OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 51:7

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They surrounded me on every side. There was no one to help me. I was looking for human help, and there was none.

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Verse 7. Hell. The grave. I was preserved like Jonas. Calmet.—Unjust. Greek “the accusation was made to the king, by an unjust tongue. My soul approached unto death, and my life,” and so forth Bible.

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