Laudate Dominum. All nations are called upon to praise God for his mercy and truth. Alleluia.
Gods mercie is largely extended to al Gentiles by Christ, and his promise withal is performed to the Iewes.
1O Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.Alleluia. Lodate Dio. Quante voi siete, date laude al Signore: popoli tutti, lodatelo:Allelu ia. PRAYSE our Lord al ye Gentiles: prayse him al ye peoples.Alleluja. Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes; / laudate eum, omnes populi. 2For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.Imperocché la sua misericordia si è stabilita sopra di noi; e la verità del Signore è immutabile in eterno.Because his mercie is confirmed vpon vs: and his truth remaineth for euer.Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus, / et veritas Domini manet in æternum.
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Calmet
The captives invite all to thank God for their delivery, which was a most striking figure of the world's redemption, in which sense the apostle (Romans 15:11.) quotes this psalm, with the holy Fathers, though Ven. Bede puts it in the mouth of Ezechias, after the retrogradation of the sun. Kimchi allows that it regards the times of the Messias. (Calmet)
Berthier
Praise him. St. Paul reads, magnify him, as the Hebrew means, "extol" by your praises. (Berthier)
All are invited to praise, as the redemption is sufficient, (Worthington) and designed for all the posterity of Adam.
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Haydock
Remaineth is not in Hebrew. Mercy and truth confirm us. (Haydock)
Berthier
The psalmist acknowledges that he also stands in need of them, and St. John assures us, that grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. [John 1:17.] (Berthier)
Haydock
No promise had been made to the Gentiles (Worthington) by the law; though they were all included in the original promise, Genesis 3:15. (Haydock)
Calmet
God hath withdrawn them from idolatry, to impart to them his mercies. (Calmet)
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Not only some, but al nations of the Gentiles:
and al Ievves, (Christs Redemption being abundantly sufficient for al) are inuited to praise God.
Concordance Rom. 15. v. 11.
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Because he hath multiplied his mercie to vs Gentiles, to vvhom he made no promise:
and most truly performed his promise made to the levves.
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 117
1. “O praise the Lord, all ye heathen: praise Him, all ye nations” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 117
… 1 ). These are the courts of the Lord’s house, this all His people, this the true Jerusalem. Let those rather listen who have refused to be the children of this city, since they have cut themselves off from the communion of all nations. “For His merciful kindness is ever more and more towards us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever” (
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.