Ver. 8. To give us a nail in his holy place— To give us a seat, &c. Houbigant. See Pilkington, p. 200. The idea seems to be taken from the nails or pins with which the tabernacle was fastened to the ground.
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Ezra 9:8
8 And now for a little spacec grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.