OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 45:1

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My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

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Verse 1. It may allude to the defeat of Sennacherib, (Houbig.) or might be sung by the Corites at the dedication of the second temple, when peace was restored to the world, after the death of Cambyses. Ezekiel 38. The Fathers explain it of the Christian Church, delivered from persecutions. Saint John Chrysostom and so forth Calmet.

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