The Church, and holie members therof, are alwayes protected by God: 5. The wicked being suffered for a while, are at last punished.
1They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwellethColoro, che confidano nel Signore sono come il monte di Sion: non sarà vacillante in eterno chi abita in Gerusalemme.A gradual Canticle. THEY that trust in our Lord, as mount Sion: he shal not be moued for euer, that dwellethCanticum graduum. Qui confidunt in Domino, sicut mons Sion: / non commovebitur in æternum, / qui habitat 2In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.Ella è cinta da' monti; e il Signore cinge il suo popolo e adesso, e per sempre.in Ierusalem. Mountaines round about it: and our Lord round about his people, from hence forth now and for euer.in Jerusalem. / Montes in circuitu ejus; / et Dominus in circuitu populi sui, / ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum. 3For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.Perocché il Signore non lascerà, che lo scettro de' peccatori (domini) sopra l'eredità de' giusti: affinchè non istendano i giusti le loro mani all'iniquità.Because our Lord wil not leaue the rod of sinners vpon the lote of the iust: that the iust reach not their handes to iniquitie.Quia non relinquet Dominus virgam peccatorum / super sortem justorum: / ut non extendant justi / ad iniquitatem manus suas, 4Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of heart.Sii tu benefico, o Signore, co' buoni, e con quelli di cuore retto.Doe wel ô Lord to the good, and right of hart.benefac, Domine, bonis, / et rectis corde. 5But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.Quelli poi, che a storti sentieri si volgono, li porrà insieme il Signore con quelli, che operan l'iniquità: pace sopra Israele.But those that decline into obligations, our Lord wil bring with them that worke iniquitie: peace vpon Israel.Declinantes autem in obligationes, / adducet Dominus cum operantibus iniquitatem. / Pax super Israël !
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Calmet
Canticle of thanksgiving, relating to the times of the Messias, (Abenezra) or to the Jews, who overcame the attempts of the nations at their return, 2 Esdras iv., and vi. (Ven. Bede, etc.) (Calmet)
Berthier
It exhorts all to confide in God. (Berthier)
St. Augustine
Trust. The Jews complied not with this condition, and are become vagabonds; but the faithful inherit this promise, (Hebrews 10:19.; Berthier) which is verified in the Catholic Church. (St. Augustine)
Worthington
To be secure, like Sion, which is defended by other mountains, we must belong to her society. (Worthington)
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About it. Coming from Joppe, travellers cannot see the city till they are very near it, though with respect to Judea, it is very elevated. Hence Josephus styles it "the navel of the land." (Jewish Wars 3:2., or 4.)
Calmet
The construction of the Vulgate is very natural. (Calmet)
For the promise regards the inhabitants, rather than the place, as Hebrew would insinuate.
St. Augustine
Lord. Zacharias 2:5. Heresiarchs have in vain risen up against the Church, though they were able men, like mountains. (St. Augustine)
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Rod. Sceptre, or violent dominion, Isaias 10:5.
That, Or "therefore." (Interp. in St. Chrysostom) God always concludes his threats with promises of pardon to the penitent, 1 Corinthians 10:13. (Calmet
Worthington
He tries his servants for their good, and will not abandon them. (Worthington)
Berthier
The captivity lasted only 70 years: the ten persecutions of the Christian Church were terminated in 300 years; and though the wicked should even put the just to death, then their rod remains no longer upon them. If the virtuous were always suffering, the temptation might be too strong. But those who are sincere, at last emerge from the cloud, and force their enemies to applaud their conduct. (Berthier)
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Worthington
Heart. This God will certainly perform. (Worthington)
Haydock
He asks not for himself alone, and leaves all to the divine disposal. (Haydock)
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Bellarmine
Bonds, obligationes. "Knots," as straggalias, also means, (Berthier) rather than duties. (Bellarmine)
Aquila
Some suspect that obliquationes was put originally, as Hebrew means "crooked ways," (Calmet) "embarrassments." (Aquila)
Calmet
He may allude to the dark machinations of false brethren, who endeavoured to thwart the pious designs of Nehemias, 6:14. Apostles shall be treated like infidels, (Calmet) or rather worse, as we shall be if we act not up to the lights, (Haydock) and graces which we have received. (Calmet)
Worthington
Those who enter into any covenant, etc., to uphold a false religion, though they may despise it in their hearts, must expect to be punished, while the Church shall have peace. (Worthington)
St. Augustine
Heretics can neither give nor receive this peace. (St. Augustine)
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Th•se that confidently trust in God, are in such securitie as is mount Sion, vvhich is a hil, defended also vvith other hilles round about.
An other thing required to this securitie, is to dvvel vvithin Ierusalem, not the terrestrial citie, for (as S. Augustin obserueth) the levves that dwelt therin are destroyed or made captiues, and hitherto reiected of God, but in the Catholique Church.
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God wil not alwayes, nor finally leaue his seruants in tribulation, but only a vvhile for their good.
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This prayer is also an asseueration, for it is certaine that God wil defend, and reward the good, and right of hart:
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And no lesse assuredly God wil punish not only the notorious wicked, and principal auctors of wickednes, but also al those that for feare or for commoditie, or for anie other cause, decline into obligations, bondes, couenants, or anie vvay consent, in external shew with the wicked against God: as in outward profession of Heresie, or Schisme, though such temporizers do not thincke in their hart, that the pretended religion is true, wherto they are drawne to yeld external conformitie. For, as the Psalmist here teacheth, our Lord wil bring al such accessarie offenders, to the same iudgement and punishment, vvith the principal vvorkers of iniquitie.
Al vvhich being punished, then Ierusalem, the Catholique Church, shal haue peace.
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sant'Atanasio di Alessandria † 373 d.C. Festal and Personal Letters of Athanasius 11
… ‘The Lord is my Helper and my Redeemer .’ For to those who thus examine themselves, and conform their hearts to the Lord, nothing adverse shall happen; for indeed, their heart is strengthened by confidence in the Lord, as it is written, ‘They who trust in the Lord are as mount Sion: he who dwelleth in Jerusalem shall not be moved for ever
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 125.2
2. “They that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion: they shall not be removed for ever” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. The Confessions 9.3
… Nor, he declared, did he wish to be a Christian on any other terms than those that were impossible. However, he invited us most courteously to make use of his country house so long as we should stay there. Thou, O Lord, wilt “recompense” him for this “at the resurrection of the just,” seeing that Thou hast already given him “the lot of the righteous.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 125.3
3. Who are these? “They shall stand fast for ever, who dwell in Jerusalem” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 125.4
4. What is this Jerusalem? He briefly describes it. “The mountains stand around Jerusalem” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 125.7
7. “For the Lord will not leave the rod of the ungodly upon the lot of the righteous, lest the righteous put forth their hands unto wickedness” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 125.9
9. And he therefore addeth, “Do well, O Lord, unto those that are good and true of heart” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 125.10
10. Whence the Psalmist at once addeth: “As for such as turn aside, the Lord shall lead them forth unto strangling with the workers of unrighteousness” (
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