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For I don’t know how to give flattering titles, or else my Maker would soon take me away.
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Verse 22. Away. I shall therefore speak with the utmost caution, ( Bible.) as one who must shortly appear before the divine tribunal. Menochius.—Hebrew “For I know not how to call things by their sirnames, ( Calmet.) or titles of vanity; ( Bible.) If I do, may my Creator soon ( Calmet.) take me away.” Septuagint “I know not how to admire the face. If it be not so, the worms shall consume me.” Bible.
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