Cantate Domino. The church is particularly bound to praise God.
The Church is most singularly bond to praise God, 4. for the grace, sanctitie, victorie, glorie, 7. and iudicial powre, which he geueth to his Sainctes.
1Alleluia. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: let his praise be in the church of the saints.Alleluia. Lodate Dio. Cantate al Signore un nuovo cantico: le laudi di lui (risuonino) nella Chiesa de' Santi.Alleluia. SING ye to our Lord a new song: let his prayse be in the Church of sainctes.Alleluja. Cantate Domino canticum novum; / laus ejus in ecclesia sanctorum. 2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king.Rallegrisi Israele in lui, che lo ha fatto, e i figliuoli di Sion esultino nel loro Re.Let Israel be ioyful in him, that made him: and let the children of Sion reioyce in their king.Lætetur Israël in eo qui fecit eum, / et filii Sion exsultent in rege suo. 3Let them praise his name in choir: let them sing to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.Lodino il nome di lui con armonico canto: lo celebrino al suono del timpano, e del saltero:Let them praise his name in quite: on tymbrel, and psalter let them sing to him:Laudent nomen ejus in choro; / in tympano et psalterio psallant ei. 4For the Lord is well pleased with his people: and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.Perché il Signore ha voluto bene al suo popolo, e i mansueti innalzerà a salute.Because our Lord is wel pleased in his people: and he wil exalt the meeke vnto saluation.Quia beneplacitum est Domino in populo suo, / et exaltabit mansuetos in salutem. 5The saints shall rejoice in glory: they shall be joyful in their beds.Esulteranno i Santi nella gloria: saranno lieti nelle loro mansioni.The sainctes shal reioyce in glorie: they shal be ioyful in their beddes.Exsultabunt sancti in gloria; / lætabuntur in cubilibus suis. 6The high praises of God shall be in their mouth: and two-edged swords in their hands:Hanno nella lor bocca le laudi di Dio, e nelle lor mani spade a due tagli:The exaltations of God in their throte: and two edged swordes in their handes.Exaltationes Dei in gutture eorum, / et gladii ancipites in manibus eorum: 7To execute vengeance upon the nations, chastisements among the people:Per prender vendetta delle nazioni, e gastigare i popoli.To doe reuenge in the nations: chastisements among the peoples.ad faciendam vindictam in nationibus, / increpationes in populis; 8To bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron.Per legare in ceppi i loro re, e i loro grandi a catene di ferro.To binde their kinges in fetters: and their nobles in yron manicles.ad alligandos reges eorum in compedibus, / et nobiles eorum in manicis ferreis;
9To execute upon them the judgment that is written: this glory is to all his saints. Alleluia.Per fare sopra di essi il giudizio, che sta già scritto: questa gloria a tutti i Santi di lui appartiene. Lodate Dio.That they may doe in them the iudgement that is written: this glorie is to al his sainctes. Alleluia.ut faciant in eis judicium conscriptum: / gloria hæc est omnibus sanctis ejus. / Alleluja.
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Origen † AD 253
Alleluia. Theodoret repeats this word here and in the following psalm. The author of this psalm is unknown. It was sung after the captivity, to thank God for the favours and peace granted to his people, and to foretell the conquests gained under the Machabees, and more fully under the Messias. (Origen)
Calmet
The Jews still looked for them in vain. Why do they not open their eyes, to see all accomplished by the propagation of the gospel? Muis refers the psalm to the beginning of David's reign over Israel, when the people entertained the strongest expectations of victory; and this opinion is very plausible, though we prefer that of the Fathers. (Calmet)
Berthier
The prophet undoubtedly invites the faithful to praise God. (Berthier)
St. Chrysostom
New, and excellent; (Calmet) nova carmina, (Virgil, Ec. 3.) is explained magna miranda, by Servius. This psalm deserves the title, as it speaks of the new covenant. (St. Chrysostom)
Calmet
Saints of Israel, dedicated to God's service, Exodus 22:31. (Calmet)
Worthington
Though all creatures are bound to praise the Lord, he accepts only praises of those who live in the Church. (Worthington)
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Berthier
In him. Hebrew, "them." The plural is used out of respect, (Rabbins; Calmet) or rather to insinuate the blessed Trinity, as in Genesis i., Job 35:10., and Isaias 54:5. (Berthier)
King David, or the Lord, who was the true king of Israel, 1 Kings 8:7.
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Choir. A musical instrument, though it imply also a dance, etc.
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Unto. Hebrew, "in Jesus," (St. Jerome) or "he will adorn the meek with salvation," as with a precious robe, Psalm 131:9, 16.
Calmet
The captives shall be restored to glory. (Calmet)
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Worthington
Beds. In eternal rest. (Worthington)
Calmet
The prosperity of the Israelites but feebly represents the happiness of the elect. (Calmet)
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St. Jerome
Hands. He seems to allude to the regulation of Nehemias, (2 Esdras 4:17.; Haydock) or to the Machabees, who were priests and soldiers. They shall proclaim God's praises, and defend the nation. In the spiritual sense, Catholics employ the two-edged sword of the Old and New Testament against heretics, and exercise the power of Christ in excommunicating the wicked. (St. Jerome)
Calmet
Our Saviour enables the saints to judge at the last day, Matthew 19:28. (Calmet)
This chiefly regards such as have left all things, like the apostles, and those who embrace a monastic life, Matthew 4:20., and 19:27., Acts 4:34., and 1 Corinthians 6:3.
