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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Psalms 42:6

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Dejection again described. therefore--that is, finding no comfort in myself, I turn to Thee, even in this distant "land of Jordan and the (mountains) Hermon, the country east of Jordan. hill Mizar--as a name of a small hill contrasted with the mountains round about Jerusalem, perhaps denoted the contempt with which the place of exile was regarded.
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