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Psalms 44:2

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drive out: Psalms 78:55, Psalms 80:8, Psalms 105:44, Psalms 135:10-12, Psalms 136:17-22; Exodus 15:17, Exodus 15:19, Exodus 34:11; Deuteronomy 7:1; Joshua 10:42, Joshua 11:23, Joshua 21:43; Nehemiah 9:22-27

how thou didst afflict: etc. Or, rather, "how thou didst afflict the peoples (of Canaan), and madest them (the Hebrews) to shoot forth;" for shalach: is to send forth in any manner, and is applied to a vine spreading its roots, etc. Psalms 89:9; Ezekiel 17:6; Jeremiah 17:8; and this sense is parallel with plantedst in the former line. Exodus 23:28; Numbers 13:32; Joshua 10:11, Joshua 24:12; 1 Samuel 5:6-7

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