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They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
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Verse 11. Winds. God mounts his chariot, as it were, (Ezekiel 1:4. and so forth) to come speedily to David’s assistance. Æscylus, and other pagan authors, seem to have imitated his description. Euseb. præp. evan. xiii. 13.—The Fathers explain the former verse of Christ’s incarnation, or of his second coming; and this of his ascension. Saint Athanasius and so forth—They may also ( Bible.) intimate that God is ready to pardon as well as to punish. Worthington.—Plato (Phædro) represents the Deity on “a winged chariot, directing and taking care of all things.” Bible.
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