Dominus regnavit. All are invited to rejoice at the glorious coming and reign of Christ.
Al the earth is inuited to reioyce in Christs kingdom, 3. with description of the signes coming before the day of Iudgement. 7. Idolaters shal be confounded. 8. Holie Angels and iust men shal adore Christ, and reioyce.
1For the same David, when his land was restored again to him. The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice: let many islands be glad.Salmo di Davidde, quando la terra di lui fu ristorata. Il Signore è nel suo regno: esulti la terra, le molte isole si rallegrino.To this Dauid, when his land was restored agane to him. OVR Lord hath reigned, let the earth reioyce: let manie Ilands be glad.Huic David, quando terra ejus restituta est. Dominus regnavit: exsultet terra; / lætentur insulæ multæ. 2Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.Intorno a lui una nube caliginosa: reggono il trono di lui la giustizia, e il giudicio.Cloude, and mist round about him: iustice, and iudgement the correction of his seat.Nubes et caligo in circuitu ejus; / justitia et judicium correctio sedis ejus. 3A fire shall go before him, and shall burn his enemies round about.Precederà innanzi a lui il fuoco, e abbrugerà all'intorno tutti i suoi nemici.Fire shal goe before him, and shal inflame his enimies round about.Ignis ante ipsum præcedet, / et inflammabit in circuitu inimicos ejus. 4His lightnings have shone forth to the world: the earth saw and trembled.Lampeggiarono le sue folgora per tutto il giro della terra: le vide, e fa scossa la terra.His lightninges shined to the round world, the earth sawe, and was moued,Illuxerunt fulgura ejus orbi terræ; / vidit, et commota est terra. 5The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.I monti come cera si liquefecero alla presenza del Signore: alla presenza del Signore si liquefece tutta la terra.The mountaines melted as waxe, before the face of our Lord: before the face of our Lord al the earth.Montes sicut cera fluxerunt a facie Domini; / a facie Domini omnis terra. 6The heavens declared his justice: and all people saw his glory.Hanno annunziata i cieli la giustizia di lui, e han veduta tutti i popoli la sua gloria.The heauens haue shewed forth his iustice: and al peoples haue seene his glorie.Annuntiaverunt cæli justitiam ejus, / et viderunt omnes populi gloriam ejus. 7Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, and that glory in their idols. Adore him, all you his angels:Sian confusi tutti coloro, che adorano scolpite immagini, e de' lor simolacri si gloriano. Adoratelo voi tutti o Angeli di lui:Let them al be confounded, that adore sculptils: and that glorie in their idoles. Adore him al ye his Angels:Confundantur omnes qui adorant sculptilia, / et qui gloriantur in simulacris suis. / Adorate eum omnes angeli ejus.
8Sion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, because of thy judgments, O Lord.udì Sionne, e v'ebbe allegrezza. Ed esultarono le figliuole di Giuda per ragione de' tuoi giudizj, o Signore.Sion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Iuda reioyced, because of thy iudgements ô Lord.Audivit, et lætata est Sion, / et exsultaverunt filiæ Judæ / propter judicia tua, Domine. 9For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.Imperocché tu il Signore altissimo sopra tutta la terra: tu se' oltre modo esaltato sopra tutti gli dei.Because thou Lord most high ouer al the earth: thou art exalted excedingly aboue al goddes.Quoniam tu Dominus altissimus super omnem terram; / nimis exaltatus es super omnes deos. 10You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.Voi che amate il Signore, odiate il male: il Signore è custode dell'anime de' suoi santi, ei le libererà dalle mani del peccatore.You that loue our Lord, hate ye euil: our Lord keepeth the soules of his saintes, out of the hand of the sinner he wil deliuer them.Qui diligitis Dominum, odite malum: / custodit Dominus animas sanctorum suorum; / de manu peccatoris liberabit eos. 11Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart.E nata pel giusto la luce, la letizia per que', che hanno il cuore retto.Light is risen to the iust, and ioy to the right of hart.Lux orta est justo, / et rectis corde lætitia. 12Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: and give praise to the remembrance of his holiness.Rallegratevi nel Signore, o giusti e celebrate la memoria della sua santità.Be glad ye iust in our Lord: and confesse ye to the memorie of his sanctification.Lætamini, justi, in Domino, / et confitemini memoriæ sanctificationis ejus.
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Menochius
Same. Huic. The title is the same as usual in the Septuagint. (Menochius)
Calmet
It occurs not in Hebrew. The psalm may refer to David's establishment on the throne, after the death of Saul, or Absalom, or to the return from captivity, and to the first and second coming of Christ. (Calmet)
Berthier
This last seems to be the most literal sense. (Berthier)
To him. Christ's body on the third day, and many souls were restored to life. [Matthew 27:52.]
