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A Prayer by David. Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. See also: Psalms 31:2Daniel 9:18Psalms 40:17Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you. See also: Psalms 4:3Psalms 25:2John 17:11Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. See also: Psalms 57:1Psalms 88:9Ephesians 6:18Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul. See also: Psalms 143:8Psalms 25:1Isaiah 66:13-14For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you. See also: Psalms 145:8-9Joel 2:13Exodus 34:6Hear, LORD, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions. See also: Psalms 5:1-2Psalms 17:1Psalms 130:2In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me. See also: Jonah 2:2Psalms 34:4-6Psalms 50:15There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds. See also: Exodus 15:11Deuteronomy 3:24Psalms 89:6All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name. See also: Revelation 15:4Isaiah 66:23Psalms 66:4For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone. See also: Mark 12:29Isaiah 37:16Psalms 72:18Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name. See also: Jeremiah 32:38-39Psalms 25:4-5Psalms 5:8I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more. See also: Deuteronomy 6:5Psalms 146:1-2Revelation 19:5-6For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. See also: Psalms 103:8-12Psalms 116:8Psalms 57:10God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them. See also: Psalms 54:3Matthew 27:1-2Psalms 36:1But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth. See also: Ephesians 2:4-7Psalms 130:7Psalms 103:8Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant. See also: Philippians 4:13Ephesians 6:10Isaiah 40:29-31Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me. See also: Psalms 41:10-11Judges 6:17Psalms 71:20-21
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 85
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 LXXXV. (INCLINA DOMINE.)
A prayer for God's grace to assist us to the end.
Psalms 85:1
Ver. 1. David. He might compose this psalm under any affliction, though prayer is always necessary (Bert.) for any person. W. --- Others apply it to Ezechias, (Theodoret) the captives, or the Church. C. --- Jesus Christ prays during his passion, and foretells his resurrection, and the vocation of the Gentiles. S.
Aug. --- Needy. Heb. "mild or afflicted." Humility is requisite to pray well, as those who think themselves rich, ask not with fervour. C. --- God "inclines his ear if thou dost not lift up thy neck." S. Aug.
↑ 1Psalms 85:2
Ver. 2. I am holy. I am by my office and profession dedicated to thy service, (Ch.) as a Levite, (C.) or a member of the true Church. H. --- He may also speak in the person of Christ, who prays for us and in us. D. --- Syr. and Arab. read,
"thou art good." C. --- Our necessities, firm purposes of leading a virtuous life, and confidence in God, move him to shew mercy. W.
↑ 2Psalms 85:4
Ver. 4. Soul. I ardently desire to serve in thy temple. Jer. xxii. 27. A holy importunity, (Lu.
xviii. 2. Tert. Apol. 39. C.) and fervour in prayer, (H.) with perseverance, attention, and a sense of God's infinite perfections, are requisite. W.
↑ 4Psalms 85:7
Ver. 7. Heard me. This gives me confidence that thou wilt do it again. H. ---
Thou art not like senseless idols. C.
↑ 7Psalms 85:8
Ver. 8. Gods, which have been set up by men; or among angels, &c. (C.) capable of working miracles by an independent power. H.
↑ 8Psalms 85:9
Ver. 9. Name. This was partly verified after the captivity, and fully when the gospel was preached. C. --- The Gentiles came by faith, and glorified God by good works. Matt. v. 17. W.
↑ 9Psalms 85:10
Ver. 10. Alone. Sept. Vat. Arab. &c. add, "the great." C. Acts xvii. 24.
↑ 10Psalms 85:11
Ver. 11. Truth. Let me see the justice of thy conduct in suffering the wicked to prosper, (Ps.
lxxii. 17.) or let me invariably observe thy holy law, which alone can give me true content. ---
Rejoice. Hebrew, as we read at present, "likewise fear," (C.) "unite," (Mont.) or
"let my heart be one," solitary, disengaged from all, unicum, (S. Jer.) "to fear,"
&c. C. --- This sense is very good.
But yached, means also rejoice. Bert. --- Our joy must be mixed with fear. D.
↑ 11Psalms 85:13
Ver. 13. Hell of the damned, (W.) according to the Fathers: or out of captivity and dangers. Bert.
--- If it be understood of Christ, it must refer to limbo. Bell. M. --- It seems equivalent to the lower pit. Ps. lxxxvii. 7. H. --- The Jews admit seven regions in hell, (Geneb.) and our theologians four: 1. Of the damned; 2. of unbaptized infants; 3. of purgatory; and 4. of the saints in Abraham's bosom. S. Aug.
mentions the first and last here: but he speaks clearly of purgatory in other places. De Gen. con. Manch. ii. 17. in Ps. vi. C. --- David was rescued from the most imminent dangers, and Christ came out of limbo, (Ps. xv. 10. D.) by his own power. H.
↑ 13Psalms 85:14
Ver. 14. Eyes. The Babylonians oppress us most unjustly. C.
↑ 14Psalms 85:15
Ver. 15. True. This title is also applied to Christ, who, of course, is God; since every man is liable to mistake. Rom. iii. 4. Apoc. xix. 1. God authorized Moses and the prophets to address Him, as the psalmist does. Ex. xxxiv. 6. Joel ii. 13.
Bert.
↑ 15Psalms 85:16
Ver. 16. Command. Heb. "strength," (H.) to resist the enemy. M. --- Order me as thou pleasest: I am entirely devoted to thee from my very birth. Ps. cxv. 16.
Restore the throne of David. C. ---
The prophets frequently thus turn to the Church, the kingdom of the Messias, who was born of the handmaid of the Lord. W.
↑ 16Psalms 85:17
Ver. 17. Good. Mark me for thy slave, (C.) which will be the highest honour. H.
--- Give me such a sign as the angel did when he was going to destroy the first-born of Egypt. S. Athan. ---
By some prodigy convince our oppressors that there is a God. C. Bert. --- The resurrection, prefigured by Jonas, was the great proof of Christ and his Church; and this serves either for the conversion or for the condemnation of mankind. See S. Aug. W.
Quod precor eveniet, sunt certa oracula vatum,
Nam Deus optanti prospera signa dedit. Ovid. 2 de Ponto 1.
--- Comforted. S. Cyprian was in sorrow while suffering, but was comforted when crowned. "All the martyrs, with Christ, pray for us." S. Aug. D.
↑ 17License: 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