They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 8. Together. And the infidel nations in that army. Psalms 136:7. Calmet.—Days. So the enemies of religion are always affected. The servants of God ought to be more zealous to preserve the remains of ancient piety. Prot. translates, synagogues, ( Bible. Aquila, Sym.) which Sigonius asserts were hardly known in the days of the Machabees, though they are clearly mentioned, (Esther 4:16) and must have existed at all times. Acts 15:21. Matthew 4:13. Calmet.—Houbig. has “let all the congregations of God cease.” Hebrew lit. “they have burnt,” (Bert.) or ended. Calmet.—Yet Saint Jerome thinks that the Septuagint read with the VI. edit. κατακαυσωμεν, “let us burn,” (Bert.) and Grabe has also substituted κ for π, as that brings the Septuagint nearer to the sense of the Hebrew ( Bible.) and is supported by some copies, ( Calmet.) though it seems less accurate, if we speak of days. Bert. Mohed, denoted, “a set time, or meeting.” Parkhurst.