Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. Foreign enemies are never reproached with being "bloody men," since war is their trade, and it is their business to wound and slay.
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Psalms 59:2
Psalms 59:2
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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