Alleluia, in Hebrew, is at the end of the last psalm. (Haydock) --- It is omitted entirely in St. Augustine, &c. Origen thinks that the captives sung this psalm at their return, as it greatly resembles the 106th, 134th, &c. (Calmet) --- We read, (2 Paralipomenon vii. 6.) the priests stood in their o... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gods. Angels, kings, (Theodoret) or idols. (St. Augustine) --- God is over all. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lord. By these three repetitions the blessed Trinity is insinuated, (Worthington) as some of the Fathers have remarked, though the argument is not convincing. (Berthier)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wonders. If saints or others work miracles, it is only by God's permission. (Theodoret) --- None can do any thing against his will. (Haydock) --- Only He can perform true miracles, above the course of nature. (Worthington) --- They prove the divinity. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Understanding. Or Son, who is the uncreated Wisdom, (St. Augustine) or to lead us to the knowledge of him. All has been made by the divine power and wisdom. Cajetan, &c., would assert the heavens to be intelligent, or governed by angels, Genesis i. 14. (Orig.[Origen?] Prin. 1., &c.) --- But this op... [ Continue Reading ]
_Waters. On which it was supposed to rest like a vessel. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lights. The stars, (St. Jerome) or the sun and moon, ver. 8., and Genesis i. 16. (Calmet) --- All are great lights, though the moon be comparatively small. (Berthier)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_First-born. Justice was exercised on them, and mercy on Israel. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Parts. Two, not twelve, as the Rabbins pretend, (Berthier) and as Origen, &c., seem to allow, Exodus xiv. 22._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Desert. This was very astonishing, as they were not incommoded by the heat, or destitute of food and clothes for forty years, (Calmet) except when God tried them for their improvement, or for their sins._... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM CXXXV. (CONFITEMINI DOMINO.) God is to be praised for his wonderful works.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Affliction. Literally, "humility," (Haydock) when we entered into ourselves under the judges, or during the captivity. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Food. Hebrew, "bread," which denotes all sorts of eatables. (Berthier) --- The particular and general favours of God proceed from his mercy. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Give, &c. This verse is marked as superfluous in the most correct psalters, being a repetition of ver. 3., and unknown to the Hebrew, Septuagint, &c., though it is found in the Arabic. (St. Augustine) (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]