracious?{HR}Or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
¹⁰And I said, This [is] mine infirmity:{HR}The years of the right hand of the Most High.
¹¹The deeds of Jah I will remember;{HR}For I will remember thy wonders of old. (Psa. 77:7‑11)

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Psa. 116:11• ¹¹I said in my haste (alarm),{HR}All mankind [are] false. (Psa. 116:11)

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Matt. 8:25‑26• ²⁵{i}And the disciples came and awoke him, saying, Lord save: we perish.{/i}
²⁶{i}And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.{/i} (Matt. 8:25‑26)

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Mark 9:19• ¹⁹And answering them he saith, O unbelieving generation! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him unto me. (Mark 9:19)

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Rom. 8:31• ³¹What then shall we say to these things? If God [be] for us, who against us? (Rom. 8:31)

• He had too long walked at a distance from Him; too long breathed the dense atmosphere of a “city,” to be able to appreciate the pure air of the divine presence, or lean on the arm of the Almighty. (“Genesis 19” by C.H. Mackintosh)

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behold now, thy servant has found favour in thine eyes, and thou hast magnified thy goodnessh, which thou hast shewn to me in preserving my soul alive; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity lay hold on me, that I die.

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Chesed. see 2 Chron. 6.42.

W. Kelly Translation

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Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: