Pure words, very different from those of the deceitful, ver. 3. (Calmet) --- Earth, dross, or in the crucible, or "for the ruler of earth:" (Pagnin; Haydock) current money. If we alter the Hebrew a little, it may be, "with care, ( bahalil, which is never elsewhere used for a crucible) gold refined seven times;" often, (Proverbs xxiv. 16.) or as much as possible. (Calmet) PSALM XI. (SALVUM ME FAC.) The prophet calls for God's help against the wicked. This corrupt generation; or, both in this world and in the next. Hebrew, "preserve them;" the just, or thy words. (Calmet) --- "And thou wilt keep him." (Pagnin) --- Protestants marginal note, i.e., "Every one of them." St. Jerome reads, "us." (Haydock)