OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 47:3

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He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.

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Verse 3. With. Hebrew “the beautiful situation, the joy of the whole earth, ( Menochius.) Sion, sides of,” and so forth Chal. “Sion, thou art beautiful as a bride.” Christ’s Church is thus described. Revelation 21:2. Calmet.—Its figure, ( Bible.) the temple, was the glory of the whole country. Psalms 25:8. Lamentations 2:15. Calmet.—But the Church alone extends to the sides of the north, or over the world. Worthington.

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