Confitebor tibi, Domine. God is to be praised for his graces, and benefits to his church. Alleluia.
Praise of God for benefites, 4. especially for the B. Sacrament of the Eucharist, 6 with other graces imperted to the Catholique Church.
1I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; in the council of the just, and in the congregation.Alleluia: lodate Dio. A Te darò laude, o Signore, con tutto il cuor mio: nel consesso de' giusti, e nella adunanza.Alleluia. I Wil confesse to thee ô Lord with al my hart: in the counsel of the iust, and b the congregation.Alleluja. Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo, / in consilio justorum, et congregatione. 2Great are the works of the Lord: sought out according to all his wills.Grandi sono le opere del Signore: appropiate a tutte le sue volontà.The workes of our Lord are great: exquisite according to al his willes.Magna opera Domini: / exquisita in omnes voluntates ejus. 3His work is praise and magnificence: and his justice continueth for ever and ever.Gloria, e magnificenza sono le opere di lui: e la sua giustizia è stabile per tutti i secoli.Confession and magnificence his worke: and his iustice contineweth for euer and euer.Confessio et magnificentia opus ejus, / et justitia ejus manet in sæculum sæculi. 4He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord:Ha lasciata memoria di sue meraviglie il Signore, che è benigno, e misericordioso:He hath made a memorie of his meruelous workes; a merciful and pittiful Lord:Memoriam fecit mirabilium suorum, / misericors et miserator Dominus. 5He hath given food to them that fear him. He will be mindful for ever of his covenant:ha dato un cibo a quei, che lo temono. Ei sarà memore eternamente di sua alleanza:he hath geuen meate to them that feare him. He wil be mindful for euer of his testament:Escam dedit timentibus se; / memor erit in sæculum testamenti sui. 6He will shew forth to his people the power of his works.le opere di sua possanza rivelerà al suo popolo:the force of his workes he wil shewforth to his people:Virtutem operum suorum annuntiabit populo suo, 7That he may give them the inheritance of the Gentiles: the works of his hands are truth and judgment.A' quali darà l'eredità delle genti: le opere delle sue mani son verità, e giustizia.To geue them the inheritance of the gentiles: the workes of his handes truth, and iudgement.ut det illis hæreditatem gentium. / Opera manuum ejus veritas et judicium. 8All his commandments are faithful: confirmed for ever and ever, made in truth and equity.Fedeli tutti i comandamenti di lui: confermati per tutti i secoli: fondati nella verità, e nell'equità.Al his commandmentes are faithful: confirmed for euer and euer, made in truth and equitie.Fidelia omnia mandata ejus, / confirmata in sæculum sæculi, / facta in veritate et æquitate.
9He hath sent redemption to his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever. Holy and terrible is his name:Ha mandata la redenzione al suo popolo: ha stabilito per l'eternità il suo testamento. Santo, e terribile il nome di lui:He sent redemption to his people: he commanded his testament for euer. Holie, and terrible is his name:Redemptionem misit populo suo; / mandavit in æternum testamentum suum. / Sanctum et terribile nomen ejus. 10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding to all that do it: his praise continueth for ever and ever.principio della sapienza il timor del Signore. Buono intelletto hanno tutti quelli, che agiscono con questo timore: sarà egli laudato pe' secoli de' secoli.the feare of our Lord is the beginning of wisedom. Vnderstanding is good to al that doe it: his prayse remaineth for euer and euer.Initium sapientiæ timor Domini; / intellectus bonus omnibus facientibus eum: / laudatio ejus manet in sæculum sæculi.
