Miserere mei, Deus. A prayer of David in danger and distress.
Dauid being in danger before Achis king of Geth, confidently implereth Gods helpe, against the great malice and powre of his enimies; 8. foretheweth their ruine, his owne exaltation, 12. and offereth praises and thankes.
1Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance form the sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth.Per la gente allontanata dalle cose sante: iscrizione da mettersi sopra una colonna, per Davidde: quando gli stranieri lo ebbero in Geth.Vnto the end, for a people, that is made far from the Sainctes, Dauid in the inscription of the title, when the foreners held him in Geth. (1. Reg. 12. v. 12.)In finem, pro populo qui a sanctis longe factus est. David in tituli inscriptionem, cum tenuerunt eum Allophyli in Geth. 2Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.Abbi misericordia di me, o Dio; perocché l'uomo mi ha conculcato:, tutto giorno assalendomi mi ha afflitto.HAVE mercie on me ô God, because man hath troden vpon me: al the day impugning he hath afflicted me.Miserere mei, Deus, quoniam conculcavit me homo; / tota die impugnans, tribulavit me. 3My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.Tutto giorno mi han conculcato i miei nemici; perocché sono molti quei, che combattono contro di me.Myne enimies haue troden vpon me al the day: because they are manie that warre against me.Conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die, / quoniam multi bellantes adversum me. 4From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.Nel pieno giorno sarò in timore; ma io spererò in te.From the height of the day I shal feare: but I wil trust in thee.Ab altitudine diei timebo: / ego vero in te sperabo. 5In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do against me.In Dio loderò la parola detta a me, in Dio ho posta la mia speranza; non temerò quel, che possa farmi la carne.In God I wil praise my wordes, in God haue I hoped: I wil not feare what flesh may do to me.In Deo laudabo sermones meos; / in Deo speravi: / non timebo quid faciat mihi caro. 6All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil.Tutto giorno ebbero in abbominazione le mie parole: tutti i loro pensieri son rivolti contro di me ad offendermi.Al the day did they detest my wordes; against me, al their cogitations are vnto euil.Tota die verba mea execrabantur; / adversum me omnes cogitationes eorum in malum. 7They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,Si uniranno insieme, e si terranno nascosi: noteranno però i miei passi. Siccome essi sono stati attendendo al varco l'anima mia,They wil inhabite and keepe secret: they wil obserue my heele. As they haue expected my soule,Inhabitabunt, et abscondent; / ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt. / Sicut sustinuerunt animam meam, 8For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces. O God,tu per nissun modo li salverai: nell'ira tua dispergerai questi popoli.for nothing shalt thou saue them: in wrath thou wilt breake peoples. O God,pro nihilo salvos facies illos; / in ira populos confringes. 9I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set my tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise.A te, o Dio, ho esposto qual sia la mia vita: le mie lagrime ti se' tu poste dinanzi agli occhi tuoi, Come sta nelle tue promesse:I haue shewed my life to thee: thou hast set my teares in thy sight. As also in thy promise:Deus, vitam meam annuntiavi tibi; / posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo, / sicut et in promissione tua:
10Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.e allora saran messi in fuga i miei nemici: In qualunque giorno io ti invochi, ecco che io riconosco, che tu se' il mio Dio.then shal mine enemies be turned backeward. In what day soeuer I shal inuocate thee: loe I haue knowne that thou art my God.tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum. / In quacumque die invocavero te, / ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es. 11In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise his speech. In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man can do to me.In Dio loderò la parola, nel Signore loderò la promessa: ho sperata in Dio, non temerò quel, che possa farmi un uomo.In God I wil praise the word, in our Lord wil I praise thee saying, I haue hoped in God, I wil not feare what man can do to me.In Deo laudabo verbum; / in Domino laudabo sermonem. / In Deo speravi: / non timebo quid faciat mihi homo. 12In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee:Son presso di me, o Dio, i voti di laude, che ho a te fatti, i quali io scioglierò.In me, ô God are thy vowes, which I wil render, praises to thee.In me sunt, Deus, vota tua, / quæ reddam, laudationes tibi: 13Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.Perocché liberasti l'anima mia dalla morte, e i miei piedi dalle cadute, ond'io sia accetto dinanzi a Dio nella luce dei vivi.Because thou hast deliuered my soule from death, and my feete from falling: that I may please before God, in the light of the liuing.quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte, / et pedes meos de lapsu, / ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium.
