2. Head of Days. See 46:1 (note); 54:7 (note). the righteous could hardly have been before God’s throne before the Deluge, as few if any righteous had as yet died. 3. Cf. 14:14, 24. loins gave way. Ps. 69:23; Isa. 45:1. dissolved. All MSS. but u,dy add ‘and’. Hence β supplies an extra verb ‘melted’ to ‘reins.’ 4. Cf. Dan. 5:6, 8:17, 10:9, 10. Michael as chief archangel (40:4, 9) sends ‘the angel of peace’ (v. 24). 5. Michael α ‘the holy Michael’ β. merciful and long-suffering. Cf. 60:25, 50:3, 5,
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