OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 12:4

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who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

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Verse 4. Death, by mortal sin, ( Worthington.) or through excessive sorrow. Jeremiah 51:39. Shew me thy favour, ( Calmet.) and I shall be secure. Sleep is represented as nearly related to death. Iliad xiv.

Tum consanguineus lethi sopor. Æn. vi. Bible.

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