_Alleluia. This psalm consists of praise, and is alphabetical, (Berthier) the sixteen first letters being found at the head of each hemistic, to ver. 8; and in the 9th and 10th, we find the six last Hebrew letters, which is also the case in the following psalm. (Haydock) --- In some Latin copies, we... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sought out. Exquisite, or designed for our benefit. He saw that all was good, (Genesis i. 31.) though He could have made them better. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Is praise. Or worthy of praise, and magnificent. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Remembrance. He has delivered us from captivity, as he did our ancestors from the Egyptians bondage, Isaias lxiii. 11. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Food. Manna in the desert, and what is necessary for us who were in distress in Babylon, Psalm cvi. 5. In the spiritual sense, (Calmet) He has given us Jesus Christ, (St. Augustine) or the holy Eucharist. (Worthington) --- St. Chrysostom understands the word of God, (Calmet) which profits those onl... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM CX. (CONFITEBOR TIBI DOMINE.) God is to be praised for his graces, and benefits to his Church. _ Gentiles. Under Josue, or rather in the days of the gospel. (Berthier) (1 Peter i. 3.) --- Judgment. He will perform his promises, and chastise the guilty. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Equity. Here we have the conditions of a just law. (Berthier) --- Those who keep God's commandments are justified. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Redemption. Under Moses, Cyrus, and Jesus Christ, of whose redemption the former were figures. (Calmet) --- Christ redeemed man, in order that he might be able to observe the law. (Worthington) --- Terrible. Holy to the just, and terrible to sinners. (St. Jerome) --- Most are lost by too much secur... [ Continue Reading ]
Fear. Hebrew, "is the chief part of wisdom." (Jansenius) --- This fear intimates the virtue of religion, to which the Israelites gave the preference over prudence, &c. (Josephus, contra App. 2.) --- This distinguished them from other nations, Deuteronomy iv. 8. (Calmet) --- Fear is the beginning, ch... [ Continue Reading ]