The prophet exhorteth the people to render thankes and praises to God, 6. for remitting their manifold sinnes, in the desert. 34. and in the conquered land: 38. foreshewing like sinnes to come, Gods wrath and punishment for the same. 44. and that he wil geue grace of repentance: to some 47. for which he prayeth, and praiseth God.
1Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.Alleluia: lodate Dio. Date lode al Signore, perché egli è buono, perché eterna ell'è la sua misericordia.Allelu ia. CONFESSE ye to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer.Alleluja. Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, / quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus. 2Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?Chi potrà ridire le possenti opere del Signore: chi rappresenterà con parole tutte le lodi di lui?Who shal speake the powers of our Lord, shal make al his prayses to be heard?Quis loquetur potentias Domini; / auditas faciet omnes laudes ejus ? 3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.Beati quelli, che osservano la rettitudine, e in ogni tempo praticano la giustizia.Blessed are they, that keepe iudgement, and doe iustice at al time.Beati qui custodiunt judicium, / et faciunt justitiam in omni tempore. 4Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.Sovvengati di noi, o Signore, secondo la buona tua volontà verso il tuo popolo: vieni a visitarci colla tua salute:Remember vs ô Lord in the good pleasure of thy people: visite vs in thy saluation:Memento nostri, Domine, in beneplacito populi tui; / visita nos in salutari tuo: 5That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.Affinchè noi vergiamo i beni de' tuoi eletti, e ci rallegriamo dell'allegrezza del popol tuo, affinchè tu sii glorificato nella tua eredità.To see in the goodnes of thyne elect, to reioyce in the ioy of thy nation: that thou maist be praysed with thine inheritance.ad videndum in bonitate electorum tuorum; / ad lætandum in lætitia gentis tuæ: / ut lauderis cum hæreditate tua. 6We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.Abbiam peccato co' padri nostri: abbiamo operato ingiustamente, abbiam commessa iniquità.We haue sinned with our fathers: we haue dealt vniustly, we haue done iniquitie.Peccavimus cum patribus nostris: / injuste egimus; iniquitatem fecimus. 7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.I padri nostri nell'Egitto non considerarono le tue meraviglie: non si ricordarono della molta tua misericordia. E te irritarono quando stavano per entrare nel mare: nel mare rosso.Our fathers in Aegypt did not vnderstand thy meruelous workes: they were not mindeful of the multitude of thy mercie. And they prouoked thee to wrath going vp vnto the sea, the Read sea.Patres nostri in Ægypto non intellexerunt mirabilia tua; / non fuerunt memores multitudinis misericordiæ tuæ. / Et irritaverunt ascendentes in mare, mare Rubrum;
8And he saved them for his own name’s sake: that he might make his power known.Ed ei li salvò per amor del suo nome, per far conoscere la sua potenza.And he saued them for his name sake; that he might make his power knowen.et salvavit eos propter nomen suum, / ut notam faceret potentiam suam. 9And he rebuked the Red Sea and it was dried up: and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.E fe' minaccia al mar rosso, ed ei si asciugò: e li menò per gli abissi come per un arido terreno.And he rebuked the Read sea, and it was made drie: and he led them in the depths as in a desert.Et increpuit mare Rubrum et exsiccatum est, / et deduxit eos in abyssis sicut in deserto. 10And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.E li salvò dalle mani di quei, che gli odiavano, e li riscattò dal poter del nemico.And he saued them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redemed them out of the hand of the enemie.Et salvavit eos de manu odientium, / et redemit eos de manu inimici. 11And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.E sommerse nelle acque i loro persecutori; un solo di essi non si salvò.And water ouerwhelmed those that afflicted them: there did not one of them remaine.Et operuit aqua tribulantes eos; / unus ex eis non remansit. 12And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.Ed essi ebber fede alle sue parole, e cantarono le sue lodi.And they beleued his wordes: and they sang his praise.Et crediderunt verbis ejus, / et laudaverunt laudem ejus. 13They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited not for his counsel.Ma fecer presto a scordarsi delle opere di lui, e non aspettarono l'esito de' suoi consigli.They had quickly donne, they forgot his workes: and they expected not his counsel.Cito fecerunt; obliti sunt operum ejus: / et non sustinuerunt consilium ejus. 14And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.E desiderarono cose voluttuose nel deserto, e tentarono Dio in quel luogo senz'acqua.And they coueted concupiscence in the desert: and tempted God in the place without water.Et concupierunt concupiscentiam in deserto, / et tentaverunt Deum in inaquoso. 15And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.E diede loro quel, che chiedevano, e saziò i loro appetiti.He gaue them their petition: and sent saturitie into their soules.Et dedit eis petitionem ipsorum, / et misit saturitatem in animas eorum.
