OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 5:9

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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

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Verse 9. Enemies. Hebrew “observers.” They are always on the watch to discover any fault. Grant me thy preventing grace. Bert.—Let me not stumble, ( Bible.) but cause me to walk cheerfully in thy paths. Calmet.—If thou approve, it matters not how much worldlings blame me. Saint Augustine

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