OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 45:5

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Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.

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Verse 5. Stream. Jerusalem was surrounded by placid streams, which are here opposed to the great waters, as in Isaiah 8:6. The Church, after persecution, is restored to peace, and adorned with all graces. Calmet.—Tabernacle. This is the source of our joy. Revelation 21. Menochius. and 22:1. Ezekiel 47:1.—The advantages of the virtuous, both here and in heaven, are great. Bert.

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