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Psalms 40:15

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 40:15

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame; rather, by reason of their shame (Kay, Alexander, Revised Version). Let the shame and disgrace that attach to them () cause them to be desolate, or deserted of all.

That say unto me, Aha, aha! (comp. , ).

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