Many: Psalms 136:4; Exodus 11:8, Exodus 15:11; Job 5:9, Job 9:10, Job 26:14
thoughts: Psalms 71:15, Psalms 92:5, Psalms 139:6, Psalms 139:17-18; Isaiah 55:8-9; Jeremiah 29:11
they cannot: etc. or, none can order them unto thee, Job 37:19-20
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Psalms 40:5
Psalms 40:5
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