16And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord.E irritarono negli alloggiamenti Mosè, e Aronne il santo del Signore.And they prouoked Moyses in the campe: Aaron the holie of our Lord.Et irritaverunt Moysen in castris; / Aaron, sanctum Domini. 17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.Si aperse la terra, e ingoiò Dathan e assorbì la sequela di Abiron.The earth was opened, and swalowed Dathan: and ouerwhelmed the congregation of Abiron.Aperta est terra, et deglutivit Dathan, / et operuit super congregationem Abiron. 18And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.E il fuoco divampò nelle loro tende: la fiamma abbrugiò i peccatori.And a fire flamed vp in their sinagogue: the flame burnt the sinners.Et exarsit ignis in synagoga eorum: / flamma combussit peccatores. 19They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.E fecero un vitello in Horeb: e adorarono una statua di getto.And they made a calfe in Horeb: and they adored the sculptil.Et fecerunt vitulum in Horeb, / et adoraverunt sculptile. 20And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.E la gloria loro cambiarono per l'immagine di un vitello, che pasce l'erba.And they changed their glorie into the similitude of a calfe that eateth grasse.Et mutaverunt gloriam suam / in similitudinem vituli comedentis fœnum. 21They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,Si dimenticaron di Dio, che li salvò, e fece cose grandi in Egitto,They forgat God, which saued them, which did great thinges in Aegypt,Obliti sunt Deum qui salvavit eos; / qui fecit magnalia in Ægypto, 22Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.cose mirabili nella terra di Cham, cose terribili nel mar rosso.meruelous thinges in the land of Cham, terrible thinges in the Read sea.mirabilia in terra Cham, / terribilia in mari Rubro. 23And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.E avea parlato di sterminarli se Mosè suo eletto non si fosse piantato alla breccia di contro a lui, Affine di distornare l'ira di lui perché non gli sterminasse.And he sayd to destroy them: if Moyses his elect had not stood in the way before him: To turne away his wrath that he should not destroy them:Et dixit ut disperderet eos, / si non Moyses, electus ejus, / stetisset in confractione in conspectu ejus, / ut averteret iram ejus, ne disperderet eos. 24And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,Quelli però non si curarono di quella terra desiderabile: Non credettero alla parola di lui,and they estemed for naught the land that was to be desired. They did not beleue his word,Et pro nihilo habuerunt terram desiderabilem; / non crediderunt verbo ejus. 25And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.e mormorarono ne' loro alloggiamenti: non ascoltarono la voce del Signore.and they murmured in their tabernacles: they heard not the voice of our Lord.Et murmuraverunt in tabernaculis suis; / non exaudierunt vocem Domini.
26And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;E alzata la mano contro di essi giurò di sporgergli nel deserto,And he lifted vp his hand ouer them: to ouerthrowe them in the desert:Et elevavit manum suam super eos / ut prosterneret eos in deserto: 27And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.E di avvilire la loro stirpe tralle nazioni, e di dispergergli in questa, e in quella regione.And to cast doune their seede among the Nations: and to disperse them in the countries.et ut dejiceret semen eorum in nationibus, / et dispergeret eos in regionibus. 28They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.E si consagrarono a Beelphegor, e mangiarono de' sagrifizj dei morti.And they were professed to Beelphegor: and they did eate the sacrifices of the dead.Et initiati sunt Beelphegor, / et comederunt sacrificia mortuorum. 29And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.E lui irritarono co' loro ritrovamenti: e si fe' più grande la loro rovina.And they prouoked him in their inuentions: and ruine was multiplied on them.Et irritaverunt eum in adinventionibus suis, / et multiplicata est in eis ruina. 30Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.E si levò su Finees, e lo placò; e la piaga cessò.And Phinees stood, and pacified: and the slaughter ceased.Et stetit Phinees, et placavit, / et cessavit quassatio. 31And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.E ciò fugli imputato a giustizia di generazione in generazione fino in sempiterno.And it was reputed to him vnto iustice, in generation and generation euen for euer.Et reputatum est ei in justitiam, / in generationem et generationem usque in sempiternum. 32They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:E lui irritarono alle acque di contraddizione, e patì Mosè della loro colpa,And they prouoked him at the waters of contradiction: and Moyses was vexed for them:Et irritaverunt eum ad aquas contradictionis, / et vexatus est Moyses propter eos: 33Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with his lips.perché avevano perturbato il suo spirito. E fu dubitoso nel suo parlare.because they exasperated his spirit. And he playnely affirmed in his lippes:quia exacerbaverunt spiritum ejus, / et distinxit in labiis suis. 34They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.Essi non dispersero le nazioni com'egli avea loro intimato.they destroyed not the nations, of which our Lord spake to them.Non disperdiderunt gentes / quas dixit Dominus illis:
35And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:E si mischiarono colle genti, e impararono i loro costumi,And they were mingled among the nations, and learned their workes:et commisti sunt inter gentes, / et didicerunt opera eorum; 36And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.e rendetter culto a' loro idoli: e ciò divenne per essi pietra d'inciampo.and they serued their sculptils: and it became a scandal to them.et servierunt sculptilibus eorum, / et factum est illis in scandalum. 37And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.E immolarono i loro figliuoli, e le loro figliuole ai demonj.And they immolated their sonnes, and their daugheters to diuels.Et immolaverunt filios suos et filias suas dæmoniis. 38And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,E sparsero il sangue innocente; il sangue de' proprj figliuoli, e delle figliuole sacrificate da loro agli idoli di Canaan. E fu infettata la terra per lo spargimento del sangue,And they shed innocent bloud: the bloud of their sonnes and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the sculptils of Chanaan. And the land was infected with bloud,Et effuderunt sanguinem innocentem, / sanguinem filiorum suorum et filiarum suarum, / quas sacrificaverunt sculptilibus Chanaan. / Et infecta est terra in sanguinibus, 39And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.e fu contaminata dalle opere loro, e si prostituirono ai loro ritrovamenti.and was contaminated in their workes: and they did fornicat in their inuentions.et contaminata est in operibus eorum: / et fornicati sunt in adinventionibus suis. 40And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.E il Signore si accese d'ira, e di furore contro il suo popolo, e prese in abominio la sua eredità.And our Lord was wrath with •urie vpon his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.Et iratus est furore Dominus in populum suum, / et abominatus est hæreditatem suam. 41And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.E li diede in potere delle unzioni, ed ebber dominio di essi quei, che gli odiavano.And he deliuered them into the handes of the nations: and they that hated them, had the dominion of them.Et tradidit eos in manus gentium; / et dominati sunt eorum qui oderunt eos. 42And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:E i loro nemici li trattarono duramente, e sotto il potere di questi ei furono umiliati:And their enimies afflicted them: and they were humbled vnder their handes:Et tribulaverunt eos inimici eorum, / et humiliati sunt sub manibus eorum;
43Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.sovente Dio ne li liberò. Ma eglino lo esacerbarono co' loro consiglj, e furono umiliati per le loro iniquità.he did often deliuer them. But they exasperated him in their counsel: and they were humbled in their iniquities.sæpe liberavit eos. / Ipsi autem exacerbaverunt eum in consilio suo, / et humiliati sunt in iniquitatibus suis. 44And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.E li rimirò quand'erano nella tribolazione, e udì la loro orazione.And he saw when they were afflicted: and he heard their prayer. And he was mindeful of his testament:Et vidit cum tribularentur, / et audivit orationem eorum. 45And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.E si ricordò di sua alleanza, e per la molta sua misericordia si ripentì.and it repented him according to the multitude of his mercie.Et memor fuit testamenti sui, / et pœnituit eum secundum multitudinem misericordiæ suæ: 46And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.E fe', che trovasser misericordia presso tutti quei, che gli aveano fatti schiavi.And he gaue them into mercies in the sight of al, that had taken them.et dedit eos in misericordias, / in conspectu omnium qui ceperant eos. 47Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among the nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise.Salvaci, o Signore Dio nostro, e raccoglici di tra le nazioni, Affinché confessiamo il tuo santo nome, e ci gloriamo in te degno di ogni laude.Saue vs ô Lord our God: and geather vs out of the Nations: That we may confesse to thy holie name: & may glorie in thy prayse.Salvos nos fac, Domine Deus noster, / et congrega nos de nationibus: / ut confiteamur nomini sancto tuo, / et gloriemur in laude tua. 48Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.Benedetto il Signore Dio di Israele ab eterno, e in eterno: e dirà tutto il popolo: così sia, così sia.Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel from euerlasting vnto euerlasting: and al the people shal say: Be it, be it.Benedictus Dominus Deus Israël, a sæculo et usque in sæculum; / et dicet omnis populus: Fiat, fiat.
