OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 48:3

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God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.

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Verse 3. Earth-born. Hebrew “sons of Adam,” a title belonging to the meanest. Progenies terræ. Perseus vi. 56. Calmet.—So Callimachus styles the giants, “mud-born.” Bible.—Yet Houbigant explains it of the rich, (Bert.) who have lands, and leave their names to them, verse 12. Bible.—Of men. Hebrew ish, noblemen. Menochius.—Ye just and (Saint Augustine) and polite. Saint Athanasius

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