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By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
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Verse 13. Heavens, with stars, and so forth Psalms 32:6. Wisd. 1:7. God also sends winds to disperse the clouds, that the heavens may appear. Calmet.—Artful, (obstetricante) “being the midwife.” The least things are ruled by Providence. Worthington.—Serpent; a constellation, lightning, the devil, or rather the leviathan. Isaiah 27:1. Drusius. Calmet.—Septuagint “by his decree, he killed the apostate dragon.” Bible.—But there is no need of having recourse to allegory. Calmet.
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