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As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 20. The obscure of the earth. Mean and ignoble wretches have been filled, that is, enriched, with houses of iniquity, that is, with our estates and possessions, which they have unjustly acquired. Challoner.—Or the captives may thus complain, that they are forced to live among infidels, in constant danger of transgressing the law, ( Calmet.) while their children are brought up in sin, (Bert.) and ignorance. Bible.—Infidels are full of all sorts of iniquity, which they hide in their conscience. Worthington.—Injustice is often the method of becoming rich. Bible.
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
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