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To Give

Ps.xlii. 12. Ib.xvii.41. Ib.iv. 7. Ib. xv.10. Ib. xx. 7. Ib xxvii. 4. Ib.xxx.13. Ib.xxxviii. 9.TO GIVE, Dare. This verb is taken for to put, establish, give, grant, permit, render, deliver. Thou hast delivered us like sheep to the slaughter: Dedisti nos tanquam ovis escarum. Thou hast delivered up mine enemies to me: Inimicos meos dedisti mihi dorsum. Thou hast put joy into my heart: Dedisti lætitiam in corde meo. Thou wilt not suffer thine holy one to see corruption: Non dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem. Thou shalt make thy servant a subject of blessing: Dabis eum in benedictionibus dulcedinis. Render unto them according to their works: Da illis secundum opera eorum. I have been forgotten as one dead: Oblivioni datus sum. Thou hast exposed me to the rebuke of the foolish: Opprobrium insipienti dedisti me. He made his voice, his thunder to be heard: Dedit vocem suam. Psalm xlv. 7.

Ib. lxxvii. 46. Ib. lxxx. 2. Ib.cv. 46. Isa.iii. 4. Isa.xli. 19. Isa.xlix. 8.He hath given their fruits to the caterpillar: Dedit ærugini fructus eorum. Sound the trumpet or tympanum: Date tympanum. He hath caused them to find grace and mercy in the sight of their enemies: Dedit eos in misericordiam, &c. May not God suffer thy foot to slip: Non det in commotionem pedem tuum. He will apply himself to the study of the Law: Cor suum dabit, &c. I will appoint children to be their Princes: Dabo pueros Principes eorum. I will reduce the cedars into a wilderness: Dabo in solitudinem cedrum. I have constituted thee to make a covenant with my people: Dedi te in fœdus populi. Do not cease to publish his praises: Ne detis silentium Jer. xxxi. 33. Antiq. l. 17. c. 15. About the year of J. C. 9 or 10.ei. I will engrave my Law in their heart: Dabo legem meam in visceribus eorum.

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