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Mat_5:5. According to Psa_37:11, where the LXX. have οἱ δὲ πραεῖς κληρονομήσουσι γῆν . The πραεῖς (Mat_11:29, Mat_21:5) are the calm, meek sufferers relying on God’s help, who, without bitterness or revenge as the ταπεινοὶ κ . ἡσύχιοι (Isa_66:2), suffer the cruelties of their tyrants and oppressors. The opposite is χαλεποί (Plat. Pol. vi. p. 493 B), πικροί (Dem. 315, 5), ἄγριοι , and the like; Plat. Def. p. 412 D: πραότης κατάστασις κινήσεως τῆς ὑπʼ ὀργῆς · κρᾶσις ψυχῆς σύμμετρος . Comp. 1Pe_3:4. The very ancient popular (Gen_15:7 f.) theocratic conception: to come into possession of the land (of (Palestine) (in Psalms 37 : after the expulsion of their haughty enemies), has been raised to its antitypical Christian idea, so that the Messiah’s kingdom and the receiving possession of it is intended. Comp. on Gal_3:18; Eph_1:11.