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Haydock
Geth. Before (Berthier) or after his escape to the cave of Odollam, (Calmet) he composed this psalm, to comfort his followers with the consideration of God's protection. (Haydock)
Berthier
See 1 Kings xxii., and Psalm xv. The title is variously rendered. St. Jerome, "to the victor for the dumb dove," etc. Protestants, "upon Jonath elem rechokim Michtam of David." This is to elude the difficulty, and we might as well adhere to the Septuagint, who seem to have only added, "from the sanctuary." The psalm may suit any one in distress, (Berthier) unable to attend the public service, (Worthington) or it may be understood of our Saviour's passion. (Berthier)
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Calmet
Man. All combine against me. (Calmet)
Berthier
The sins of every man oppressed Jesus Christ. (Berthier)
Worthington
All who live piously, must suffer many attacks. (Worthington)
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Challoner
The height of the day. That is, even at noon day, when the sun is the highest, I am still in danger. (Challoner)
Hebrew, "many fight against me from an elevation, or from day-break."
Calmet
Fear. Many prefix a negation, which St. Jerome rejects, (ad Sun.) explaining this height of the divine majesty. (Calmet)
Worthington
David felt the impressions of fear; but corrected them by his confidence in God. (Worthington)
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My words. The words or promises God has made in my favour. (Challoner)
Eusebius † AD 339
Praising God (Haydock) removed the dejection of David. (Eusebius)
Calmet
Detested. Protestants, "wrest." They put an evil construction upon what I say, (Haydock) and make me their laughing-stock, Psalm 37:13. (Calmet)
Worthington
But I cease not to proclaim what God has declared in my favour, (Haydock) or what good I have been enabled to effect by his grace. My enemies may meet to devise my ruin, and to supplant me; yet all in vain. (Worthington)
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For nothing shalt thou save them. That is, since they lie in wait to ruin my soul, thou shalt for no consideration favour or assist them, but execute thy justice upon them. (Challoner)
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I have. Protestants, "thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle. Are they not in thy book?" St. Jerome, "thou hast numbered my most secret things: place my tears in thy sight," etc. (Haydock)
Berthier
Septuagint render the sense clearer. (Berthier)
God has promised to relieve the distressed, who confided in him.
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To me. This is almost a repetition of ver. 5. (Calmet)
Elohim and Jehova are mentioned (Haydock) as "the power and eternity" of God gave David the greatest confidence.
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To thee. Literally, "thy vows." (Haydock)
Calmet
Houbigant chooses rather to follow the Syriac, "with thee, O God, are my vows:" which is clearer, though our version may be well explained, "I will perform my vows to thee," (Berthier) the sacrifice of praises, in this psalm. (Calmet)
Worthington
I will endeavour to comply with my engagements and vows. (Worthington)
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Calmet
Living, in my own country, where I am no longer, as formerly during my banishment, in the region of the dead. (Calmet)
Calmet
The Fathers explain this of Jesus Christ, or of eternal glory. (Theodoret) (Calmet)
Worthington
In the true faith and good works, I will strive to please God. (Worthington)
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The height of the day.... That is, even at noonday, when the sun is the highest, I am still in danger.
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My words.... The words or promises God has made in my favour.
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For nothing shalt thou save them.... That is, since they lie in wait to ruin my soul, thou shalt for no consideration favour or assist them, but execute thy justice upon them.
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This Psalme perteyneth also to future times,
for the vse of anie iust persons, or people, that are against their wil separated from the publike diuine Seruice of holie Church:
mo•• worthie to be noted with tule, for perpetual memorie
made by Dauid when the Philistims detected him to their king in Geth.
