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or_o protection_n at_o thy_o right_a hand_n in_o this_o verse_n he_o set_v forth_o more_o at_o large_a the_o certainty_n of_o god_n ready_a help_n and_o protection_n wherein_o speak_v to_o every_o one_o private_o he_o say_v the_o lord_n be_v thy_o keeper_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v doubt_v to_o apply_v that_o unto_o himself_o for_o his_o own_o comfort_n which_o pertain_v to_o all_o israel_n he_o be_v call_v the_o shadow_n at_o thy_o right_a hand_n to_o teach_v thou_o that_o he_o be_v at_o hand_n and_o stand_v even_o by_o thy_o side_n ready_a to_o defend_v thou_o or_o else_o the_o lord_n be_v thy_o shadow_n at_o thy_o right_a hand_n that_o be_v he_o prosper_v all_o thy_o affair_n he_o give_v success_n to_o all_o thou_o take_v in_o hand_n if_o thou_o be_v a_o preacher_n &_o a_o teacher_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n if_o thou_o travel_v in_o thy_o vocation_n upright_o and_o with_o a_o good_a conscience_n to_o provide_v for_o thyself_o and_o thy_o family_n thou_o shall_v not_o lack_v 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