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Louis Segond 1910
Pourquoi donne-t-il la lumière à celui qui souffre, Et la vie à ceux qui ont l'amertume dans l'âme,
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Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
gelicam. Lux, gloria vitae praesentis, ut in Job: «Quare data est misero lux? [Note: [Col. 0989] 13 Job III, 20.] » id est, gloria vitae praesentis viro sancto: qui in hoc saeculo misertim deputat ( sic). Lux, * gladium cordis, ut in Job: «Lux obtenebrescet in tabernaculo eju…
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