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Psalms 36:1

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servant: Psalms 18:1, Psalms 90:1 *titles Psalms 143:12; Deuteronomy 34:5; 2 Timothy 2:24; Titus 1:1; James 1:1; 2 Peter 1:1; Jude 1:1; Revelation 1:1

The transgression: Or, rather, "The speech of transgression to the wicked is within his heart. There is no fear of God before his eyes;" for instead of libbi:, "my heart," four manuscripts, have libbo:, "his heart," which is also the reading of the LXX, Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic, and Anglo-Saxon. 1 Samuel 15:13-14; Proverbs 20:11; Matthew 7:16-20, Matthew 12:33-34; Titus 1:16

no: Psalms 112:1; Genesis 20:11; Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 16:6; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Romans 3:18

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