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Psalms 47:4

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He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved.

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Verse 4. Houses. Hebrew “palaces;” Septuagint “towers.” Βαρεσι, a word which has again been mistaken for gravibus or gradibus, as verse 14 and Psalms 44:9. God is the defence of his people, (Proverbs 18:10) the Church, Matthew 16:18. Calmet.—All particular houses, or churches, must come to the unity of faith, ( Worthington.) and to the seat of Peter. S. Iræn. iii.

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