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Haydock
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)
Calmet
In some Latin copies, we also find the same title in both, as they may relate to the captives. (Calmet)
Eusebius † AD 339
The Church thanks God for the institution of the Eucharist, etc. (St. Augustine) (Eusebius)
Haydock
Praise. Literally, "confess to." (Haydock)
Worthington
Congregation. Where there are few or many together, (Calmet) in private for my own sake, and in public for edification. (Worthington)
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Calmet
Sought out. Exquisite, or designed for our benefit. He saw that all was good, (Genesis 1:31.) though He could have made them better. (Calmet)
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Worthington
Is praise. Or worthy of praise, and magnificent. (Worthington)
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Calmet
Remembrance. He has delivered us from captivity, as he did our ancestors from the Egyptians bondage, Isaias 63:11. (Calmet)
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Worthington
Food. Manna in the desert, and what is necessary for us who were in distress in Babylon, Psalm 106:5. In the spiritual sense, (Calmet) He has given us Jesus Christ, (St. Augustine) or the holy Eucharist. (Worthington)
Haydock
St. Chrysostom understands the word of God, (Calmet) which profits those only who fear the Lord, (Berthier) and serve him with love. (Haydock)
Berthier
Covenant. God has not acted contrary to the covenant with Abraham, in proposing the gospel, which was all along foretold, as St. Paul shews. (Berthier)
Worthington
He will for ever protect his Church, and shew forth the powerful operation of his death, and of all his mysteries. (Worthington)
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Calmet
Judgment. He will perform his promises, and chastise the guilty. (Calmet)
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Berthier
Equity. Here we have the conditions of a just law. (Berthier)
Worthington
Those who keep God's commandments are justified. (Worthington)
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Calmet
Redemption. Under Moses, Cyrus, and Jesus Christ, of whose redemption the former were figures. (Calmet)
Worthington
Christ redeemed man, in order that he might be able to observe the law. (Worthington)
St. Jerome
Terrible. Holy to the just, and terrible to sinners. (St. Jerome)
St. Chrysostom
Most are lost by too much security. (St. Chrysostom, hom. xix.)
The Hebrews treat the name of God with a respect, which might appear superstitious, (Calmet) as they will not blot it out, or lean upon the book where it is written, etc. (Schikard, Jus. ii.) (Theor. 5:6.)
The Turks have nearly the same regard for the Koran, which should make Christians ashamed of their irreverence and want of faith.
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Josephus
This fear intimates the virtue of religion, to which the Israelites gave the preference over prudence, etc. (Josephus, contra App. 2.)
Calmet
This distinguished them from other nations, Deuteronomy 4:8. (Calmet)
Eusebius † AD 339
Fear is the beginning, charity the end of wisdom. (Eusebius)
Worthington
Beginning with fear, we ascend to true wisdom, which are the first and last of the gifts of the Holy Ghost. (Worthington)
Haydock
Do it. Act conformably to this fear. (Haydock)
St. Chrysostom
Speculative wisdom is good, but not sufficient, Romans 11:13. (St. Chrysostom, etc.)
Berthier
Many read ea, "those things," with the Hebrew, while the Septuagint have eam, this wisdom. But Houbigant adheres to the Vulgate. (Berthier)
Berthier
His. God's, (St. Chrysostom) though some would refer ejus to intellectus. (Berthier)
Haydock
He shall be praised for ever who has been so well informed as to adopt the fear or wisdom of the Lord for his guide. (Haydock)
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I wil praise God both in secret for discharge of myn owne conscience; b and in publique for edification of others.
This Psalme in the Hebrew is composed with euerie verse and middle of verse, begunning with a distinct letter, in order of the Alphabet.
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Gods wil is the whole cause of al his workes.
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Euerie worke of his is praise worthie, and magnifical.
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God hath leift one most special and beneficial memorie of al other benefites, his owne bodie and bloud, in memorie of his Passion, and our redemption,
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the spiritual foode and sustinance of al the soules that rightly feare him.
Of his promise to conserue his Church perpetually.
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the powrable operation of his death, and of al his mysteries.
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Gods commandments do iustifie al that kepe them.
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He also of his mercie redemed man, that he might be able to kepe his precepts.
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Begingning with feare of God, bringeth at last by other degrees to true wisdom, which two are the first and last of the seuen giftes of the Holie Ghost.
