Laudate, pueri. God is to be praised for his regard to the poor and humble. Alleluia.
God is to be praised, who being hiegh regardeth, and prouideth for the needie in this world.
1Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord.Alleluia: lodate Dio. Fanciulli, lodate il Signore, lodate il nome del Signore.Allelu ia. PRAYSE our Lord ye children: praise ye the name of our Lord.Alleluja. Laudate, pueri, Dominum; / laudate nomen Domini. 2Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.Sia benedetto il nome del Signore, da questo punto fino ne' secoli.Be the name of our Lord blessed, from henceforth now and for euer.Sit nomen Domini benedictum / ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum. 3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.Dall'oriente fino all'occaso ha da lodarsi il nome del Signore.From the rising of the sunne vnto the going downe, the name of our Lord is laudable.A solis ortu usque ad occasum / laudabile nomen Domini. 4The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens.Il Signore è eccelso presso tutte le genti: e la gloria di lui fin sopra de' cieli.Our Lord is high aboue al nations, and his glorie aboue the heauens.Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, / et super cælos gloria ejus. 5Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high:Chi è come il Signore Dio nostro, che abita nell'alto,Who is as the Lord our God, that dwelleth on high,Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat, 6and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?e delle basse cose tiene cura in cielo, e in terra?and beholdeth the low thinges in heauen and in earth?et humilia respicit in cælo et in terra ? 7Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:Ei dalla terra solleva il mendico, e il povero alza dal fango,Raising vp the needie from the earth, and lifting vp the poore out of the dung:Suscitans a terra inopem, / et de stercore erigens pauperem: 8That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people.Per metterlo a sedere trai principi, tra' principi del suo popolo.To place him with princes, with the princes of his people.ut collocet eum cum principibus, / cum principibus populi sui. 9Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.Egli la donna sterile fa, che abiti nella casa lieta madre di figli.Who maketh the d barren woman to dwel in a house, a ioyful mother of children.Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, / matrem filiorum lætantem.
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Berthier
Alleluia. The Jews style this, and the five following psalms, "the great Alleluia," which they sing after eating the paschal lamb. Eusebius adds, "a psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias," as it seems to speak of the captives, who return thanks for their deliverance; (Isaias 45:6., etc.; Calmet) or David has left this model of thanksgiving for all. (Berthier)
Menochius
Children. Hebrew, "slaves." (Menochius)
Haydock
The Greek and Latin may signify both. (Haydock)
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St. Chrysostom
Same. All the day long, (Calmet) or rather in all places. (Muis) (Malachias 1:10.) (St. Chrysostom)
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Haydock
Earth. Providence watches over all, Psalm 137:6. (Haydock)
Worthington
With respect to God, even those who are in heaven are low. (Worthington)
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Calmet
Poor. Jesus Christ and his servants, as well as Joseph, Mardochai, etc., 1 Kings 2:8., and Luke 1:51. (Calmet)
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Haydock
Children. Anna and Elizabeth, who were naturally barren, were blessed with what they so eagerly desired, by the divine power. (Haydock)
Haydock
It may be understood of the Gentile world, after it had embraced the faith, (St. Jerome; Galatians 4:17.; St. Chrysostom) or of the captives, (Isaias 56:1., and 49:21., and Psalm 67:7.; Calmet) though Isaias may also refer to the Church. (Haydock)
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Al Gods seruants.
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In respect of God al creatures are low, though they be in heauen.
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See the example of Ioseph so aduanced d of Sara, Rebecca, Rachael, and other wemen made fruictful.
