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He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
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Verse 4. All, is not expressed in Hebrew or some copies of the Septuagint Bert.—Cause. No one can have reason to do so. But those who injure their harmless brethren, are more reprehensible, ( Bible.) and the psalmist foretells that they will be put to shame. Saint Jerome—This manner of praying frequently occurs in the psalms, to signify the event, and the approbation of the just. Worthington.—Shew. The forth verse ought to begin here with d, as in Hebrew Bible.—Paths. The mysterious ways of Providence, (Euseb.) or the law which is unknown to many, (Saint Athanasius) and practised by still fewer. Calmet.
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