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Louis Segond 1910
Quand je pense à ma détresse et à ma misère, A l'absinthe et au poison;
KJV
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
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incentive to devotion. But the consideration thereof causes an affliction of the soul, according to Lam. 3:19, "Remember my poverty . . . the wormwood and the gall," which refers to the Passion, and afterwards ( Lam. 3:20 ) it is said: "I will be mindful and remember, and my soul…
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