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Psalms 103:3

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who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

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Verse 3. Water. The Fathers are not agreed about the nature or situation of these waters. Some take them to be angels. Saint Jerome Genesis 1:7.—Others suppose that the waters in the clouds, ( Calmet.) or the crystalline substance in the region of the stars are designated. Worthington.—These waters are represented as the roof of God’s palace. Euseb.—Winds. With surprising velocity, his providence being every where. Theod.—The psalmist accommodates himself to our capacity, to shew that God does all with the utmost ease. Worthington.

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