1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Psalms 96:1 | For the same David, when his land was restored again to him. The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice: let many islands be glad. | Same. Huic. The title is the same as usual in the Septuagint. (Menochius) --- It occurs not in Hebrew. The psalm may refer to David's establishment on the throne, after the death of Saul, or Absalom, or to the return from captivity, and to the first and second coming of Christ. (Calmet) --- This last seems to be the most literal sense. (Berthier) --- To him. Christ's body on the third day, and many souls were restored to life. [Matthew 27:52.] --- Islands. We have great reason to rejoice in being educated in the true faith, and we may hope that the Catholic religion will once more flourish in these isles. (Worthington) --- The Son of man shall have dominion over all, Daniel 7:14. His Church is persecuted, as the waves beat against an island. (Eusebius) (Calmet) |
| Psalms 96:2 | Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne. | Clouds. We could not bear the blaze of the divine majesty, Psalm 17:12. Christ veiled himself in our human nature, (Theodoret) in the womb of the blessed Virgin Mary. (St. Jerome) (Calmet) --- God gave the law with terror; and so he will come to judge with integrity. (Worthington) |
| Psalms 96:3 | A fire shall go before him, and shall burn his enemies round about. | A fire. Preceding the last judgment, 2 Peter 3:12., Daniel 7:10., and Wisdom 5:22. (Menochius) |
| Psalms 96:4 | His lightnings have shone forth to the world: the earth saw and trembled. | |
| Psalms 96:5 | The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the Lord all the earth. | All. Which is conformable to the Hebrew, etc., though the Vulgate terra, means, "all the earth" melted. (Haydock) |
| Psalms 96:6 | The heavens declared his justice: and all people saw his glory. | Heavens. Apostles, Psalm xviii. The judge appears publicly. (Calmet) |
| Psalms 96:7 | *Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, and that glory in their idols. **Adore him, all you his angels: | Idols. Hebrew Elilim, Psalm 95:5. (Haydock) --- Angels. Hebrew Elohim, means also, all who have power. Chaldean, "idols." St. Paul, (Hebrews 1:6.) quotes this in the third person; Let all the angels, (Calmet) or rather he alludes to the Septuagint, (Deuteronomy 32:43.) which clearly speaks of the Messias, and may therefore have been altered in the Hebrew text, which St. Jerome translated. The psalmist expresses the same idea as Moses had done. (Berthier) --- Both those who adore idols of their own imagination, and their graven things, are condemned. (Worthington) |
| Psalms 96:8 | Sion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, because of thy judgments, O Lord. | |
| Psalms 96:9 | For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods. | Gods. Princes or angels, elohim, ver. 7. (Haydock) |
| Psalms 96:10 | *You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner. Amos 5:15.; Romans 17:9. | |
| Psalms 96:11 | Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart. | Light. Prosperity. The Babylonians are punished. (Calmet) |
| Psalms 96:12 | Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: and give praise to the remembrance of his holiness. | Holiness. Or sanctuary. Praise for ever his adorable name, (Calmet) since he is holiness itself, and sanctifies others. (Worthington) |