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Psalms 143:2

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Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

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Verse 2. Mercy. “All the titles of God remind us of his benefits.” Saint Jerome—My people. After the defeat of the rebels, ( Calmet.) and the death of Isboseth. Bert.—Hebrew may also be “peoples,” as Psalms 17. (Syr. and so forth) including them, and the various nations that were subdued by David. Calmet.—Conquerors are generally in confusion, while those who keep their passions under are free. 2 Corinthians 3:17. Bert.

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