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Psalms 55:9

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Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

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Verse 9. I have. Prot. “thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle. Are the not in thy book?” Saint Jerome “thou hast numbered my most secret things: place my tears in thy sight,” and so forth Bible.—Septuagint render the sense clearer. Bert.—God has promised to relieve the distressed, who confided in him.

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