[71]. Psalm 123. 2.
[72]. Ezekiel 39. 25.
[73]. Leviticus 26. 9.
[74]. This is the end of a leaf in the manuscript of the original, and there is a likelihood that some leaves are missing here, so that the following sentences are not a continuation of this part.
[75]. Neubauer, Mediæval Jewish Chronicles, vol. II., pp. 83, seq.
[76]. That is, Psalm 91.
[77]. That is, Psalms 145–150.
[78]. The following four poems are from a manuscript in the library of the Dropsie College, and are probably the first of a series of fifteen based on the fifteen Songs of Ascents (Psalms 120–134). The first stanza of each poem bears the author’s name in acrostic, while the remaining stanzas are in alphabetic order, three letters being disposed of in each stanza. The fourth line is a verse, or part thereof, from the Psalm upon which the poem is based.
[79]. That is, Edon. (Comp. Genesis 22. 21), hence Rome.
[80]. That is, Israel mourning for the temple.