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The Lord cast down the thrones of rulers and set the lowly in their place.
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Verse 14. Beginning, or summit; αρχη. Calmet.—Thus Lucifer and Adam fell by pride. Saint Augustine de Civ. Dei. xii. 6. All sin, being a contempt of God, springs from pride, (Prosper. contemp. iii. 3.) and from an inordinate self-love. Calmet.
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