appointed: Job 7:3; Micah 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:9; 1 Peter 2:8
many such: Psalms 77:19, Psalms 97:2; Isaiah 40:27-28; Romans 11:33
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Job 23:14
Job 23:14
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