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You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
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Verse 4. Waste. Hebrew “of juniper” or thorn trees. Job 30:4. The former is said to retain its heat a long time, and the latter is easily inflamed. Psalms 117:12. Such fiery weapons have been often used. Psalms 7:14 and 75:3.
Spiculaque et multâ crinitum missile flammâ. Stat. Theb. v.
—How will God punish detraction? He will hurl his darts against the guilty. Habakkuk 3:11. Calmet.—This is their reward, (Bert.) and what they deserve. Worthington.—Charity and good example will best counteract their baneful influence. Saint Augustine
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