A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens. See also: Psalms 121:1Psalms 141:8Psalms 25:15Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD, our God, until he has mercy on us. See also: Psalms 130:5-6Lamentations 3:25-26Psalms 25:15Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt. See also: Psalms 57:1Luke 18:11-13Psalms 89:50-51Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. See also: Job 12:5Psalms 119:51Acts 17:32
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)3 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published. Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 122
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 CXXII. (AD TE LEVAVI.)
A prayer in affliction, with confidence in God.
Psalms 122:1
Ver. 1. Canticle. Heb. adds, "of David." H. --- Syriac also attributes to him, though Zorobabel,
&c. might recite it at their return. It may also refer to the captives groaning under oppression, (C.) and to every Christian, who must live in expectation of a better country. S. Aug. Berthier. T.
Ver. 2. Masters. Expecting liberty, or rather food; though it may also imply that they are ready to run at the first sign, which they observe with attention. Thus Menelaus had his eyes on Agamemnon. Homer. C. --- As servants, and particularly handmaids, are very attentive, and hope to receive sustenance, so we ought to pray with all earnestness to God for what is necessary.
W. --- All must come from Him. --- Until. Or "waiting for his having mercy on us." We shall not cease to look up to Him afterwards. Bert. --- "Take care not to turn thine eyes away from mine."
Ver. 4. A reproach. Heb. "with the reproach of those at ease," &c. (H.) or "let reproach fall upon," &c. We are treated with too much scorn. Lam. iii. 30. C. ---
Yet God will not permit his friends to be overcome, but encourages them to hope for speedy redress, when their sufferings are great. W.
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
Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)3 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 122
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 CXXII. (AD TE LEVAVI.)
A prayer in affliction, with confidence in God.
Psalms 122:1
Ver. 1. Canticle. Heb. adds, "of David." H. --- Syriac also attributes to him, though Zorobabel,
&c. might recite it at their return. It may also refer to the captives groaning under oppression, (C.) and to every Christian, who must live in expectation of a better country. S. Aug. Berthier. T.
viii.
↑ 1Psalms 122:2
Ver. 2. Masters. Expecting liberty, or rather food; though it may also imply that they are ready to run at the first sign, which they observe with attention. Thus Menelaus had his eyes on Agamemnon. Homer. C. --- As servants, and particularly handmaids, are very attentive, and hope to receive sustenance, so we ought to pray with all earnestness to God for what is necessary.
W. --- All must come from Him. --- Until. Or "waiting for his having mercy on us." We shall not cease to look up to Him afterwards. Bert. --- "Take care not to turn thine eyes away from mine."
Terent. Adelph. ii. 1.
↑ 2Psalms 122:4
Ver. 4. A reproach. Heb. "with the reproach of those at ease," &c. (H.) or "let reproach fall upon," &c. We are treated with too much scorn. Lam. iii. 30. C. ---
Yet God will not permit his friends to be overcome, but encourages them to hope for speedy redress, when their sufferings are great. W.
↑ 4License: 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