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Psalms 31:11

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Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, a horror to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.

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Verse 11. Glory, which is lawful when God is the object. 1 Corinthians 1:31. My glory I will not give to another. Isaiah 42:8. Calmet.—Hebrew “praise him.” Saint Jerome Bible.—Joy is the end of true penance, to which the prophet invites all. Worthington.

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