Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Je n'ai pourtant commis aucune violence, Et ma prière fut toujours pure.
KJV
Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
KJV
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