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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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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. Psa 22:15, Psa 102:3, Psa 102:4; Job 30:30 yet do I: Psa 119:16, Psa 119:61, Psa 119:176 Psalms 119:84
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