Verse 20
20. Before the face of the Lord Rather, At a distance from, or far off from, the face of the Lord. That is, in a distant land, or an enemy’s country.
A flea An insignificant insect. Compare 1 Samuel 24:14.
As when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains Additional comparison, instead of dead dog, in 1 Samuel 24:14. The partridge does not so much frequent the mountains as the fields and lowlands; it would therefore be idle for one to hunt a single partridge far off on the mountains, when he could find flocks of them in the lower brushwoods and the fields.
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