“The king sent, and loosed him. According to the letter, Pharaoh sent, and loosed him. In another sense: if anyone is tempted by lust, unless the Lord appears and looses him, he cannot escape sin.”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 31, on Psalm 104
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20The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
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In context
18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
19Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
— Psalms 105:20 —
21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
22To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.