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Ver. 1. House. Giving her children a proper education, and taking care of her house. C. xii. 4.

and Tit. ii. 5. C.

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Ver. 2. And, is not in Heb. --- Is. Heb. "but the perverse in his ways despiseth him;" (H.) shewing by his conduct that he cares not for the Lord. C. --- Sept.

"he shall be dishonoured, that,"

&c.

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Ver. 3. Pride. He chastiseth with haughtiness, and is ever quarrelling.

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Ver. 4. Empty. As the land has not bee cultivated. H. --- Strength, or number of oxen. C. ---

"The virtue of the preachers is manifested where there are many converted to produce fruit." S.

Greg. vii. ep. viii.

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Ver. 6. Not. Because they seek it ill, like the pagan sages. Sept. "thou shalt seek wisdom among the wicked, and shalt not find it," &c.

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Ver. 7. Prudence. Thou wilt presently perceive his weakness. Heb. "abandon a," &c. He is not capable of hearing reason: keep at a distance.

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Ver. 8. Way. This science of the saints is the only true wisdom. --- Erreth. They are inconstant.

Heb. " is deceit." They are bent on it.

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Ver. 9. Sin. C. x. 23. Heb. "excuse sin," (C.) or "mock at sin," (H.) committed by others. M. ---

Grace, or good-will. They are agreeable to all. C.

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Ver. 10. Stranger. Such cannot well comfort the afflicted. A man is alone acquainted with the affections of his own heart. Sept. "he mixeth not insult"

(Sym.) "with strangers."

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Это примечание XIX века использует полемический язык; читайте его в свете пояснения в начале этой панели.

Ver. 12. Death. How many, under the garb of piety, follow their passions! How many are misled by their singularity, or by unskilful directors! C. --- We must suspect our own judgment. M. --- If any Turks, Jews, or heretics, lead a moral good life, it seemeth both to themselves and to other ignorant people that they are in the right way to salvation; but their error in faith leadeth them to eternal damnation. W. --- The persecutors thought they did God a service by putting the apostles to death. Will they be excused? H.

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Ver. 13. Laughter. Sept. "with his counsels," enjoying the content of a good conscience, and a heavenly reward; while the wicked, with all his self-approbation, shall be punished.

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Ver. 14. Above him, Sept. "with content sorrow is not mixed." H. --- Joy. Such is the condition of earthly things. Pind. Pyth. viii.

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Ver. 15. Innocent. Good and unsuspecting; (Jos. ix. 14. and 1 Cor. xiii. 7.) or rather credulous. 1

Jo. iv. 1. C. --- Sept. "the man who is not bad." --- Steps. Sept. "repenteth." H.

--- No, &c. This occurs (C. xiii. 13.) in several copies: but here it is omitted in Heb. &c.

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Ver. 17. Folly. Wrath betrays us into great extravagances. --- Hateful. Heb. also,

"hateth" folly.

Sept. "the prudent beareth much." Job v. 2. C.

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Ver. 20. Many. "Riches make friends, poverty tries them." Syrus. --- False friends resemble swallows, which retire at the approach of winter. Cic. ad Heren. iv.

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Ver. 21. He...mercy, is not found in Heb. Greek, or Lat. MSS. C.

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Ver. 22. Truth. Those who are kind and faithful. H. C. iii. 3. --- Sept. add, (C.) as a second version, (Grabe) "the workers of evils understand not mercy and truth: but kind and faithful actions are with those who do good."

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Ver. 24. Imprudence. This they always betray, while the wise use their riches to assist their fellow-creatures, and receive a crown of glory. H.

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Ver. 28. King. Who formerly was styled "a shepherd," to remind him of the care with which he ought to seek the welfare of his subjects. C.

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Ver. 30. Bones. As a sound heart preserves the rest of the body, so a good intention often excuses from mortal sin, when the error is not gross. But envy corrupts the works which seem good, and which cannot bear a strict examination. S. Greg. Mor. v. 34. W. --- Envy ruins the health.

Menan. ap. Grot. --- Sept. "a too sensible heart is the," &c. This is beautiful; but not quite conformable to the Heb.

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Ver. 31. Him. God takes the poor under his special protection, (Matt. xxv. 40.) and is the distributor of all riches. What would the rich do without the poor? C.

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Ver. 33. And. Prot. "but that which is in the midst of fools is made known." H.

--- A vessel full of gold makes no noise, while that which contains only a few pieces sounds much. Munster.

Corn. a Lap. --- Thus the fool makes a parade of all that he knows. C. --- Sept.

"but in the heart of fools, it is not known." H. --- Aquila and Theodotion have the negation, (C.) as well as the Syr.

and Arab. See c. v. 16. Kennicott.

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Ver. 34. Miserable. This sentence ought to be engraven in all public places.

Heb. "and mercy the sinful people," whom God spares on account of their alms-deeds, (Dan. iv. 24.) or "sin is the shame of peoples." C. --- Montanus renders chesed mercy, and Pagnin "ignominy." The former is scarcely intelligible, et misericordia populorum peccatum, unless sin be here taken for a sin-offering, (H.) as it is by Vatab. Grot. &c. C.

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Ver. 35. Nothing. Lit. "useless," which often means bad. H. --- A servant who does not discharge his duty is such. Heb. "he that causeth to blush," and has no economy. C. --- Sept. "He removes shame by his good management. Anger destroys the prudent; but a mild," &c. H.