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He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s. He has set the world on them.
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Verse 8. World. The Hebrews represented the earth as resting on a firm basis, or on pillars, or turning on poles. Psalms 103:5. Proverbs 8:25. and so forth The magistrates of the earth may be also thus designated, as the world is entrusted to their care. God compares Jeremias to an iron pillar. Jeremiah 1:18. Revelation 3:12. Calmet.—The last sentence is omitted in the Sept.
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