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A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. See also: Exodus 15:6Isaiah 52:10Revelation 14:3The LORD has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations. See also: Isaiah 52:10Isaiah 62:2Psalms 22:31He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. See also: Psalms 22:27Acts 13:47Deuteronomy 4:31Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises! See also: Isaiah 44:23Revelation 19:6Psalms 100:1Sing praises to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody. See also: Revelation 5:8Psalms 33:2Revelation 14:2-3With trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn, make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD. See also: 2 Chronicles 15:14Revelation 19:16Psalms 81:2-4Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein. See also: Isaiah 49:13Psalms 96:11Psalms 24:1Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together. See also: Isaiah 55:12Psalms 65:12-13Psalms 89:12Let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. See also: Psalms 96:13Acts 17:31Psalms 96:10
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)5 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
Douay-Rheims numbering: Psalm 97
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 XCVII. (CANTATE DOMINO.)
All are again invited to praise the Lord, for the victories of Christ.
Psalms 97:1
Ver. 1. David. His name occurs not in Heb. though the psalm is worthy of him.
Bert. --- It may refer to the return from captivity, as a figure of the world's redemption. --- Things. In rescuing his people from slavery, and in the incarnation. C. --- For him. Or alone. M. --- Christ raised himself by his own power. C. Is. lxii. 5. --- He redeemed mankind for his own glory, sibi. Bert.
↑ 1Psalms 97:2
Ver. 2. Salvation. Cyrus, or the Messias, whose gospel is preached every where, (C.) and who has saved the world. W.
↑ 2Psalms 97:3
Ver. 3. Israel. The prophets foretold the liberation of the Jew, and of mankind.
The blessed Virgin seems to allude to this passage. Lu. i. 55. C. --- Some Jews were converted. Rom. xi. W.
↑ 3Psalms 97:6
Ver. 6. Cornet. This was a crooked horn; the trumpets were of metal. Num. x. 2.
C.
↑ 6Psalms 97:8
Ver. 8. Hands. These strong oriental expressions hardly suit our language. C.
--- They contain a metaphor, and denote the inhabitants of the world, (H.) or those rivers, which spring from Jesus Christ, and mountains, which are raised to heaven by his grace, to praise the Redeemer. S. Aug.
--- Then the just are exhorted to lift up their heads. M.
↑ 8License: 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