105:1
Calmet
But Hebrew has only one at the end of the preceding psalm: of which this appears to be a sequel. As in the former, God's favours were specified, so here the ingratitude of his people is acknowledged. (Calmet)
Berthier
It may refer to the Jews during, (Eusebius; Vatable) or after the captivity, (Calmet) and to all in the state of sin. (St. Jerome) (Berthier)
Haydock
The 47th and 48th verses agree with the three last, which were sung at the translation of the ark, 1 Paralipomenon 16:34. (Haydock)
Berthier
Hence that canticle now makes a part of our Psalm civ., xcv., and cv., with various alterations made by the prophet. (Berthier)
Worthington
Give glory. Literally, "confess" (Haydock) your sins, to obtain mercy, (St. Chrysostom) or rather praise God, (Theodoret) who is the source of all good. (Worthington)
Calmet
This was the usual prayer of the Israelites, in ceremonies of thanksgiving, 2 Paralipomenon 5:13. (Calmet)
105:2
Berthier
Powers. See Ecclesiasticus 43:29. No one can sufficiently praise God's power or mercy. (Berthier)
105:3
Haydock
Times. He only who perseveres to the end shall be crowned, Matthew 24:13., and Ezechiel xxxiii. (Haydock)
Worthington
Such as these can alone worthily sound forth God's praises, (Berthier) being so happy as to preserve their innocence, or at least to repent. (Worthington)
105:4
Calmet
Us. Hebrew, "me." But Aquila, Syriac, etc., agree with the Septuagint. Some of the Jews were already returned, and pray for the liberation of their brethren. (Calmet)
St. Chrysostom
The Fathers explain it of Christian converts. (St. Chrysostom)
Worthington
People. According to thy gracious promises, that we may enjoy the blessings of thy elect. (Worthington)
105:6
Calmet
Sinned. Here commences the confession of sins. The just man first accuses himself, Proverbs 18:17. (Calmet)
Berthier
The same prayer is repeated, Judith 7:19., and Daniel 9:5., as it might be applicable to the captives. (Berthier)
Worthington
We have injured ourselves, our neighbours, and our God. (Worthington)
105:7
Haydock
Going up. Or proceeding. The banks of the sea were more elevated than the country from which the Israelites came, (Calmet) and the land of Chanaan was still higher. See Psalm 106:23., and Genesis 12:9. (Haydock)
Calmet
Sea even. Is not in the Septuagint. (Calmet)
105:8
105:9
Calmet
Rebuked. Commanding with power, Nahum 1:4. (Calmet)
Haydock
Wilderness. Or plain country. (Haydock)
105:10
Worthington
Redeemed. What price was given? This is a figure of baptism, in which the fruits of Christ's blood are applied to our souls. All sins are there destroyed, as the Egyptians were in the Sea. (St. Augustine, Ser. xlii. de Temp.) (Worthington)
105:11
Calmet
Left. Manetho and Lorin assert, that Pharao reigned afterwards. But this is contrary to the Scripture. All who came to attack Israel perished. (Calmet)
They supposed that the waters were enchanted. (St. Irenaeus 4:48.)
105:12
Words. And Moses his servant, Exodus 14:31., and 15:1.
105:13
Calmet
Counsel. Three days after the passage of the sea, God laid injunctions upon them at Mara, which they would not observe, Exodus 15:22. (Calmet)
Worthington
They coveted unnecessary things. (Worthington)
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105:15
Haydock
Fulness. Or disgust: plesmone. Septuagint probably read zore, (as Numbers 11:20.) instead of razon. Hebrew, "leanness," (Calmet) which is a natural consequence of immoderate repletion. (Haydock)
105:16
Calmet
Holy one. By his function (Worthington) of priest. Core wished to take his place, as the rest did to supplant Moses in the civil government, Numbers xvi. (Calmet)
105:17
Calmet
Abiron. With Core, though his children were preserved. (Calmet)
Eusebio † 339 d.C.
God presently resented the injury done to his ministers. (Eusebius)
105:18
Menochius
Wicked. Two hundred and fifty accomplices, (Numbers 15:35.; Calmet) and fourteen thousand seven hundred murmurers. (Menochius)
105:19
Graven. Hebrew, "molten." The image must first be graven. (Berthier) (Exodus 32:3.)
105:20
Calmet
Grass. This enhances their folly. God is often styled the glory of his people. (Calmet)
Haydock
Osee 10:5. contemptuously calls the golden calf, the glory of Samaria. (Haydock)
105:23
Haydock
Breach. Like a valiant captain, (Calmet) or pastor. (Haydock)
Calmet
God complains of those who neglected this duty, Ezechiel 13:5., and 22:30. The psalmist alluded to the conduct of Moses, after the people had adored the calf, (Exodus 32:10.) or when they had joined with Core, Numbers 16:44. (Calmet)
Berthier
The intercession of the saints is useful, (St. Augustine) still more after their victories. (St. Jerome ad Vig. ii.) (2 Machabees 15:14.) (Berthier)
Worthington
God spared the people for the sake of Moses. (Worthington)
105:24
Calmet
Word. Which Moses, Josue, etc., announced, Numbers xiii., and 12:29. (Calmet)
105:26
Over them. Swearing (Calmet) to destroy them, (Haydock; Ezechiel 20:23.) and scatter them, as they now experienced, Leviticus 26:31., and Deuteronomy 28:36, 64.
105:28
Haydock
Dead idols, without life, (Challoner) particularly Adonis (Calmet) whose death is bewailed by the poets, etc. (Haydock)
Worthington
Idols kill their votaries. (Worthington)
105:29
Calmet
Multiplied. All who had murmured perished, or this may relate to the 24,000, Numbers 25:9. (Calmet)
Grotius
Ezechiel 20:23. St. Paul (1 Corinthians 10:8.) speaks of those 23,000 slain by the Levites. The Hebrew which has only 3,000 must be inaccurate. Temporal chastisements were intended to prefigure those which are eternal, as the Jews knew that such rewards and punishments were to be considered (Matthew 19:16.; Berthier) as the spiritual sense of the law. (Grotius, Jur. 2:20, 39.)
