Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, you are our gods: for in you the fatherless finds mercy.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Words. In captivity, legal victims cannot be offered. (Calmet)
But a contrite heart is always acceptable, Psalm l.
Good. While engaged in sin, (Haydock) "we can offer thee nothing good. "
Calves: victims of praise. (St. Jerome)
Hebrew parim. Septuagint omit m, (Haydock) and render fruit. They are followed by the Arabic and Syriac as well as by the apostle, Hebrews xiii. 15. (Calmet)
We will offer what victims we please. (Estius) (Psalms lxix. 23., and lxv. 13.)