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Psalms
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Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power! See also: Psalms 149:1Psalms 134:2Psalms 116:18-19Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness! See also: Deuteronomy 3:24Jeremiah 32:17-19Psalms 145:3Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre! See also: Psalms 33:2Psalms 149:3Psalms 98:5-6Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute! See also: Isaiah 38:20Psalms 149:3Exodus 15:20Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals! See also: 1 Chronicles 15:161 Chronicles 25:11 Chronicles 15:28Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD! See also: Psalms 145:21Revelation 5:13Psalms 103:22
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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.
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 CL. (LAUDATE DOMINUM IN SANCTIS.)
An exhortation to praise God with all sorts of instruments.
Psalms 150:1
Ver. 1. Alleluia. This invitation is addressed to the sacred ministers, as the people and all creatures had been already exhorted to praise God. C. --- This psalm was sung when the first-fruits were brought to the temple. Selden, Syn.
3. --- The Lord. Heb. el, "God." H. --- Places.
Heb. "his sanctuary," (H.) or heaven. C. --- All both in heaven and earth sound forth his praises.
↑ 1Psalms 150:2
Ver. 2. Acts. Ye, for whom miracles have been wrought, praise him as much as you are able, though you cannot do it sufficiently. W.
↑ 2Psalms 150:3
Ver. 3. Trumpet. This instrument was reserved for priests. Num. x. 2. The nine others might be used by Levites. C. --- The precise signification of them is not known. Bert.
↑ 3Psalms 150:4
Ver. 4. Choir...Strings. Unity and mortification are requisite to make our praises acceptable, as strings are made of the bowels of beasts. W.
↑ 4Psalms 150:5
Ver. 5. Spirit. Wind instrument, (M.) or man, who is bound to praise God, even more than the angels, as Christ has assumed his nature, and will bring him to sing with them Alleluia. W. --- Let
"all that breathes" praise, (Bert.) including every living creature, (C.) as well as the celestial spirits. H. --- Alleluia is not in Sept. Syr. &c. But it is in the Heb.
and no word could answer better for a conclusion of the psalms, which are almost wholly employed in the divine praises.
This ought to be our occupation both on earth, and in heaven. Amen. C. ---
Pope Damasus, A.D.
380, ordered the Glory, &c. to be added to each of the psalms, as it has been since observed. W.
--- An apocryphal psalm, concerning David encountering Goliath, occurs in many Greek and Latin copies; but it is of no authority. C.
↑ 5License: 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