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Expositions on the Book of Psalms (Coxe abridgment) — Historical footnotes

Psalm XXI

Complete historical editorial footnotes. These notes retain the original edition’s wording; individual note authors are unspecified.

English translation and editorial credits: Original anonymous translator (first thirty Oxford Psalms), A. Cleveland Coxe (abridgment).

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1888 (historical English edition preface; transcription printing date uncertain) | Historical editor/translator (individual note author unspecified)

[Prophetic of His ascension.—C.]

Editorial footnote · Expositions on the Book of Psalms (Coxe abridgment), Psalm XXI, editorial note cite_note-2 · Original source

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1. The title is a familiar one; the Psalm is of Christ.

1888 (historical English edition preface; transcription printing date uncertain) | Historical editor/translator (individual note author unspecified)

[In reliquiis tuis. So Vulgate.—C.]

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13. “For Thou shalt set them low.” For Thou shalt rank them among those from whom in degradation and contempt Thou wilt turn away. “In Thy leavings Thou shalt make ready their countenance” (ver. 12). And in these things that Thou leavest, that is, in the desires of an earthly kingdom, Thou shalt make ready their shamelessness for Thy passion.