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The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
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Verse 8–9. The … descend. This should be within a parenthesis, (Bert.) as the sequel speaks of the waters. Bible.—Earth. This seemed miraculous to those who supposed that the earth was flat. Saint Ambrose Hex. iii. 22. Job 7:12. Amos 5:8. Calmet.—Providence points out the place for every thing. Bible.—
Jussit et extendi campos, and so forth Ovid, Met. i.
—God derogated from this law, which he had appointed for the waters, when he brought them again to overwhelm the guilty earth. Bible.
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