OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 87:3

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Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God.

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Verse 3. Prayer. It represented as a person prostrated before God. Homer (Iliad ix.) says, that “supplications are the daughters of Jupiter, lame … with the eyes downcast, and following after injuries,” which admirably shews the conditions requisite for prayer. Calmet.

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