1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Psalms 97:1 | A psalm for David himself. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: because he hath done wonderful things. His right hand hath wrought for him salvation, and his arm is holy. | David. His name occurs not in Hebrew, though the psalm is worthy of him. (Berthier) --- It may refer to the return from captivity, as a figure of the world's redemption. --- Things. In rescuing his people from slavery, and in the incarnation. (Calmet) --- For him. Or alone. (Menochius) --- Christ raised himself by his own power. (Calmet) (Isaias 62:5.) --- He redeemed mankind for his own glory, sibi. (Berthier) |
| Psalms 97:2 | *The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles. Isaias 52:10.; Isaias 63:8.; Luke 3:6. | Salvation. Cyrus, or the Messias, whose gospel is preached every where, (Calmet) and who has saved the world. (Worthington) |
| Psalms 97:3 | He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. | Israel. The prophets foretold the liberation of the Jew, and of mankind. The blessed Virgin Mary seems to allude to this passage, Luke 1:55. (Calmet) --- Some Jews were converted, Romans xi. (Worthington) |
| Psalms 97:4 | Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: make melody, rejoice and sing. | |
| Psalms 97:5 | Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the voice of a psalm: | |
| Psalms 97:6 | With long trumpets, and sound of cornet. Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king: | Cornet. This was a crooked horn; the trumpets were of metal, Numbers 10:2. (Calmet) |
| Psalms 97:7 | let the sea be moved and the fulness thereof: the world and them that dwell therein. | |
| Psalms 97:8 | The rivers shall clap their hands, the mountains shall rejoice together | Hands. These strong oriental expressions hardly suit our language. (Calmet) --- They contain a metaphor, and denote the inhabitants of the world, (Haydock) or those rivers, which spring from Jesus Christ, and mountains, which are raised to heaven by his grace, to praise the Redeemer. (St. Augustine) --- Then the just are exhorted to lift up their heads. (Menochius) |
| Psalms 97:9 | At the presence of the Lord: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with equity. |