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Letters of St. Augustin 93.50
… throughout the whole world, because “God hath called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof,” and throughout the same wide field the “children praise Him.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 113.1
1. …When ye hear sung in the Psalms, “Praise the Lord, ye children” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 113.1
… but the child easily entereth through the narrow entrance; and thus no man, save as a child, entereth into the kingdom of heaven. “Praise the Name of the Lord.”…Let Him therefore be alway proclaimed: “Blessed be the Name of the Lord, from this time forth for evermore” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Answer to the Letters of Petilian, the Donatist 2.87
… for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts." On this brother’s sacrifice you show that you look with malignant eyes, over and above the respect which God pays to it; and if ye have ever heard that "from the rising of the sun, unto the going down of the same, the Lord’s name is to be praised,"
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John 105.1
… In itself, indeed, the glory of the Father could neither be diminished nor enlarged; but without any doubt it was less among men when God was known only in Judea: and as yet children
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 107.8
… thou hast none after the order of Aaron. Thou seekest it after the order of Melchizedec; thou findest it not among them, but through the whole world it is celebrated in the Church. “From the rising of the sun to the setting thereof the name of the Lord is praised.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 113.1
… and thus no man, save as a child, entereth into the kingdom of heaven. “Praise the Name of the Lord.”…Let Him therefore be alway proclaimed: “Blessed be the Name of the Lord, from this time forth for evermore” ( ver. 2 ). Let Him be proclaimed everywhere: “From the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same, praise ye the Name of the Lord” (
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 149.4
… If the voice of one echoing discordantly troubleth the harmony of them who sing, how doth the discord of heresy throw into confusion the harmony of them who praise. The whole world is now the chorus of Christ. The chorus of Christ soundeth harmoniously from east to west.
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 113.3
3. “The Lord is high above all heathen” (
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Tertullian † AD 220 The Five Books Against Marcion 4.14
… the endurance of the poor shall not perish for ever.” Again: “Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, and yet looketh on the humble things that are in heaven and on earth!—who raiseth up the needy from off the ground, and out of the dunghill exalteth the poor; that He may set him with the princes of His people,”
St Ambrose of Milan † AD 397 Selections from the Letters of St. Ambrose 22.7
7. Another Psalm which was read says: “Who is like unto the Lord our God, Who dwelleth on high, and regardeth lowly things in heaven and in the earth?”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 77.14
… At first he is beginning from thence, “Thy way is in the Holy One?” What is that way of Thine which is in the Holy One? “I am,” He saith, “the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” Return therefore, ye men, from your affections.…“Who is a great God, like our God?”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 113.4
4. “Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath His dwelling so high; and yet beholdeth the humble?” (
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St Ambrose of Milan † AD 397 Concerning Virgins 1.1.3
… But whence should sinners have so great hope? Would that at least that Gospel dresser of the vineyard, perhaps already bidden to cut down my fig-tree, would let it alone this year also, until he dig about it and dung it, that he may perchance lift the helpless out of the dust, and lift the poor out of the mire.
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 113.4
4. “Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath His dwelling so high; and yet beholdeth the humble?” ( ver. 5 ). Any one would think that He dwelleth in the lofty heavens, whence He may behold the humble things on earth; but “He beholdeth the humble things that are in heaven and earth” (
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St Ambrose of Milan † AD 397 Concerning Repentance 2.1.4
… For he had read that Abraham, when confessing himself to be but dust and ashes, in his deep humility found favour with God. He had read how Job, sitting among the ashes, regained all that he had lost. He had heard in the utterance of David, how God “raiseth the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill.”
St Ambrose of Milan † AD 397 Selections from the Letters of St. Ambrose 22.7
… “raising the poor out of the dust, and lifting the needy from the mire,”
St Jerome † AD 420 Against the Pelagians 2
Ps. cxiii. 7, 8 . He raiseth up the poor out of the dust.
