OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 136:3

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Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loving kindness endures forever;

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Verse 3. Sion. The Levites were trained to singing from their infancy, at the expense of the nation. Under David, there were 288 masters, and 8,000 Levites who played on music. 1 Chronicles 15. The Babylonians wished to hear them, ( Calmet.) or ( Worthington.) spoke insultingly, (Theod.) as the pagans asked what good Christ had done? Saint Augustine

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