_Idithun, to sing. (Worthington) --- He was one of the chief musicians
under David, 1 Paralipomenon xxv. 3. The psalm may be explained of
David, persecuted by Absalom, (Calmet) of the Machabees, (Theodoret)
&c., or of Christ, and his Church. (Calmet) --- St. Jerome considers
it a piece of excellent... [ Continue Reading ]
_Subject. The just is resigned, though he feel like other men. David
found a sort of resentment against the rebels, arising in his breast,
which he presently repressed, by the thought of God's will, 2 Kings
xii. 11. (Calmet) --- He fears nothing, because his soul is subject to
God. (Worthington) ---... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fence. This may refer to the persecutors, who resembled a leaning
wall. (Berthier) (Isaias xxx. 13.) (Calmet) --- Protestants, "ye shall
be slain all of you, as a bowing wall shall ye be, " &c. He threatens
them with speedy destruction, (Haydock) or represents to them the
baseness of attacking a ma... [ Continue Reading ]
_Price. Septuagint, St. Hilary, &c., "my honour." They wish to
dethrone me, and to represent me as unfit to govern. --- I ran.
Septuagint Greek: edramon, "they ran" likewise, as Hebrew implies, and
as the Greek Fathers generally explain it. David thought proper to
flee, that he might be at a distanc... [ Continue Reading ]
_God. The multiplicity of titles shews the prophet's love. See
Apocalypse v. 12. (St. Augustine, Confessions i. 4.) (Berthier)_... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM LXI. (NONNE DEO.)
The prophet encourageth himself and all others to trust in God, and
serve him.
_ All. Hebrew, "always, O people." Septuagint seem to have read,
adoth, for heth. --- For ever. Here Selah is translated, (Berthier)
though it is not in Septuagint, &c. David exhorts his follower... [ Continue Reading ]
_Liars. They are so vain and light, that if they are put into the
scales, they will be found to be of no weight; and to be mere lies,
deceit, and vanity. Or, they are liars in their balances, by weighing
thing by false weights, and preferring the temporal before the
eternal. (Challoner) (Proverbs xi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Them. Let the rich assist their needy brethren; and you, my
followers, beware of enriching yourselves, by unjust rapine, during
this civil war. (Calmet) --- Raise your thoughts to something better.
(St. Augustine)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Once, by the generation of his word, (St. Augustine) or when he
promulgated the law, Exodus xx. 6. (Berthier) --- God's word is
invariable, (Worthington; Job xxxiii. 14.; Menochius) and will be put
in execution. (St. Ambrose) (Tirinus) --- This he has often
inculcated. (Vatable) (Job xxxix. 35.) Am... [ Continue Reading ]
_Works. We must therefore refrain from every injustice. (Haydock) ---
God spoke once by Moses, and again by his own Son. Both the Testaments
confirm the certainty of rewards and punishments, (Berthier) as God is
able and willing (Worthington) to execute his decrees. Luther,
followed by the Dutch, tr... [ Continue Reading ]