Notwithstanding great persecutions the Church prospereth. 10. Especially in the new testament, by Apostolical function, 18. ministerie of Angels, Christs Ascension, coming of the Holie Ghost, 31. confirming the faithful, repressing the insolent, and conuerting manie. 35. For al which the prophet inuiteth al men to praise God.
1Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David himself.Salmo, e cantico dello stesso Davidde.Vnto the end, a Psalme of Canticle, to Dauid himself.In finem. Psalmus cantici ipsi David. 2Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face.Sorga il Signore, e siano dispersi i suoi nemici: e fuggano dal cospetto di lui color, che lo odiano.LEt God arise, and let his enimies be dispersed, and let them that hate him flee from his face.Exsurgat Deus, et dissipentur inimici ejus; / et fugiant qui oderunt eum a facie ejus. 3As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.Svaniscano come svanisce il fumo: come si fonde la cera al fuoco, così periscano i peccatori dinanzi alla faccia di Dio.As smoke vanisheth, let them vanish away: as waxe melteth at the presence of fire, so let sinners perish at the presence of God.Sicut deficit fumus, deficiant; / sicut fluit cera a facie ignis, sic pereant peccatores a facie Dei. 4And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness.E i giusti banchettino, e giubilino alla presenza di Dio: e godano nell'allegrezza.And let the iust make merrie, and reioyce in the sight of God: and let them be delighted in mirth.Et justi epulentur, et exsultent in conspectu Dei, / et delectentur in lætitia. 5Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence,Lodate Dio: intonate salmi al nome di lui: preparate la strada a colui, che sale sopra l'occaso: ei si noma il Signore. Esultate davanti a lui: (i nemici) resteranno sbigottiti alla presenza di lui,Sing to God, say a Psalme to his name: make way to him, who mounteth vpon the west, Lord is his name. Reioyce ye in his syght, they shal be trubled at the presence of him:Cantate Deo; psalmum dicite nomini ejus: / iter facite ei qui ascendit super occasum. / Dominus nomen illi; exsultate in conspectu ejus. / Turbabuntur a facie ejus, 6Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place:Padre degli orfani, e Giudice delle vedove. Dio sta nel suo luogo santo:the father of orphanes, and iudge of widowes. God in his holie place:patris orphanorum, et judicis viduarum; / Deus in loco sancto suo. 7God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.Dio fa abitare nella sua casa uomini di un sol rito: Egli con sua fortezza pone in libertà i prigionieri, e quegli ancora, che lo irritano, che abitano ne' sepolcri.God that maketh men to inhabite of one manner in a house. That bringeth forth them, that be bound, in strengh, likewise them, that exasperate, that dwel in sepulchers.Deus qui inhabitare facit unius moris in domo; / qui educit vinctos in fortitudine, / similiter eos qui exasperant, qui habitant in sepulchris.
8O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass through the desert:Allorché tu, o Dio, andavi innanzi al tuo popolo, quando passavi pel deserto:O God when thou wentest forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst passe through the desert.Deus, cum egredereris in conspectu populi tui, / cum pertransires in deserto, 9The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.La terra si scosse, ed anche i cieli si liquefecero al cospetto del Dio del Sinai, del Dio d'Israele.The earth was moued, and the heauens also distilled, at the presence of the God of Sina, at the face of the God of Israel.terra mota est, etenim cæli distillaverunt, / a facie Dei Sinai, a facie Dei Israël. 10Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect.Una pioggia liberale terrai tu a parte, o Dio, per la tua eredità: e se questa è stata afflitta, tu però la hai ricreata.Voluntarie rayne shalt thou seperat ô God to thine inheritance: and it was weakned, but thou hast persited it.Pluviam voluntariam segregabis, Deus, hæreditati tuæ; / et infirmata est, tu vero perfecisti eam. 11In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.In essa i tuoi animali soggiorneranno: nella tua bontà hai preparato al povero il nutrimento.Thy liuing creatures shal dwel in it: thou hast prepared in thy swetnes for the poore, ô God.Animalia tua habitabunt in ea; / parasti in dulcedine tua pauperi, Deus. 12The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power.Il Signore darà la parola a coloro, che annunziano con virtù grande la buona novella.Our Lord shal geue the word to them that euanglize, with great powre.Dominus dabit verbum evangelizantibus, virtute multa. 13The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils.I re potenti saran del diletto, del dilettissimo: e gloria della casa sarà il divider le spoglie.The king of hoastes the beloued of the beloued: and to the beautie of the house, to diuide the spoyles.Rex virtutum dilecti, dilecti; / et speciei domus dividere spolia. 14If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.Quando voi dormiste in mezzo a' pericoli, sarete come colombe di piume argentine, delle quali l'estremità del dorso ha il pallore dell'oro.If ye sleepe among the middest of the lottes, the winges of a doue layde ouer with siluer, and the hinder parts of her backe in the palenes of gold.Si dormiatis inter medios cleros, / pennæ columbæ deargentatæ, / et posteriora dorsi ejus in pallore auri.
15When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon.Mentre il Re del cielo fa giudizio dei re della terra, diverranno bianchi più della neve, che e sul Selmon:Whiles the heauenlie discerneth kings ouer her, with snow they shal be made white in Selmon.Dum discernit cælestis reges super eam, / nive dealbabuntur in Selmon. 16The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat mountain.il monte di Dio è fertile monte: Monte grasso, monte pingue.The mountane of God a fat mountane. A mountane crudded as cheese, a fatte mountane:Mons Dei, mons pinguis: / mons coagulatus, mons pinguis. 17Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end.Ma perché pensate voi a monti feraci? Egli è un monte, in cui si è compiaciuto Dio di abitare: perocché il Signore per sempre vi abiterà.why suppose you crudded mountanes? A mountane, in which it hath wel pleased God to dwel therin: for in dede our Lord wil dwel euen to the end.Ut quid suspicamini, montes coagulatos ? / mons in quo beneplacitum est Deo habitare in eo; / etenim Dominus habitabit in finem. 18The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place.Egli è il cocchio di Dio circondato da molte diecine di migliaia, questa lieta gente è a migliaia: il Signore con essi e nel Sinai, e nel Santo.The chariote of God is ten thousand folde, thousands of them that reioyce, our Lord in them, in Sina in the holie place.Currus Dei decem millibus multiplex, millia lætantium; / Dominus in eis in Sina, in sancto. 19Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not believe, the dwelling of the Lord God.Ascendesti all'alto; prendesti teco i prigionieri, ricevesti doni per gli uomini: Onde anche sopra di quelli, che non credevano, abiti Iddio Signore.Thou art ascended on hygh, thou hast taken captiuitie: thou hast receiued gifts in men: for euen those that do not beleue, our Lord God to inhabite.Ascendisti in altum, cepisti captivitatem, / accepisti dona in hominibus; / etenim non credentes inhabitare Dominum Deum. 20Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us.Benedetto il Signore per tutti i giorni: il Dio di nostra salute farà prospero il nostro viaggio.Blessed be our Lord day by day: the God of our saluations wil make vs a prosperous iourney.Benedictus Dominus die quotidie: / prosperum iter faciet nobis Deus salutarium nostrorum.
21Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death.Dio di salvazione egli è il Dio nostro; e il Signore, il Signore è quegli, che scampa da morte.Our God is the God of sauing: and the issues of death are of our Lord, our Lord.Deus noster, Deus salvos faciendi; / et Domini, Domini exitus mortis. 22But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins.Ma Dio spezzerà le teste de' suoi pernici: le teste ben chiomate di coloro, che camminano ne' loro delitti.But yet God stil breake the heads of his enimies: the hearie croune of them, that walke in their sinnes.Verumtamen Deus confringet capita inimicorum suorum, / verticem capilli perambulantium in delictis suis. 23The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea:Il Signore ha detto: Gli uomini di Basan, caccerò io in fuga: li caccerò nel profondo del mare:Our Lord Said: Out of Basan I wil conuert, I wil conuert into the depth of the sea.Dixit Dominus: Ex Basan convertam, / convertam in profundum maris: 24That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same.Di modo che del sangue de' nemici il tuo piede si tinga: e del medesimo le lingue de' cani tuoi.That thy foote may be dipped in bloude: the tongue of thy dogges [made redde] with the same [bloud] of the enimies.ut intingatur pes tuus in sanguine; / lingua canum tuorum ex inimicis, ab ipso. 25They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my king who is in his sanctuary.Han veduto, o Dio, i tuoi passi; i passi del mio Dio, del mio Re, che sta nel santuario.They haue seene thy entringes in ô God, the entrings of my God: of my King Who is in the holie place.Viderunt ingressus tuos, Deus, / ingressus Dei mei, regis mei, qui est in sancto. 26Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.Precedettero i principi uniti a' cantori, in mezzo alle fanciulle, che sonavano i timpani.Princes came before ioyned with them that sang, in the middes of young wemen plaing on tymbrels.Prævenerunt principes conjuncti psallentibus, / in medio juvencularum tympanistriarum. 27In the churches bless ye God the Lord, from the fountains of Israel.Benedite nelle adunanze Iddio Signore voi, che derivate da Israele.In churches blesse ye God our Lord, of the fountains of Israel.In ecclesiis benedicite Deo Domino de fontibus Israël. 28There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy of mind. The princes of Juda are their leaders: the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.Ivi il piccolo Beniamino rapito fuori di se. I capi di Giuda loro condottieri, i capi di Zabulon, i capi di Nephtali.There Beniamin a youngman, in excesse of minde. The Princes of Iuda: their leaders: the Princes of Zabulon, the Princes of Nephthali.Ibi Benjamin adolescentulus, in mentis excessu; / principes Juda, duces eorum; / principes Zabulon, principes Nephthali.
29Command thy strength, O God confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us.Spedisci, o Dio, la tua potenza: conferma quello, che in noi hai operato.Command thy strength ô God: confirme this ô God, which thou hast wrought in vs.Manda, Deus, virtuti tuæ; / confirma hoc, Deus, quod operatus es in nobis. 30From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee.Dal tempio tuo di Gerusalemme, a te offeriranno doni i regi.From thy temple in Ierusalem, kinges shal offer giftes to thee.A templo tuo in Jerusalem, / tibi offerent reges munera. 31Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:Minaccia le fiere, che stan pe' canneti, l'adunanza de' popoli, che è come di tori tralle mandre di vacche: per cacciar fuori coloro, che sono provati come l'argento. Dissipa le nazioni, che aman la guerra:Rebuke the wilde beasts of the reede, the congregation of bulles in the kine of thy peoples: that they may exclude them, which are tried with siluer. Dissipate the nations that wil warres:Increpa feras arundinis; / congregatio taurorum in vaccis populorum: / ut excludant eos qui probati sunt argento. / Dissipa gentes quæ bella volunt. 32Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.verranno ambasciadori dall'Egitto: l'Etiopia stenderà per tempo a Dio le sue mani.Legates shal come out of Aegypt: Aethiopia shal prevent his handes to God.Venient legati ex Ægypto; / Æthiopia præveniet manus ejus Deo. 33Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing ye to God,Regni della terra cantate laudi a Dio: cantate salmi al Signore: Cantate salmi a Dio:Ye kingdomes of the earth sing to God: sing to our Lord:Regna terræ, cantate Deo; / psallite Domino; psallite Deo. 34Who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power:il quale è salito al sommo cielo dalla parte dell'Oriente. Ecco che egli la sua voce farà voce di virtù:Sing ye to God, that mounteth vpon the heauen of heauen, to the East. Behold he wil giue to his voice the voice of strength,Qui ascendit super cælum cæli, ad orientem: / ecce dabit voci suæ vocem virtutis. 35Give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds.date gloria a Dio a cagione d'Israele. La sua magnificenza, e la sua potenza va fino alle nubi.giue you glorie to God vpon Israel, his magnificence, and his powre in the cloudes.Date gloriam Deo super Israël; / magnificentia ejus et virtus ejus in nubibus.