105:31
Berthier
Evermore. Phinees thus by his pious zeal, merited (Worthington) God's favour, and the high priesthood (Numbers 25:13.; Calmet) for his posterity, for 900 years, though the latter promise seems to have been conditional. (Berthier)
105:33
Challoner
He distinguished with his lips. Moses, by occasion of the people's rebellion and incredulity, was guilty of distinguishing with his lips; when, instead of speaking to the rock, as God had commanded, he said to the people, with a certain hesitation in his faith, Hear ye rebellious and incredulous: Can we from this rock bring out water for you? Numbers 20:10. (Challoner)
Worthington
For thus doubting of God's will, he was temporarily punished, Deuteronomy 1:37. (Worthington)
Kimchi
The death of his sister, and the ingratitude and rebellion of the people disturbed him. (Theodoret) See Isaias 63:10. Houbigant follows the Arabic, "he delayed or hesitated." Yebatte means, "he spoke rashly." Some refer this, (Berthier) to God. "He reproached....that they," etc., (Menochius) which is not necessary, (Berthier) or he sentenced Moses to die. (Kimchi)
105:34
Them. Commanding no idolatrous government to be left in the land, nor any Chanaanite to be permitted to live, who should make opposition. The law of extermination must probably be thus restricted. The Jews neglected these ordinances, and hence became so often infected with idolatry, (Berthier) even to the end of the republic, when many still adored the sun. (Josephus, Jewish Wars 2:8.) (Exodus 23:32., and Josue 13:13.)
105:38
Worthington
Chanaan. These unnatural sacrifices were perhaps practised under the judges, or at least under the kings. (Worthington)
Some pretend that the children were only made to pass over or between fires. But this is refuted by facts, Leviticus 18:21., and 4 Kings 16:3., and Jeremias 7:30
Calmet
Polluted. Infecta: ephonoktanethe is used by Septuagint, in this sense, though it signifies also, "was slain;" interfecta, as most Latin Bibles and Fathers read, before the correction of Clement VIII. The former expression is more natural and conformable to the Hebrew. (Calmet)
105:39
St. Jerome
And was. Hebrew, "and they were defiled." (St. Jerome)
Calmet
Inventions. Idols of their imaginations, (Haydock) and lusts. (Calmet)
105:45
St. Jerome
Repented. Ceased to punish, (Eusebius) when the people repented. (St. Jerome)
Worthington
God then regarded them in mercy, having given them grace to repent. (Worthington)
105:46
Calmet
Mercies. He inspired their enemies with pity for them. Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes shewed them favour, Psalm 83:12. (Calmet)
105:47
Calmet
Save. These verses, which may be well recited in times of schism, (Worthington) occur, 1 Paralipomenon xvi., being probably inserted by Esdras, or some other prophet. But here they are in their proper place, as many of the Israelites are still in captivity. (Calmet)
Berthier
Yet as this is only a system, we may rather suppose, that David wrote this conclusion. He had to encounter various nations, who might have made captives; and he may beg that all may be united in the same faith, and avoid the society of the wicked. (Berthier)
105:48
Haydock
So be it. The second Amen occurs not in Hebrew. But Alleluia is placed instead, which the Vulgate makes the title of the next psalm. (Haydock)
Calmet
This conclusion of the fourth book seems to be added by the collector, Psalm xl. (Calmet)
Haydock
Yet this is uncertain. (Haydock)
105:28
Initiated.... That is, they dedicated, or consecrated themselves to the idol of the Moabites and Madianites, called Beelphegor, or Baal-Peor. Num. 25.3.—Ibid. The dead.... Viz., idols without life.
105:33
He distinguished with his lips.... Moses, by occasion of the people’s rebellion and incredulity, was guilty of distinguishing with his lips; when, instead of speaking to the rock, as God had commanded, he said to the people, with a certain hesitation in his faith, Hear ye, rebellious and incredulous: Can we from this rock bring out water for you? Num. 20.10.
105:1
God is of himselfe and essentially good. Al other goodnes is participated of him.
Concordanza Iudith. • v. 21.
No creature can fully expresse Gods perfections.
105:3
It is a happie state in this life, either to kepe Gods law:
or to repent and do worthie penance for transgressing.
105:4
According to thy wonted beneuolence, promised to thy people.
105:5
That we may see, and enioy the benefites promised to thyne elect.
105:6
VVe haue erred and hurt ourselues:
we haue wronged our neighboures:
we haue offended against God.
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Concordanza Exod. 14. v 1•.
