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Psalms 71:4

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Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

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Verse 4. Oppressor. Lit. “calumniator.” Christ has chained down the devil, the accuser of our brethren. Revelation 12:10 and 20:2. Menochius.—He hath taken away his spoils, (John 8:44) and undertaken the defence of the humble. Isaiah 11:4. Solomon was also the reverse of those wicked princes, who received bribes, and neglect the poor. Isaiah 1:23. Calmet.

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