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Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
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Verse 11. Fears. Hunters used to place loose feathers round the wood, except where the gin was laid, in order to frighten the prey into it.
Puniceæque agitant formidine pennæ. Georg. iii.
Jeremiah 48:44. “Like timid stags, while you avoid the moving feathers, you are entrapped in the strongest nets.” S. Jerom, c. Lucif.—Every thing tends to fill the poor beast with alarm. So the devil, conscience, and enemies on all sides, best the wicked. Calmet.
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