The Jesuit missionary, Valignani, as he looked towards the long-closed Empire of China on his way to Japan cried: 'O Rock, Rock, when wilt thou open? O mighty fortress, when shall these impenetrable gates of thine be broken through?'
Bibliographical Information Nicoll, William Robertson, M.A., L.L.D. "Commentary on Psalms 60". Expositor's Dictionary of Text. https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/edt/psalms-60.html. 1910.
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Psalms 60:9
The Jesuit missionary, Valignani, as he looked towards the long-closed Empire of China on his way to Japan cried: 'O Rock, Rock, when wilt thou open? O mighty fortress, when shall these impenetrable gates of thine be broken through?'
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