Cantate Domino. All are again invited to praise the Lord, for the victories of Christ.
Al men are againe inuited ioyfully to celebrate the meruelous conquest of Christ in al nations, 4. with hart, voice, and instruments: 8. al creatures acknowledging his coming to iudge the world.
1A psalm for David himself. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: because he hath done wonderful things. His right hand hath wrought for him salvation, and his arm is holy.Salmo dello stesso Davidde. Cantate al Signore un cantico nuovo, perché mirabili cose egli ha fatto. La destra di lui, e il suo braccio santo si operarono la salute.A psalme to Dauid himselfe. SING ye to our Lord a new song: because he hath done meruelous thinges. His righthand hath wrought saluation to himselfe: and his arme is holie.Psalmus ipsi David. Cantate Domino canticum novum, / quia mirabilia fecit. / Salvavit sibi dextera ejus, / et brachium sanctum ejus. 2The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles.Il Signore ha manifestata la sua salute: ha rivelata la sua giustizia agli occhi delle nazioni.Our Lord hath made knowne his saluation: in the sight of the Gentiles he hath reueled his iustice.Notum fecit Dominus salutare suum; / in conspectu gentium revelavit justitiam suam. 3He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.Si è ricordato della sua misericordia, e della sua verità a favor della casa di Israele. Gli ultimi confini della terra hanno tutti veduto la salute del nostro Dio.He hath remembred his mercie, and his truth to the house of Israel. Al the ends of the earth haue seene the saluation of our God.Recordatus est misericordiæ suæ, / et veritatis suæ domui Israël. / Viderunt omnes termini terræ / salutare Dei nostri. 4Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; make melody, rejoice and sing.Canti con giubilo laude a Dio tutta quanta la terra: cantate, ed esultate al suono de' musicali strumenti.Make ye iubilation to God al the earth: chaunt, and reioyce, and sing.Jubilate Deo, omnis terra; / cantate, et exsultate, et psallite. 5Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the voice of a psalm:Cantate cantici al Signore sopra la cetra, sulla cetra, e sul saltero,Sing to our Lord on harpe, on harpe and voice of psalme:Psallite Domino in cithara; / in cithara et voce psalmi; 6With long trumpets, and sound of cornet. Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king:al suono di trombe di metallo, e di buccine. Cantate con voci di giubilo alla presenza del Signore, che è Re:on long drawen trumpets, and voice of cornet of horne. Make iubilation in the sight of the king our Lord:in tubis ductilibus, et voce tubæ corneæ. / Jubilate in conspectu regis Domini: 7Let the sea be moved and the fullness thereof: the world and they that dwell therein.sia in movimento il mare, e tutto quello, che lo riempie, la terra tutta, e quelli, che l'abitano.let the sea be moued, and the fulnes therof: the round world, and they that dwel therin:moveatur mare, et plenitudo ejus; / orbis terrarum, et qui habitant in eo.
8The rivers shall clap their hands, the mountains shall rejoice togetherI fiumi batteranno le mani: i monti eziandio esulteranno dinanzi al Signore:The riuers shal clappe with hand, the mountaynes together shal reioyceFlumina plaudent manu; / simul montes exsultabunt 9At the presence of the Lord: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with equity.perché egli è venuto a governare la terra. Egli governerà la terra con giustizia, e i popoli con equità.at the sight of our Lord: because he cometh to iudge the earth. He wil iudge the round earth in iustice, and the peoples in equitie.a conspectu Domini: / quoniam venit judicare terram. / Judicabit orbem terrarum in justitia, / et populos in æquitate.
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It may refer to the return from captivity, as a figure of the world's redemption.
Calmet
Things. In rescuing his people from slavery, and in the incarnation. (Calmet)
Menochius
For him. Or alone. (Menochius)
Christ raised himself by his own power. (Calmet) (Isaias 62:5.)
Berthier
He redeemed mankind for his own glory, sibi. (Berthier)
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Salvation. Cyrus, or the Messias, whose gospel is preached every where, (Calmet) and who has saved the world. (Worthington)
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Israel. The prophets foretold the liberation of the Jew, and of mankind. The blessed Virgin Mary seems to allude to this passage, Luke 1:55. (Calmet)
Worthington
Some Jews were converted, Romans xi. (Worthington)
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Cornet. This was a crooked horn; the trumpets were of metal, Numbers 10:2. (Calmet)
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Calmet
Hands. These strong oriental expressions hardly suit our language. (Calmet)
St. Augustine
They contain a metaphor, and denote the inhabitants of the world, (Haydock) or those rivers, which spring from Jesus Christ, and mountains, which are raised to heaven by his grace, to praise the Redeemer. (St. Augustine)
Menochius
Then the just are exhorted to lift up their heads. (Menochius)
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Prefiguring Christ, who hath made his saluation knowen in al nations.
