OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 118:17

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I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works.

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Verse 17. Give. Hebrew “avenge.” Psalms 12:6 and 137:9. Draw me from this state of oppression, ( Calmet.) or rather, give me abundant grace, (Bert.) and eternal life. S. Hil.—I cannot fulfil the law, without thy grace. Worthington.—Enliven me. So the Septuagint of Aldus reads, though the Roman and Hebrew have, “I shall live.” Deuteronomy 30:19. Bert.

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