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My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
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Verse 9. Hart, (Proverbs 5:18) which is swifter that the dogs. Xenoph. Cuneg.—This animal is said to destroy serpents, as Christ did the power of the devil. Theod.—Wall. Under the old law, Christ was only seen in figure. He manifested himself in the new. Yet our sins separate him from us. Isaiah 59:2. He is concealed in the sacred mysteries, ( Calmet.) and his humanity keeps from our sight the glory of his divinity, which alone can impart full content. Saint Ambrose Saint Bernard—He shewed a glimpse of it at his transfiguration, and by his miracles. Menochius.
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