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Psalms 109:3

Psalms 109:3

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

They compassed me about also with words of hatred,.... They surrounded him as he hung on the cross, and expressed their malice and hatred against him; then was he enclosed with these spiteful snarling dogs, and encompassed by them as with so many bees, who everyone left their sting in him, .

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