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He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’
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Verse 9. Anguish. Hebrew “the coat of mail withholds me.” Septuagint “horrid darkness encompasses me.” Shabah, signifies a coat of mail, made of cloth, very thick, and boiled in vinegar, to render it more impenetrable. The Greeks emperors and the French formerly wore them much, instead of iron. Calmet.—Prot. however agrees with us.—In me. I have yet received no mortal wound. Bible.
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