Psalm 99 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] The reign of the Lord in Zion: that is, of Christ in his Church.
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GR ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ ὁ κύριος ἐβασίλευσεν ὀργιζέσθωσαν λαοί ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῶν χερουβιν σαλευθήτω ἡ γῆ
LA Dominus regnavit: irascantur populi; qui sedet super cherubim: moveatur terra.
EN The Lord has reigned, let the people be angry: he that sits on the cherubims: let the earth be moved.
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[!note]- Let the people be angry…
Though many enemies rage, and the whole earth be stirred up to oppose the reign of Christ, he shall still prevail. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR κύριος ἐν Σιων μέγας καὶ ὑψηλός ἐστιν ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς λαούς
LA Dominus in Sion magnus, et excelsus super omnes populos.
EN The lord is great in Sion, and high above all people.
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GR ἐξομολογησάσθωσαν τῷ ὀνόματί σου τῷ μεγάλῳ ὅτι φοβερὸν καὶ ἅγιόν ἐστιν
LA Confiteantur nomini tuo magno, quoniam terribile et sanctum est,
EN Let them give praise to your great name: for it is terrible and holy:
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GR καὶ τιμὴ βασιλέως κρίσιν ἀγαπᾷ σὺ ἡτοίμασας εὐθύτητας κρίσιν καὶ δικαιοσύνην ἐν Ιακωβ σὺ ἐποίησας
LA et honor regis judicium diligit. Tu parasti directiones; judicium et justitiam in Jacob tu fecisti.
EN And the king’s honour loves judgment. You have prepared directions: you have done judgment and justice in Jacob.
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[!note]- Directions…
Most right and just laws to direct men. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ὑψοῦτε κύριον τὸν θεὸν ἡμῶν καὶ προσκυνεῖτε τῷ ὑποποδίῳ τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἅγιός ἐστιν
LA Exaltate Dominum Deum nostrum, et adorate scabellum pedum ejus, quoniam sanctum est.
EN Exalt the Lord our God, and adore his footstool, for it is holy.
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GR Μωυσῆς καὶ Ααρων ἐν τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ Σαμουηλ ἐν τοῖς ἐπικαλουμένοις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπεκαλοῦντο τὸν κύριον καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῶν
LA Moyses et Aaron in sacerdotibus ejus, et Samuel inter eos qui invocant nomen ejus: invocabant Dominum, et ipse exaudiebat eos;
EN Moses and Aaron among his priests: and Samuel among them that call upon his name. They called upon the Lord, and he heard them:
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GR ἐν στύλῳ νεφέλης ἐλάλει πρὸς αὐτούς ἐφύλασσον τὰ μαρτύρια αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ προστάγματα ἃ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς
LA in columna nubis loquebatur ad eos. Custodiebant testimonia ejus, et præceptum quod dedit illis.
EN He spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud. They kept his testimonies, and the commandment which he gave them.
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GR κύριε ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν σὺ ἐπήκουες αὐτῶν ὁ θεός σὺ εὐίλατος ἐγίνου αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐκδικῶν ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα αὐτῶν
LA Domine Deus noster, tu exaudiebas eos; Deus, tu propitius fuisti eis, et ulciscens in omnes adinventiones eorum.
EN You heard them, O Lord our God: you were a merciful God to them, and taking vengeance on all their inventions.
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[!note]- All their inventions…
that is, all the enterprises of their enemies against them, as in the case of Core, Dathan, and Abiron. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ὑψοῦτε κύριον τὸν θεὸν ἡμῶν καὶ προσκυνεῖτε εἰς ὄρος ἅγιον αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἅγιος κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν
LA Exaltate Dominum Deum nostrum, et adorate in monte sancto ejus, quoniam sanctus Dominus Deus noster.
EN Exalt the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain: for the Lord our God is holy.
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[!note]- Loves judgment…
Requires discretion. – Ibid. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Adore his footstool…
The ark of the covenant was called, in the Old Testament, God’s footstool: over which he was understood to sit, on his propitiatory, or mercy seat, as on a throne, between the wings of the cherubims, in the sanctuary: to which the children of Israel paid a great veneration. But as this psalm evidently relates to Christ, and the New Testament, where the ark has no place, the holy fathers understand this text, of the worship paid by the Church to the body and blood of Christ in the sacred mysteries: inasmuch as the humanity of Christ is, as it were, the footstool of the divinity. So St. Ambrose, L. 3. De Spiritu Sancto, c. 12. And St. Augustine upon this psalm. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Moses and Aaron among his priests…
By this it is evident, that Moses also was a priest, and indeed the chief priest, inasmuch as he consecrated Aaron, and offered sacrifice for him. Leviticus 8. So that his pre-eminence over Aaron makes nothing for lay church headship. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
