Psalm 9:21 Douay-Rheims

Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.

Rashi

1040–1105 Jewish

mastery Heb. מורה, mastery and a yoke (Mid. Ps. 9:16). Another explanation: מורה is an expression of hurling, as (in Exod. 15:4), “He hurled (ירה) into the sea.” Others say that מורה is an expression meaning a razor. let the nations know that they are human and not deities, that their might should rule.

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1105 · Psalms 9:21

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