Psalms 65 : Douay Rheims Bible parallel
Haydock Commentary
Psalms 65
| Douay RheimsDouay-Rheims Bible -- The New Testament was published at Rheims (1582), the Old Testament at Douay (1609). The Douay Rheims served as the main English bible for the Catholic world for centuries. Bishop Challoner updated it extensively mid-18th century. Biblical scholar Rev. George Haydock compiled a Catholic commentary mid-19th century. This text set is from an approved 1914 U.S. printing. | Haydock CommentaryHaydock Catholic Bible Commentary - based on the Douay-Rheims Bible; originally compiled by Catholic priest and biblical scholar Rev. George Leo Haydock (1774-1849). |
| 1 Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the resurrection. Shout with joy to God, all the earth, | For David, is not in Heb. nor in some copies of the Sept. C. --- Yet the psalm expresses the sentiments of the royal prophet, (Bert.) or it is a sequel to the two former, thanking God for liberty, and for rain. The Fathers explain it of the coming of Jesus Christ, and the calling of the Gentiles, v. 5. It many have been sung when the first-fruits were brought to the temple. See Ps. lxxxiv. C. |
| 2 Sing ye a psalm to his name; give glory to his praise. | Upon us, to grant our requests; or may the Messias come. Heb. i. 3. --- And may, &c. is in the Arab. and in most copies of the Sept. and Vulg. though it is omitted in Heb. &c. "and we shall live." Ethiop. C. --- Perhaps it may be given to express the sense of Selah, which seems to have been a term of approbation. It does not alter the sense. Bert. --- God first forgives sins, and then bestows his manifold graces. W. --- This was the form of solemn blessing. Num. vi. 17. D. |
| 3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee. | Way. The true religion. M. --- Salvation. Christ, who is the only way to be saved. Jo. xiv. 6. Matt. i. 21. C. --- This way is new, leading to new heavens, &c. Heb. x. 20. and 2 Pet. iii. 13. Bert. |
| 4 Let all the earth adore thee, and sing to thee: let it sing a psalm to thy name. | |
| 5 Come and see the works of God; who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men. | Earth. Thou art the Father and ruler of thy people. Let all submit to the sweet yoke of Christ. Zac. viii. 21. |
| 6 Who turneth the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass on foot: there shall we rejoice in him. | In him. God, (H.) Jesus, (Euseb.) or "on it," the river Euphrates, which we shall pass over with as much ease, as our ancestors did the Red Sea. So the prophets frequently speak in a figurative sense. Is. xi. 16. and l. 3. and Zac. x. 10. and 4 Esd. xiii. 41. C. --- As Josue led the Israelites across the river Jordan on dry land, (H.) so wel shall extol thy wonders. W. --- There, reflecting on these prodigies, both past and present, we shall rejoice. M. |
| 7 Who by his power ruleth for ever: his eyes behold the nations; let not them that provoke him he exalted in themselves. | Fruit, after rain; or, in a spiritual sense, Jesus Christ, the root, or bud of Jesse, (Is. iv. 2. C.) born in Judea, (Bert.) of the holy Virgin. S. Jer. --- God. The triple repetition of God's name, insinuates the blessed Trinity, (H. Fathers) and the prophet's earnestness. C. --- The faith of the Trinity is to be preached throughout the world, (H.) for the salvation of nations. W. |
| 8 O bless our God, ye Gentiles: and make the voice of his praise to be heard. |
Fear him.
With holy fear and obedience. M. --- The blessings which God bestows upon his servants, and their piety, will induce many to embrace the truth. H.
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| 9 Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved: | Moved. The apostles were most courageous. Only those Jews returned, who had separated themselves from impure idols. 1 Esd. v. 21. The Church never fails. If some apostatize, others embrace the faith. W. |
| 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried. | Tried. So Daniel was treated. Dan. iii. 21. The Babylonian captivity is compared to a furnace, as well as all severe trials of virtue. Prov. xvii. 3. Zac. xiii. C. |
| 11 Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast laid afflictions on our back: | Back. Heb. "loins." The captives had experienced the greatest miseries, as the martyrs of Christ have done since. C. --- The Church is put to the most severe trials. W. --- Yet God brings no one into the net of sin. This is solely the effect of man's corruption. H. |
| 12 Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through tire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment. | Fire and water, which the Egyptians considered as the emblem of purity, (Horus. xli.) and which here denote the greatest tribulations. C. --- The just still overcome by God's grace, (W.) notwithstanding all the efforts of tyrants who may be set over them. M. |
| 13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, | |
| 14 Which my lips have uttered, And my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. | Uttered. These were alone deemed obligatory by the Jews, (Lev. v. 4. C.) yet the more enlightened knew that God discerns the secrets of hearts, whence the force of a vow proceeds. H. |
| 15 I will offer up to thee holocausts full of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams: I will offer to thee bullocks with goats. | Marrow. Malachy (i. 13.) reproaches some for presenting lean victims. C. --- Offer. Heb. ehese, "will make." Sept. use ποιησω, in the same sense, and are followed by the writers of the New Testament. --- Do this, &c. Bert. --- The best external victims of the old law are here specified. Yet even then the internal sacrifice was most pleasing. W. |
| 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he hath done for my soul. | My soul. Every Israelite ought to cherish the same sentiments. C. |
| 17 I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue. | Extolled, by meditation, (Muis.) or God has immediately granted my request. Theod. --- Some Lat. Bibles read, "I have exulted under my tongue," which my heart directs. W. |
| 18 If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. | Heart. Being enslaved to any passion. H. --- Iniquity and dissimulation hinder the effect of our prayers; and in some sense, it is true, that God does not hear sinners: (Jo. ix. 31. 2 Tim. ii. 9.) though He regards favourably such as wish to repent, like the publican. Lu. xviii. 14. C. --- Whosoever would be heard, must repent of his sins. W.
PSALM 66 PSALM LXVI. (DEUS MISEREATUR.) A prayer for the propagation of the Church. |
| 19 Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of my supplication. | |
| 20 Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. |