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Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
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Verse 8. Ask. The Messias must be invested with human nature, and merit all graces for man. When did David ask for such an extensive dominion? Berthier.—But Christ’s kingdom extends over the world. His Church cannot fail, as Saint Augustine proved hence against the Donatists, and his arguments confute Protestants as well. Worthington.—Our doctors used to refer this psalm to the Messias, said R. Solomon; but it is better to apply it to David, on account of “Christians.” D.
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