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1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core.
2 O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of joy,
3 For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.
4 *H He hath subdued the people under us; and the nations under our feet.

Ver. 4. Feet. The Chanaanites were subdued by Josue, and others by David, &c. The army of Cambyses became a prey to the Jews. Ezec. xxxix. 10. C. — All who embrace the true faith, even kings, become subjects, and not heads of the Church. W.

5 *H He hath chosen for us his inheritance, the beauty of Jacob which he hath love.

Ver. 5. Beauty. The temple. Ezec. xxiv. 21. Both Jews and Gentiles form the Church.

6 *H God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.

Ver. 6. Trumpet. Christ ascended, accompanied by choirs of angels. His apostles proclaimed his truths. C. — They were not left desolate, but joyful; having the Paraclete sent to them.

7 *H Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye.

Ver. 7. King. Christ is God, by his divine nature, and our king, by his humanity. W.

8 *H For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely.

Ver. 8. Wisely. Heb. mascil, which is so often rendered "understanding" in the titles. No one can do well, what he does not understand. C. — The union of faith and good works, is singing wisely. S. Chrys. C. — Concordent manus & lingua. S. Aug. D. — Let each strive to know the mysteries of faith. W.

9 *H God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne.

Ver. 9. Throne. Christ reigns over the heart with all power. Matt. xxviii. 18.

10 *H The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted.

Ver. 10. Gods. Judges appointed by the king of Persia over the Jews, &c. (C.) or rather the apostles, who were more than men, (S. Jer.) and exercised a greater power than any earthly monarch. C. — The richest princes have submitted to the God of Abraham, whose seed was to prove a blessing to all. Gen. xviii. 18. Heb. as it is now pointed, "the princes of the people are gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham, for He is far elevated above the gods, the shields of the earth," as kings are often styled. C. — Prot. "for the shields of the earth belong unto God: He is greatly exalted;" or (Sept.) "the earthly potentates, who are of God, have been," &c. — We might explain the Vulg. in the same sense, if Dei were substituted for Dii, (H.) as it should be. C. — Dei sunt optimates terræ, & ipse summe elevatus est. Houbig. — S. Jer. agrees with the Vulg. (H.) which is the clearest, (Bert.) only he renders ham, "the people" of the God, as it may also signify, and retains the word shields, which we explain the strong gods, or the "strong ones of God." H. — The blessed Trinity is not divided, but more distinctly professed in baptism than it was under the law. W.

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