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A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say, See also: Romans 8:31Psalms 56:9Psalms 54:4if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us, See also: Psalms 22:12-13Psalms 22:16Psalms 37:32then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us, See also: Psalms 35:25Esther 3:12-13Psalms 57:3then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul. See also: Revelation 17:15Psalms 69:15Revelation 12:15-16Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul. See also: Jeremiah 5:22Job 38:11Psalms 93:3-4Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth. See also: Exodus 15:9-10Psalms 118:13Psalms 145:5-6Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped. See also: Psalms 91:3Proverbs 6:52 Timothy 2:26Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth. See also: Psalms 121:2Acts 4:24Psalms 146:5-6
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)4 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 123
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 CXXIII. (NISI QUIA DOMINUS.)
The Church giveth glory to God for her deliverance from the hands of her enemies.
Psalms 123:1
Ver. 1. Canticle. Heb. &c. with some Lat. copies add, "of David," (C.) who might write it after being delivered from some danger. It may also be applicable to the martyrs, and to all who have been freed from temptation. Bert. --- The captives might compose it in thanksgiving for the leave to return, (C.) or when they had been delivered from the assaults of the neighbouring nations.
Orig. C.
↑ 1Psalms 123:3
Ver. 3. Perhaps. This word is here affirmative. Heb. "Then." Sept. "Surely." C.
--- He modestly leaves it to others to judge what would have been the event if God had not sent help.
The weak would have been destroyed, as soon as if they had been a prey to wild beasts, as Jonas was swallowed up. W. --- See Prov. i. 12. M.
↑ 3Psalms 123:5
Ver. 5. Insupportable. Without bottom, or beyond our strength, anupostaton. C.
--- Heb. "Then the swelling waters it had passed over our soul." Mont. C. --- S.
Jerom has, "perhaps they," &c.
which is more correct. See Ps. lxviii. 3. H. --- A torrent implies sudden great troubles. W.
↑ 5Psalms 123:7
Ver. 7. Sparrow. Heb. "bird." This comparison shew at once the dangers to which the Jews had been exposed, and their miraculous deliverance. C. ---
Man may deceive others: but they cannot impose on God. W. --- Grace preserves the soul from the most imminent dangers of temptation, sin, &c.
Bert. --- We must therefore fly; but who will give us wings except God? S. Amb.
↑ 7License: 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