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Albeit the people by their murmuring deserued more punishment, yet God for the glorie of his owne name saued them from vtter destruction.
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10. He redeemed them.] VVhat price (or ransom) saith S. Augustin, was The read sea a figure of Baptisme. geuen in this redemption? Or is it a prophecie, that this was done in figure of Baptisme, where we are redemed from the hand of the diuel, by a great price, which is the bloud of Christ? VVherupon it was more conueniently figured, not by what sea soeuer, but by the read sea. For bloud hath redde coulor. And touching the effect of Baptisme destroying al former sinnes, he teacheth in the exposition of the next Psalme (and either the same holie father, or some other Al former sinnes destroyed in Baptisme. good author, Ser. 42. de temp) that as the Israelites passed safely through the read sea, and al the Aegyptians going in with them were drowned: so the baptised are saued in the water of Baptisme, and al their sinnes are destroyed.
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Concordanza Exod. 1•.
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They perseuered no• long in their dutie towards God, seing his. omnipotent powre by his meruelous workes:
nor were content with his prouidence, but carnally coueted thinges, not necessarie.
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Concordanza Exo. 16. & 17.
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According to their carnal des•••s.
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Holie by his function.
Concordanza Num. 16.
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They adored the image that represented a calf, not God.
Concordanza Exo. 23.
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God being their true glorie, they changed him, for a false god of the Aegyptians (who especially honored a calfe called Ap•s) making an image therof, and attributed their deliuerie from Aegypt to this imagned god. Exo. 32. v. 4. 8. Of which and the like foolish, and abominable idolatrie S Paul writeth, Rom. 1 v. 23. They changed the glorie of the incorruptible God. into a similitude of the image of a corruptible man, and of foules, and of foure footed beastes, and of them that crepe: where we see what maner of imagies holie Scriptures condemne, and not the imagies of Christ and his Sainctes.
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He sayd, he would destroy them, but for Moyses prayer spared them.
Concordanza Exo 32.
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Concordanza Num. 14.
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Concordanza Num 14. v. 21. 22.
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The Idol of Moabites, and Madianitees.
Concordanza Num. 25. v. •.
As God is in deede the liuing God, that liueth of himselfe, and geueth life to others: so false goddes are called dead goddes, that can not geue life to anie, but doe kil al that serue them. at least spiritually, and often corporally.
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Phinees moued by the zele of God (as the holie text witnesseth. Nu. 25. v. 11.) in killing the adulterers pleased God, and merited reward.
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Concordanza Num 20. v. 2. 12.
Moyses afflicted in spirite, by the enormious murmuring of the people, doubted whether God would geue them water out of the rocke or no, not doubting of his powre, but of his wil: and so when he should haue spoken to the rocke, Num. 20. v. 8. he spoke to the incredulous people. v. 10. and therin offended God. for which he was temporally punished. v. 12. Deut. 1. v. 37. &c. 3. v. 26. c. 4. v. 21.
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Concordanza Deut 2. v. 2. & 12. v. 2. & 3. Iudic. 2. v. 11. 12. Iudic. 2. v. 5. 6. &c. Iere. 15. v. 5.
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Some Iewes offered these most cruel, vnnatural, and abominable sacrifices; perhaps in the times of Iudges, when they were mingled with idolatrous people, and serued their goddes; Iud. z. v. 12. c. 3 v. 6. But it is more expresse after Dauids time, wherof he here prophecieth, and was veryfied by Achaz 4 Reg. 16 v. 3. and by Manasses. 4 Reg. 21. v. 6. VVhich with other idolatrie king Iosias destroyed. 4 Reg 2, v. 1•.
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God respected them with his merciful eye, and gaue them grace to repent.
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Here the Psalmist concludeth both the historie and prophecie of this Psame, with prayer and praise, as foloweth:
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A verie fitte prayer in time of schisme.
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san Gregorio di Nissa † 395 d.C. The Great Catechism 20
… His regaining to Himself the allegiance of one who had revolted to the opposite side, instead of allowing the fixed goodness of His nature to be affected by the variableness of the human will? For, as David says, He had not come to save us had not “goodness” created in Him such a purpose
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. The Confessions 4.4
… I, confounded and confused, concealed all my emotions, till he should get well, and his health be strong enough to allow me to deal with him as I wished. But he was withdrawn from my frenzy, that with Thee he might be preserved for my comfort. A few days after, during my absence, he had a return of the fever, and died.
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.3
3. “Who can express the mighty acts of the Lord?” (
Teodoreto di Cirro † 458 d.C. Dialogues. The “Eranistes” or “Polymorphus” of the Blessed Theodoretus, Bishop of Cyrus 2
“‘Who can express the noble acts of the Lord, or shew forth all His praise?’
