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My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
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Verse 7. Bed. S. Jerom, “I will make my bed swim” ( Bible.) with tears, or sweat. Bert.—Here we behold the effects of true repentance, which will not suffer the sinner to enjoy any repose, ( Calmet.) when he reflects on the pains of hell, and the perfections of God. Bible.—“O sweet affliction, which extinguishes the fire of hell, and restores man to the friendship of his God.” Saint John Chrysostom
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