36God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.Mirabile Dio ne' suoi santi: il Dio d'Israele, egli stesso darà virtù, e fortezza al suo popolo. Benedetto Dio.God is meruelous in his saintes, the God of Israel he wil giue powre, and strength to his people, God be blessed.Mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis; / Deus Israël ipse dabit virtutem et fortitudinem plebi suæ. / Benedictus Deus !
67:1
Houbigant
The prodigies wrought by God in favour of his people, when they came out of Egypt, and conquered the land of Chanaan, are described by David in this triumphal canticle, which was sung when the ark was removed. (Houbigant)
Haydock
He had also in view the greater prodigies, which should attend Jesus Christ, and the propagation of the gospel. The latter explanation is also literal, (Berthier) and is given by the Fathers, (Calmet) on the authority of St. Paul, ver. 19., and Ephesians 4:8. (Haydock)
67:2
St. Athanasius
Arise. These words were used when the Israelites decamped, (Numbers 10:35.; Calmet) and in the exorcisms to expel devils, who are here styled enemies. (St. Athanasius)
St. Augustine
The Jews were confounded when Christ rose again. (St. Augustine)
Worthington
The psalmist foretells the ruin of God's enemies, in the form of a prayer.(Worthington)
67:4
Calmet
Feast. This was done when the ark was removed, 1 Paralipomenon xv., and 16:3. (Calmet)
67:5
Menochius
Who ascendeth upon the west. Super occasum. St. Gregory understands it of Christ, who after his going down, like the sun, in the west, by the passion and death, ascended more glorious, and carried all before him. St. Jerome renders it, who ascendeth, or cometh up, through the deserts; (Challoner) which some explain of the coming out of Egypt, others of the progress of the gospel, in a western direction. (Menochius)
Berthier
Baharaboth, means also, "in the remotest heavens," (Montanus; Haydock) or, "in delights," or "darkness," and all these senses may have been in the prophet's mind, as they are all beautiful. (Berthier)
Worthington
Resist not God's inspirations. He triumphs over death, and is Lord of all. (Worthington)
Haydock
Lord. Hebrew, "in Yah is his name." (Haydock)
But....presence. These words seem to have been in the copy of the Septuagint, and shew the contrast between the just and their oppressors, at the presence of the ark, and of the Messias, (Berthier) before whom the latter must tremble.
67:6
Menochius
The Father, (patris.) Hebrew, pater, "the Father....God." He delights in these titles, (Haydock) and though he dwelleth on high, he looketh on the low, Psalm 112:5. (Menochius)
67:7
Challoner
Of one manner. That is, agreeing in faith, unanimous in love, and following the same manner of discipline. It is verified in the servants of God living together in his house, which is the Church, 1 Timothy 3:15. (Challoner)
Hebrew may signify, "He maketh those who were alone (steriles) to dwell in a house," Psalm 112:9. He builds up their houses, and grants them children. (Flaminius) (Exodus 1:21.)
Calmet
The Israelites under Pharao, (Calmet) saw their male issue destroyed, (Haydock) but God enabled them to multiply exceedingly, Exodus 1:12. (Calmet)
Haydock
Yechidim means "the solitary," (St. Jerome) and "the united," as the first Christians were. (Berthier) (Acts 2:44.) (Haydock)
Worthington
The Church preserves unity in faith, etc. (St. Cyprian, ep. 76.) (Worthington)
Challoner
Bound. The power and mercy of God appears, in his bringing out of their captivity, those who were strongly bound in their sins; and in restoring to his grace those whose behaviour had been most provoking; and who by their evil habits were not only dead, but buried in their sepulchres. (Challoner)
Worthington
God's grace moves even the rebellious and negligent will of man, so that it willingly embraces the right path. (Worthington)
Calmet
In strength. Houbigant, "to walk freely." The Gentiles were, as it were, buried, before Christ delivered them, (Berthier) as he did those who were once incredulous in the days of Noe, (1 Peter 3:20., and 4:6.; St. Athanasius) and God rescued the Israelites from servitude, notwithstanding their repeated provocations, both before and after this mercy. Some translate, (Haydock) Hebrew, "He delivers those who were bound in chains; but the rebels (Egyptians, or faithless Hebrews) have remained in the desert." (Calmet)
Haydock
Their bodies have there become a prey to beasts, and to corruption. (Haydock)
Menochius
God permitted the rebellious Egyptians to pursue his people. (Menochius)
67:9
Calmet
Dropped. The earthquake and rain are not mentioned by Moses. But the prophets often supply omissions. Debora and Habacuc speak in the same lofty strains, Exodus 19:16., Judges 5:4., and Habacuc 3:6. (Calmet)
Debora specifies some words, (Haydock) which seem to be here wanting, "the clouds also dropped water, the mountains melted" at, etc.
Menochius
Of Sinai, or, "Sinai at," etc. (Menochius)
Kennicott
Hebrew, "this Sinai before God, (Judges 5:5., Jehovah) the God of Israel." The old manuscript 3 retains the word Jehovah at least six times, where it is not once printed, as that of Lambeth, 434, does here, etc. (Kennicott)
Calmet
St. Augustine and the ancient psalters read, A facie Domini; Mons Sinai, etc. (Calmet)
Haydock
The mount itself seemed to melt amid thunder and rain. (Haydock)
67:10
Challoner
A free rain. The manna, which rained plentifully from heaven, in favour of God's inheritance, that is, of his people Israel: which was weakened indeed under a variety of afflictions, but was made perfect by God; that is, was still supported by divine Providence, and brought on to the promised land. It agrees particularly to the Church of Christ, his true inheritance, which is plentifully watered with the free rain of heavenly grace; and through many infirmities, that is, crosses and tribulations, is made perfect, and fitted for eternal glory. (Challoner)
Worthington
God came to redeem us, without any merit on our side. He chose the weak, but made them strong. (Worthington)
Calmet
The cattle stood in great need of water, as the Hebrews did of manna. (Calmet)
Houbigant
He will render the promised land most fertile. (Houbigant)
67:11
Challoner
In it, etc. That is, in this Church, which is thy fold, and thy inheritance, shall thy animals, thy sheep, dwell: where thou hast plentifully provided for them. (Challoner)
Worthington
Those whom thou hast chosen shall enjoy this manna, or the blessed Sacrament. (Worthington)
67:12
Calmet
To them that preach good tidings. Evangelizantibus. That is, to the preachers of the gospel; who, receiving the word from the Lord, shall with great power and efficacy, preach thoughout the world the glad tidings of a Saviour, and of eternal salvation through him; (Challoner) with miracles following, Mark xvi. (Worthington) (Luke 21:15.) (Calmet)
Berthier
Hebrew seems to speak of females, who used to sing canticles of victory, like Mary and Deborah, etc. But the feminine is used at the beginning of Ecclesiastes, though Solomon be meant, and here the Chaldean paraphrases, "God gave the words of the law to his people, by the mediation of Moses and Aaron, who published the word of God." This passage has a striking analogy with Ephesians 4:11., etc. He gave some apostles....for the perfecting of the saints, etc., which St. Paul observes, just after quoting this psalm. (Berthier)
67:13
Challoner
The king of powers. That is, the mighty King, the Lord of Hosts, is of the beloved, of the beloved; that is, is on the side of Christ, his most beloved Son; and his beautiful house, viz., the Church, in which God dwells for ever, shall by her spiritual conquests, divide the spoils of many nations. The Hebrew (as it now stands pointed) is thus rendered: The kings of armies have fled, they had fled, and she that dwells at home (or, the beauty of the house) shall divide the spoils. (Challoner)
Haydock
Yet Symmachus comes nearer the Septuagint and St. Jerome has in the same sense, (Berthier) "the kings of armies shall form leagues," etc. The great King, is the Lord (ver. 12.) of hosts, who shall enable many to publish his wonders. They are represented as women, to denote the particular Churches of Christ, which have risen on the ruins of idolatry, though they may also refer to the victories of the Israelites, under Debora, when mighty kings came to invade the country, Judges iv., and 5:19, 24. (Haydock)
Calmet
The glory of that victory was given to her, and to Jahel, who slew Sisara. (Calmet)
Worthington
Soon after the preaching of the gospel, the most potent monarchs (Calmet) submitted to its authority, and thus a glorious prey was rescued from the power of the devil. (Worthington)
Menochius
Women sometimes promoted this great work. (Menochius)
67:14
If you sleep among the midst of lots, (inter medios cleros, etc.) viz., in such dangers and persecutions, as if your enemies were casting lots for your goods and persons: or in the midst of the lots (inter medios terminos, as St. Jerome renders it) that is, upon the very bounds or borders of the dominions of your enemies: you shall be secure, nevertheless, under the divine protection; and shall be enabled to fly away, like a dove, with glittering wings, and feathers shining like the palest and most precious gold; that is, with great increase of virtue, and glowing with the fervour of charity; (Challoner) or, "if....in the borders of the dove," etc., the ensign of Babylon, Jeremias 25:38.