A new benefite of grace, making men new in spirite, requireth a new songue of gratitude.
Raised vp himselfe from death.
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Made his grace effectually knowen by raising men from sinne, and deliuering them from the powre of the diuel.
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Some of the Iewes conuerted to Christianitie. Rom. 11.
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In voice.
Cantate exultate, psallite.
In hart
In instruments.
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Christ directeth and disposeth al thinges rightly in this world.
And wil accordingly geue iust sentence in the end.
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Eusebius of Caesarea † AD 339 The Church History of Eusebius 10.1.3
3. “Sing unto the Lord a new song, for he hath done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm hath saved him. The Lord hath made known his salvation, his righteousness hath he revealed in the presence of the nations.”
St John Chrysostom † AD 407 Two Homilies on Eutropius 2.6
… or of its relationship to God a daughter; and to express its productiveness it calls her barren who has borne seven: in fact it employs countless names to represent its nobleness. For as the master of the Church has many names: being called the Father, and the way, and the life, and the light, and the arm,
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 98.1
… He who trusteth in Him, that when he shall have been healed inwardly, reformed into a new man, afterwards this mortal flesh too, which doth languish for a time, may in the end itself even recover its most perfect health. Let us therefore be healed for Him. But that we may be healed for Him, let us believe in His right hand.
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St Irenaeus of Lyons † AD 202 Against Heresies 3.10.2
… Salvation, indeed, as follows: “I have waited for Thy salvation, O Lord.” And then again, Saviour: “Behold my God, my Saviour, I will put my trust in Him.” But as bringing salvation, thus: “God hath made known His salvation ( salutare ) in the sight of the heathen.”
St Methodius † AD 311 Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna On the Day that They Met in the Temple 1
… for by it shall the sting of death be done away, by it shall the dead see life, by it shall even death learn what death is, being made to cease from that dominion which over us he exercised. By it, also, shall the serpent, the author of our evils, be taken captive and overwhelmed.” Thou hast made known to us, O Lord, Thy salvation,
St Ambrose of Milan † AD 397 Exposition of the Christian Faith 1.10
67. Why take such delight in that rack of questioning? You hear the name of the Son of God; abolish it, then, or acknowledge His true nature. You hear speak of the womb—acknowledge the truth of undoubted begetting. Of His heart—know that here is God’s word. Of His right hand—confess His power.
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 98.2
2. “The Lord hath made known His salvation” (
Pope St Leo I the Great † AD 461 Sermons 33
… “all nations that thou hast made shall come and worship before Thee, O Lord : and they shall glorify Thy name ;” and again: “The Lord hath made known His salvation: His righteousness hath He openly showed in the sight of the nations
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St John Chrysostom † AD 407 Homilies on 1 Timothy 7
But if the Lord Himself wills to give, you say, what need of my prayer? It is of great benefit both to them and to thyself. It draws them to love, and it inclines thee to humanity. It has the power of attracting others to the faith; (for many men have fallen away from God, from contentiousness towards one another;) and this
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 98.3
3. “He hath remembered His mercy to Jacob, and His truth unto the house of Israel” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 98.4
4. Because they have seen, then, “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 98.5
5. “Make melody unto the Lord upon the harp: on the harp and with the voice of a Psalm” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 98.5
… on the harp and with the voice of a Psalm” ( ver. 5 ). Praise Him not with the voice only; take up works, that ye may not only sing, but work also. He who singeth and worketh, maketh melody with psaltery and upon the harp. Now see what sort of instruments are next spoken of, in figure: “With ductile trumpets also, and the sound of the pipe of horn” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 98.7
7. While ye are rejoicing, and delighted with the ductile trumpets, and the voice of the horn, what followeth? “Let the sea be stirred up, and the fulness thereof” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 98.7
… When a joyful noise was made, when Psalms of thanksgiving were being sung before God: the ears of God were pleased, the waves of the sea were raised. “Let the sea be stirred up, and the fulness thereof: the round world, and all that dwell therein.” Let the sea be stirred up in its persecutions. “Let the floods clap their hands together” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 98.8
8. “Before the Lord, for He is come; for He is come to judge the earth” (
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