| Psalms 111:9
| He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.
| Poor. We must know whom we ought to relieve. Though we may be allowed to retain what is necessary, (2 Corinthians 8:13., and 9:11.) yet the saints have often very laudably stripped themselves, to clothe others, abandoning perishable goods, that they might obtain heaven. (Calmet) --- Justice. Works of mercy are so called, because they concur to man's justification. (Worthington) --- Horn. Power, etc. Cyrus, and the best of his successors, honoured the Jews. (Calmet) --- The liberality of the just towards the indigent, is far more glorious than that which prompts the vain to give shews, etc. (St. Chrysostom) --- The praise of the latter is presently at an end. (Berthier)
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