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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. See also: Psalms 34:4 Psalms 143:1-3 Psalms 130:1-2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil; See also: Psalms 31:20 Psalms 109:2-3 Psalms 143:9who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words, See also: Psalms 57:4 James 3:6-8 Psalms 58:7to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly. See also: Psalms 55:19 1 Peter 2:22-23 Psalms 11:2They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?” See also: Psalms 140:5 Psalms 10:11 Job 22:13They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning. See also: Jeremiah 17:9-10 Matthew 26:59 Psalms 5:9But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow. See also: Proverbs 6:15 Psalms 7:12-13 Psalms 18:14Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads. See also: Proverbs 18:7 Proverbs 12:13 Psalms 140:9All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done. See also: Jeremiah 51:10 Hosea 14:9 Psalms 40:3The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him! See also: Psalms 32:11 Psalms 40:3 1 Corinthians 1:30-31

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)8 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 63

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 LXIII. (EXAUDI DEUS ORATIONEM.)

A prayer in affliction, with confidence in God that he will bring to nought the machinations of persecutors.

Psalms 63:1

Ver. 1. David, in distress. Euseb. &c. --- It has no relation to any historical fact.

But it expresses the sentiments of any just man, surrounded with danger. S.

Hil. --- Yet many apply it to Daniel, in the lion's den, (Muis.) to the captives, (C.) or to Jesus Christ and his Church. S. Aug. &c. H.

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Psalms 63:3

Ver. 3. Malignant. I am encouraged to hope by past experience. W.

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Psalms 63:4

This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.

Ver. 4. Thing, or discourse. This describes the poisonous insinuations of heretics, (Euseb.) or the calumnies of the Jews against Christ. Bert.

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Psalms 63:6

Ver. 6. Them. The snares. H. --- Houbigant prefers "us," with reason, (Bert.) after the Syr. Arab.

Cassiod. &c. Yet the Heb. &c. retain them, which is very easily explained. H. ---

The most wicked desire to preserve the reputation of honesty, (C.) and flatter themselves that no mortal is conscious of their deceit, and that even Providence does not regard things below. Ps. x. H.

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Psalms 63:7

Ver. 7. Search. Or, they have made the most diligent investigation, (Bert.) to no purpose. H. ---

Thus David and our Saviour were treated. --- Heart. That is, crafty, subtle, deep projects and designs; which nevertheless shall not succeed; for God shall be exalted in bringing them to nought, by his wisdom and power. Ch. --- Heb.

"both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart is deep." Prot. H.

--- But, without the points, the Sept. is accurate. Bert. --- The Jews, with all their deep machinations to prevent the belief of Christ's resurrection, bringing even sleeping witnesses, only made themselves ridiculous. S. Aug. H. ---

Achitophel was forced to give way, (2 K. xvii. W.) though he had been considered as an oracle. H.

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Psalms 63:8

Ver. 8. The arrows of children are their wounds. That is, the wounds, stripes, or blows, they seek to inflict upon the just, are but like weak efforts of children's arrows, which can do no execution; and their tongues, that is, their speeches against them, come to nothing. Ch. --- Or, children themselves have wounded these crafty politicians, and exposed their folly. H. --- Heb. is "very perplexed in the last three verses. Let us adhere to the Vulg. and Sept. who generally read more correctly than the present Hebrew." C. Bert. --- Yet S. Jerom gives a very good sense. H. ---

Wounds. God hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the strong, (W.) and he hath taken the wise in their craftiness. M.

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Psalms 63:10

Ver. 10. Afraid, at the sight of God's judgments on the Babylonians, &c. C.

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Psalms 63:11

Ver. 11. Praised. All will begin to esteem the chosen race. C. --- Heb. "shall glory." The Jews and Christians (H.) shall esteem themselves honoured by the title of God's people. C. --- They shall be praised for rightly serving God, (W.) and shall be rewarded by Him (H.) with universal applause. M.

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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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