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Now one sorte of il disposed men, now another,
neuer cease to seeke my destruction.
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Saul with his great armie, the Philistimes, and other strangers, some in manifest hostilitie, others detecting and betraing me to myn aduersaries. So al that liue godly in Christ haue manie enimies visible and inuisible.
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Of these most eminent great dangers I am in deede afeard,
but so that my trust and assured confidence is in thee ô God.
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Wordes and promises made to me; or the good which I speake or do by Gods grace.
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They calumniate whatsoeuer I say,
wresting al my wordes to euil sense.
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They meete together, and secretly conspire to intrappe me or catch me tripping.
to take my life:
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for this their vaine purpose to destroy me, thou wilt saue them, as they deserue, that is,
thou wilt breake them in peeces.
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I wil alwayes gratfully acknowlege thy promises, and sayings, for they are assured.
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I haue purposed and vowed to offer sacrifice of praise, and by thy helpe wil performe it.
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do that pleaseth God,
in true faith and pious workes.
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament 47.2
2. And how have we in the Psalm sung unto the Lord, “Lord, have mercy on me, for man hath trodden me down”?
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament 47.4
… Could this Word have been crowned with thorns? But that He might suffer all this, “the Word was made flesh;” and after He had suffered all this, by rising again He “overcame.” So then He hath “overcome” for us, to whom He hath shown the assurance of His resurrection. Thou sayest then to God, “Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for man hath trodden me down.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.4
… Let us give heed therefore to two enemies, him whom we see, and him whom we see not; man we see, the devil we see not; man let us love, of the devil beware; for man pray, against the devil pray, and let us say to God, “Have pity on me, O Lord, for man hath trodden me down” (
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.7
… all day long warring he hath troubled me”?
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.5
5. “Mine enemies have trodden me down all day long” (
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St Gregory of Nyssa † AD 395 On Virginity 15
But the ways in our life which turn aside towards sin are innumerable; and their number is told by Scripture in divers manners. “Many are they that trouble me and persecute,” and “Many are they that fight against me from on high
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.6
6. “For many men that war against me, shall fear” (
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St Ambrose of Milan † AD 397 On the Holy Spirit 2.8
76. But let them learn that it is also said of God the Father: “In the Lord I will praise the word;”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.7
7. “In God I will praise my discourses, in God I have hoped: I will not fear what flesh doeth to me” (
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.16
… lastly, lest they should have less of years in this life, than they hoped for themselves: but there have they trembled with fear, where there was no fear.…“In God I will praise the word, in the Lord I will praise the discourse” ( ver. 10 ): “in God I have hoped, I will not fear what man doeth unto me” ( ver. 11 ). Now this is the very sense which above
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.8
8. “All day long my words they abhorred” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.9
9. “They shall sojourn, and shall hide” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 On Patience 17
… where “reward,” as the same Apostle saith, “is not imputed as grace, but as debt.” Whereas if, that it may be true grace, that is, gratuitous, it find nothing in man to which it is due of merit, (which thing is well understood in that saying, “Thou wilt save them for nothing,”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.11
… all in them is rough, all foul, all to be detested: and though they to Thee bring nothing whereby they may be saved; “For nothing Thou shalt save them,” that is, with the free gift of Thy Grace.…
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.13
13. “O God, my life I have told out to Thee” (
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.17
… Whatsoever thing thou bringest forth, kindle with love. In thyself be the vows, which thou mayest render of praise to God. Of what praise? For what hath He granted thee? “For Thou hast rescued my soul from death” ( ver. 13 ). This is that very life which he telleth out to Him: “O God, my life I have told out to Thee.”
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.14
… But thou willest to lead thy Leader, teach thy Master, command thy Lord, choose for God: much thou goest before, go back behind. Did not this too profit these enemies? “Turned be Mine enemies backward;” but let them not remain backward. For this reason let them be turned backward, lest they go before; but so that they follow, not so that they remain.