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Sulpicius Severus † AD 420 The Doubtful Letters of Sulpitius Severus 1.5
After him, there will stand up David worthy of his descendant the Lord, and declare: “I, Lord, proclaimed thee by every means; I set forth that only thy name was to be worshiped; I said, ‘Blessed is the man
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 111.2
2. “I will make confession unto Thee, O Lord,” he saith, “with my whole heart” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 City of God 14.27
The sins of men and angels do nothing to impede the “great works of the Lord which accomplish His will.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 The Enchiridion 100
These are the great works of the Lord, sought out according to all His pleasure,
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 111.2
“These are the great works of the Lord, sought out unto all His wills” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 111.3
3. “Confession and glorious deeds are His work” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 111.4
4. “He hath made His wonderful works to be remembered” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 111.4
… He dried up one with a word, and the hearts of mortals were thunderstruck. For that miracle, which hath not through its frequency become common, will cling most firmly to the heart. But of what use were the miracles, save that He might be feared? What too would fear profit, unless “the gracious and merciful Lord” gave “meat unto them that fear Him”? (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 111.5
5. “He shall show His people the power of His works” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 111.6
6. “The works of His hands are verity and judgment” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 111.6
… Let not tribulation, distress, famine, nakedness, the sword, separate from Christ. For “all His commandments are true;” He deceiveth not, He giveth us what He promised. Yet we should not expect here what He promised; we should not hope for it: but “they stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and equity” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 111.6
… Yet we should not expect here what He promised; we should not hope for it: but “they stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and equity” ( ver. 8 ). It is equitable and just that we should labour here and repose there; since “He sent redemption unto His people” (
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Tertullian † AD 220 The Prescription Against Heretics 43
… therefore all things are in their view free and unchecked. Where, however is God not feared, except where He is not? Where God is not, there truth also is not. Where there is no truth, then, naturally enough, there is also such a discipline as theirs. But where God is, there exists “the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom.”
St Hippolytus † AD 235 The Refutation of All Heresies 6.27
… But conversion, and entreaty, and supplication, he constituted as a path to repentance and power over the animal essence, which is denominated right. The Creator (acted) from fear; (and) that is what, he says, Scripture affirms: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
St Cyprian of Carthage † AD 258 Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews 3.21
In the cxth Psalm: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
St Ambrose of Milan † AD 397 On the Duties of the Clergy 1.25
… “Thou art the author of my being”? How is Arius wise, who prefers an imperfect and inferior creator to one who is a true and perfect one? How can Marcion or Eunomius be wise, who prefer to have an evil rather than a good God? And how can he be wise who does not fear his God? For: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
St Jerome † AD 420 The Letters of St. Jerome 133.6
… The more I drink, the more I thirst. For I have read the song of the psalmist: “O taste and see that the Lord is good.” Every good thing that we have is a tasting of the Lord. When I fancy myself to have finished the book of virtue, I shall then only be at the beginning. For “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 The Confessions 8.6
… and these, in their ram bling, came upon a certain cottage inhabited by some of Thy servants, “poor in spirit,” of whom “is the kingdom of heaven,”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 On Christian Doctrine 2.7
… Such a son ascends to wisdom , which is the seventh and last step, and which he enjoys in peace and tranquillity. For the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 15.4
… “But those that fear the Lord, He glorifieth:” the Lord Himself, that is. Now “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 78.6
… For what object can be loved more to our health? “And He hath raised up a testimony in Jacob, and hath set a law in Jacob” ( ver. 5 ). This is the beginning whereof hath been spoken above, “I will declare propositions from the beginning.” So then the beginning is the Old Testament, the end is the New. For fear doth prevail in the law.
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 111.7
7. …“The fear of the Lord,” therefore, “is the beginning of wisdom.” “Understanding is good” (
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 149.10
… Observe, beloved, what I say. Ye have heard just now the Apostle John, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath torment.” This is the bond of iron. And yet unless a man begin through fear to worship God, he will not attain to love. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
John Cassian † AD 435 The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults 4.43
… Hear then in few words how you can mount up to the heights of perfection without an effort or difficulty. “The beginning” of our salvation and “of wisdom” is, according to Scripture, “the fear of the Lord.”