Ven. Bede
They shall judge whether people have made good or bad use of their possessions. (St. Augustine) (Ven. Bede)
Worthington
All the blessed will approve of God's sentence; and their example in overcoming difficulties, will evince the baseness of the wicked, who have yielded to less temptations. (Worthington)
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Calmet
Iron. These poetical expressions denote victory. The Machabees made great conquests, and the Jews expect greater under the Messias. But this has been verified in the conversion of nations to Christ, Isaias 49:23., and 60:14. (Calmet)
Berthier
The victories of the Machabees were of short duration. (Berthier)
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Calmet
Written. In God's decrees. (Worthington) (Job 31:35., and Daniel 7:10.) (Calmet)
Haydock
This judicial power is part of the glory of the saints. (Worthington) (1 Corinthians 6:2., and Wisdom 3:7.) (Haydock)
Calmet
All shall judge the wicked who have imitated the disinterestedness of the apostles. (Calmet)
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God our Lord whom al creatures are bond to praise, only accepteth those mens praises, that liue in his holie Church.
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eternal rest.
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Hieghest praises of God shal be continually vttered by Sainctes in glorie: for stil as praises passe by their tongues and mouthes, more like praises shal succede from their throte, and hartie affection, so out of the abundance of the hart their mouth shal stil speake Gods praise.
Glorified Sainctes shal also haue iudiciarie povvre. First, al in general shal like and approue Gods iustice in punishing the vvicked. Secondly the vvicked shal be iustly condemned in comparison of the blessed, vvho passed through, and ouercame the like, yea and greater tribulations and tentations then those, by vvhich the damned vvere ouercome. Thirdly, certaine more excellent Sainctes, namely the Apostles, and al those that forsaking proprietie of temporal In Psal. 121. v. 5. li. 3. in Mat. 19. ho. in Nat. S. •ened. goodes, geue that they haue to the poore, as some religious Orders doe; or into a Communitie as the Apostles, and manie primitiue Christians did (Mat. 4. v 20. cap. 19. v 27. Act. 4. v. 34. 1. Cor. 6. v. 3.) shal sitte in iudgement seates, assessorie iudges with Christ, and iudge those that render account, of wel or euil spending the temporal landes or goodes, which they possessed in this vvorld. So teach S. Augustin S. Ierom. S. Beda, and others.
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Decreed by God.
This iudicial povvre is part of Sainctes glorie.
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 149.1
1. Let us praise the Lord both in voice, and in understanding, and in good works; and, as this Psalm exhorteth, let us sing unto Him a new song. It beginneth: “Sing ye to the Lord a new song. His praise is in the Church of the Saints” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 149.3
3. “Let Israel rejoice in Him who made Him” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 149.4
4. “Let them praise His Name in chorus” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 149.5
5. “For the Lord hath dealt kindly among His people” (
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St Irenaeus of Lyons † AD 202 Against Heresies 4.41.1
… But He made neither angels nor men so by nature. For we do not find that the devil created anything whatsoever, since indeed he is himself a creature of God, like the other angels. For God made all things, as also David says with regard to all things of the kind: “For He spake the word, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.”
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 who fears the Lord’; I said too, ‘The saints shall
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 149.6
… such a conqueror as this thou choosest not to clothe. Wherefore? Because there is less shouting, less madness about it. They then who delight in such glory, have an empty conscience. Just as they drain their chests, to send garments as presents, so do they empty their conscience, so as to have nothing precious therein.
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 The Confessions 12.14
17. Wonderful is the depth of Thy oracles, whose surface is before us, inviting the little ones; and yet wonderful is the depth, O my God, wonderful is the depth. It is awe to look into it; and awe of honour, and a tremor of love. The enemies thereof I hate vehemently. Oh, if Thou wouldest slay them with Thy two-edged sword,
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 149.7
… and there is another passage which goeth against them, which saith, “Who shall boast that he hath a clean heart, and that he is pure from sin?” There is then, so to speak, a limit to glorying in our conscience, namely, to know that thy faith is sincere, thy hope sure, thy love without dissimulation. “The exultations of God are in their mouths” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 149.10
10. “That they may bind their kings in fetters, and their nobles in bonds of iron” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 149.10
10. “That they may bind their kings in fetters, and their nobles in bonds of iron” ( ver. 8 ). “To execute upon them the judgment written” (
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… In Sacred Scripture, dance occurs as a collective manifestation of joy (Ex. 15, 20; Judg. 11, 34; I Sam. 18, 6), as an act of festivity (Judg. 21, 21) and as a sign of honor to God (Ps. 67, 26; 149, 3). In the episode of the golden calf, the Hebrews sin by dancing around it, and thus Moses finds them (Ex. 32, 19). The best-known passage of the Old Testament on dance is that of David …
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… The double t. is discerned in the biblical plural tōrōth (Siphrā': Lev. 26:46), in the two edges of the sword of Ps. 149:6 (Pēsīqā', ed. S. Suber, p. 102 b). The oral t. is a dogma of Judaism, even from the time of the first tannaites ('Abōth, I, 1; III, 13): manipulated through the hālākhāh (v.) which, …
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