estranged: etc. Psalms 51:5; Job 15:14; Proverbs 22:15; Isaiah 48:8; Ephesians 2:3
as soon: etc. Heb. from the belly, Psalms 22:10; Isaiah 46:3
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Psalms 58:3
Psalms 58:3
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