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 87.7
… Whence indeed did they rank as princes? “God chose the weak things of the world to confound the strong, and the foolish things He hath chosen, and things which are not as though they were, that things which are may be brought to nought.” This He doth who “from the ground raises the helpless, and from the dunghill exalts the poor.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 113.6
6. “He taketh up the destitute out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire” (
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St Ambrose of Milan † AD 397 Selections from the Letters of St. Ambrose 22.7
… “raising the poor out of the dust, and lifting the needy from the mire,” and you see how He hath “set them with the princes of His people.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 87.7
… “That He may set him with the princes, even with the princes of His people.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 113.6
6. “He taketh up the destitute out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire” ( ver. 7 ); “that He may set Him with the princes, even with the princes of His people” (
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St Gregory of Nyssa † AD 395 On Virginity 13
… and the words of the Apostle beautifully suit their case, for the joyful mother of such children as these “shall be saved in child-bearing ;” as the Psalmist in his divine songs thankfully cries, “He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 113.7
… But how many in the same crowd, who make unto themselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, shall stand on the right hand through works of mercy? He not only then lifteth up from the mire him whom He is to place with the princes of His people; but also, “Maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children” (
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v. 2 et
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v. 3 ubique, in universo orbe terrarum ; nam omnes gentes ei subduntur,
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v. 4 cf. 98,2 maiestate sua omnibus dominatur, sublimitate longissime super omnes eminens, cuius gloria omnis coelorum splendor et. pulchritudo. Quare cum. admiratione maiestatis omnia superantis exclamat psaltes v. D respiciens deos quos gentes iactant : quis ut Iahve Deus noster? cuius naturae sublimitatem et rerum omnium curam et providentiam effert, quia hisce duabus rebus divinitas maxime agnoscitur (Ag.); thronum suum in altis habet — altum fecit habitare —
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v. 6 et humilia respicit, hebr profundum facit, demittit τὸ videre; quamvis in altis thronum habeat, tamen in profunda quaeque et humilia quae sunt in coelo ct in terra suum dirigit aspectum (ef. Gen.); res quam quis videt potest hebr particula 3 vestiri, unde verti potest : profundum facit τὸ videre coeterram ; hisce ingeritur notio throni in altissimis positi et maiestatis superéminentis; cf. Is. 57,15 (Ag.). Deus adeo sublimis sese demittit : suscitans ex pulvere inopem, in sterquilinio ex conditione humili et afflicta est erectus (Iob 2,8 ; 5,11); Ioseph in Aegypto e carcere eductus et exaltatus est (Gen. 41). e | SEES ΤΣ א Sententia est generalis. Explicant quidem de populo Israel (vel abiecto - et humiliato in Aegypto ; of. Ez. 16,4 sq. vel in exsilio; cf. Is. 53,2), e qui ex conditione humili saepius a Deo sit erectus, u£ collocet eum cum = | principibus, cum nobilibus, ut denuo constituatur. in statu populo 2 Dei digno; sed quod additur cum nobilibus populi sui, haud congruit, | si ipse populus e vili conditione intelligitur erigendus. Aliud paternae — — eius curae exemplum ad consolandos miseros datur
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v. 9; sterilitas con- — siderabatur maledictio et poena, Ex. 23,26; Deut. 7, TE Deus etiam quae longo tempore sterilis erat tandem hor matrem 8 laetam, τ 1 eg. 2,5. Habet haec sententia multiplicem applicationem. Psalmus iste primus est ex iis quibus Hallel constituitur, qui sunt Ps. 112- 117 (hebr 113-118) ; et quidem Ps. 113 et 114 hebr canebantur ante coenam τ paschalem, 115-118 coena finita (cf. Matth. 26, 30 hymno dicto exierunt מן montem Oliveti). Istud Hallel cantari solebat in neomenia, festo dedicationis templi, paschate, pentecoste, festo tabernaculorum ; cf. Buxtorf, Lexicon chaldaicum, talmud. p. 613 et p. 615 assignatur Hallel magnum, quao com-
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especially "Benedicam" cited from the ancient Communion Psalm (33, 1-3), and "Sit nomen" (Ps. 112, 2); it closes with prayers for benefactors and for the deceased and with the Pater noster.
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.