OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 102:16

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For the LORD has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

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Verse 16. In him. Or “over it;” the flower. Or the spirit of God’s indignation will overwhelm him. The soul of man departs, and cannot naturally be reunited with the body, though it greatly desire that union. Calmet.—The longest life is but like the duration of a flower, (Isaiah 40:6. Bible.) and the splendour of the noblest families is not better in the sight of God. Saint Augustine

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