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Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
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Verse 6. The high, and so forth The proud and haughty, who exalt themselves, God knoweth afar off; that is, he despiseth the, and setteth them at a distance from him; whilst he stoopeth down to favour and embrace the low and humble. Challoner.—He treats the proud as strangers to him. Worthington.—If kings would sing in the ways of the Lord, they also must love, and be humble. Saint Augustine—God knows all things before they happen, (Saint John Chrysostom) and both high and low are equally open to his eye. Psalms 112:5 and 138:2 and 8. Calmet.
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