OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 122:1

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I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the LORD’s house!”

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Verse 1. Canticle. Hebrew adds, “of David.” Bible.—Syriac also attributes to him, though Zorobabel, and so forth might recite it at their return. It may also refer to the captives groaning under oppression, ( Calmet.) and to every Christian, who must live in expectation of a better country. Saint Augustine Berthier. Tirinus. viii.

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