_On the, &c., is not in Hebrew nor Eusebius, &c. It means Sunday, (St. Ambrose; Worthington) or rather Monday, being sung on that day. (St. Jerome, &c.) (Haydock) --- The subject of the former canticle is continued, in thanksgiving to God, for some signal victory, or for the peace which God afforded... [ Continue Reading ]
_City, or temple, which lay to the north of old Jerusalem, on Sion. (Calmet) --- Yet Genebrard, &c., place this mountain south of Salem. (Menochius) --- The concourse of priests and people gave the appearance of a great city, Ezechiel xl. 2., and Isaias xiv. 13. --- The Church is built upon a rock.... [ Continue Reading ]
_With. Hebrew, "the beautiful situation, the joy of the whole earth, (Menochius) Sion, sides of," &c. Chaldean, "Sion, thou art beautiful as a bride." Christ's Church is thus described, Apocalypse xxi. 2. (Calmet) --- Its figure, (Haydock) the temple, was the glory of the whole country, Psalm xxv. 8... [ Continue Reading ]
_Houses. Hebrew, "palaces;" Septuagint, "towers." Greek: Baresi, a word which has again been mistaken for gravibus or gradibus, as [in] ver. 14., and Psalm xliv. 9. God is the defence of his people, (Proverbs xviii. 10.) the Church, Matthew xvi. 18. (Calmet) --- All particular houses, or churches, m... [ Continue Reading ]
_Earth is superfluous. (St. Jerome, ad Sun.) (Calmet) --- Yet it is found in the Vatican Septuagint, &c. (Haydock) --- The kings of the earth assembled against the Church, (Psalm ii. 2.) as many came to oppose Jerusalem, under Cambyses, Ezechiel xxviii. 2, 13. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Saw. They could not say, like Cæsar, Veni, vidi, vici. For they no sooner came to invade the unsuspecting people, than they began to tremble, Ezechiel xxxviii. 11., &c., and Psalm xlv. 7. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_There, denotes the promptitude of vengeance, as well as the following allusion, Isaias xiii. 8., and 1 Thessalonians v. 3._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Vehement. Hebrew, "eastern." --- Tharsis, such strong-built ships, as might go to Tarsus, in Cilicia, (Genesis x. 4.; Calmet) or to India. (Menochius) --- The merchants of Tharsis, the naval officers, shall say, &c. There shall be a great commotion, &c., Ezechiel xxxviii. 13, 19. --- The same storm... [ Continue Reading ]
_Seen. All the promises have been fulfilled. How could any one have thought that we should have been permitted to dedicate this temple under the patronage of the king of Persia? (1 Esdras vi. 8.) Who would not have feared, lest the Christian religion should perish, under such violent persecutions? C... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM XLVII. (MAGNUS DOMINUS.) God is greatly to be praised for the establishment of his Church. _ Temple. Greek: Naou. Septuagint, St. Ambrose, &c., though the Vatican and Alexandrian copies have Greek: Laou, "people," with the Arabic, Ethiopic, St. Augustine, &c. (Haydock) --- In the Church we r... [ Continue Reading ]
_Earth. all who hear of the wonders of God, must praise him; and who can be ignorant of what He has done, (Calmet) in the defeat of the enemies of his people, (Haydock) of Sennacherib, Cambyses, &c.? Yet all the earth will be instructed only by the propagation of the Gospel. (Calmet) --- Justice, ag... [ Continue Reading ]
_Juda. Septuagint, Symmachus, &c., have "Judea," (Calmet) which would intimate, that the psalm was composed after the captivity. But the Hebrew reads Yehuda, "Juda," with St. Jerome. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Surround. Hebrew, "walk round, (Haydock) tell her towers." (St. Jerome)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Strength. Perhaps the outward wall, (Ezechiel xl. 5.) not seen in Solomon's temple. --- Houses. Hebrew, "palaces." Septuagint, "houses built like towers," Greek: Bareis. Jerusalem was not rebuilt or fortified, when the second temple was dedicated, 2 Esdras i. 3. (Calmet) --- The fortresses of the C... [ Continue Reading ]
_Our God. Christ incarnate works all this. He shall rule over the Church, not for three or four hundred years only, but as long as time shall last, and He shall have a Church triumphant in eternity. (Worthington) --- Evermore. Hebrew hal-moth. The letters being differently arranged, are rendered, "i... [ Continue Reading ]