Psalms 119:83 (KJV)
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For I am become like a bottlein the smokeyet do I not forgetthy statutes
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like a bottle in the smoke.As the bottles in the East are made of skin, it is evident that one of these hung up in the smoke must soon be parched, shrivelled up, lose all its strength, and become unsightly and useless. Thus the Psalmist appeared to himself to have become useless and despicable, through the exhausted state of his body and mind, by long bodily afflictions and mental distress. Ps 22:15 Ps 102:3 Ps 102:4 Job 30:30
yet do I. Ps 119:16 Ps 119:61 Ps 119:176
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