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.3
… “Shall make” them “heard,” he saith; that is, cause that they be heard; showing, that the mighty acts of the Lord and His praises are so to be spoken of, that they may be preached to those who hear them. But who can make “all,” heard? Is it that as the next words are, “Blessed are they that alway keep judgment, and do righteousness in every time” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.5
5. Next, since God justifieth, that is, maketh men righteous, by healing them from their iniquities, a prayer followeth: “Remember me, O Lord, according to the favour that Thou bearest unto Thy people” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.5
… and since they who here speak know such men to be blessed, they pray for this themselves.…“Visit us,” then, “with Thy salvation,” that is, with Thy Christ. “To see the felicity of Thy chosen, and to rejoice in the gladness of Thy people” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.6
6. But let us hear what they next confess: “we have sinned with our fathers: we have done amiss, and dealt wickedly” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.6
6. But let us hear what they next confess: “we have sinned with our fathers: we have done amiss, and dealt wickedly” ( ver. 6 ). What meaneth “with our fathers”?…“Our fathers,” he saith, “regarded not Thy wonders in Egypt” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.6
He addeth, that God acted not according to their unbelief. “Nevertheless,” he saith, “He saved them for His Name’s sake: that He might make His power to be known” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.7
7. “He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.8
8. “And He saved them from the hating ones” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.9
9. “As for those that troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them: there was not one of them left” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.10
… “And praised praise unto Him;” such an expression as when we say, “This servitude he served,” “such a life he lived.” He is here alluding to that well-known hymn, commencing, “I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and the rider hath He thrown into the sea.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.12
12. Lastly, “And they lusted a lust in the wilderness, and they tempted God in the dry land” ( ver. 14 ). The “dry land,” or land without water, and “desert,” are the same: so also are, “they lusted a lust,” and, “they tempted God.” The form of speech is the same as above, “they praised a praise.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.17
17. “And they made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the graven image” ( ver. 19 ). “Thus they changed their glory, in the similitude of a calf that eateth hay” ( ver. 20 ). He saith not “into” the likeness, but “in” the likeness. It is such a form of speech as where he said “and they believed in His words.”
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.11
11. “They acted hastily: they forgot His works” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.12
12. Lastly, “And they lusted a lust in the wilderness, and they tempted God in the dry land” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.13
13. “And He gave them their desire, and sent fulness withal into their souls” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.14
14. “And they angered Moses in the tents, and Aaron the saint of the Lord” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.15
15. “The earth opened,” he saith, “and swallowed up Dathan, and covered over the congregation of Abiram” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.16
16. “And the fire was kindled in their company; the flame burnt up the sinners” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.17
17. “And they made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the graven image” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. The Confessions 7.9
… for that Thy first-born people worshipped the head of a four-footed beast instead of Thee, turning back in heart towards Egypt, and prostrating Thy image—their own soul—before the image “of an ox that eateth grass.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 62.5
… I was thirsting to bring them over into my body. For in drinking what do we, but send into our members liquor that is without, and suck it into our body? Thus did Moses in that head of the calf. The head of the calf is a great sacrament. For the head of the calf was the body of ungodly men, in the similitude of a calf eating hay,
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.17
17. “And they made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the graven image” ( ver. 19 ). “Thus they changed their glory, in the similitude of a calf that eateth hay” (
105:21
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.18
… How did He save them? “Who did so great things in Egypt: Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and fearful things in the Red Sea” ( ver. 22 ). The things that are wondrous, are also fearful; for there is no wonder without a certain fear: although these might be called fearful, because they beat down their adversaries, and showed them what they ought to fear.