Tirinus
When, etc. (Tirinus)
Haydock
The tribe of Juda may be denoted by the dove, as it seems to be in the canticles, because it continued faithful longer than the ten tribes; (Berthier) or these words may be addressed to the tribes of Ruben and Gad, which neglected to come to the aid of Debora, and thus melted away like snow, as Jacob had threatened the former; (Genesis xlix.) or rather, that we may not interrupt the harmony of this solemnity by reproaches, we may (Calmet) adhere to the Vulgate, which renders, they shall be, etc., ver. 15. (Haydock)
Calmet
The former stain has been effaced by their subsequent good conduct. (Calmet)
Menochius
While the pastors of the Church diligently propose the doctrines revealed in the two lots, or Testaments, to the prophets and apostles, the faith of the Church shines most conspicuously. The other explanations maybe seen in Lorin., etc. (Menochius)
67:15
Worthington
Kings over her. That is, pastors and rulers over his Church, viz., the apostles, and their successors. Then by their ministry shall men be made whiter than the snow, which lies on the top of the high mountain Selmon, (Challoner) which is in the tribe of Ephraim, shaded with trees, Judges 9:48. (Worthington)
Haydock
Discern it, may also mean, "judgeth," (Haydock) or "divideth," as St. Jerome translates; and may intimate, that when God shall have exterminated the kings, who attacked his chosen race, it should appear more glorious. (Haydock)
Tirinus
In the first year of Cyrus, who had been commissioned by God, with Darius the Mede, to punish Babylon, (Daniel v.) the Jews were liberated. (Tirinus)
67:16
Challoner
The mountain of God. The Church, which (Isaias 2:2.) is called, The mountain of the house of the Lord upon the top of mountains. It is here called a fat and a curdled mountain; that is to say, most fruitful, and enriched by the spiritual gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost. (Challoner)
Haydock
Fat. Hebrew, "as the hill of Basha," (Protestants) which was very fertile: the very name signifying "fat." (St. Jerome) (Haydock)
Berthier
The psalmist apostrophizes the mountains of Chanaan, which were very high, and those of Basan, where Og ruled; (Calmet) or he insinuates, that the latter could not vie with Sion, where the ark was now to be placed. (Berthier)
67:17
Challoner
Why suspect ye curdled mountains? Why do you suppose or imagine there may be any other such curdled mountains? You are mistaken: the mountain thus favoured by God is but one; and this same he has chosen for his dwelling for ever. (Challoner)
Haydock
They who are not of the Church, vainly imagine, that any other mountains are united, (Worthington) rich in grace, or beautiful. (Haydock)
Worthington
Sects do not agree among themselves, but only in opposing the Catholic Church. They have not the marks of truth, which are here given. The Church of God is compared to a mountain, visible to all; fat, with the graces of the Holy Ghost; united and firm, like cheese; the perpetual residence of God, who will never suffer her to fall into error. (Worthington)
Haydock
Why then do you deign to look at such conventicles of pride and perdition, as if they could be the one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church? Hebrew, "why do ye contend, ye high mountains, against the mountain?" etc. (St. Jerome) (Haydock)
Berthier
There are several other interpretations. But that of the Vulgate, suspicamini, is the most followed, even by the Jews. (Berthier)
67:18
Challoner
The chariot of God, descending to give his law on Mount Sinai; as also of Jesus Christ, his Son, ascending into heaven, to send from thence the Holy Ghost, to publish his new law, is attended with ten thousands, that is, with an innumerable multitude of joyful angels. (Challoner)
Berthier
Literally, "with forty thousand." (Berthier)
Worthington
Innumerable hosts of Cherubim, (Haydock) seem to be the chariot of the most high, Daniel vii. (Worthington)
Calmet
But here the Israelites, who came to conquer Chanaan, are meant, Deuteronomy 33:2., Zacharias 14:5., and Habacuc 3:6. (Calmet)
Menochius
The promulgation of the old and new law is contrasted. God is the author of the beauty of his Church. (Menochius)
67:19
Challoner
Led captivity captive. Carrying away with thee to heaven those who before had been the captives of Satan; and receiving from God the Father gifts to be distributed to men; even to those who were before unbelievers. (Challoner)
Haydock
Yea, even these were the spoils which Christ presented to his Father. (Haydock)
Calmet
St. Paul quotes this text rather in a different manner, ascending on high, he led captivity captive; he gave gifts to men; as the Hebrew lakach means, "to give and to receive." Abenezra, Chaldean, Syriac, etc., give it the former sense, with the apostle; St. Justin Martyr (Dialogue), St. Hilary, and the ancient psalters of Rome and Chartres. St. Augustine approves both readings. (Calmet)
Berthier
So Samson said, "take this woman for a wife for me," Judges 14:3. The true God is here undoubtedly meant, and as St. Paul explains it of Christ, the Socinians, who admit the authority of the epistle to the Ephesians, ought to confess his divinity. (Berthier)
Haydock
Those. Protestants, "gifts for men, (Marginal note, "in the man,") yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them." Yet the construction of the Hebrew and Vulgate would insinuate as well, that these faithless people were now become true subjects, and were the gifts here presented to the Almighty. Christ came to save sinners. He gratuitously sought after them, and filled them with graces, that they might become a suitable present for God. (Haydock)
Worthington
He received gifts to be distributed among his servants, and merited grace for the conversion of innumerable souls. At his ascension, he was accompanied by angels, and by the patriarchs, who had been retained in captivity. (Worthington)
Haydock
The rebellious nations were forced to pay tribute, (Judges 3:15.; Calmet) or to submit to Josue, David, etc. (Haydock)
Menochius
God in the flesh, or in his holy mountain, the Christian Church. (Menochius)
67:20
Calmet
To us. So the Israelites might be filled with confidence in the desert, (Haydock) or the people pray that God would favour the pious design of their king. (Calmet)
Haydock
Hebrew, "God will carry us, (St. Jerome) or loadeth us with benefits." (Protestants) (Haydock)
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Challoner
The issues from death. The Lord alone is master of the issues, by which we may escape from death. (Challoner)
He killeth and giveth life, 1 Kings 2:6.
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Calmet
Sins. He will humble them, or will slay the proud, Psalm 72:18. (Calmet)
Worthington
Though Christ died to save man, He will condemn the obstinate. (Worthington)
Du Hamel
Sinners take pride in what ought to fill them with confusion. (St. Augustine) (Du Hamel)
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Challoner
I will turn them from Basan, etc. I will cast out my enemies from their rich possessions, signified by Basan, a fruitful country; and I will drive them into the depth of the sea: and make such a slaughter of them, that the feet of my servants may be dyed in their blood, etc. (Challoner)
Berthier
Into. Most translate from, and explain this of God's people. But it seems more naturally to refer to their enemies, and the preposition m, signifies in, Psalm 36:15. (Berthier)
Menochius
I will treat them like Pharao. (Menochius)
67:24
Calmet
Same. Streams of blood shall flow, as was the case when Moses overcame Og, etc., Numbers 21:23. (Calmet)
Berthier
The gospel was propagated without bloodshed, but no less effectually. At the last day, the just shall triumph over the reprobate. (Berthier)
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Challoner
Thy goings. Thy ways, thy proceedings, by which thou didst formerly take possession of the promised land in favour of thy people; and shalt afterwards of the whole world, which thou shalt subdue to thy Son. (Challoner)
Worthington
Many have now become acquainted with what Christ has done for the salvation of mankind; but the faithful consider this with most attention, and view him seated on his throne above, as our Mediator, through whom alone others can have access. (Worthington)
Calmet
Eusebius and St. Hilary suppose, that Christ appeared and spoke to the patriarchs and prophets of the Old Testament. (Calmet)
67:26
Challoner
Princes. The apostles, the first converters of nations: attended by numbers of perfect souls, singing the divine praises, and virgins consecrated to God. (Challoner)
Berthier
St. Paul exhorts the faithful to sing hymns, Ephesians 5:19. (Berthier)
Menochius
Moses and Mary[Miriam] had sung a canticle, after the passage of the Red Sea, Exodus xv. (Menochius)
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Challoner
From the fountains of Israel. From whom both Christ and his apostles sprung. By Benjamin, the holy Fathers on this place understand St. Paul, who was of that tribe, named here a youth, because he was the last called to the apostleship. By the princes of Juda, Zabulon, and Nephthali, we may understand the other apostles, who were of the tribe of Juda; or of the tribes of Zabulon and Nephthali, where our Lord began to preach, Matthew 4:13., etc. (Challoner)
Worthington
The Jews were first invited, Acts 1:(Worthington)
Berthier
All the tribes were present at the translation of the ark. It is not known why these four alone are mentioned. (Berthier)
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Haydock
Mind. Through excessive joy. Hebrew also, "containing (or ruling) them." (St. Jerome) (Haydock)
Berthier
But this seems improper. Hence Protestants have, "with their ruler," though with is not in the original. (Berthier)
Haydock
Rodem (Keri rode) "presided." Saul, indeed, had been the first king of Israel; but the throne afterwards continued in the tribe of Juda: and at the time of the conquest of Chanaan, as well as at the translation of the ark, Benjamin could not be considered as the chief. (Haydock)
Berthier
We may therefore better follow the Septuagint and Deschamps, who has sopore corripitur. (Berthier)
Menochius
St. Paul was in an ecstacy, rapt to the third heaven, 2 Corinthians xii. (Menochius)
67:29
Challoner
Command thy strength. Give orders that thy strength may be always with us. (Challoner)
Haydock
Display thy power from thy holy temple. (Haydock)
Calmet
Send the Messias, grant perseverance to the just, and defend thy Church against all attacks. (Calmet)
Worthington
As she commenced by God's power, so by the same she is continually preserved. (Worthington)
Berthier
Hebrew, "Thy God hath commanded thy strength." (Protestants) or, "command thy God." (Berthier)
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Berthier
From. Symmachus For. Kings shall reverence the temple, which David foresaw would be shortly erected; or, "with greater magnificence, than in the temple of Jerusalem, kings shall offer gifts to thee," (Deschamps) which clearly refers to the Messias. (Berthier)
Calmet
"As soon as thy temples shall be," etc. Under Solomon, many kings became tributary, and at the preaching of the gospel, emperors submitted to Christ. (Calmet)
Menochius
They have contributed to adorn the Church, (Isaias lx., and lxvi.) where God is praised with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and the virtues of penance and prayer. (Menochius)
67:31
Challoner
Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds: or the wild beasts which lie hid in the reeds. That is, the devils, who hide themselves in order to surprise their prey. Or by wild beasts, are here understood persecutors, who, for all their attempts against the Church, are but as weak reeds, which cannot prevail against them, who are supported by the strength of the Almighty. The same are also called the congregation of bulls, (from their rage against the Church) who assembled together all their kine, that is, the people, their subjects, to exclude, if they can, from Christ and his inheritance, his constant confessors, who are like silver tried by fire. (Challoner)
Berthier
Symmachus nearly agrees with this version: "Rebuke the wild beasts." Yet most render the Hebrew in the singular, to denote the chief of the enemies, (Haydock) particularly the devil, who dwells with the vain and luxurious, (Bellarmine) being Behemoth, in Job 40:16., (Menochius) and the old serpent, (Haydock) as he probably lay concealed, among the shrubs of Paradise, when he tempted our first parents. (Berthier)
Calmet
It refers literally to the kings of Egypt, and of Ethiopia, who might be solicited to make war on David, by the Philistines. Pharao is often called a dragon, (Ezechiel 29:3.) as his officers, or the princes "of Chus," may be styled bulls. They shall be forced to submit, ver. 32. (Calmet)
Haydock
To exclude. Hebrew, "trampling upon," (Berthier) or "boasting of their pieces of silver," (Montanus) which is so common among them, 3 Kings 10:27. (Haydock)
The Egyptians even adorned their sandals with it. (Clem. Ped. 2:11.)
Calmet
The soldiers of Antiochus had mostly gold nails in their shoes. (Val. Max. 9:2.) (Calmet)
Berthier
Houbigant proposes some alterations, and translates, "Keep down the beast of the reed, the collection of the strong, as also the chariots of the people, which run quickly on silver wheels." All the versions tend to shew the fury and insolence of the enemy against God's people. (Berthier)
Haydock
Tried. Protestants, "till every one submit himself with pieces of silver." (Haydock)
67:32
Ambassadors shall come, etc. It is a prophecy of the conversion of the Gentiles, and by name of the Egyptians and Ethiopians, (Challoner) who were among the first converts, Isaias 19:9., Sophonias 3:10., and Acts 8:27.
Ambassadors. Hebrew chashmannim occurs no where else. But it denotes some people in authority, and seems to have the same import as "the Asmonean."
Worthington
Ethiopia, comprises the country on both sides of the Red Sea, as well as that below Egypt, and on the Araxes. This prediction was accomplished, when Solomon married the daughter of Pharao, and was visited by the queen of Saba. But is was more fully verified by the propagation of the gospel, (Calmet) when many in Egypt became monks and nuns. (Worthington)
67:33
Haydock
Sing ye to God, is rejected by St. Jerome; but defended by St. Hilary, etc. It seems proper to connect the former sentence after Selah, (Berthier) or may be added instead, to express applause. (Haydock)
Challoner
East. From Mount Olivet, which is on the east side of Jerusalem. (Challoner)
Calmet
God fills all places, ver. 5., and Deuteronomy 33:26. (Calmet)
Tirinus
Religion has gone westward, but will return to the east, Apocalypse xvi. (Tirinus)
Challoner
Power. That is, he will make his voice to be a powerful voice; by calling from death to life, such as were dead in mortal sin: as at the last day he will, by the power of his voice, call all the dead from their graves. (Challoner)
He will come to judge with great majesty, (Worthington) and his thunder shall resound, as well as the last trumpet, 1 Corinthians 15:52.
