OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 147:6

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The LORD upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

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Verse 6. or Hebrew Psalm 147. Verse 17. His chrystal. Some understand it of hail, which is as it were ice, divided into bits, or morsels. Challoner. Sirach 43:22. Calmet.—In summer and winter God sends proper moisture for the earth. Tirinus.—The most hardened are sometimes converted: but this must be the effect of grace. Worthington.—Cold. If it were to continue, all would perish. He therefore sends the warm ( Calmet.) “south wind.” Syr.

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