OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 39:9

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I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

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Verse 9. Heart. So the Vat. Septuagint reads; while other editions have κοιλιας, “belly.” Saint Jerome ad Sum.—Hebrew “bowels.” Bible.—The sense is the same. Bert.—I love the law so much, that I would hide it in my bowels, ( Calmet.) or in the most secret place. Theod.

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