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A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms, Volume 2 is unavailable, but you can change that!

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. A syn. tristich with a syn. couplet between its second and third line.—9–10. For all our days || our years, summed up in days of our years || their breadth]. The days of the years of Israel’s life are conceived as extending in breadth over a wide space of time. This, the most natural interpretation, is that of 𝔊, 𝖁, 𝕵. H, followed by EVs., gives a slightly different form supposed to mean “pride”; but this is α.λ. and not so well suited to the context, for the vbs. all imply extent, measurement.
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