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Psalms 139:12

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even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

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Verse 12. Tongue. This member is very dangerous. Pet. Bless. 119. Jam. 3:6.—The just man is nt styled “a man of tongue,” but “of heart;” for which reason Christ exhorted his disciples not to make long speeches in prayer. Matthew 6:7. Bert.—Into. Lit. “in;” though ( Bible.) it should be into, conformably to the Septuagint Bert.

Raro antecedentem scelestum

Deseruit pede pœna claudo. Hor. iii. Od. ii.

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