1 Alleluia. Of Haggai and Zachariah. 2 Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord with my life. I will sing psalms to my God as long as I shall be. Do not trust in the leaders, 3 in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation. 4 His spirit will depart, and he will return to his earth. In that day, all their thoughts will perish. 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob: his hope is in the Lord God himself, 6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all the things that are in them. 7 He preserves the truth forever. He executes judgment for those who suffer injury. He provides food for the hungry. The Lord releases those who are bound. 8 The Lord enlightens the blind. The Lord sets upright those who have been thrown down. The Lord loves the just. 9 The Lord watches over new arrivals. He will support the orphan and the widow. And he will destroy the ways of sinners. 10 The Lord shall reign forever: your God, O Zion, from generation to generation.
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Psalms 103:22–104:1; Psalm 103:1; Psalm 104:35; Psalm 105:45
- 2 Psalm 63:4; Psalm 104:33; Psalm 145:1–2; Psalm 71:14–15; Revelation 7:9–17
- 3 Psalm 118:8–9; Jeremiah 17:5–6; Isaiah 2:22; Psalm 108:12; Isaiah 31:3
- 4 Ecclesiastes 12:7; Psalm 104:29; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; 1 Corinthians 2:6
- 5 Jeremiah 17:7–8; Psalm 144:15; Psalm 71:5; Psalm 33:12; Psalm 84:12
- 6 Revelation 14:7; Exodus 20:11; Psalm 136:5–6; Psalm 100:5; Genesis 1:1
- 7 Psalm 103:6; Psalm 68:6; Isaiah 61:1; Proverbs 22:22–23; Zechariah 9:11–12
- 8 Psalm 11:7; Psalm 145:14; Matthew 9:30; Acts 26:18; Isaiah 35:5
- 9 Psalm 68:5; Deuteronomy 10:18–19; Psalm 147:6; Exodus 22:21–22; Malachi 3:5
- 10 Psalm 10:16; Exodus 15:18; Revelation 11:15; Daniel 6:26; Isaiah 12:6
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 146.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The title is, "Praise, to David himself." Praise to Christ Himself. And since He is called David, who came to us of the seed of David, yet He was our King, ruling us, and bringing us into His kingdom, therefore "Praise to David himself" is understood to mean, Praise to Christ Himself.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Oh, how exalted art Thou, and yet the humble in heart are Thy dwelling-place; for Thou raisest up those that are bowed down, and they whose exaltation Thou art fall not.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For concerning our soul the Scripture says, His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth: and of the same soul it says again, Which formeth the spirit of man within him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Our God Himself, Whom we glorify as Three in One, created the heaven and the earth and all that they contain, and brought all things out of nothing into being: some He made out of no pre-existing basis of matter, such as heaven, earth, air, fire, water: and the rest out of these elements that He had created, such …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
… are good, but temporal, and pertaining to this feeble life: and whoever that is evil gives them, does not give of his own; for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof, who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is. How much reason, therefore, there is for the hope that God will give us good …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)