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They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
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Verse 12. Spider. Saint Jerome “moth.” Sym. “thou dissolvest like corruption his desirable thing;” ( Bible.) which means the soul, (Bert.) or “beauty.” Prot. Remorse of conscience and God’s judgments make a man pine away.—Disquieted is obelized in the Septuagint Saint Jerome ad Sun. Calmet.—It is not found in the Alex. and Comp. edit. ( Bible.) and seems to be taken from verse 7. It does not alter the sense. Bert.—“Man is vanity always.” Saint Jerome—As a spider which has consumed its moisture, so he decays. Worthington.
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