OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 11:5

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The LORD examines the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and him who loves violence.

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Verse 5. Own. “We have lips,” (Sym.) or eloquence to gain our cause against these miserable exiles. Calmet.—Lord. Hebrew adon, “master.” We admit of no superior, neither in heaven nor on earth. Bible.—Such was the haughtiness of Pharao, and so forth Exodus 5:2 and 4 Kennicott. 13:19. Daniel 3:15. Calmet.

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