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.15
15. “In whatsoever day I shall have called upon Thee, behold I have known that my God art Thou” (
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St Ambrose of Milan † AD 397 Exposition of the Christian Faith 3.3
16. The Word is in God, even as it is written: “In God will I praise His Word.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Ten Homilies on the First Epistle of John 10.5
… Let it not be praised as thine, the end is not there. If thou set the end there, there is an end of thee: but an end, not that thou be perfected, but that thou be consumed. Then let not thy discourse be praised as coming from thee, as being thine. But how praised? As the Psalm saith, “In God will I praise the discourse, in God will I praise the word.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.16
… Lest money should be stolen from them, lest anything in their house should be made less; lastly, lest they should have less of years in this life, than they hoped for themselves: but there have they trembled with fear, where there was no fear.…“In God I will praise the word, in the Lord I will praise the discourse” (
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St Cyprian of Carthage † AD 258 Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews 3.11
… but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understands and knows that I am the Lord, who do mercy, and judgment, and righteousness upon the earth, because in them is my pleasure, saith the Lord.” Of the same thing in the fifty-fourth Psalm: “In the Lord have I hoped; I will not fear what man can do unto me.”
St Athanasius of Alexandria † AD 373 Defence of His Flight. (Apologia de Fuga.) 20
… And David when he was persecuted wrote the Psalm, ‘My heart uttered a good word ;’ and, ‘Our God shall come even visibly, and shall not keep silence .’ And again he speaks more confidently, saying, ‘Mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies ;’ and again, ‘In God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Answer to the Letters of Petilian, the Donatist 3.7
… for you have not placed your hope in us, nor have you ever heard from us any doctrine of the kind. You therefore are safe, whatever we may be, who have learned to say, "I have trusted in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide;" and "In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me."
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament 47.4
… cleave fast to Him, put thy affiance in Him, call upon Him, let Him be thy strength. Say to Him, “In Thee, O Lord, is my strength.” And then thou shalt sing at the threatenings of men; and what thou shalt sing hereafter, the Lord Himself telleth thee, “I will hope in God, I will not fear what man can do unto me.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Ten Homilies on the First Epistle of John 10.5
… Then let not thy discourse be praised as coming from thee, as being thine. But how praised? As the Psalm saith, “In God will I praise the discourse, in God will I praise the word.” Hereby shall that which there follows come to pass in thee: “In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man can do unto me.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.16
… lastly, lest they should have less of years in this life, than they hoped for themselves: but there have they trembled with fear, where there was no fear.…“In God I will praise the word, in the Lord I will praise the discourse” ( ver. 10 ): “in God I have hoped, I will not fear what man doeth unto me” (
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.17
… through Thee I am what? Alive. Therefore “in me, O God, are Thy vows, which I will render of praise to Thee.” Behold I love my God: no one doth tear Him from me: that which to Him I may give, no one doth tear from me, because in the heart it is shut up. With reason is said with that former confidence, “What should man do unto me?”
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Letters of St. Augustin 188.7
… “Your spiritual riches no one can have conferred on you; for these you are justly to be praised, for these you are deservedly to be preferred to others, for they can exist only from yourself, and in yourself,” should thus boast of her riches as if she had not received them. Let her say, indeed, “In me are Thy vows, O God, I will render praises unto Thee;”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 51.21
… With holocausts Thou wilt not be delighted.” Nothing shall we therefore offer? So shall we come to God? And whence shall we propitiate Him? Offer; certainly in thyself thou hast what thou mayest offer. Do not from without fetch frankincense, but say, “In me are, O God, Thy vows, which I will render of praise to Thee.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.17
17. “In me, O God, are Thy vows, which I will render of praise to Thee” (
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 71.2
… It is added also that Jonadab is interpreted, “the Lord’s spontaneous one.” What is this, the Lord’s spontaneous one? Serving God freely with the will. What is, the Lord’s spontaneous one? “In me are, O God, Thy vows, which I will render of praise to Thee.”
