the gates: Psalms 9:13, Psalms 107:18, Psalms 116:3
the shadow: Job 3:5, Job 12:22; Psalms 23:4, Psalms 107:10, Psalms 107:14; Amos 5:8; Matthew 4:16
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Job 38:17
Job 38:17
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