Worthington
Islands. We have great reason to rejoice in being educated in the true faith, and we may hope that the Catholic religion will once more flourish in these isles. (Worthington)
Calmet
The Son of man shall have dominion over all, Daniel 7:14. His Church is persecuted, as the waves beat against an island. (Eusebius) (Calmet)
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Calmet
Clouds. We could not bear the blaze of the divine majesty, Psalm 17:12. Christ veiled himself in our human nature, (Theodoret) in the womb of the blessed Virgin Mary. (St. Jerome) (Calmet)
Worthington
God gave the law with terror; and so he will come to judge with integrity. (Worthington)
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Menochius
A fire. Preceding the last judgment, 2 Peter 3:12., Daniel 7:10., and Wisdom 5:22. (Menochius)
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Haydock
All. Which is conformable to the Hebrew, etc., though the Vulgate terra, means, "all the earth" melted. (Haydock)
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Calmet
Heavens. Apostles, Psalm xviii. The judge appears publicly. (Calmet)
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Haydock
Idols. Hebrew Elilim, Psalm 95:5. (Haydock)
Berthier
Angels. Hebrew Elohim, means also, all who have power. Chaldean, "idols." St. Paul, (Hebrews 1:6.) quotes this in the third person; Let all the angels, (Calmet) or rather he alludes to the Septuagint, (Deuteronomy 32:43.) which clearly speaks of the Messias, and may therefore have been altered in the Hebrew text, which St. Jerome translated. The psalmist expresses the same idea as Moses had done. (Berthier)
Worthington
Both those who adore idols of their own imagination, and their graven things, are condemned. (Worthington)
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Haydock
Gods. Princes or angels, elohim, ver. 7. (Haydock)
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Calmet
Light. Prosperity. The Babylonians are punished. (Calmet)
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Worthington
Holiness. Or sanctuary. Praise for ever his adorable name, (Calmet) since he is holiness itself, and sanctifies others. (Worthington)
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Clouds and darkness.... The coming of Christ in the clouds with great terror and majesty to judge the world, is here prophesied.
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In figure of Christ,
whose bodie rose the third day after his death: to whom manie returned beleuing in him after his resurrection, which fel from him in his passion: and to whom al thinges shal be subdued, as to their true Lord, in the day of iudgement.
Holie Dauid, and other Prophetes hauing great ioy to see long before in spirite only, Christs kingdom extended in the whole earth, yea to the Ilandes, we Ilanders haue great cause to be gladde, that God hath not only so blessed vs long since, but as yet conserueth seede, wherby we trust the whole Iland shal be againe restored vnto him.
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As in a cloud with terror God gaue his law to the Iewes: so in a cloud with greater terror and maiestie, he wil iudge the world;
not as manie corrupted seates of iudgement, in this world, but as a corrected tribunal, where iustice and right iudgement shal be practised.
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These thinges are denounced as if they were alredy donne, for the assured certaintie therof.
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As wel the worshippers of grauen, or painted images of Iupiter, Mars, Bacchus and the like, as the worshippers of the same imagined false goddes shal be confounded.
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The Catholique Church.
And al particular Churches, members of the vniuersal.
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Praise our Lord Christ who is sanctitie it selfe, and sanctifieth others.
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Tertullian † AD 220 On the Resurrection of the Flesh 26
… When, therefore, God even threatens the earth, I would prefer saying that He threatens the flesh: so likewise, when He makes a promise to the earth, I would rather understand Him as promising the flesh; as in that passage of David: “The Lord is King, let the earth be glad,”
St Cyprian of Carthage † AD 258 Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews 2.30
… “My King, and my God, because unto Thee will I pray. O Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear my voice; in the morning I will stand before Thee, and will contemplate Thee.” Also in the ninety-sixth Psalm: “The Lord hath reigned; let the earth rejoice; let the many isles be glad.”
St Athanasius of Alexandria † AD 373 Festal and Personal Letters of Athanasius 4
… but instead of death henceforth is life, since our Lord said, ‘I am the life ;’ so that everything is filled with joy and gladness; as it is written, ‘The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice.’ For when death reigned, ‘sitting down by the rivers of Babylon, we wept
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.3
3. …“The Lord is King, let the earth be glad: yea, let the multitude of the isles be joyous” (
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St Ephrem the Syrian † AD 373 Ephraim Syrus: Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh 2
Glory to Him Who sowed His Light in the darkness,
St John Chrysostom † AD 407 The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom 54
Wherefore out of the cloud? Thus doth God ever appear. “For a cloud and darkness are round about Him;”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.4
4. “Clouds and darkness are round about Him: righteousness and judgment are the direction of His seat” (
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.4
4. But unless there were some difference between judgment and righteousness, we should not read in another Psalm, “Until righteousness turn again unto judgment.” The Scripture, indeed, loveth to place these two words together; as, “Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of His seat;”
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Tertullian † AD 220 The Five Books Against Marcion 4.29
… Whereas He burnt up Sodom and Gomorrah with a tempest of fire. Of Him the psalmist sang, “A fire shall go out before Him, and burn up His enemies round about.”