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.17
… From the heart’s coffer bring forth the incense of praise; from the store of a good conscience bring forth the sacrifice of faith. Whatsoever thing thou bringest forth, kindle with love. In thyself be the vows, which thou mayest render of praise to God. Of what praise? For what hath He granted thee? “For Thou hast rescued my soul from death” (
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 56.18
18. “Because Thou hast rescued my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from slipping: that I may be pleasing before God in the light of the living” (
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v. 2 impugnatio, conculcavit 1.e. conculcat, ita שאף explieant LXX χατεπάτησεν, syr, Sym
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v. 3, Hier (cf. 56,4); unde vocem eadem notione acceperunt, ac **w, quae notio solum hoc loco quadrat; nam inhiare (3Nv) ad membra parallela nec convenit nec diei potest de homine; 70/8 die pugnans, bellator me tribulat. Idque repetitur v. 3, et sunt quidem multi bellantes adversum me; . ergo 2000 v. 2 sensu collectivo ponitur, uti in
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v. 5 caro, homines — debiles scil. quia auxilium speratur divinum: In v. 3 hebr in fine legitur ,בורו Aq Hier vertunt Altissime, Sym οἱ quae notio voci tribui nequit; LXX vulg a) altitudine diei, nequit intelhgi; syr longiorem exhibet paraphrasin : quoniam multitudo pugnantium exaltati sunt super me. Alu explicant adverbialiter superbe bellantes, alii censent assumi posse accusativum loci, bellantes in alta dignitate constitui (?). Sensum v. 4 bene expressit Hier : quacumque die territus fuero, ego in te confidam (eodem modo Sym); in epistola autem ad Suniam et Fretellam explicat vulg : non bellantes adversum me timebo, sed ab altitudine diei timebo, id est, tuum excelsum timebo lumen. In perieulo (v. + quando timeo, hebr) magnam spem profitetur ; omnem a se longe removet fimorem Hoc suum propositum enuntiat v. B in Deo, ope, favore Dei laudabo sermones meos, explica : res meas, rerum mearum statum agnosco bonum, vel potius secundum hebr: laudo sermones qui ad me facti sunt 1.6. promissionem divinam ; et ratio est quia in Deo spero ; 1660 non timeo, quid faciat mihi caro, scil. debilitas humana inimicorum. In hebr, Aq Sym targ habetur : laudabo verbum eius, ergo promissum eius (Gen.) ; scil. mediis in periculis recordatur laeto animo Dei promissa. Secundum 7715. quinta editio fert τὸν λόγον μου, in v. 11 omnes habent absolute verbum, 5%, $2» sine addito, quod solum de verbo promissionis intelligi potest; quare etiam in v. 5 eadem explicatio et cum hebr lectio (verbum eius) adoptanda erit. Atque talis spei firmitas eo magis necessaria est, quia
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v. 6 tota die verba mea res meas, causam et conditionem meam, exsecrabantur, molestia afficiunt, affhgunt, omnes cogitationes eorum sunt adversum me in malum, assidue volvunt consilia mihi pernieiosa et cogitant quomodo mihi nocere possint. Eiusmodi conamina praebet
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v. 7, hebr vertunt Hier, Sym congregantur ; alii (formam גור explicantes גרה notione) contendunt, insidiantur, vestigia mea observant, sicut qui praestolantur animam meam, i.e. mortem meam. 216 ps, 55, 71-11. ea NS In eundem sensum accipe vulg inhabitabunt, Gen. : in unum habitant, congregantur; ef abscondent laqueos, insidias struunt, calcaneum meum. observant, Minera, actiones et opera; sicuf, prout sustinent exspectant animam meam. Cun Contra. hos implorat ultionem divinam
