Psalms 91:13

Verse 13. Palm-tree. Septuagint φοινιξ, means also a “Phœnician, or the Phœnix” bird, of which the ancients have said so much, Job 29:18. ( Calmet.) and of which Tertullian, (de Res. xiii.) and Saint Ambrose, (de fid. Res.) seem to understand this passage. Amama.—But it must be explained in the sense of the Vulg. as the Hebrew Tamar evinceth. This tree, and the cedar, were the most famous in those countries; the former for its fruit, and the latter for buildings and duration. The palm-tree will shoot forth again, after it has been cut down or burnt, (Pliny xiii. 14.) so the just will rise up from oppression. Calmet.