OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 103:2

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Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,

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Verse 2. Light. In this manner he always appeared. 1 Timothy 6:16. Exodus 3:2. Calmet.—Christ only once assumed such a glorious form at this transfiguration, because he came to instruct our mind and heart. Bert.—Stretchest. Hebrew and Septuagint have the verbs in the third person, till verse 6 as the Vulg. has here extendens. But S. Jerom and others agree with us, though Saint Paul quotes according to the Hebrews 5:4. Bible.—Pavilion. The idea of the heavens resting like a tent upon the earth was very prevalent. Job 9:8. Isaiah 40:22.

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