Salmos

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PSALM CVI. (CONFITEMINI DOMINO.)

All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over men.

Salmos 106:1

Ver. 1. Alleluia. S. Aug. repeats this word. But it occurs in the Heb. &c. at the end of the preceding psalm, of which this is a continuation, shewing how God pardoned his people, and delivered them from captivity, (C.) and mankind from sin. H. Fathers Bert. --- Glory. Lit.

"confess" your sins, thay you may praise God, (Ps. cv. H.) and adore his mercy and providence.

W.

Salmos 106:2

Ver. 2. Countries. The Jews from Babylon, and all who were redeemed by Christ. C. --- He was promised immediately after the fall. W.

Salmos 106:3

Ver. 3. Sea. Heb. miyam, for which we should read imim "the right," denoting the south. C. ---

But the sea, or ocean, is properly used in the same sense. Bert. --- The Ammonites, Philistines, Syrians, and Idumeans, from these four quarters, often reduced the Israelites to servitude, under the judges. Houbig. --- From all parts, the Jews of the ten tribes returned in the reigns of Darius and Alexander.

C. Diss. --- But the texts which are applied to this event speak rather of the conversion of the Gentiles, which the prophet has here in view. Bert. --- None are excluded from the benefits of this redemption, but by their own fault. W.

Salmos 106:4

Ver. 4. Habitation. So were the Jews distressed at Babylon, (C.) as many are forced to wander in the world, and all are involved in sin. W.

Salmos 106:5

Ver. 5. Hungry. As both Jews and Gentiles were for the word of God, (Amos viii.

11.) when Christ appeared. H. --- Their wants cried aloud, (S. Aug.) though they sought him not. Isai. lxv.

1. Bert. --- Those who call upon God are relieved by him, in the manner which is most for their welfare. W.

Salmos 106:8

Ver. 8. Mercies. We are unworthy to open our mouths. This chorus is repeated, (v. 15. 21. 31.) by the people, after the Levites had sung the intermediate sentences. C. --- The v. 6. 9. 13. 19. are of the same nature, and refer to different sorts of calamities. Bert. --- All the benefits of God, proceeding from his mercy, and not from man's deserts, praise him. W.

Salmos 106:10

Ver. 10. Darkness. This second allegory represents the condition of the captives, and of mankind, before Christ's coming. C. --- The former enjoyed some liberty, Jer. xxix. 5. --- But the latter were most miserable, (Matt. ix. 15.

Lu. iv. 18.) and of these the words are most naturally explained. Bert.

Salmos 106:11

Ver. 11. Exasperated. Heb. "changed, or frustrated." This is the source of all misery, (C.) as calamities are commonly inflicted on account of sin. W.

Salmos 106:12

Ver. 12. Labours. There were slaves of various descriptions: some were confined to hard labour, and chained down at night. C.

Salmos 106:14

Ver. 14. Bonds. Of their passions. See S. Aug. Conf. viii. 11. H.

Salmos 106:17

Ver. 17. Iniquity. Making them alter their conduct. Hebrew seems less correct:

"they are foolish on account of their way, and they," &c. Illness is sent to punish sin. Job xxxiii. 19. Matt. ix. 2.

Jo. v. 14. C.

Salmos 106:20

Ver. 20. Word. Jesus Christ, according to the prophetical sense, adopted by the Fathers, (S. Atha.

or. 3. &c.) though it literally implies, that at God's command the sick were healed. Matt. viii. 7.

--- This allegory again represents the state of captivity. C.

Salmos 106:22

Ver. 22. Praise. Instead of victims. Ps. xxvi. &c.

Salmos 106:23

Ver. 23. Down to the sea, &c. Captivity is here compared to a tempest. C. ---

The apostles carry the tidings of salvation to all places. Persecutions are raised; but God grants peace to his Church under Constantine. Euseb.

Salmos 106:24

Ver. 24. Deep. The fury of tempests. Various nations, and the treasures of the deep. M.

Salmos 106:26

Ver. 26. Heavens. So Virgil says:

Tollimur in cælum curvato gurgite & iidem

Subductâ ad Manes imos descendimus undâ. Æn. iii.

Salmos 106:27

Ver. 27. Up. They knew not how to proceed. Ambiguis ars stupet ipsa malis. C.

Salmos 106:29

Ver. 29. Breeze. Heb. "silence, or calm."

Salmos 106:30

Ver. 30. For. Even to Jerusalem. C.

Salmos 106:31

Ver. 31. Men. We must thank God for having enabled us to repent, v. 8. W.

Salmos 106:33

Ver. 33. Wilderness. God caused his people to pass through the Red Sea, and the Jordan, to possess the fruitful country of Chanaan, part of which had been cursed for the crimes of the Sodomites. H. --- He has punished Babylon, (Jer.

xxv. 12.) made a straight road from his people, (Is. xxxv. 8.) and enabled them to cultivate their country again, v. 41. C. --- The synagogue has been abandoned, and the Church chosen. Bert. --- The power of God is displayed, who caused the land of promise to be more fertile for his people, which is now very barren. W.

Salmos 106:34

Ver. 34. Barrenness. Or "saltness." H. --- He alludes to the environs of Sodom.

Gen. xiii. 10.

and xix. 24. W.

Salmos 106:37

Ver. 37. Of birth. A plentiful crop, facient fruges germina. S. Jer. C. ---

Abundance of fruit shall grow in some places, while others are punished on account of sin. W.

Salmos 106:40

Ver. 40. Princes. Jochonias was humbled, (H.) and exalted, with Daniel, &c. 4 K.

xxv. 27.

Others explain it of Nabuchodonosor and Baltasar, who were reduced to the state of ignominy and death. C. --- The Jews experienced the greatest miseries at the last siege of Jerusalem. Bert.

Salmos 106:41

Esta nota del siglo XIX usa un lenguaje polémico; léela a la luz de la nota que hay al principio de este panel.

Ver. 41. Sheep. The Gentiles took the place of the obstinate Jews. S. Aug.

Salmos 106:42

Ver. 42. Mouth. The psalmist saw Babylon before its ruin, (C.) at least in spirit.

God's judgment strengthen virtue, and repress the wicked. H. The propagation of the gospel put to silence the oracles of the pagans. Bert.

Salmos 106:43

Ver. 43. Lord. This is the part of wisdom, and deserves our serious consideration, (H.) as Osee (xiv. 10.) and our Saviour admonish. Matt. xi. 15.

and xiii. 9. Mar. iv. 9. &c.