Lord: Instead of adonay:, "Lord," several manuscripts read yehowah:, "Jehovah."
groaning: Psalms 102:5, Psalms 102:20; John 1:48; Romans 8:22-23, Romans 8:26-27; 2 Corinthians 5:2
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Psalms 38:9
Psalms 38:9
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