O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Himself, as David wrote it by inspiration. (Worthington)
Complutensian Septuagint, "It is without a title in Hebrew. "St. Paul (Hebrews iv. 7.) quotes it as the work of David. But this is only done incidentally, and it may have been written by the descendants of Moses, (Psalm lxxxix.; Calmet) as the apostle only says, in David, (Haydock) referring to the psalter, which the common opinion attributed to him. (Calmet)
This opinion, it must be owned, acquires hereby great authority, (Haydock) as an inspired writer could not mistake; and Calmet himself, on the epistle to the Hebrews, doubts not but as the drift of the apostle requires, he attributed this psalm to David. (Berthier, T. vi.)
It might be used in the removal of the ark (Muis) and contains an exhortation to the Jews to return to the service of God, under king Josias, (Theodoret) or after the captivity, (Calmet) or at the preaching of the gospel. (Eusebius)
The Church adopts the version of the Roman psalter in her office books, as they were corrected by St. Pius V, and this psalm was considered as a hymn at the beginning of matins, though the Vulgate is retained in other parts. (Calmet)
The variations are not material. (Haydock)
But this shows that the Church does not condemn every deviation from the Vulgate. (Bellarmine, Diss.)
Saviour. St. Jerome, "to the rock, our Jesus. "(Haydock)
He who created us, has also been our Saviour. (Worthington)
