Unto you, O God, do we give thanks, unto you do we give thanks: for that your name is near, your wondrous works declare.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Corrupt not. 'Tis believed to have been the beginning of some ode or hymn, to the tune of which this psalm was to be sung. St. Augustine and other Fathers, take it to be an admonition of the Spirit of God, not to faint, or fail in our hope; but to persevere with constancy in good: because God will not fail in his due time, to render to every man according to his works. (Challoner)
Symmachus has, "concerning in corruption "(Haydock) whence some have explained the psalm of the general resurrection. (Eusebius)
The Chaldeans refer it to David, praying that the angel would cease to destroy, (2 Kings xxiv.) while others suppose that he forbids Abisai to hurt Saul, 1 Kings xxvi. 9. (St. Jerome)
This and similar difficult terms might resemble the anthems of Church music. (Genebrard) (Berthier) (Psalm lvi.)
The psalm is a sequel to the former, (Calmet) or a moral instruction, given by the Son of God, (ver. 3.) after the author had admonished us to attend, and place ourselves in his presence. It is not necessary to suppose that it is written in the form of a dialogue. (Berthier)
