Lecture 3

^2:3^ Ghimel. He has broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: and he has kindled in Jacob, as it were, a flaming fire devouring round about.

25. Here he shows the impossibility of resisting.

And first, he excludes human strength: the horn, that is, power. And I will break all the horns of sinners (Ps 74:11).

Second, he excludes divine help: he has drawn back, as it were, from the defense by which he had previously defended them. Why do you turn away your hand even your right hand? (Ps 73:11).

Third, he concludes by showing the burning of the earth: and he has kindled. He set him on fire, and he understood not (Isa 42:25).