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For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah. See also: Psalms 4:6 2 Corinthians 4:6 Psalms 4:1That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations, See also: Titus 2:11 Psalms 98:2-3 Acts 18:25let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you. See also: Psalms 67:5 Psalms 74:21 Isaiah 38:18-19Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah. See also: Psalms 98:9 Romans 15:10-11 Psalms 9:8Let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you. See also: Psalms 67:3 Matthew 6:9-10The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us. See also: Leviticus 26:4 Exodus 3:15 Hosea 2:21-22God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him. See also: Psalms 22:27 Isaiah 45:22 Acts 13:26

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)6 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 66

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

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PSALM LXVI. (DEUS MISEREATUR.)

A prayer for the propagation of the Church.

Psalms 66:1

Ver. 1. For David, is not in Heb. nor in some copies of the Sept. C. --- Yet the psalm expresses the sentiments of the royal prophet, (Bert.) or it is a sequel to the two former, thanking God for liberty, and for rain. The Fathers explain it of the coming of Jesus Christ, and the calling of the Gentiles, v. 5. It many have been sung when the first-fruits were brought to the temple. See Ps.

lxxxiv. C.

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Psalms 66:2

Ver. 2. Upon us, to grant our requests; or may the Messias come. Heb. i. 3. ---

And may, &c. is in the Arab. and in most copies of the Sept. and Vulg. though it is omitted in Heb. &c. "and we shall live." Ethiop. C. --- Perhaps it may be given to express the sense of Selah, which seems to have been a term of approbation. It does not alter the sense. Bert. --- God first forgives sins, and then bestows his manifold graces. W. --- This was the form of solemn blessing.

Num. vi. 17. D.

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Psalms 66:3

Ver. 3. Way. The true religion. M. --- Salvation. Christ, who is the only way to be saved. Jo.

xiv. 6. Matt. i. 21. C. --- This way is new, leading to new heavens, &c. Heb. x. 20.

and 2 Pet. iii.

13. Bert.

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Psalms 66:5

Ver. 5. Earth. Thou art the Father and ruler of thy people. Let all submit to the sweet yoke of Christ. Zac. viii. 21.

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Psalms 66:7

Ver. 7. Fruit, after rain; or, in a spiritual sense, Jesus Christ, the root, or bud of Jesse, (Is. iv. 2.

C.) born in Judea, (Bert.) of the holy Virgin. S. Jer. --- God. The triple repetition of God's name, insinuates the blessed Trinity, (H. Fathers) and the prophet's earnestness. C. --- The faith of the Trinity is to be preached throughout the world, (H.) for the salvation of nations. W.

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Psalms 66:8

Ver. 8. Fear him. With holy fear and obedience. M. --- The blessings which God bestows upon his servants, and their piety, will induce many to embrace the truth. 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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