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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men: See also: Psalms 18:48Psalms 71:4Psalms 140:4those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war. See also: Psalms 36:4Psalms 56:6Psalms 64:5-6They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah. See also: Psalms 58:4Romans 3:13-142 Corinthians 11:3LORD, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet. See also: Psalms 36:11Psalms 71:4Psalms 17:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah. See also: Psalms 142:3Psalms 35:7Jeremiah 18:22I said to the LORD, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, LORD. See also: Psalms 16:2Psalms 31:14Psalms 119:57LORD, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. See also: Psalms 62:7Psalms 89:26Psalms 18:1-2LORD, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah. See also: Psalms 10:2-32 Samuel 15:31Psalms 27:12As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. See also: Psalms 7:16Proverbs 18:7Proverbs 12:13Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise. See also: Psalms 11:6Psalms 21:9Revelation 20:15An evil speaker won’t be established on the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him. See also: Psalms 34:21Proverbs 18:21Isaiah 3:11I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy. See also: Psalms 9:41 Kings 8:491 Kings 8:45Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence. See also: Psalms 16:11Psalms 11:71 Thessalonians 4:17
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)12 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 139
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 CXXXIX. (ERIPE ME DOMINE.)
A prayer to be delivered from the wicked.
Psalms 139:1
Ver. 1. David. He, (C.) Ezechias, (Ven. Bede) the captives, (Bossuet) or Jesus Christ and his servants under persecution, speak in this psalm. Holy Fathers.
See Ps. lv. C.
↑ 1Psalms 139:2
Ver. 2. Man. Saul, (C.) Judas, (S. Hil.) or self-love, the old man, who is our most dangerous enemy. Bert.
↑ 2Psalms 139:3
Ver. 3. Battles. And formed plots to destroy the just. W.
↑ 3Psalms 139:4
Ver. 4. Serpent. So Plautus says, "A double-tongued and wicked man is like a creeping beast," in Persa. H.
↑ 4Psalms 139:6
Ver. 6. Side. The enemies of David calumniated him, and strove to make him follow idols. 1 K.
xxvi. 19.
↑ 6Psalms 139:8
Ver. 8. Battle. Against Goliath, or against the attempts of Saul, &c. C. --- Prayer and divine grace are necessary, to guard us from sin. W.
↑ 8Psalms 139:9
Ver. 9. Desire. If I yield to my passions, (S. Aug.) or after I have expressed my request, contrary to my desire, &c. Heb. "Grant not the desire of the sinner, complete not his thought. They will be elated." Some supply, "lest they be."
The ancients seem not to have read in the same manner.
Bert. --- Abandon not my soul, which is all my care, (Ps. xxi. 21.) to the sinner.
C.
↑ 9Psalms 139:10
Ver. 10. Head. Heb. also, "poison," (Bert.) or "sum" of their mischievous devices. W. ---
Labour, or punishment. C. --- Their subtle persuasions shall turn to their ruin.
W.
↑ 10Psalms 139:11
Ver. 11. Fire of hell, (W. Chal.) as well as temporal afflictions, from lightning,
&c. Ps. xvii. 9.
H. --- Some have ridiculed the belief of hell. But the universality of this opinion is a strong proof of it, as it is also confirmed by revelation. Bert.
↑ 11Psalms 139:12
Ver. 12. Tongue. This member is very dangerous. Pet. Bless. cxix. Jam. iii. 6. ---
The just man is nt styled "a man of tongue," but "of heart;" for which reason Christ exhorted his disciples not to make long speeches in prayer. Matt. vi. 7.
Bert. --- Into. Lit. "in;" though (H.) it should be into, conformably to the Sept.
Bert.
Raro antecedentem scelestum
Deseruit pede pœna claudo. Hor. iii. Od. ii.
↑ 12Psalms 139:13
Ver. 13. I know. Heb. "thou knowest." But some copies read more accurately.
Houbig. --- Poor.
Thus, in the end, was Lazarus treated. W.
↑ 13Psalms 139:14
Ver. 14. Countenance in glory, when thou shalt appear. 1 Jo. iii. 2. H. --- The shall dwell under thy special protection in the tabernacle. C.
↑ 14License: 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