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A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy. See also: Psalms 57:1Psalms 30:8Psalms 141:1I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles. See also: Romans 8:26Isaiah 26:16Philippians 4:6-7When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me. See also: Psalms 140:5Psalms 141:9Jeremiah 18:22Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul. See also: Jeremiah 30:17Psalms 88:18Psalms 31:11I cried to you, LORD. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” See also: 2 Timothy 4:17Psalms 16:5Psalms 27:13Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me. See also: Psalms 79:8Psalms 136:23Psalms 116:6Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me. See also: Psalms 143:11Psalms 146:7Psalms 7:6-7
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 141
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 CXLI. (VOCE MEA.)
A prayer of David in extremity of danger.
Psalms 141:1
Ver. 1. Cave. Of Engaddi, (Bossuet. C.) or Odollam. Bellar. Bert. --- Here David was a figure of Christ, praying in the garden, &c. S. Hil. --- The psalm may relate to the captives, (S. Chrys.) or to martyrs, (S. Aug.) and to all under trial.
David might recite it in the cave. Bert. --- Voice.
He did not speak aloud, for fear of being detected. W. --- But the fervent prayer of the just, "is a cry to God." S. Hil. Ex. xiv. 15. C.
↑ 1Psalms 141:3
Ver. 3. Pour out. Explaining all the sentiments of my heart. Ps. lxi. 9. C. --- This is never perfectly done with earthly friends. 1 Pet. v. 7. Bert.
↑ 3Psalms 141:4
Ver. 4. Knewest. With approbation, (Ps. i. 6. H.) my department towards Saul, and also the dangers to which I was exposed, and the means of escaping. ---
They. Ancient psalters add, "the proud," from Ps. cxxxvi. 6. C. --- The devil and his agents attack the just at all times. S. Jer. ---
When I was reduced to such distress that I could not help myself, thou didst approve of my conduct, and deliver me. W.
↑ 4Psalms 141:5
Ver. 5. Hand. For succour. Ps. xv. 8. So was David situated at Engaddi, as our Saviour was, when he was abandoned by his disciples. C. --- None would appear to be acquainted with those in distress. H.
↑ 5Psalms 141:6
Ver. 6. Living. On the earth, (Bert.) or land of Judea, (S. Chrys.) in this life, (C.) or in the next.
In all, God is our only protector, and reward. Ps. xv. 5. Bert.
↑ 6Psalms 141:7
Ver. 7. Low. Sym. "languid. S. Jer. "infirm." H.
↑ 7Psalms 141:8
Ver. 8. Prison. Or the cave. C. --- As David was never in prison, this is more applicable to Christ, seized by his enemies, and consigned to the tomb.
Houbig. --- Name. God expects it from us. Ps. xlix. 15. The motive of David in praying to be delivered, was most disinterested, as he had in view God's glory, and the gratification of his just servants, who would join with him in returning thanks, and promoting the divine worship. --- Wait. Heb. "will crown." Sym. S.
Jer.
H. --- But Aquila adopts the Chal. and Syr. sense of the word, with the Sept. (C.) and this may very well be the meaning, as David and his friends did not pretend to reign till the death of Saul.
Bert. --- He wished to be at liberty in the country where God's worship was observed, (W.) and determined to promote religion with all his power; as, under Saul, the good were under great restraints, and the priests were even slain. H. --- All this happened to David, as the figure of Christ. He had then a clear understanding of what the latter would have to endure from the Jews, and how he would pray to his Father. In the first part, he complains of Judas, and in the second, he desires to be set free from hell, because the faith of all the saints depended on his resurrection.
Ven. Bede. W.
↑ 8License: 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