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Wisdom of Solomon
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Wisdom guarded to the end the first formed father of the world, who was created alone, and delivered him out of his own transgression, and gave him strength to rule over all things. But when an unrighteous man fell away from her in his anger, he perished himself in the rage with which he killed his brother. When for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood, wisdom again saved it, guiding the righteous man’s course by a paltry piece of wood. Moreover, when nations consenting together in wickedness had been confounded, wisdom knew the righteous man, and preserved him blameless to God, and kept him strong when his heart yearned toward his child. While the ungodly were perishing, wisdom delivered a righteous man, when he fled from the fire that descended out of heaven on the five cities. To whose wickedness a smoking waste still witnesses, and plants bearing fair fruit that doesn’t ripen, a disbelieving soul has a memorial: a standing pillar of salt. For having passed wisdom by, not only were they disabled from recognising the things which are good, but they also left behind them for their life a monument of their folly, to the end that where they stumbled, they might fail even to be unseen; but wisdom delivered those who waited on her out of troubles. When a righteous man was a fugitive from a brother’s wrath, wisdom guided him in straight paths. She showed him God’s kingdom, and gave him knowledge of holy things. She prospered him in his toils, and multiplied the fruits of his labor. When in their covetousness men dealt harshly with him, she stood by him and made him rich. She guarded him from enemies, and she kept him safe from those who lay in wait. Over his severe conflict, she watched as judge, that he might know that godliness is more powerful than every one. When a righteous man was sold, wisdom didn’t forsake him, but she delivered him from sin. She went down with him into a dungeon, and in bonds she didn’t depart from him, until she brought him the sceptre of a kingdom, and authority over those that dealt like a tyrant with him. She also showed those who had mockingly accused him to be false, and gave him eternal glory. Wisdom delivered a holy people and a blameless seed from a nation of oppressors. She entered into the soul of a servant of the Lord, and withstood terrible kings in wonders and signs. She rendered to holy men a reward of their toils. She guided them along a marvelous way, and became to them a covering in the day-time, and a starry flame through the night. She brought them over the Red sea, and led them through much water; but she drowned their enemies, and she cast them up from the bottom of the deep. Therefore the righteous plundered the ungodly, and they sang praise to your holy name, O Lord, and extolled with one accord your hand that fought for them, because wisdom opened the mouth of the mute, and made the tongues of babes to speak clearly.
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)12 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
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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Ver. 2. Sin. Hence it is clear, that our first parent repented, (W.) and was saved.
Gen. v. 5. S.
Iræn. iii. 34. S. Aug. ep. xcix. ad Evod. Corn. a Lap. C. --- Things. Before sin, he submitted willingly; but afterwards, he was forced to use all his ingenuity to preserve this dominion.
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Ver. 3. The unjust. Cain. We have no proof of his repentance.
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Ver. 4. Cause. The wickedness of the race of Cain. C. --- Just. Noe. --- Wood.
Who would have thought that such a vessel would save mankind, &c. amid the raging storms? Noe must have been an able mechanic: (C.) but God both directed him, and closed up the door. Gen. vii.
16. H.
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Ver. 5. She knew the just. She found out and approved Abraham, (C.) Sem, or Heber, who took no part in building the tower. S. Aug. de Civ. Dei. C. xvi. 4. ---
To God. Many say that Abraham was at first addicted to idolatry. Philo. S. Aug.
&c. --- But not after he was directed by the light of heaven. C. --- Strong. Gave his strength to stand firm against the efforts of his natural tenderness, when he was ordered to sacrifice his son. Ch. --- Against. Lit. "in." To obey God was true compassion to his son, though it might have deprived him of this life. H.
--- How many virtues did not Abraham manifest on this occasion! S. Amb. Off.
ii. 5.
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Ver. 6. The just man. Lot. --- Pentapolis. The land of the five cities, Sodom, Gomorrah, &c.
Ch.
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Ver. 10. The just. Jacob. --- Of God. Or heaven open, and angels ascending and descending.
Gen. xxxviii. 12.
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Ver. 11. Deceit. Laban's craft did not prevent Jacob from growing rich. H.
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Ver. 12. Enemies. Laban and Esau. C. --- Conflict with the angel. Ch.
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Ver. 13. Just. Joseph. Ch. --- Sinners. His brethren, &c. Sept. "from sin" of adultery. M. ---
Pit. Or prison, to which he was confined at the instigation of Potiphar's wife, always preserving his virtue. C. --- He had also been let down into an old pit by his brethren. H.
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Ver. 14. Kingdom. Which he ruled under Pharao. Gen. xli. 40. C. --- The Hebrews styled all in high authority kings. Grot.
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Ver. 16. God. Moses. Ch. --- Num. xii. 7. Ps. civ. 26. &c.
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Ver. 21. Eloquent. They would, if possible, have sounded forth thy praise.
Dionys. --- The Hebrews had been kept in ignorance, and afraid to speak. C. ---
Infants, and dumb people, might also, by miracle, join in the song. H.
↑ 21License: 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