Bog Psalm confusion

ACCORDING to a report on an ancient Irish manuscript found in a midlands bog (Irish Examiner, July 26), the only text already identified in the manuscript speaks of God’s enemies plotting to wipe out Israel.

Bog Psalm confusion
Fri, 28 Jul, 2006 - 01:00
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This is not so.

The text was from Psalm 83, but Psalm 83 in the Catholic Bible does not talk about Israel, it talks about “the valley of tears”. You quoted Psalm 82.

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