OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 129:3

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The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

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Verse 3. Mark. Hebrew “observe or keep.”—It. Hebrew “who shall stand upright, ( Calmet.) or make opposition.” Bible.—We all stand in need of mercy, as none can stand before the rigours of divine justice. Worthington.

Si quoties homines peccant, sua fulmina mittat

Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit. Trist. ii. Bible.

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