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my_o vow_n which_o my_o lip_n have_v utter_v and_o my_o mouth_n have_v speak_v when_o i_o be_v in_o trouble_n lord_n through_o grace_n assist_v i_o will_v be_v as_o ready_a to_o pay_v my_o vow_n now_o i_o be_o well_o as_o i_o be_v to_o make_v vow_n when_o i_o be_v sick_a etc._n etc._n 56.12_o psa_fw-la 56.12_o thy_o vow_n be_v upon_o i_o i_o will_v render_v praise_n unto_o thou_o when_o you_o have_v make_v good_a vow_n be_v as_o careful_a to_o make_v good_a your_o vow_n unto_o the_o lord_n vow_v 76.11_o psa_fw-la 76.11_o and_o pay_n unto_o the_o lord_n your_o god_n in_o the_o five_o place_n word_n 5_o mean_n attend_v upon_o the_o word_n if_o you_o will_v preserve_v the_o teach_n of_o god_n upon_o thy_o heart_n attend_v constant_o and_o conscionable_o upon_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n the_o truth_n be_v the_o word_n and_o the_o rod_n teach_v the_o same_o lesson_n the_o rod_n many_o time_n be_v but_o the_o word_n remembrancer_n and_o therefore_o as_o the_o rod_n quicken_v the_o 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