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The contrast to "loose the loins of kings" (ver. 1).

(Prof. J. Skinner, D. D.)

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KJV: I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

WEB: I am Yahweh, and there is none else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;