He grows green in the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
See meth. Hebrew, "he is green before the sun "beat upon him.
Rising, ortu, for horto, (Haydock) as the Hebrew, have "garden "(Menochius) with some Latin editions. He had compared the wicked to a rush without moisture. But the just is like a plant in a fine garden, which is not hurt by the sun beams. It will grow even among stones, (Calmet) and may be transplanted without danger, ver. 19. (Haydock)
The whole may be, however, a continuation of the former simile. The rush will presently be scorched, as if it were thrown among stones, and its place will know it no longer, ver. 18. (Menochius)