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.18
18. “They forgat God who saved them” ( ver. 21 ). How did He save them? “Who did so great things in Egypt: Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and fearful things in the Red Sea” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.19
19. “So He said, He would have destroyed them” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.20
20. “Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant land” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.21
21. “But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.22
22. “Then lift He up His hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.22
22. “Then lift He up His hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness” ( ver. 26 ); “to cast out their seed among the nations: and to scatter them in the lands” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.23
23. “They were initiated also unto Baalpeor;” that is, were consecrated to the Gentile idol; “and ate the offerings of the dead” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.23
23. “They were initiated also unto Baalpeor;” that is, were consecrated to the Gentile idol; “and ate the offerings of the dead” ( ver. 28 ). “Thus they provoked Him to anger with their own inventions; and destruction was multiplied among them” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.24
24. “Then stood up Phineas, and appeased Him, and the shaking ceased” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.25
25. “And that was counted unto him for righteousness among all posterities for evermore” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.26
26. “And they angered Him at the waters of strife: so that Moses was vexed for their sakes” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.26
26. “And they angered Him at the waters of strife: so that Moses was vexed for their sakes” ( ver. 32 ); “because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake doubtfully with his lips” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.27
27. But they of whose iniquities this Psalm speaketh, when they had entered into that temporal land of promise, “destroyed not the heathen, which the Lord commanded them” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.27
27. But they of whose iniquities this Psalm speaketh, when they had entered into that temporal land of promise, “destroyed not the heathen, which the Lord commanded them” ( ver. 34 ); “but were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.27
27. But they of whose iniquities this Psalm speaketh, when they had entered into that temporal land of promise, “destroyed not the heathen, which the Lord commanded them” ( ver. 34 ); “but were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works” ( ver. 35 ). “Insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which became to them an offence” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.28
28. “Yea, they offered their sons and their daughters unto devils” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.28
28. “Yea, they offered their sons and their daughters unto devils” ( ver. 37 ); “and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.28
… whence it is said, “They shed innocent blood.” “The land” therefore “was slain with bloods, and defiled by their works” (
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san Gregorio di Nissa † 395 d.C. Answer to Eunomius' Second Book 1
… Since, however, it is not improbable that some may unwarily give their assent to his statement, I will briefly discuss the point. Holy Scripture often times is wont to attribute expressions to God such that they seem quite accordant with our own, e.g. “The Lord was wroth, and it repented Him because of their sins
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.29
29. “Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against His own people” (
Giovanni Cassiano † 435 d.C. The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults 8.2
… as they say that it is not injurious if we are angry with the brethren who do wrong, since, say they, God Himself is said to rage and to be angry with those who either will not know Him, or, knowing Him, spurn Him, as here: “And the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people;”
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.30
30. “Insomuch that He abhorred His own inheritance; and He gave them over into the hand of the heathen: and they that hated them were lords over them” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.30
30. “Insomuch that He abhorred His own inheritance; and He gave them over into the hand of the heathen: and they that hated them were lords over them” ( ver. 41 ): “and their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought low under their hands” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.30
… 42 ). Since he hath called them the inheritance of God, it is clear that He abhorred them, and gave them over into their enemies’ hands, not in order to their perdition, but for their discipline. Lastly, he saith, “Many a time did He deliver them.” “But they provoked Him with their own counsels” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.31
31. Nevertheless, God, full of mercy, forsook them not. “And He saw when they were in adversity, when He heard their complaint” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.31
31. Nevertheless, God, full of mercy, forsook them not. “And He saw when they were in adversity, when He heard their complaint” ( ver. 44 ). “And He thought upon His covenant, and repented, according to the multitude of His mercies” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.32
32. So “He gave them unto compassions, in the sight of all that had taken them captive” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 78.3
… yet that too we find called a Church, and it perhaps is more suitable for us to say, “Save us, O Lord, our God, and congregate us from the nations, in order that we may confess to Thy Holy Name.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.33
33. “Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations (other copies read, “from the heathen”); that we may give thanks unto Thy holy Name, and make our boast of Thy praise” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 106.33
33. “Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations (other copies read, “from the heathen”); that we may give thanks unto Thy holy Name, and make our boast of Thy praise” ( ver. 47 ). Then he hath briefly added this very praise, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and world without end” (
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v. 1 alterum paratum cor meum obelo seu veru signatur, cum in hebr non legatur.
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… Dan. 9, 26 e Eccl. gr. 46, 19) seguito dal genitivo di Jahweh (o di un pronome equivalente): «l'unto di Jahweh» (ὁ χριστὸς Κυρίου); 15 volte in I-II Sam.; Ps. (cbr.) 2, 2; 18, 51; 20, 7; 28, 8; 84, 10; 89, 39, 52; 132, 10, 17 (il plurale, in Ps. 105, 15 e I Par. 16, 22, è un caso unico); Is. 45, 1; Hab. 3, 13. Questo nome regale māfiah χριστός è usato 2 volte per Saul, 1 volta per Salomone (II Par. 6, 42), 1 volta per Sedecia …
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CORE (EBR. QÔRAH = «CALVIZIE»)
… Nella lotta ideologica Dio intervenne direttamente a favore di Mosè, facendo inghiottire dalla terra spalancatasi i ribelli (Num. 16, 25-34). L'episodio rimase famoso nella tradizione ebraica (oltre il racconto particolareggiato di Num. 16,1-50, cf. Ps. 105, 17; Dent. 11,6; Eccl. 45, 22; Sap. 18, 20-25; Ind. 11).
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Gli Ebrei, provenienti dal Sinai, si lasciarono sedurre dalle donne moabite e "furono iniziati" all'infame culto di B. Su ordine di Mosè, l'impuro sacrilegio collettivo fu punito con l'uccisione di 24.000 israeliti per opera principalmente di Finees (v.; cf. Num. 25; Ps. 105,28; Os. 9,10).
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… La Bibbia e i profeti hanno severo parole di condanna contro questi misfatti (cf. Ps. 105, 37 sgg.; Mich. 6, 7; Ier. 7, 31; 19, 5; 32, 35; Ez. 16, 20 sgg.; 20, 26).
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