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my_o request_n as_o thou_o grant_v other_o i_o will_v with_o all_o patience_n and_o cheerfulness_n wait_v upon_o thou_o and_o submit_v unto_o thy_o will_n both_o in_o what_o thou_o inflict_a and_o in_o what_o thou_o deny_v 1_o sam._n 3.18_o it_o be_v the_o lord_n let_v he_o do_v what_o seem_v he_o good_a job_n 1.21_o the_o lord_n give_v and_o the_o lord_n take_v away_o bless_v be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n thus_o i_o will_v hope_v and_o quiet_o wait_v for_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o lord_n put_v my_o mouth_n in_o the_o dust_n if_o so_o be_v there_o may_v be_v hope_n lam._n 3.26_o 3._o let_v i_o with_o all_o expectation_n and_o long_a desire_n wait_v for_o the_o fulfil_n of_o thy_o prophecy_n and_o prediction_n this_o part_n of_o thy_o secret_a counsel_n thou_o have_v reveal_v that_o thy_o truth_n and_o wisdom_n may_v receive_v the_o glory_n in_o its_o accomplishment_n and_o that_o we_o thy_o creature_n look_v after_o it_o and_o expect_v it_o thou_o have_v declare_v that_o 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