OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 103:15

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15

As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

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Verse 15. Oil. This was an article of food, (Bert.) and deeded almost as requisite for anointing the body, as bread and wine to support nature. Pliny xiv. 22. Hence it was prohibited in days of fasting. Calmet.—These three things are put for all sorts of food. Worthington.

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