She sent out her boughs, &c.— That is to the Mediterranean sea, and to the river Euphrates; alluding to the extent of the Israelitish dominions. The enemies and destroyers of Israel are represented under the idea of a boar or wild beast. Theodoret says, that Nebuchadnezzar was meant by the Psalmist; and that he terms him very properly the wild beast of the field, because he was more fierce than any other monarch.

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