* Yea, etc.
Or, rather, "Even as the sparrow findeth a house, and the
swallow ({deror,} or the ring-dove, according to some, but
probably the bird which Forskal mentions among the migratory
birds of Alexandria, by the name of {dururi}) a nest for
herself where she may lay her young, (so I seek) thine altars,
O Jehovah, God of hosts, my King and my God." That is, as
nature inclines birds to seek and prepare their nests, so
grace has taught me to desire thy altars, and to worship
there.
* sparrow.
90:1 91:1 116:7 Mt 8:20 23:37
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