Ps. cii. 3, LXX. [R.V., “My days consume away like smoke.” The LXX. has the aorist, hence, “have failed” is the rendering here adopted. Some editions of Chrysostom read the imperfect here. The Oxford edition has a second note, the meaning of which is not clear: “Rather have failed, LXX.”—R.]
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