67:35
Calmet
For Israel. Altering the stops, we might translate, "over Israel appears his magnificence;" (Berthier) agreeably to Hebrew, St. Augustine, etc. (Calmet)
67:36
Montanus
Saints, or sanctuary. Hebrew literally, "thou art terrible, O God, from thy holy places." (Montanus)
Haydock
Yet Pagnin retains, "in his holy," etc. The tabernacle, or temple, (ver. 30.) and the ark, were esteemed the bulwarks of Israel. There God was pleased to grant his people's requests more easily, to encourage public worship. (Haydock)
Calmet
The sanctification of the faithful is a miracle of God. (Calmet)
They may justly be styled his sanctuaries.
Menochius
People. Adorning his elect with immortality. (Menochius)
67:5
Who ascendeth upon the west.... Super occasum. St. Gregory understands it of Christ, who after his going down, like the sun, in the west, by his passion and death, ascended more glorious, and carried all before him. St. Jerome renders it, who ascendeth, or cometh up, through the deserts.
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Of one manner.... That is, agreeing in faith, unanimous in love, and following the same manner of discipline. It is verified in the servants of God, living together in his house, which is the church. 1 Tim. 3.15.—Ibid. Them that were bound, etc.... The power and mercy of God appears in his bringing out of their captivity those that were strongly bound in their sins: and in restoring to his grace those whose behaviour had been most provoking; and who by their evil habits were not only dead, but buried in their sepulchres.
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A free rain.... the manna, which rained plentifully from heaven, in favour of God’s inheritance, that is, of his people Israel: which was weakened indeed under a variety of afflictions, but was made perfect by God; that is, was still supported by divine providence, and brought on to the promised land. It agrees particularly to the church of Christ his true inheritance, which is plentifully watered with the free rain of heavenly grace; and through many infirmities, that is, crosses and tribulations, is made perfect, and fitted for eternal glory.
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In it, etc.... That is, in this church, which is thy fold and thy inheritance, shall thy animals, thy sheep, dwell: where thou hast plentifully provided for them.
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To them that preach good tidings.... Evangelizantibus. That is, to the preachers of the gospel; who receiving the word from the Lord, shall with great power and efficacy preach throughout the world the glad tidings of a Saviour, and of eternal salvation through him.
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The king of powers.... That is, the mighty King, the Lord of hosts, is of the beloved, of the beloved; that is, is on the side of Christ, his most beloved son: and his beautiful house, viz., the church, in which God dwells forever, shall by her spiritual conquests divide the spoils of many nations. The Hebrew (as it now stands pointed) is thus rendered, The kings of armies have fled, they have fled, and she that dwells at home (or the beauty of the house) shall divide the spoils.
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If you sleep among the midst of lots (intermedios cleros, etc.)... Viz., in such dangers and persecutions, as if your enemies were casting lots for your goods and persons: or in the midst of the lots, (intermedios terminos, as St. Jerome renders it,) that is, upon the very bounds or borders of the dominions of your enemies: you shall be secure nevertheless under the divine protection; and shall be enabled to fly away, like a dove, with glittering wings and feathers shining like the palest and most precious gold; that is, with great increase of virtue, and glowing with the fervour of charity.
67:15
Kings over her.... That is, pastors and rulers over his church, viz., the apostles and their successors. Then by their ministry shall men be made whiter than the snow which lies on the top of the high mountain Selmon.
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The mountain of God.... The church, which, Isa. 2.2, is called The mountain of the house of the Lord upon the top of mountains. It is here called a fat and a curdled mountain; that is to say, most fruitful, and enriched by the spiritual gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost.
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Why suspect, ye curdled mountains?.... Why do you suppose or imagine there may be any other such curdled mountains? You are mistaken: the mountain thus favoured by God is but one; and this same he has chosen for his dwelling for ever.
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The chariot of God.... Descending to give his law on mount Sina: as also of Jesus Christ his Son, ascending into heaven, to send from thence the Holy Ghost, to publish his new law, is attended with ten thousands, that is, with an innumerable multitude of joyful angels.
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Led captivity captive.... Carrying away with thee to heaven those who before had been the captives of Satan; and receiving from God the Father gifts to be distributed to men; even to those who were before unbelievers.
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The issues from death.... The Lord alone is master of the issues, by which we may escape from death.
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I will turn them from Basan, etc.... I will cast out my enemies from their rich possessions, signified by Basan, a fruitful country; and I will drive them into the depth of the sea: and make such a slaughter of them, that the feet of my servants may be dyed in their blood, etc.
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Thy goings.... Thy ways, thy proceedings, by which thou didst formerly take possession of the promised land in favour of thy people; and shalt afterwards of the whole world, which thou shalt subdue to thy Son.
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Princes.... The apostles, the first converters of nations; attended by numbers of perfect souls, singing the divine praises, and virgins consecrated to God.
67:27
From the fountains of Israel.... From whom both Christ and his apostles sprung. By Benjamin, the holy fathers on this place understand St. Paul, who was of that tribe, named here a youth, because he was the last called to the apostleship. By the princes of Juda, Zabulon, and Nephthali, we may understand the other apostles, who were of the tribe of Juda; or of the tribes of Zabulon, and Nephthali, where our Lord began to preach, Matt. 4.13, etc.
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Command thy strength.... Give orders that thy strength may be always with us.
67:31
Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds.... or the wild beasts, which lie hid in the reeds. That is, the devils, who hide themselves in order to surprise their prey. Or by wild beasts, are here understood persecutors, who, for all their attempts against the Church, are but as weak reeds, which cannot prevail against them who are supported by the strength of the Almighty. The same are also called the congregation of bulls (from their rage against the Church) who assemble together all their kine, that is, the people their subjects, to exclude if they can, from Christ and his inheritance, his constant confessors, who are like silver tried by fire.
67:32
Ambassadors shall come, etc.... It is a prophecy of the conversion of the Gentiles, and by name of the Egyptians and Ethiopians.
67:34
To the east.... From mount Olivet, which is on the east side of Jerusalem.—Ibid. The voice of power.... That is, he will make his voice to be a powerful voice: by calling from death to life, such as were dead in mortal sin: as at the last day he will by the power of his voice call all the dead from their graves.
67:2
In maner of praying that God wil vouchsafe to defend the Church, the Psalmist prophecieth that God wil arise,
and the enimies shal flee away, not daring to abide the combate.
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As God is terrible to the wicked: so he is comfortable to the iust.
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Resist not Gods inspiration, but receiue it with ioy and thankes.
who triumpheth ouer death
God is Lord, not only of these or those nations, countries or other creatures, but absolutly and vniuersally of al.
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That is the true holie Church, which hath
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vnitie in doctrin, touching faith and ma•ers.
That be bond in sinne
S. Cypr. ep. 76.
euen rebellious willes are altered by Gods mercie, and freely embrace his law
also the dead and drie hartes that cared not for spiritual thinges, are softened, and quickned with new grace.
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The benefites bestowed on the Israelites, are written in the bookes of Moyses, Iosue, and Iudges.
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Not mans deseruing, but Gods mere good wil, and free grace caused Christ to come, and by himselfe and his Apostles to preach the Euangelical doctrin, which watereth the whole world,
God chose the weake, but made them strong.
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Those whom thou hast chosen, and so made thyn owne peculiar people, shal enioy this grace.
Thou gauest Manna in the desert, the B Sacrament in the new testament.
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God geueth to the preacher what to speake,
and to some he geueth also powre to worke miracles, in confirmation of their doctrin. Mar. 16.
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Some potent king, or (as it is in the Hebrew) kinges being beloued, of the beloued of God, the only Sonne of God, shal yeld themselues to the same beloued Sonne of God:
which shal redound to the glorie and beautie of his Church, gayning such spiritual prayes from the diuel.
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If you be in such danger, that the aduersaries cast dice, o• lottes for your persons, and goodes, yet you shal be deliuered, as if a doue, with her glistering fethers, like siluer and gold, flie away into a secure place, without losse or diminution, but rather with increase of vertues.
67:15
VVhen the heauenlie king determineth thus of earthlie kinges,
they shal be purged from their sinnes, and made white like snow, that falleth in mount Selmon, which is a shadowed hil, thicke with trees, in mount Ephraim nere to Iordan.
67:16
16. The mountaine of God.] For better discerning the true Church from other Markes of the Church: Visibilitie. Sanctitie. congregations, the Prophet here describeth certaine proprieties therof, for he calleth it a mountane, because it is most visible to al men Secondly a fatte mountane, that is, replenished vvith al vertues, and giftes of the Holie Ghost; vvherof it is called Holie. Thirdly it is crudded, or consolidated in vnitie of Vnitie. faith and Religion, vvhich conioyne the vvhole bodie, making it solide and firme, as the ruen turneth liquide milke into curde, and so into cheese. Fourtly, Perpetuitie. Assured veritie. it is the Congregation, vvherin God alvvayes remaneth, euen to the end, for euer; vvhich shevveth tvvo other proprieties; that the Church neuer faileth; nor erreth in doctrin: God stil dvvelling therin, and consequently conserueth it from error in doctrin.
The Church of God is visible, and durable like to a mountane.
Combined, or ioyned together, as when milke is turned into curde, and so into cheese.
fructful, enriched by spiritual giftes of the Holie Ghost.
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17. VVhy suppose you crudded montaines] As for other congregations, it is certaine No other pretended Church hath the marke of vnitie or the rest. and euident, that they are not the Church of God, because they are not crudded, that is, not vnited, in the same pointes of faith, but only in negatiue pointes, and in general opposition against the Catholique Church, and among themselues notoriously disagreing and diuided. As they also vvant the other markes of the true Church.
ye that are not of this Church, do in vaine and erroniously imagine, that anie other mountaines are vnited.
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Innumerable Angels ministers of Gods wil, do continually attend vpon his Diuine Maiestie, as if he (who otherwise nedeth no seruice) were caried by them, as in a chariotte of infinite magnificence. Dan 7.
So God appeared in Maiestie, when he gaue his law in mount Sinai.
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Christ ascended with innumerable Angels attending vpon him,
caried with him the fathers of the old testament, that had benne captiue,
Concordanza Ephes. 4.
as man he receiued giftes of God, in and for men, his faithful seruantes,
yea also he receiued for his merite, that innumerable, which before were incredulous, were conuerted, and God dwelt in their soules.
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Our Lord, I say, our Lord, and none but he could ouercome death by dying.
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Though Christ died to deliuer al men from death yet he wil geue capital sentence of eternal death to al that obstinatly remaine his enimies, and multiplie sinnes vpon sinnes, to the end of their temporal life.
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Euen of the iudest barbarous nations, manie shal be conuerted to Christiantie
namely Gods grace is extended into the Ilandes of the Ocean, and other seas.
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But such seuere slaughter shal fal vpon the obstinate contemners of this grace, that mens feete shal be defiled in their bloud, and dogges shal lappe it.
Exi•i•••• ab •••.
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Manie haue sene, or knowen in general, but the faithful more exactly know how Christ came into this world, his conuersation therin, and his going forth:
his reigning now in heauen our Mediatour, by whom al other intercessors haue accesse to God.
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The Apostles sowing the first seede of Euangelical doctrin,
with whom other Apostolical men,
and other soules of al nations conuerted by their preaching, most ioyfully sing together in hart, voice, and instruments: especially in good workes, shew their gratful affections to our Redeemer.
