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For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. See also: Psalms 145:18 Psalms 9:9 Proverbs 18:10Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas; See also: Psalms 23:4 Hebrews 13:6 Psalms 27:3though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah. See also: Psalms 93:3-4 Jeremiah 5:22 Job 9:5-6There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High. See also: Revelation 22:1-3 Ezekiel 47:1-12 Psalms 36:8-9God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn. See also: Zechariah 2:5 Zephaniah 3:15 Joel 2:27The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted. See also: Amos 9:5 Psalms 18:13 Nahum 1:5The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. See also: Romans 8:31 Psalms 9:9 Numbers 14:9Come, see the LORD’s works, what desolations he has made on the earth. See also: Psalms 66:5 Isaiah 24:1 Isaiah 61:4He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire. See also: Isaiah 2:4 Micah 4:3-4 Micah 5:10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted on the earth.” See also: Psalms 100:3 Habakkuk 2:20 Ezekiel 38:23The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. See also: Deuteronomy 33:27 Jeremiah 16:19 Psalms 46:1

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)7 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 45

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 XLV. (DEUS NOSTER REFUGIUM.)

The Church in persecution trusteth in the protection of God.

Psalms 45:1

Ver. 1. It may allude to the defeat of Sennacherib, (Houbig.) or might be sung by the Corites at the dedication of the second temple, when peace was restored to the world, after the death of Cambyses. Ezec. xxxviii. The Fathers explain it of the Christian Church, delivered from persecutions. S. Chrys. &c.

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Psalms 45:2

Ver. 2. Troubles. Those of English Catholics have been very great; yet they increase. W.

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Psalms 45:4

Ver. 4. Their. Heb. S. Amb. &c. read, "its." C. --- Both sea and land may be in confusion; we shall fear nothing, having God for our protector. H. --- Though many and noble personages have revolted from the faith in England, yet the Catholic Church will never fail, (W.) even if it should in these islands. H.

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Psalms 45:5

Ver. 5. Stream. Jerusalem was surrounded by placid streams, which are here opposed to the great waters, as in Isai. viii. 6. The Church, after persecution, is restored to peace, and adorned with all graces. C. --- Tabernacle. This is the source of our joy. Apoc. xxi. M. and xxii. 1. Ezec. xlvii. 1.

--- The advantages of the virtuous, both here and in heaven, are great. Bert.

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Psalms 45:7

Ver. 7. Trembled. We have witnessed the commotions in the East, under Cyrus, and his son; the latter of whom seems to be styled Gog, (Ezec. xxxviii. 19.) and perished in Judea, which he intended to plunder. C.

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Psalms 45:10

Ver. 10. Shields. Heb. "the round things," which some explain, "chariots,"

without need. Bert.

--- Fire. The Fathers apply this to the peace which reigned at the birth of Christ, or to that which Constantine gave to the Church. C.

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Psalms 45:11

Ver. 11. Still. We have only to admire the work of God. Bert. --- He will bring all to a happy issue for his elect, though the wicked may rage. H.

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License: 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

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