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Psalms
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A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have cried to you, LORD. See also: Hebrews 5:7Psalms 42:7Psalms 69:14-15Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. See also: 2 Chronicles 6:40Nehemiah 1:11Isaiah 37:17If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? See also: Psalms 143:2Psalms 76:7Romans 3:20-24But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared. See also: Jeremiah 33:8-9Isaiah 55:7Psalms 86:5I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word. See also: Isaiah 30:18Psalms 33:20Psalms 119:81My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. See also: Psalms 63:6Psalms 119:147Psalms 134:1Israel, hope in the LORD, for there is loving kindness with the LORD. Abundant redemption is with him. See also: Ephesians 1:7-8Psalms 40:3Revelation 5:9He will redeem Israel from all their sins. See also: Luke 1:68Titus 2:14Romans 6:14
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)6 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 129
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 CXXIX. (DE PROFUNDIS.)
A prayer of a sinner trusting in the mercies of God. The 6th penitential psalm.
Psalms 129:1
Ver. 1. Canticle. David might compose it after his sin, though it might suit the captives, and all sinners, as well as the souls in purgatory. Bert. --- It has long been recited in their behalf. W. ---
Depths of the prison of expiation, or from this vale of misery, (Bert.) captivity, (C.) and from the bottom of my heart. S. Chrys.
↑ 1Psalms 129:3
Ver. 3. Mark. Heb. "observe or keep." --- It. Heb. "who shall stand upright, (C.) or make opposition." H. --- We all stand in need of mercy, as none can stand before the rigours of divine justice. W.
Si quoties homines peccant, sua fulmina mittat
Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit. Trist. ii. H.
↑ 3Psalms 129:4
Ver. 4. Law. That promises of pardon contained therein. W. --- Heb. is now different from what the ancient interpreters read. C. --- "Therefore shalt thou be feared." Mont. H. --- Sym. and Theodotion agree with us.
↑ 4Psalms 129:5
Ver. 5. Word. And promises that the captivity should end, (C.) and sin be remitted. H.
↑ 5Psalms 129:6
Ver. 6. From. Or Heb. "more than the morning watch; yea, more than the morning watch." I expect my deliverance with greater eagerness than sentinels do the return of morning. All the day and night long I am filled with these sentiments. C. --- The hope of penitents resembles the watches of the day, which are more comfortable than those of the night. W.
↑ 6Psalms 129:7
Ver. 7. Redemption. Our Saviour affords the greatest consolation. W. --- He will save the people. Matt. i. 21. and 1 Jo. ii. 2. Bert.
↑ 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