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And al this in the particular Churches of diuers Kingdomes, and partes of the world;
beginning with the Israelites in Ierusalem, and so proceding into al furie, and Samaria, and to the vt most of the earth. Act. 1.
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S. Paul of Iacobs yongest sonne Beniamin, last called to Apostleship, was chiefly sent to the Gentiles.
Other Apostles of diuers tribes sent first to the Iewes, secondarily to Gentiles.
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As the Church begane by the omnipotent powre of God; so by the same only powre it is conserued.
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Chastice therfore ô God, al persecuters of thy Church, who are but as weake wauering reedes, in comparison of thy powre:
no better then bulles, with kyne, that is, captaines and popular people,
endeuoring to alienate the constant proued confessors from their faith.
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A prophecie that manie should be conuerted to Christ in Aegypt, and Aethiopia: as appeareth by the innumerable multitude of religious Monkes, & Nunnes in those countries, shortly after the Apostles dayes.
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The like afterwards in al other nations, whom therfore the prophet inuiteth to praise God, for so inestimable benefites in the whole world.
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Christ wil come to iudge, in terrour of voice, and vvith magnificence, accompanied vvith holie Angels and other Sainctes.
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san Tascio Cecilio Cipriano † 258 d.C. Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews 2.29
… God is in His holy place: God, who maketh men to dwell with one mind in an house, bringing forth them that are bound with might, and equally those who provoke unto anger, who dwell in the sepulchres: God, when Thou wentest forth in the sight of Thy people, in passing into the desert.”
sant'Atanasio di Alessandria † 373 d.C. Life of Antony. (Vita Antoni.) 12
… But he remained in no wise harmed by the evil spirits, nor was he wearied with the contest, for there came to his aid visions from above, and the weakness of the foe relieved him of much trouble and armed him with greater zeal. For his acquaintances used often to come expecting to find him dead, and would hear him singing
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.2
2. “Let God rise up, and let His enemies be scattered” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. The Confessions 8.10
… Therefore was I at war with myself, and destroyed by myself. And this destruction overtook me against my will, and yet showed not the presence of another mind, but the punishment of mine own. “Now, then, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me,” —the punishment of a more unconfined sin, in that I was a son of Adam.
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.3
… because though in this world like smoke, in lifting up themselves, that is, in priding themselves, they have melted away, there will come to them at the last final damnation, so that from His face they will perish for everlasting, when in His own glory He shall have appeared, like fire, for the punishment of the ungodly, and the light of the righteous.
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.4
4. Lastly, there followeth, “And let just men be joyous, and exult in the sight of God, let them delight in gladness” (
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san Tascio Cecilio Cipriano † 258 d.C. Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews 2.7
… I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.” Also in the eighty-first Psalm: “They have not known, neither have they understood: they will walk on in darkness.” Also in the sixty-seventh Psalm: “Sing unto God, sing praises unto His name: make a way for Him who goeth up into the west: God is His name.”
san Metodio d'Olimpo † 311 d.C. Oration on the Palms 1
… Since then the children have invited us, and have given unto us the right hand of fellowship, let us come, beloved, and ourselves emulate that holy chorus, and with the apostles, let us make way for Him who ascends over the heaven of heavens towards the East,
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John 121.2
… In one sense, therefore, she used the word Lord when she said, “They have taken away my Lord; and in another, when she said, Sir (lord), if thou hast borne Him hence.” For the prophet also called those lords who were mere men, but in a different sense from Him of whom it is written, “The Lord is His name.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.4
… “Let them delight in gladness:” no longer exulting with trembling, as in this world, so long as “human life is a trial upon earth.” Secondly, he turneth himself to those very persons to whom he hath given so great hope, and to them while here living he speaketh and exhorteth: “Sing ye to God, psalm ye to His name” (
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sant'Ignazio di Antiochia † 108 d.C. Epistle to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch 3
“Honour widows that are widows indeed.” Be the friend of orphans; for God is “the Father of the fatherless, and the Judge of the widows.”
san Tascio Cecilio Cipriano † 258 d.C. Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews 3.114
… “Judge for the fatherless, and justify the widow; and come let us reason, saith the Lord.” Also in Job: “I have preserved the poor man from the hand of the mighty, and I have helped the fatherless who had no helper: the mouth of the widow hath blessed me.” Also in the sixty-seventh Psalm: “The Father of the orphans, and the Judge of the widows.”
sant'Atanasio di Alessandria † 373 d.C. Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.) 2.18
… For instance, God said, as Moses relates, ‘Let there be light,’ and ‘Let the waters be gathered together,’ and ‘let the dry land appear,’ and ‘Let Us make man ;’ as also Holy David in the Psalm, ‘He spake and they were made; He commanded and they were created
san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 7.10
… For when in Esaias God is addressed thus, For Thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us , and Sarah travailed not with us , need we inquire further on this point? And if the Psalmist says, Let them be troubled from His countenance, the Father of the fatherless, and Judge of the widows
san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. Letter to a Young Widow 1
… in fact you enjoyed such as you might expect to enjoy from a husband; but since God took him to Himself He has supplied his place to thee. And this is not my saying but that of the blessed prophet David for he says “He will take up the fatherless and the widow,” and elsewhere he calls Him “father of the fatherless and judge of the widow;”
san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. Homilies on First Corinthians 41
These things therefore think upon, and say with David, “The Lord is my light and my Saviour , whom shall I fear? ( Ps. xxvii. 1 .) Say, Thou art a Father of the fatherless, and a Judge of the widows: “(
san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. Homilies on 1 Timothy 15
… For as in the case of a just man, we might say, “Let her depart, for she has become another’s.” He shows therefore that though they chose widowhood, it was not the choice of their judgment. So then a widow, by the state of widowhood, is espoused to Christ. For He has said, “I am the defender of the widows and the father of the orphans.” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. The Confessions 9.12
… It appeared to me also a good thing to go and bathe, I having heard that the bath [ balneum ] took its name from the Greek βαλανεῖον , because it drives trouble from the mind. Lo, this also I confess unto Thy mercy, “Father of the fatherless,”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.5
… But not only faint not, but even exult, not in the sight of men, but in the sight of God. “In hope rejoicing, in tribulation enduring:” “exult ye in the sight of Him.” For they that in the sight of men trouble you, “shall be troubled by the face of Him, the Father of orphans and Judge of widows” (
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san Tascio Cecilio Cipriano † 258 d.C. The Epistles of Cyprian 7.3
… since it is written, “God who maketh men to be of one mind in a house;”
san Tascio Cecilio Cipriano † 258 d.C. The Epistles of Cyprian 75.5
… from himself, becomes a stranger and a profane person, an enemy of the Lord’s peace and of the divine unity, not dwelling in the house of God, that is, in the Church of God, in which none dwell except they are of one heart and one mind, since the Holy Spirit speaks in the Psalms, and says, “It is God who maketh men to dwell of one mind in a house.”
san Tascio Cecilio Cipriano † 258 d.C. On the Unity of the Church 8
… ye shall not send its flesh abroad from the house.” The flesh of Christ, and the holy of the Lord, cannot be sent abroad, nor is there any other home to believers but the one Church. This home, this household of unanimity, the Holy Spirit designates and points out in the Psalms, saying, “God, who maketh men to dwell with one mind in a house.”
san Tascio Cecilio Cipriano † 258 d.C. On the Lord's Prayer 8
… “They all,” says the Scripture, “continued with one accord in prayer, with the women, and Mary who was the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren.” They continued with one accord in prayer, declaring both by the urgency and by the agreement of their praying, that God, “who maketh men to dwell of one mind in a house,”
san Tascio Cecilio Cipriano † 258 d.C. On the Lord's Prayer 23
… But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive you your trespasses.” There remains no ground of excuse in the day of judgment, when you will be judged according to your own sentence; and whatever you have done, that you also will suffer. For God commands us to be peacemakers, and in agreement, and of one mind in His house;
san Tascio Cecilio Cipriano † 258 d.C. Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews 3.87
… “But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that ye be all joined together in the same mind and in the same opinion.” Also in the sixty-seventh Psalm: “God, who maketh men to dwell with one mind in a house.”
san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. Homilies on 1 Timothy 14
… cii. 9 .) “What is man that thou art mindful of him?” ( Ps. viii. 4 .) “Man is like to vanity, his days are as a shadow that passeth away.” ( Ps. cxliv. 4 .) “Be not afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased” ( Ps. xlix. 16 .); and, “Who maketh men to be of one mind in a house” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. The Confessions 9.8
17. Thou, who makest men to dwell of one mind in a house,
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. On Baptism, Against the Donatists 7.50
… "Not dwelling," he says, "in the house of God—that is to say, in the Church of Christ—in which none dwell save those that are of one heart and of one mind, as the Holy Spirit says in the Psalms, speaking of ‘God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house.’
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. On Baptism, Against the Donatists 7.51
… If any one shall neglect this house when it arrests and corrects him, the Lord says, "Let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican." Of this house it is said, "Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thine honor dwelleth;" and, "He maketh men to be of one mind in an house;"
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John 26.14
… “for they who eat such bread do not strive with one another; for we being many are one bread, one body.” And by this bread, “God makes people of one sort to dwell in a house.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John 76.2
… and though they distributed all their substance, and gave their body to be burnt, it profiteth them nothing. The saints are distinguished from the world by that love which maketh the one-minded to dwell [together] in a house.
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.6
6. For what is His place he hath disclosed, when he saith, “God that maketh to dwell men of one mood in a house” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.7
… and Lazarus’ death by His voice He overcame. He that hath done these things in bodies, is able to do more marvellous things in characters, and to make men of one mood to dwell in a house: “leading forth men fettered in strength, likewise men provoking that dwell in the tombs.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.9
… For of Himself we are the workmanship,” “that maketh men of one mood to dwell in a house.”
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sant'Ignazio di Antiochia † 108 d.C. Epistle to the Tarsians 1
… I therefore, the prisoner of Christ, who am driven along by land and sea, exhort you: “stand fast in the faith,” and be ye steadfast, “for the just shall live by faith;” be ye unwavering, for “the Lord causes those to dwell in a house who are of one and the same character.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.8
8. “O God, when Thou wentest forth before Thy people” (
Giovanni Cassiano † 435 d.C. The Conferences of John Cassian 16.3
… Wherefore this, as we said, is the sure and indissoluble union of friendship, where the tie consists only in likeness in goodness. For “the Lord maketh men to be of one mind in an house.”
