Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
On the, is not in Hebrew nor Eusebius It means Sunday, (St. Ambrose; Worthington) or rather Monday, being sung on that day. (St. Jerome) (Haydock)
The subject of the former canticle is continued, in thanksgiving to God, for some signal victory, or for the peace which God afforded to his people, after the death of Cambyses. (Calmet)
The Fathers explain it of the propagation and peace of the Church. (Haydock)