Psalms 11:4

eyes... eyelids. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.

children. sons.

men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.

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⁴ The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

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