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san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles 11
… 31 .) And wherefore this was done, hear from the prophet, when he says, “He looketh on the earth, and maketh it to tremble. ( Ps. civ. 32 .) For by this He made it manifest that He is present to their prayers. And again, another prophet saith, “The earth was shaken, and did tremble at the presence of the Lord.” ( Ps. xviii. 7 ;
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.8
… but the works whereby He leadeth forth men fettered in strength, likewise men provoking that dwell in the tombs, and maketh them of one manner to dwell in a house. Thus He goeth forth before His people, that is, before those that do perceive this His Grace. Lastly, there followeth, “When Thou wentest by in the desert, the earth was moved” (
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san Gregorio Nazianzeno † 389 d.C. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen 40
… You have heard the loud voice, Lazarus, come forth, as you lay in the tomb; not, however, after four days, but after many days; and you were loosed from the bonds of your graveclothes. Do not again become dead, nor live with those who dwell in the tombs; nor bind yourself with the bonds of your own sins;
sant'Ambrogio † 397 d.C. On the Holy Spirit 1.pref.18
… “I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and their sons and their daughters shall prophesy.” This is that typical dew from heaven, this is that gracious rain, as we read: “A gracious rain, dividing for His inheritance.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. On the Holy Trinity 4.1
… And hence He so dealt with us, that we might the rather profit by His strength, and that so in the weakness of humility the virtue of charity might be perfected. And this is intimated in the Psalm, where it is said, “Thou, O God, didst send a spontaneous rain, whereby Thou didst make Thine inheritance perfect, when it was weary.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin 2.29
… When Christ was dying, this veil was rent asunder, to signify the full revelation of Him. Even of old, therefore there existed amongst the people of God this grace of the one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; but like the rain in the fleece which God sets apart for His inheritance,
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament 26.6
… but thus we must deal with the weak, that they may become strong. But the presuming on their own strength keeps many back from strength. No one will have strength from God, but he who feels himself weak of himself. “God setteth apart a spontaneous rain for His inheritance.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.8
… and determineth that thus it is that “the heavens dropped from the face of God,” for manna He rained upon His people: that the same thing also is that which followeth, “Mount Sina from the face of the God of Israel,” “with voluntary rain severing God to Thine inheritance” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.11
11. “Thine animals shall dwell therein” (
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Origene † 254 d.C. Origen Against Celsus i.62
… that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” For, according to the predictions in the prophets, foretelling the preaching of the Gospel, “the Lord gave the word in great power to them who preached it, even the King of the powers of the Beloved,”
Origene † 254 d.C. Origen Against Celsus 5.1
… bestow it, and being strengthened by participating in the word of God, we may pull down “every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,” and the imagination of Celsus, who exalts himself against us, and against Jesus, and also against Moses and the prophets, in order that He who “gave the word to those who published it with great power”
Origene † 254 d.C. Origen Against Celsus 6.2
… and it is only by the divine agency that this takes place in those who speak effectually. The prophet says in the sixty-seventh Psalm , that “the Lord will give a word with great power to them who preach.”
san Gregorio Nazianzeno † 389 d.C. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen 2.117
… and may the God of peace, Who made both one, and has restored us to each other, Who setteth kings upon thrones, and raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, Who chose David His servant and took him away from the sheepfolds, though he was the least and youngest of the sons of Jesse, Who gave the word
san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles 19
… Why are not the Prophecies also called Gospels, good tidings? For they tell the same things: for instance, “The lame shall leap as an hart.” ( Is. xxxv. 6 .) “The Lord shall give the word to them that preach the Gospel” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.12
… When therefore he had said, “The Lord shall give the Word to men preaching the Gospel with much virtue:” because virtue itself by Him is ruled, and serveth Him by whom it is given; the Lord Himself, he saith, who shall give the Word to men preaching the Gospel with much virtue, is the King of the virtues of the Beloved.
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san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans 1
For the Lord, saith he, “shall give the word to them that proclaim glad tidings with great power” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.12
… Perchance also here he speaketh of that virtue, wherewith in preaching the Gospel they wrought wondrous signs. Who then “shall give the Word to men preaching the Gospel with much virtue”? “The King,” he saith, “of the virtues of the Beloved” (
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san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews 32
She is winged and buoyant, having golden pinions, with a flight which greatly delights the angels. There, it is said, are “the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her back with the yellowness of gold.” (
san Girolamo † 420 d.C. The Letters of St. Jerome 66.10
… then shall you find him lying down in the noontide weary and drunk with passion, or wet with the dew of night by the flocks of his companions, or fragrant with many kinds of spices, amid the apples of the garden. There give to him your breasts, let him suck your learned bosom, let him rest in the midst of his heritage,
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Letters of St. Augustin 98.5
… For by these persons the ministerial actions which are necessary are performed, and the sacramental words are pronounced, without which the infant cannot be consecrated to God. But the Holy Spirit who dwells in the saints, in those, namely, whom the glowing flame of love has fused together into the one Dove whose wings are covered with silver,
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.14
14. Now in that which followeth, he turneth himself to address the members themselves, whereof the beauty of the House is composed, saying, “If ye sleep in the midst of the lots, wings of a dove silvered, and between the shoulders thereof in the freshness of gold” (
san Giovanni Damasceno † 749 d.C. An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith 4.17
… which sets our mind on the gold-gleaming, brilliant back of the divine dove
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san Girolamo † 420 d.C. The Letters of St. Jerome 66.10
… There give to him your breasts, let him suck your learned bosom, let him rest in the midst of his heritage, his feathers as those of a dove overlaid with silver and his inward parts with the brightness of gold. This young child, this mere boy, who is fed on butter and honey, and who is reared among curdled mountains,
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.18
18. “While He that is above the heavens distinguisheth kings over Her, with snow they shall be made white in Selmon” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.19
19. But this mountain he calleth the “mountain of God, a mountain fruitful, a mountain full of curds” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 119.9
69. “Their heart is curdled as milk” ( ver. 70 ). Whose, save the proud, whose iniquity he hath said hath been multiplied upon him? But he wisheth it to be understood by this word, and in this passage, that their heart hath become hard. It is used also in a good sense,
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sant'Ambrogio † 397 d.C. Exposition of the Christian Faith 3.14
… Jeremiah also saith: “Make mourning upon the mountains, and beat your breasts upon the desert tracks, for they have failed; forasmuch as there are no men, they have not heard the word of substance: from flying fowl to beasts of burden, they trembled, they have failed.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. The Confessions 9.3
… Thy exhortations, consolations, and faithful promises assure us that Thou now repayest Verecundus for that country house at Cassiacum, where from the fever of the world we found rest in Thee, with the perpetual freshness of Thy Paradise, in that Thou hast forgiven him his earthly sins, in that mountain flowing with milk,
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.20
… He turneth to them and saith, “Why do ye imagine mountains full of curds, a mountain,” he saith, “wherein it hath pleased God to dwell therein”? (
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san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 14
… for the others were borne up, but He bears up all things. Remember that Enoch was translated ; but Jesus ascended: remember what was said yesterday concerning Elias, that Elias was taken up in a chariot of fire ; but that the chariots of Christ are ten thousand-fold even thousands upon thousands
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.21
21. Thus cometh to pass that also which followeth: “The Chariot of God is of ten thousands manifold:” or “of tens of thousands manifold:” or, “ten times thousand times manifold” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.23
… Whence also He is Himself in them, that hath given gifts to men, and hath received gifts in men. And thus in that captivity, in that servitude, in that chariot, under that yoke, there are not thousands of men lamenting, but thousands of men rejoicing. For the Lord is in them, in Sina, in the holy place.
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san Giustino † 165 d.C. Dialogue with Trypho 87
… I have already said, and do again say, that it had been prophesied that this would be done by Him after His ascension to heaven. It is accordingly said,
sant'Ireneo di Lione † 202 d.C. Against Heresies 2.20.3
… Her passion, as they declare, gave origin to a female offspring, weak, infirm, unformed, and ineffective; but His passion gave rise to strength and power. For the Lord, through means of suffering, “ascending into the lofty place, led captivity captive, gave gifts to men,”
sant'Ippolito † 235 d.C. On the Psalms 7
On Psalm lxviii. 18 . Of the Enlargement of the Church.
Antipapa Novaziano † 258 d.C. A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity 8
… and that this nature concreted with the cold bodies might minister for the purpose of life equal measures for all. This, therefore, according to David, is God’s chariot. “For the chariot of God,” says he, “is multiplied ten thousand times;”
san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 14
… yet I will now again cursorily put thee in mind of what was then said. Remember what is distinctly written in the Psalms, God is gone up with a shout ; remember that the divine powers also said to one another, Lift up your gates, ye Princes , and the rest; remember also the Psalm which says, He ascended on high, He led captivity captive
sant'Ambrogio † 397 d.C. On the Holy Spirit 1.5
… “Ascending up on high He led captivity captive, and gave good gifts to men.”
san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom 19
And these things the prophets proclaim every day, each of them in a different way publishing this glorious triumph. For one saith, “Thou hast gone up on high, Thou hast led captivity captive, and hast received gifts amongst men.”
san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. Homilies on Ephesians 11
As though he had said, Why art thou high-minded? The whole is of God. The Prophet saith in the Psalm, “Thou hast received gifts among men” (
Tirannio Rufino † 411 d.C. A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed 31
… For having consummated what was to be done on earth, and having recalled souls from the captivity of hell, He is spoken of as ascending up to heaven, as the Prophet had foretold, “Ascending up on high He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men,”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Letters of St. Augustin 188.3
… lest any one should think that he had this love through his own free will, immediately subjoined, “by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.” Understand, then, how greatly and how fatally that man errs who does not acknowledge that this is the “great gift of the Saviour,” who, when He ascended on high, “led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. On the Holy Trinity 13.10
… For then He promised that He Himself would send Him, and He sent Him; because then, as it was written and foretold of Him, “He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. On the Holy Trinity 15.19
… And let no one object that he says gifts , not gift : for he quoted the text from the Psalm. And in the Psalm it is read thus, “Thou hast ascended up on high, Thou hast led captivity captive, Thou hast received gifts in men.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise on the Spirit and the Letter 50
… For “if righteousness is by the law, then Christ has died in vain.” Seeing, however, that if He has not died in vain, He has ascended up on high, and has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men,
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise on Grace and Free Will 15
… “A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven” —from heaven, of course, because from thence came also the Holy Ghost, when Jesus ascended up on high, led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament 78.4
4. Of Him it is said, “He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, He gave gifts unto men.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.22
22. In the next place, turning his address to the Lord Himself, “Thou hast gone up,” he saith, “on high, Thou hast led captivity captive, Thou hast received gifts in men” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.24
24. But what next doth he adjoin? “For they that believe not to dwell” (
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san Giustino † 165 d.C. Dialogue with Trypho 39
And I said to him, “Listen, O friend, for I am not mad or beside myself; but it was prophesied that, after the ascent of Christ to heaven, He would deliver us from error and give us gifts. The words are these: ‘He ascended up on high; He led captivity captive; He gave gifts to men.’
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.25
25. Whence he that was singing of these things, in the Spirit foreseeing them, even he too being fulfilled with joy hath burst forth a hymn, saying, “The Lord God is blessed, blessed is the Lord God from day unto day” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.28
28. “The Lord hath said, Out of Basan I will be turned” ( ver. 22 ): or, as some copies have, “Out of Basan I will turn.” For He turneth that we may be safe, of whom above hath been said, “God of our healths, and God of saving men.”
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. City of God 17.18
… that His soul, not being left in hell, but speedily returning to it, should revive it, that it should not be corrupted as corpses are wont to be, which they can in no wise say of David the prophet and king? The 68th Psalm also cries out, “Our God is the God of Salvation: even of the Lord the exit was by death.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John 43.11
11. Thus spake the Lord (it is scarcely sufficient to say), as one dying to dying men; for “to the Lord also belong the issues from death,”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.26
26. And because He leadeth that chariot unto the end, He continueth and saith, “A prosperous journey there shall make for us the God of our healths, our God, the God of making men safe” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 77.5
… so as that his soul refused to be comforted. Weariness had well nigh swallowed him up, and sorrow had ingulfed him altogether beyond remedy, he refuseth to be comforted. What then re mained? In the first place, see whence he is comforted. Had he not waited for one who might condole with him?
