Let them be: etc. "They shall be confounded," etc.. These are prophetic denunciations. Psalms 71:24, Psalms 6:10, Psalms 35:4, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 40:14-15; Isaiah 41:11; Jeremiah 20:11
covered: Psalms 109:29, Psalms 132:18; 1 Peter 5:5
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Psalms 71:13
Psalms 71:13
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