Lux Domini
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

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Interpretation

The goodness of Providence is more equally distributed than appears to a careless observer. The king needs the common things of life, and the poor share them; they relish their morsel better than he does his luxuries.

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This thought runs through Ecclesiastes 5:15-17.