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John 124.8
… This mode of speaking is called by the Greek name hyperbole, by the masters not only of Greek, but also of Latin literature. And this mode is found not only here, but in several other parts also of the divine literature: as, “They set their mouths against the heavens;” and, “The top of the hair of such as go on in their trespasses;”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.27
27. “Nevertheless, God shall break in pieces the heads of His enemies, the scalp of hair of men walking on in their transgressions” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.28
28. “The Lord hath said, Out of Basan I will be turned” (
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san Girolamo † 420 d.C. Jerome's Apology for Himself Against the Books of Rufinus 1.1
I have learned not only from your letter but from those of many others that cavils are raised against me in the school of Tyrannus, “by the tongue of my dogs from the enemies by himself”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.28
… And even if He be understood Himself there to be turned, to deliver such sort also, it is not beside the purpose: and so then He turneth, or else to deliver them is so turned, that His foot is stained in blood. Which to the Lord Himself the Prophet speaketh: “That Thy foot may be stained in blood” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.30
30. “There have been seen Thy steps, O God” (
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Tertulliano † 220 d.C. The Five Books Against Marcion 4.26
… Whose kingdom shall I wish to come—his, of whom I never heard as the king of glory; or His, in whose hand are even the hearts of kings? Who shall give me my daily bread? Shall it be he who produces for me not a grain of millet-seed; or He who even from heaven gave to His people day by day the bread of angels?
san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 12.21
But that you may learn more plainly that even a virgin is called in Holy Scripture a “damsel,” hear the Book of the Kings, speaking of Abishag the Shunamite, And the damsel was very fair
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.31
31. But in order that those steps might be seen, “there went before princes conjoined with men psalming, in the midst of damsels players on timbrels” (
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Tertulliano † 220 d.C. The Five Books Against Marcion 3.22
… in the midst of the congregation will I sing praise unto Thee.” For that which had to come to pass in our day in His name, and by His Spirit, He rightly foretold would be of Him. And a little afterwards He says: “My praise shall be of Thee in the great congregation.” In the sixty-seventh Psalm He says again: “In the congregations bless ye the Lord God.”
san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 18.25
25. Of old the Psalmist sang, Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, (ye that are) from the fountains of Israel
san Gregorio di Nissa † 395 d.C. Against Eunomius 2.10
… For the great David calls righteousness the “mountains of God ,” His judgments “deeps ,” and the teachers in the Churches “fountains,” saying “Bless God the Lord from the fountains of Israel
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.32
32. Therefore, that no one should take these words in a carnal sense, and by these words should conceive in his mind certain choral bands of wantonness, he continueth and saith, “In the Churches bless ye the Lord” (
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san Girolamo † 420 d.C. The Letters of St. Jerome 38.1
… When Hezekiah is panic-stricken at the near approach of death, his tears and prayers obtain for him a respite of fifteen years. If the faith of the apostle, Peter, is shaken by his Lord’s passion, it is that, weeping bitterly, he may hear the soothing words: “Feed my sheep.” If Paul, that ravening wolf, that little Benjamin,
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.33
33. “There is Benjamin the younger in a trance” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Letters of St. Augustin 213
… This, therefore, I desire; this I ask from the Lord our God in prayers, the warmth of which is not abated by the chill of age; this I exhort, admonish, and entreat you also to pray for along with me,—that God may confirm that, which He has wrought in us
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.34
… For “God commendeth His love in us, in that while yet we were sinners, for us Christ died.” “How hath He not also with Him given to us all things?” “Command, O God, Thy Virtue: confirm, O God, that which Thou hast wrought in us.” Command by teaching, confirm by aiding.
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Letters of St. Augustin 229
… Therefore, my deservedly illustrious and very powerful lord and very dear son in Christ, rejoice in this singularly great and real blessing vouchsafed to you, and enjoy it in God, to whom you owe that you are what you are, and that you undertook the accomplishment of such a work. May God “strengthen that which He hath wrought for us through you.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.35
35. “From Thy Temple in Jerusalem, to Thee kings shall offer presents” (
Giovanni Cassiano † 435 d.C. The Conferences of John Cassian 3.15
… And David too, as he knows this, similarly prays that the same thing may be granted to him by God’s mercy. “Strengthen, O God, that which Thou hast wrought in us:”
Giovanni Cassiano † 435 d.C. The Conferences of John Cassian 13.11
… But if we attribute the performance of virtuous acts, and the execution of God’s commands to our own will, how do we pray: “Strengthen, O God, what Thou hast wrought in us;” and “The work of our hands stablish Thou upon us?”
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sant'Ambrogio † 397 d.C. On the Holy Spirit 2.10
108. Therefore the holy prophet David, seeing in the Spirit that we should from wild beasts become like the dwellers in heaven, says, “Rebuke the wild beasts of the wood,”
san Girolamo † 420 d.C. The Letters of St. Jerome 108.23
… Paula listened and reported what she heard to me, at the same time pointing out the man. Thus upon me was laid the task of opposing this most noxious viper and deadly pest. It is of such that the Psalmist speaks when he writes: “deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove unto the wild beast,” and “Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds;”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise on the Spirit and the Letter 17
… and that it is excluded , not in the sense that it is driven off so as to pass away, but that it is clearly manifested so as to stand out prominently. Whence certain artificers in silver are called “ exclusores .” In this sense it occurs also in that passage in the Psalms: “That they may be excluded , who have been proved with silver,”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 55.21
… For many things lay hid in the Scriptures: and when heretics had been cut off, with questions they troubled the Church of God: then those things were opened which lay hid, and the will of God was understood. Thence is said in another Psalm, “In order that they might be excluded that have been proved with silver.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.35
… But there is a noise against this praise, from men bearing the name of Christian, and having diverse opinions. Be there done that which followeth, “Rebuke Thou the beasts of the cane” (
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sant'Efrem il Siro † 373 d.C. Ephraim Syrus: The Pearl. Seven Hymns on the Faith 3.2
He made disciples and taught, and out of black men he made men white. And the dark Ethiopic women
san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 17.25
… He instructed the Eunuch, and baptized him, and so having sent into Ethiopia a herald of Christ, according as it is written, Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hand unto God
sant'Ambrogio † 397 d.C. On the Holy Spirit 2.10
… And therefore it is written: “Ethiopia shall stretch out her hand unto God.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.37
37. “There shall come ambassadors out of Egypt, Ethiopia shall prevent the hands of Him” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.37
… the Greek, have the verses so punctuated, that there is not one verse in these words, “to God the kingdoms of the earth,” but, “to God,” is at the end of the former verse, and so there is said, “Ethiopia shall come before the hands of her to God,” and then there followeth in another verse, “Kingdoms of the earth, sing ye to God, psalm ye to the Lord” (
san Giovanni Damasceno † 749 d.C. An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith 4.12
… For everything good must be assigned to Him from Whom every good thing arises. Indeed the divine David also says, Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth: O sing praises unto the Lord: to Him that rideth upon the Heavens of heavens towards the East
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san Melitone di Sardi † 180 d.C. Melito, the Philosopher 9
The ascent of the Lord —the raising up of man, who is taken from earth to heaven. In the Psalm: “Who ascendeth above the heaven of heavens to the east.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.38
38. Henceforward, as if through prophecy all things had been discoursed of which now we see fulfilled, he exhorteth to the praise of Christ, and next He foretelleth His future Advent. “Kingdoms of earth, sing ye to God, psalm ye to the Lord: psalm ye to God, who hath ascended above the Heaven of Heavens to the East” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.39
39. “Give ye glory to God, above Israel is the magnificence of Him” (
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san Gregorio Nazianzeno † 389 d.C. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen 2.117
… that we may feed His flock with knowledge, not with the instruments of a foolish shepherd, according to the blessing, and not according to the curse pronounced against the men of former days: may He give strength and power unto his people,
san Gregorio di Nissa † 395 d.C. Against Eunomius 2.15
… “For Thou art my strength and my refuge ,” says the Psalmist, and “the Lord is the strength of His people ,” and, “He shall give strength and power unto His people
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 68.40
40. Lastly, lest of anything else the clouds be understood, he hath in continuation added, “Wonderful is God in His saints, the God of Israel” (
papa san Leone I Magno † 461 d.C. Sermons 85
… For what did thy cunning devise, which did not redound to the conqueror’s glory, when even the instruments of torture were counted as part of the triumph? Let us rejoice, then, dearly-beloved, with spiritual joy, and make our boast over the happy end of this illustrious man in the Lord , Who is “wonderful in His saints
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v. 11 turba tua habitat in ea ; et si terra infirmata est, 1 quando quasi iam effeta fructus non reddere videbatur, fu perfecistieam, tu eam confirmasti ; hereditatem laborantem confortasti (Hier). In ista hereditate Dei habitationem accepit populus v. 11 animalia tua, grex tuus, hebr vertunt etiam (ex 2 Sam. 23, 13) turba tua habitabat in ea; Deus populo suo bona providit : parasti in dulcedine tua, paras in bonitate tua pauperi ; hebr nuntium faustum : rer virtutum dilecti dilecti, αἱ habeatur sensus, exclamationibus victoriae annuntiabantur. Hebr : Adonaidat verbum ; annuntiatrices, turba magna (ergo frequentes victoriae indicantur) : reges exercituum fugiunt, fugiunt. Aliud victoriarum documentum est : et speciei domus (dat Dominus) dividere spolia, hebr potest intelligi: et habitatrix domus dividit spolia. Victoriis reportatis pacem et divitias sibi compararunt. Haec prosperifas populi depingitur imagine columbae pulcherrimae
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v. 14 si dormiatis, si recumbitis, infer medios cleros, inter caulas, pennae columbae deargentatae, argento obtectae, populus quasi columba Domini consideratur ; cf. Cant. 2, 10. 14 ; 5, 3;6,8; 0see comparat Ephraim columbae (7, 11) etetiam totum populum (11, 14). Obscurum est quod sequitur in
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v. 15 dum discernit coelestis reges super eam, nive dealbabuntur in Selmon, hebr ningebat in Selmon ; uti sententia fertur, intelligi nequit. Ex variis coniecturis et emendationibustextus, accipe unam : dum Omnipotens reges dispelleret, proiecit eós inumbram mortis. Selmon mons est in Samaria Iud. 9, 48 ; ; unde isti invident monti Sion. quem eligit Deus;
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v. 16 mons Dei mons pinguis, hebr mons Basan, mons qui deceat sanctuarium Dei, debet esse mons excelsus, sicut mons Basan mons coagulatus, mons pinguis, mons culminum (eulminibus insignitus), mons est Basan, qui itaque altis cacuminibus sese elevans aspectum praebet magnitu- dinis amplissimae ;
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v. 17 ut quid suspicamini montes coagulatos, in textu vulg : cur vos oculos levatis ad montes culminum, quasi hiessent eligendi — at aliter hebr, quare invidetis montes cacuminum monti dilexit Deus ut habitaret in eo? Quae invidia seu contentio apte fingitur in prima electione montis Sion, uti supra iam notatum est, Et ad insultandum ilh invidiae, cum emphasi repetitur : etenim, profecto, Dominus habitabit in finem ; mons Basan probabihter intelligitur mons Hermon, qui tribus cacuminibus eminet (cf. Baethgen). Describitur quo apparatu Dominus introeat ad sanctuarium in Sion
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v. 18 currus Dei decem millibus multipler, currus Dei est agmen quo circumdatus est (cf. רכב Is. 24, 7.9); nam cum eo sunt sanctorum millia (Deut. 33, 2), agmen eius sunt myriades et millia iterationis (hebr), abundantium, Sym χιλιάδες ἠχούντων, similiter Aq; et eo modo hebr erit emendandum ; Dominus in eis, 1n medio est magnifici huius comitatus, in Sina in sancto, hebr Sinai in sanctuarium ; est valde obscurum; num Sinai quasi intratin sanctuarium, ita ut sanctuarium fiat alter mons Sinai, ex quo Deus loquatur (Ex. 25, 22)? Proposita est coniectura, ut pro verbis textus 12} בם legatur בא מסיני 1. e. Dominus venit ex Sinai in sanctuarium (cf. Perles l. c. p. 49, Hupfeld). Tali agmine circumdatus
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v. 19 ascendisti in altum, גוג collem Sion, cepisti captivitatem; ut triumphator captivos secum ducit, accepisti dona in hominibus ! ; explicant dona inter homines, vel dona ab hominibus ; at utrumque est valde ieiunum et supervacaneum ; quare AU ,בג ב uti saepius occurrit, tanquam accuratior quaedam determinatio ἡ obiectum (uti babetur Num. 18, 26. Ios. 13, 6. 1; Ps. 78, 55), accepisti dona et haec dona consistunt in. 0 tentia satis manifeste alluditur ad narrationem de expugnatione arcis Sion 2 Reg. 5, 6, de qua dixerant Iebusaei: non ingredietur David huc. 1100 sanctuarium et haec ed felix est omen ; unde v. 20 benedictus Dominus per singulos dies ; prosperum iter faciet nobis, hebr portat nos (Hier, Aq, ON nos MON curam gerit de dubi Deus salutarium nostrorum, Deus est salus βόες (hebr). Quae sententia magis declaratur in v. 21 Deus noster Deus salvos faciendi, Deus nobis est Deus opitulationum, Deus ad opitulationes et Iahve Adonai habet exitus (evasiones) e morte ; etiam in summis periculis Deo non desunt subsidia salutis, ef DOM Domini exitus mortis sunt ; valet vario modo eripere a morte. Verum uti vivificat et reducit ex nies ita etiam mortificat et deducit ad inferos (1 Reg.
