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19 O Yahweh, my (A)strength and my strong defense,
And my (B)refuge in the day of distress,
To You the (C)nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but (D)lies,
Futility and [a](E)things of no profit.”

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  1. Jeremiah 16:19 Lit there is nothing profitable in them

18 “What (A)profit is the graven image when its maker has engraved it,
Or a molten image, a (B)teacher of [a]lies?
For its maker (C)trusts in his own making
When he fashions speechless idols.

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  1. Habakkuk 2:18 Lit a lie