Tertullian † AD 220 On Modesty 2
… “I have held my peace; shall I withal always hold my peace and endure? I have been quiet as (a woman) in birth-throes; I will arise, and will make (them) to grow arid.” For “a fire shall proceed before His face, and shall utterly burn His enemies;”
St John Chrysostom † AD 407 The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans 16
… Now what is Paul’s way of meeting all this? It is by showing what the Israel is to whom He made the promise. For when this has been shown, there is at the same time demonstrated the fact that the promises were all fulfilled. And to point this out he said, “For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.” And this is why he does not use the name of Jacob,
St John Chrysostom † AD 407 The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews 23
… O man! “There is wrath revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men” ( Rom. i. 18 ); “God will come manifestly: a fire will burn before Him, and round about Him will be a mighty tempest.” ( Ps. l. 3 .) “A fire will burn before Him, and consume His enemies on every side.” (
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John 28.11
… But the summer proves, the judgment proves. Our summer is the appearing of Christ: “God shall come manifest, our God, and He will not be silent;” “fire shall go before Him:” that fire “shall burn up His enemies:”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 50.7
7. But that He shall come to judgment, the following words teach. “Fire shall go before Him.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.5
5. “There shall go a fire before Him, and burn up His enemies on every side” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.6
6. “His lightnings gave shine unto the world” (
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Tertullian † AD 220 Against Hermogenes 34
… “And the stars too shall fall from heaven, even as a fig-tree casteth her green figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.” “The mountains shall melt like wax at the presence of the Lord;”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.7
7. “The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.8
8. “The heavens have declared His righteousness: and all the people have seen His glory” (
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Novatian † AD 258 A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity 20
… For if, since all heavenly things, earthly things, and things under the earth, are subjected to Christ, even the angels themselves, with all other creatures, as many as are subjected to Christ, are called gods,
St Gregory of Nyssa † AD 395 Against Eunomius 11.3
… the Apostle proclaims that every angelic nature is subject to the Lord, and in witness of his doctrine invokes the sublime utterances of the prophets:—“When He bringeth the first-begotten into the world, He saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him,” and, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever,” and, “Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.9
9. “Confounded be all they that worship carved images” (
Socrates Scholasticus † AD 440 The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus 3.18
… for the coffin which contained the body of that saint was close by. When the emperor was informed of this circumstance, he commanded that the coffin should be immediately removed: upon which the Christians of Antioch, including women and children, transported the coffin from Daphne to the city, with solemn rejoicings and chanting of psalms. The psalms
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St Jerome † AD 420 The Letters of St. Jerome 22.31
… Should pain afflict you, read “Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities,” and “There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.” Rejoice in all God’s judgments; for does not the psalmist say: “The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord”?
St Jerome † AD 420 The Letters of St. Jerome 39.2
The daughters of Judah, we are told, rejoiced, because of all the judgments of the Lord.
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.11
… What did they hear? “That the Gentiles had also received the word of God.”…Therefore, “The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of Thy judgments, O Lord.” What is, because of Thy judgments? Because in any nation, and in any people, he that serveth Him is accepted of Him: for He is not the God of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles.
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Origen † AD 254 Origen Against Celsus 8.3
… or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other,” and further, “Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” The defence of this passage will lead us to a deeper and more searching inquiry into the meaning and application of the words “gods” and “lords.” Divine Scripture teaches us that there is “a great Lord above all gods.”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.12
12. See if this be not the reason for the joy of the daughters of Judah. “For Thou, Lord, art most high over all the earth” (
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Sulpicius Severus † AD 420 The Doubtful Letters of Sulpitius Severus 2.15
… It is necessary that he who desires to reign with Christ should be free from all wickedness and guile. Nothing is so offensive, and nothing so detestable to God, as to hate any one, to wish to harm any one; while nothing is so acceptable to him as to love all men. The prophet knowing this bears witness to it when he teaches, “Ye who
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.13
13. What then do we all, who have assembled before Him, before Him who is exalted far above all gods? He hath given us a brief commandment, “O ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil!” (
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St Methodius † AD 311 Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna On the Day that They Met in the Temple 1
… “My beloved is mine, and I am his; he feedeth among the lilies until the day break, and the shadows flee away.” Since then, the God of gods hath appeared in Sion, and the splendour of His beauty hath appeared in Jerusalem; and “a light has sprung up for the righteous, and joy for those who are true of heart.”
St Gregory of Nazianzus † AD 389 Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen 40
XXXVI. I will remind you again about Illuminations, and that often, and will reckon them up from Holy Scripture. For I myself shall be happier for remembering them (for what is sweeter than light to those who have tasted light?) and I will dazzle you with my words. There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and its partner joyful gladness.
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.15
15. But perhaps thou wilt say, I lose this light. “There is sprung up a light for the righteous” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 97.16
… so there is an eye of the heart, by which that joy is perceived: perhaps that eye is wounded, dimmed, disturbed by passion, by avarice, by indulgence, by senseless lust; thine eye is disturbed: thou canst not see that light. Believe, before thou seest: thou shalt be healed, and shalt see.
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