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A Song of Ascents. When the LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream. See also: Hosea 6:11Joel 3:1Psalms 85:1Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” See also: Job 8:21Zechariah 8:22-23Psalms 71:19The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad. See also: Luke 1:49Isaiah 66:14Isaiah 51:9-11Restore our fortunes again, LORD, like the streams in the Negev. See also: Psalms 85:4Joshua 3:16Hosea 1:11Those who sow in tears will reap in joy. See also: Galatians 6:9Isaiah 35:10John 16:20-22He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves. See also: Isaiah 9:2-3Galatians 6:7-8Psalms 30:5
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)5 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 125
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 CXXV. (IN CONVERTENDO.)
The people of God rejoice at their delivery from captivity.
Psalms 125:1
Ver. 1. Sion. It cannot be doubted but this regards the captives of Babylon: but still David might compose it, as he was a prophet; and herein the redemption of mankind may also be described.
Bert. --- The captives pray for the return of the rest of their brethren. C. ---
Comforted. Heb.
"dreaming." C. --- They could hardly believe their own eyes, like S. Peter. Acts xii. 9. This extraordinary joy is felt by devout souls, when freed from sin. W. ---
The Greek cities which the Romans declared free, could scarcely believe that they had understood the herald. Majus gaudium fuit, &c. Livy xxxiii. --- Thus were the Jews affected. C. Ps. xiii. 2. --- Chal. "we were like convalescents,"
which comes nearer to the sense of the Sept. Bert.
↑ 1Psalms 125:2
Ver. 2. Shall. Or "did;" (C.) though the future is here well employed. Bert. ---
The prophet uses both tenses, shewing the certainty of the event. W. --- It would require some time before the Gentiles would become sufficiently acquainted with the concerns of the Jews. Bert. --- As soon as they did, they expressed their admiration, while the former were careful not to imitate the conduct of those who murmured at leaving Egypt. S. Chrys.
↑ 2Psalms 125:4
Ver. 4. South. As the Egyptians hope for the overflowing of the Nile; (Hammond) or as the south wind melts the snow, so as to make the Jordan overflow its banks. Theod. --- The return of our brethren will be as agreeable to us as water to a thirsty soil. Chal. Muis. --- make them come quickly, and in great numbers. Is. lx. 3. and lxvi. 12. C. --- Esdras brought back some, and Nehemias others, from Babylon. Bert. --- The ten tribes returned from Assyria later, and by degrees, (C. Diss.) if at all. Those who arrived first at Jerusalem pray for the rest. Bert. --- The prophet foreseeing this event, desireth its perfect and speedy accomplishment, (W.) though it were scarcely to be expected, no more than (H.) a copious torrent in the south. W.
↑ 4Psalms 125:5
Ver. 5. Joy. This was the case of the martyrs, &c. (Lu. vi. 21. Jo. xvi. 20.) as well as of the captives. Jer. xxxi. 9. Is. lxvi. 10. Bar. v. 6. C. --- Tribulation commonly attends the virtuous in this life. Their reward is reserved for the next. S. Aug.
W. --- Sowing, we know not whether we shall ever reap. H. --- This is a sort of proverb, which is applied to the captives. Bert.
↑ 5Psalms 125:6
Ver. 6. They. Heb. "he," which must be taken distributively for all. Bert.
↑ 6License: 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