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For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD. See also: Psalms 40:13-17Psalms 143:7Psalms 71:12Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. See also: Psalms 35:4Psalms 35:26Isaiah 41:11Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!” See also: Psalms 40:15Proverbs 24:17-18Acts 1:18Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!” See also: Psalms 40:16Lamentations 3:25Psalms 35:27But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. LORD, don’t delay. See also: Psalms 40:17Psalms 141:1Revelation 22:20
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)2 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 69
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 LXIX. (DEUS IN ADJUTORIUM.)
A prayer in persecution.
Psalms 69:1
Ver. 1. Remembrance. This is all that occurs in Heb. or in many Greek copies, though the following words were perhaps extant in the copy of the Sept. or were added to complete the sentence. Several of the verses are found in Ps.
xxxiv. and xxxix. and seem to have been used as a form of prayer in any danger. Bert. --- David foresaw that Christ would pray for the safety of his natural and mystical body, and would be heard. M. --- The following psalm is a sequel to this.
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↑ 1Psalms 69:4
Ver. 4. 'Tis well, 'tis well. Euge, euge. S. Jerom renders it, vah! vah! which is the voice of one insulting and deriding. Some understand it was a detestation of deceitful flatterers. Ch. --- In the New Testament, Well done, denotes applause.
S. Jer. in Ezec. vi. --- These predictions relate to the murderers of the Messias.
Bert. --- In the 39th psalm, the Church prays for aid; and here David, persecuted by Absalom, or any of the just, lays before God his particular wants. W.
↑ 4License: 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