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By David. Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! See also: Psalms 146:1-2 Psalms 57:7-11 1 Corinthians 14:15Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits, See also: Isaiah 63:7 Psalms 116:12 Psalms 105:5who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases, See also: Exodus 15:26 Isaiah 53:5 Jeremiah 17:14who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, See also: Psalms 56:13 Psalms 71:23 Psalms 103:12who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. See also: Isaiah 40:31 Psalms 107:9 1 Timothy 6:17The LORD executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed. See also: Psalms 12:5 Psalms 9:9 Proverbs 14:31He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel. See also: Exodus 33:13 Psalms 147:19 Psalms 78:11The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. See also: Psalms 86:15 Joel 2:13 Exodus 34:6-7He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever. See also: Isaiah 57:16 Psalms 30:5 Micah 7:18-19He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities. See also: Ezra 9:13 Nehemiah 9:31 Lamentations 3:22For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him. See also: Psalms 57:10 Luke 1:50 Psalms 103:17As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. See also: Isaiah 43:25 1 John 1:7 Micah 7:18Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him. See also: Luke 11:11-12 Hebrews 12:5-11 Luke 15:21-22For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust. See also: Ecclesiastes 12:7 Job 10:9 Psalms 78:38-39As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. See also: 1 Peter 1:24 James 1:10-11 Isaiah 51:12For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more. See also: Isaiah 40:7 Job 20:9 Job 14:10But the LORD’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children, See also: Psalms 100:5 Ephesians 2:4-7 2 Timothy 1:9to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts. See also: Deuteronomy 7:9 Luke 1:6 Psalms 132:12The LORD has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all. See also: Psalms 47:2 Philippians 2:9-10 Psalms 9:7Praise the LORD, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word. See also: Hebrews 1:14 Psalms 148:2 Luke 1:19Praise the LORD, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure. See also: 1 Kings 22:19 Nehemiah 9:6 Luke 2:13Praise the LORD, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul! See also: Isaiah 42:10-12 Isaiah 49:13 Psalms 145:10

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)14 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 102

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Introduction to the chapter

PSALM CII. (BENEDIC ANIMA.)

Thanksgiving to God for his mercies.

Psalms 102:1

Ver. 1. Himself. All agree that David wrote this psalm as a model of resignation.

The occasion is not known. Bert. --- It may express the sentiments of the captives, (C.) or of converts to Christianity, (Euseb.) and is written with inimitable sweetness.

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Psalms 102:3

Ver. 3. Diseases. He had described captivity as an illness. Ps. ci. C. --- God graciously forgives sin, and removes bad habits. He preserves us from falling, and grants us the victory, with all our reasonable requests. W.

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Psalms 102:5

Ver. 5. Eagle's. Which get fresh feathers every year, like other birds. Is. xl. 31.

C. --- The eagle retains its vigour for a long time, (H.) though many fabulous accounts have been given of its renovation. Bert. --- The new birth in baptism, (Theod.) or by faith, (Euseb.) or the resurrection of Christ are thus insinuated, (S. Leo, ser. i.) as well as (H.) our resurrection and state of grace.

The one is necessarily connected with the other, and both senses are good. W.

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Psalms 102:6

Ver. 6. Mercies. Heb. "Justice" in protecting the innocent.

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Psalms 102:9

Ver. 9. Ever. He executes his threats, but soon pardons us. C. --- Heb. "he will not plead always, nor watch to surprise us for ever;" (C.) or "retain" his anger.

Bert. --- He is inclined to pity us, and only inflicts a temporal punishment on the penitent, as Christ has paid their ransom. W.

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Psalms 102:10

Ver. 10. Iniquities. Which deserved eternal reprobation.

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Psalms 102:11

Ver. 11. Earth. There is no proportion between God's mercy and our crimes. C.

--- Sins are perfectly washed away, (W.) and not barely covered, as the east cannot be the west. Bert. --- Sin remitted "sets for ever." S. Aug.

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Psalms 102:14

Ver. 14. He remembereth. Rom. Sept. and psalter, &c. "Remember." Other copies agree with us.

C. --- God compassionates the frailty of those who fear him. Origen falsely inferred from v. 9.

that the devils and the damned would one day be saved. But this is contrary to Scripture. v. 17.

Matt. xxv. Apoc. xx. &c. W.

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Psalms 102:16

Ver. 16. In him. Or "over it;" the flower. Or the spirit of God's indignation will overwhelm him.

The soul of man departs, and cannot naturally be reunited with the body, though it greatly desire that union. C. --- The longest life is but like the duration of a flower, (Is. xl. 6. H.) and the splendour of the noblest families is not better in the sight of God. S. Aug.

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Psalms 102:17

Ver. 17. Justice. In protecting the oppressed, (C.) and rendering to every one according to his deserts abundantly. H. --- God never punishes more than a person's crimes have merited. Ex. xx.

5. and xxxiv. 6. C.

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Psalms 102:19

Ver. 19. All. When Christ shall sit in judgment, (Bert.) and the wicked be suffered no longer to disturb the order of things, and the joy of the elect. H.

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Psalms 102:20

Ver. 20. His angels. You who have executed the orders of God for our delivery, help us to return him thanks. C. --- Hearkening. Lit. "to hear," (H.) or that all may learn to obey God's mandates when they perceive how carefully the angels put them in execution. Bert.

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Psalms 102:21

Ver. 21. Hosts. Sun, &c. which never deviate from their regular course.

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Psalms 102:22

Ver. 22. Soul. In vain should we behold all nature praising God, if we neglected that duty. Bert.

--- All the works of the Most High praise him, being under his dominion. W.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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