OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 11:7

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For the LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.

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Verse 7. Pure words, very different from those of the deceitful, verse 3. Calmet.—Earth, dross, or in the crucible, or “for the ruler of earth:” (Pagnin. Bible.) current money. If we alter the Hebrew a little, it may be, “with care, (bahalil, which is never elsewhere used for a crucible) gold refined seven times;” often, (Proverbs 24:16) or as much as possible. Calmet.

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