John Cassian † AD 435 The Conferences of John Cassian 11.13
… For it was clearly of that other penal fear that the Apostle John said that “He who feareth is not made perfect in love, for fear hath punishment.” There is then a great difference between this fear, to which nothing is lacking, which is the treasure of wisdom and knowledge, and that imperfect fear which is called “the beginning of wisdom,”
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v. 2 magna opera Domini, digna quae omni studio inquirantur et perpendantur secundum omnia illa consilia, voluntates eius, secundum cuncta quae Deus magnificentia ; memoriam fecit, dies festos in memoriam et 1n sacrum cultum mirabilium suorum operum institui iussit; pascha, festum tabernaculorum, :sabbatum ; cf. Ex. 12,14. Lev. 23,43; praeterea iussit patres narrare filiis vetera illa facta 77, 3-7 ; Ex. 13,8; 16,33 ; escam dedit
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v. 5 manna in deserto Ex. 16. Num. 11 ; carnes quoque Num. 11,31 ; Ps. 77,26.27 | terram fluentem lac et mel, fertilem frumento, vino, oleo: vere misericors et memor foederis. | = populo suo eo quod dedit ilhs hereditatem gentium, possessiones et 1-6. Quidquid Deus fecit
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v. 7. in omnibus manifesto apparuit verifas, iustum et rectum ; omnia mandata, dispositiones eius et ordinationes, normae administrationis eius sunt certae, constantes, fidae;
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v. 8 confirmata, stabilia et. firma 1n perpetuum, et fac/a et exsecutioni mandantur normae illae divinae in rerum populorumque gubernatione in veritate fideliter et in aequitate, sicut rectum est et probum. Populum suum
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v. 9 ex multis periculis et oppressionibus redemit, in perpetuum enim foedus suum stabilivit et firmum. esse voluit; cf. Ier. 33, 20-26. In hac foederis custodia et exsecutione se seu nomen suum demonstrat sanctum, postulat a suis multiplicem sanctitatem, munditiem, observationem, et punit transgressiones ac delicta; terribile in hostes et inimicos populi sui. | Deus ipse sanctus ac terribilis ?
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v. 10 £imor Dei, cultus Dei, est initium sapientiae est primum et primarium sapientiae et intellectus bonus, intelligentia salutaris omnibus qui illum Dei cultum ae religionem fovent. In cultu Dei consistit ac continetur sapientia et intelligentia salutaris. Quare 1s cultus et laudatio Dei in perpetuum consistere debet.
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… For example, in Mt. 1:22 God "through" (βίᾳ) the prophet Isaiah (8:8; cf. Mt. 2:15) foretells of the Virgin who will give birth; in Lk. 1:70 He speaks "through the mouth (βίᾳ στόματος) of the holy prophets"; in Mt. 22:43, David "in the Spirit" (ἐν πνεύματι) composed Ps. 110:1; in Acts 1:16 the Holy Spirit foretold "through the mouth" (βίᾳ στόματος) of David the "Scripture" of Ps. 41:10; in Acts 4:25, on the other hand, it is affirmed that God speaks Ps. …
… At the third mile from Bethlehem, Ps. 132, 8; Is. 7, 10-15; Gal. 3, 29-4, 7 are recited; alleluia, Ps. 110, 1; Lk. 2, 1-7." Furthermore, a homily by Chrysippus, a priest of Jerusalem, delivered on a feast day of the Madonna to his brother monks of St. Euthymius, illustrates the three readings …
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The 5th b. has as its subject "the merciful" (οἱ ἐλεήμονες). Ἐλεήμων is said, in the New Testament, only of Jesus in Hebr. 2:17; the Septuagint renders with this word the double divine attribute ḥannûn and raḥûm (Vulg. misericors et miserator) of Ex. 34:6; Ps. 110:4, etc. He who, like God, forgives wrongs received, who imitates Jesus "compassionating" (Hebr. 2:17; Col. 3:12) the wretched by sharing and alleviating their physical and moral sorrows …
… To give thanks, the verse "Confiteantur" (Ps. 144, 10) is recited with the Gloria after lunch, "Memoriam" (ibid. 110, 4. 5a) after dinner; after a brief prayer of thanksgiving follows the psalm "Miserere" (50) or "Laudate" (116), then the Kyrie, Pater noster, the versicles from the litany "Dispersit" (Ps. 11, 9).
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Furthermore, there are in Sacred Scripture the texts commonly cited as relating to each gift in particular, for example Lk. 24:45, concerning the disciples of Emmaus: « Then Jesus opened their minds so that they might have understanding of the Scriptures »; Ps. 110:10: « The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. …
… It has its origin in God (Ex. 28:3; 1 Kings 3:9; 5:9; Is. 28:26; Ecclus. 38:6); its basis is the "fear of God" (Prov. 1:7; 9:10; Job 28:28; Ecclus. 1:16-22; Ps. 110:10). Especially after the exile, wisdom became the favorite theme of the inspired scribes. …
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