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1, 2. may Israel now say--or, "oh! let Israel say" ( Psa 124:1 ). Israel's youth was the sojourn in Egypt ( Jer 2:2 Hsa 2:15 ).
2. prevailed--literally, "been able," that is, to accomplish their purpose against me ( Psa 13:4 ).
3, 4. The ploughing is a figure of scourging, which most severe physical infliction aptly represents all kinds.
4. the cords--that is, which fasten the plough to the ox; and cutting denotes God's arresting the persecution;
5, 6. The ill-rooted roof grass, which withers before it grows up and procures for those gathering it no harvest blessing ( Rth 2:4 ), sets forth the utter uselessness and the rejection of the wicked.
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