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Verse 1. God. All must be tried. Tobit 12:13. Hebrews 12:6. Lu. 24:46. But God will grant sufficient grace. 1 Corinthians 10:13. Calmet.
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Verse 2. Humble. Greek “regulate thy heart, and endure, and make not haste in the time of trouble,” ( Bible.) inflicted by God. Grot.—But not impatient. Isaiah 28:16.—Clouds. Lit. “overcast,” obductionis. Bible.—Desire not death, in order to be covered from the miseries of life; for that would ( Worthington.) border on despair. Bible.
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Verse 3. Patience. Or expectation of being relieved. Menochius.
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Verse 5. Humiliation. It shews what they really are. Calmet.
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Verse 10. Enlightened. With joy. Isaiah 58. Menochius.—This verse is not in Greek. To avoid such frequent repetitions, it would be well to mark the passage in different characters, ( Bible.) or between crotchets, as in the French version. Calmet.—Yet the Greek editions are not uniform. See Drusius and Hæschel.
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Verse 14. Ways. Attempting to reconcile the service of the world with that of God, who rejects hypocrites, ( Bible.) the inconstant, and faint-hearted. verse 15 and 3 Kennicott. 18:21. Calmet.—Virtues and sins will receive their due. Worthington.
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Verse 20. Hearts. With God’s grace ( Bible.) to fight manfully. Calmet.—Sanctify. Greek, “humble their souls, saying, we shall,” and so forth verse 22. Bible.—Prayer, vigilance, and humility are the best dispositions to resist the devil.
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Verse 22. Men. He alludes to 2 Kennicott. 24:14. In this world, God punishes with mercy; in the next, with severity. Daniel 13:23. Calmet.