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Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 21:12

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Psalms21:12

12. Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back , when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings, against the face of them ?

(i. e.) Flee away at the first sight of thee, whereby also they will be a fit mark for thine Arrows. Or, Thou shalt set them, as a Butt to shoot at, as the like Phrase is used, Deut. 7. 10. Iob. 7 20. and 16. 12.

Or, against them, the word Face being oft redundant.

Marginal references: Or, thou shalt set them as a B[illegible: 1+ letters]tt.; Heb. Shoulder.; Psal. 7. 13.

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