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2, 6) v. 22 verumtamen Deus confringet capita inimicorum suorum, verticem capilli perambulantium in delictis suis, Sym χορυφὴν ἔντριγον, verticem multa capillatura hirsutum, quo ferocitas quaedam et contumacia designari videtur. E cao illud confringet oraculo antiquo
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v. 23 divit Dominus : ez Basan convertam, convertam ex profundo mari; ex oriente (Basan) et ex occidente (ex profundo maris), imo si fugissent 1n profundum maris, reducam hostes tuos, ita αὐ intingatur pes tuus in sanguine, ὅπως ἂν 000% ὁ πούς σου LXX, Hier ut calcet pes tuus in sanguine ; lingua canum tuorum ex inimicis ab ipso, ut üngatur lingua ab ipso sanguine ex inimicis ; sententia hebr plerumque explicatur : ut lingua canum ex inimicis (habeat) partem suam. lam ipsa pompa describitur,
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v. 25 viderunt ingressus tuos Deus, bene LXX ἐθεωρήθησαν αἱ πορεῖαί σου, conspiciuntur, cum admiratione spectantur ingressus, regis mei qui est in sancto ; pompae quae Domino celebrantur habitanti in sanctuario:
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v. 26 praevenerunt, praecedunt cantores, postea (sequuntur) psallentes, in medio iuvencularum tympanistriarum. Ex canticis videtur depromi
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v. 21 in ecclesiis benedicite Deo Domino, in coetibus, vos qui estis de fontibus Israel, progenies Israel ; cf. Is. 48, 1 ; 51, 1. Ex principibus tribuum nominantur duo ex regione meridionali, ex septemtrionali etiam duo. Primo loco merito nominatur Beniamin parvus, tribus parva, in mentis excessu &y ἐχστάσει, in admiratione,in magna animi inflammatione et exsultatione, quae explicatio aptum praebet sensum ; nam Ierusalem, adeoque sanctuarium in finibus Beniamin situm erat (Deut. 33, 12. Ios. 18), quare merito Beniamin in admiratione et obstupefactione positus exhibetur. Hebr רדש explicat Aq ἐπιχρατῶν αὐτῶν, Hier continens eos, alii corrigunt קרם Beniamin praecessit, sed v. 26 primi incedunt cantores ; principes Iuda duces. eorum, hebr רנכותם 6 corruptum est ; Hier vertit principes Iudain purpura sua, similiter quinta versio (ex syrhexapf) Ὁ 3 »abentes diademata ; regni ; alii aliter : turba eorum; principes Zabu- - lon, principes Nephthali, hi etiam in cantico Debborae laudantur (Iud. 5, 18) ; tempus indicatur regni integre consistentis. Regio meridionalis, Iudaea, et regio septemtrionalis, Galilaea, designatur. Hoc vero sanctuarium pignus est protectionis divinae ; ex eo manifestabitur Dei maiestas (v. 29-36)
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v. 29 manda, Deus, virtuti tuae, praecipe potentiae tuae, ut scil. maxime sese manifestet; confirma quod operatus es (in) nobis ; tuam nobis firmam protectionem continuo. exhibe ; potest cum aliquibus statim adiungi ἃ femplo tuo, ex templo tuo ; ex tuo sanctuario nobis confer salutem ; dein: in Zerusalem tibi afferent reges munera (ita על posse concipi certum est ; cf. 2 Sam. 15,20; 2 Reg. 25, 20 etc). Secundum textum mas. explica : propter templum tuum (quod eminet) super Ierusalem tibi offerent increpa bestiam calami (Hier), symbolum Aegypti (cf. Ez. 29, 3), videtur esse allusio ad behemoth, hippopotamum (Iob 40, 21); con-
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gregatio taurorum in vaccis populorum ; coniunge cum antecedente : increpa. turbam fortium, taurorum, cum vitulis populorum 1. e. duces cum agminibus suis; considerantur duces in medio agmine stantes, quasi tauri in medio vaccarum seu vitulorum. Quod sequitur ut ezcludant eos qui probati sunt argento, explica, s1 placet : duces isti 1d volunt, ut eiiciant et expellant eos qui Deo probati sunt et aestimantur quasi argentum. Hebr quandoque vertitur : increpa coetum, qui se prosternat cum [rustis argenti. Ceterum haec omnia sunt dubia, nec quidquam certi ex antiquis versionibus colligi potest ; apud recentiores variae feruntur coniecturae (cf. Duhm, Wellh. Zeitschrift | f. alttest. Wissenschaft 19, 156, Cheyne, Psalms); dissipa gentes quae bella volunt ; et victoris gloria Domini manifestabitur, ut a longe veniant legati ex Aegypto; Aethiopia praeveniet manus eius Deo, LXX 20500006 χεῖρα αὐτῆς, Aethiopia porriget manum suam Deo ? Hier Aethiopia festinet dare manus Deo, ita. Sym σπευσάτω διδοῦσα χεῖρα; Aq Αἰθίοψ δρομώσει χεῖρα αὐτοῦ τῷ θεῷ. Ex usu verbi hebr ym hiphil Gen. 41, 14 et 1 Sam. 17, 17 et 2 Chron 35,13 hebr verti potest Cusch — afferet manus eius Deo. Ex gentibus longinquis exhortatio progreditur ad universa regna
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v. 93 regna terrae cantate Deo, psallite Deo, cuius maiestas describitur ex coelesti sanctuario : qui ascendit super coelum coeli, hebr qui vehitur in antiquissimis coelis coelorum, Aq «à ἐπιβεβηχότι ἐν οὐρανῷ οὐρανοῦ ἀρχῆθεν qui ascendit in coelum coeli ab. initio, sim Sym x ποωτῆς. Hier qui ascendit super coelum coelia principio; aeterna eius in summo coelo sedes declaratur. Et Deus vocem suam potentissimam audire faciet, id est, potenter se manifestabit | ecce dabit voci suae vocem virtutis ; et hac Dei manifestatione omnes excitantur
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v. 35; date gloriam Deo ; et ad laudem Dei celebrandam invitantur duplici ratione ; super Israel magnificentia eius (elucet) e£ virtus eius (potentia eius) in nubibus : magnificum se ostendit in gubernatione populi ; in nubibus, in coeli regione apparet eius potentia, in quibus quam maxima deprehenditur hominum impotentia, qui ne guttam quidem rite concluditur : mirabilis, terribilis, Deus ex sanctuarüs suis ; ita hebr et quidem bene ; nàm praeter sanctuarium (templum) in Sion in v. 38 sedes eius aeterna in coelis coelorum commemorata est (cf. 8 Reg 8, 21-32) ; ex utroque sanctuario et iudicia et beneficia eius hominibus proveniunt (ex Sion cf. 9,13; 13,7; 19,3; 13,2; 83,8 etc. Am. 1,2 ; ex coelo 2,4 ; 13,2 ; 19,7 ; 35,6 ; 56,4 etc. et utrumque coniunctum enuntiatur 10,5 Dominus in templo sancto suo, Dominus in coelo sedes eius). Ut talis Deus, scil. ut Deus Israel, ipse dabit virtutem (potentiam) et fortitudinem (copiam roboris) populo suo. Benedictus Deus, qua doxologia apte canticum istud absolvitur, quo universa Dei beneficia in Israel et demum in universas nationes cum praeclara maiestatis divinae laudatione proposita sunt.
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Agli Ebrei, invece, la cura della vedova e dell'orfano era insistentemente raccomandata; per loro, infatti, erano riservati gli avanzi del raccolto del grano, delle olive e dell'uva (Deut., 24, 21): e Dio era proclamato il « Padre degli orfani » (Ps. 67, 6).
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Galaad (v.), a est dalla montagna dei Drusi. È un vasto piano di natura vulcanica, circondato da monti, cantato dai profeti per la sua fecondità, al pari di Galaad e Saron (Is. 33, 9; Ier. 50, 19; Mi. 7, 14; v. Ps. 67, 16 s.; Nah. 1, 4), celebre per i suoi pascoli popolati di tori (simbolo di ferocia e superbia; Ps. 21, 13; Ez. 39, 18), una volta ricoperto di foreste di querce ammirate (Is. 2, 13; Zach. …
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… Nella S. Scrittura, la d. ricorre come una manifestazione collettiva di gioia (Ex. 15, 20; Iudc. 11, 34; I Sam. 18, 6), come un atto di festa (Iudc. 21, 21) e come un segno di onore a Dio (Ps. 67, 26; 149, 3). Nell'episodio del vitello d'oro, gli Ebrei peccano danzando intorno ad esso, e così li trova Mosè (Ex. 32, 19). Il passo più noto dell'Antico Testamento sulla d. è quello …
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… Partecipò attivamente, con la tribù di Nephthali, all'azione di Barac contro Sisara sotto la guida della profetessa Debora (ibid. 4, 6 sgg.), che ne esaltò l'eroismo (ibid. 5, 18). Il fatto spiega l'encomio per i suoi capi, che si legge in Ps. 67, 28. La tribù di Z. venne convocata anche da Gedeone per la lotta contro i Madianiti; ma non sembra che rispondesse con slancio (Iudc. 6, 35). Alla tribù di Z. apparteneva il giudice minore …
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… Ma sono molto più numerosi i testi biblici (cf. II Reg. 19, 9; Ps. 67, 32; 86, 4; Is. 11, 11; 18, 1; 20, 3, 5; Ez. 29, 10), che invitano a porre C. in Africa a sud dell'Egitto, ossia vagamente nella moderna Etiopia (v.).
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