OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 123:3

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Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

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Verse 3. Perhaps. This word is here affirmative. Hebrew “Then.” Septuagint “Surely.” Calmet.—He modestly leaves it to others to judge what would have been the event if God had not sent help. The weak would have been destroyed, as soon as if they had been a prey to wild beasts, as Jonas was swallowed up. Worthington.—See Proverbs 1:12. Menochius.

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