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v. 8, ad quem versum notat Eus. haec obscure ἀσαφῶς dicta apud LXX apertius interpretatus est Symmachus : προσδοχῶντες τὴν Ψυχήν טסגן διὰ ἀδικίαν ^ 20000 ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν, exspectantes animam meam propter iniquitatem ; libera ab illis; υΧΧ vulg pro nihilo salvos facies illos, estne idem 80 : nullo modo eos salvabis? T'heod. aliud legit : ὑπὲρ τοῦ υνηδενὸς ὥσεις αὐτοὺς, facile tibi est χαὶ λίαν εὐπετὲς et valde pronum eos expellere. Hebr, uti iacet, posset verti cum interrogatione : ob iniquitatem liberatio 11118 ?! sed ex firma persuasione de norma retributionis talis interrogatio seu exclamatio indignationis non videtur alicui in mentem venire potuisse. Facilem emendationem recentiores proponunt aut inserentes אין propter iniquitatem non eis erit liberatio, aut scribentes D55 pro mass פלטו i.e. ob scelus eis repende, scil. debitam poenam ; id quod congruit ad sequentia : in ira populos confringes, Deus, deturba, praecipita. Bene notandum est adversarios seu inimicos nunc designar populos, quorum itaque conamina, infestationes, bella etiam in antecedentibus intelligenda sunt. Unde manifestum est non unum aliquem suo solum nomine loqui et orare, sed nomine populi Dei a gentibus infestati, nam nimis mirum esset quod Gen. vult, adversarios vocari populos propter multitudinem. Contra hos preces funduntur
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v. 9 vitam meam annuntiavi tibi, vitae. meae conditionem tibi expono; aerumnas scil. et necessitates. Aliter hebr : miseriam meam tu numerasti; targum dies vagationis meae numerasti; posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo, hebr vertitur melius : positae sunt lacrimae meae in utre tuo ; nonne in libro tuo? LXX, vulg sicut et in promissione tua ; tria igitur efferuntur, quibus spes opis divinae innititur : Deus numeravit dies miseriae, lacrimas habet collectas apud se, et secundum LXX insuper adest promissio divina. Quare
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v. 10 func convertentur inimici mei retrorsum ; ut Eus. refert, Sym textum hebr sic iungit : μὴ οὐχὶ ὅταν 559040026, τότε 060. : annon cum enumeraveris (miserias meas et lacrimas), tunc conver- Quare sequitur
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v. 11 in Deo laudabo verbum, gloriabor in Deo de verbo promissionis; vide ad v. 5. In gratiarum actionem persolvere spondet vota quae antea Deo promiserat, et quae propterea dicit vota
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v. 12 in me sunt, super me sunt, mihi incumbunt, 0/8 tua, quae : גנ ו tibi vovi, reddam, laudationes tibi, 1.e. sacrificia laudis et gratiarum - actionis,
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v. 13 quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte, tu servas populum tuum ab interitu, e£ pedes meos de lapsu, non solum eum servas ab interitu, sed etiam, ne quando corruat coram hostibus; hebr nonne, pedes meos de casu? potest considerari tanquam petitio et obsecratio, quae saepius proferri solet voce interrogantis : nonne id mihi tribues ? cf. v. 9 hebr; censet Dum istud nonne etc., notam esse marginalem qua alia lectio proponatur, cum de comminatione et periculo mortis in psalmo non fiat mentio. Salus autem conceditur, ad ambulandum coram Deo in lumine viventium, Sym ὥστε ὁδεύειν, Hier ut ambulem, LXX, vulg αὐ placeam coram Deo, quamdiu vixero, Sym διὰ φωτὸς τῆς ζωῆς per lumen vitae (hebr utrumque intelligi potest); lumen, lux felicitatem designat et laetitiam in oppositione ad tenebras miseriarum et mortis. Ad versionem LXX εὐχρεστῆσαι vide quae notavi ad 34,14 ; et idem iam cernitur 25,3. Ex duplici inscriptione secundum LXX sequitur psalmum hunc tempore posteriore applicatum esse ad exsules ; inde probabile est aliquas dictiones esse mutatas, v. g. v. 8. |
55:13
… quoniam videbimus eum sicuti est" (I Jn. 3, 2); there is an allusion to a deiformitas (similes erimus) as a disposition elevating the intellect to the vision of the divine essence (videbimus sicuti est); Ps. 35, 10 (in lumine tuo videbimus lumen) and Ps. 55, 13 (ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium) were much exploited by the Fathers and the Scholastics.
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.