In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Judea. Hebrew, "Juda. "(Haydock)
This shows that the psalm was composed after the separation of the tribes, (Calmet) though not invincibly; as the names of Juda and Israel were used in David's time. (Haydock)
The divine worship was almost confined to the promised land till the birth of Christ; whose gospel has diffused light throughout the world. (St. Augustine; Calmet)
See Jeremias lx. 23. (Berthier)
A Christian is the true Juda, or "Confessor. "(Menochius)
God was known to some philosophers, but not by such special benefits. (Worthington)