OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 84:1

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How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of Armies!

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Verse 1. Psalm. It resembles the 66th, and seems to have been sung when the first-fruits were brought to the temple. Most people explain it of the captives delivered, (Theod. Du Pin) and of Christ’s redemption. Euseb. Saint Augustine Calmet.—David foresaw the afflictions and captivity of his people; and was aware of the miseries of mankind, to be removed by the Messias alone. Bert.

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