Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
1. ..."Hear ye these things, all ye nations" (ver. 1). Not then you only who are here. For of what power is our voice so to cry out, as that all nations may hear? For Our Lord Jesus Christ hath proclaimed it through the Apostles, hath proclaimed it in so many tongues that He. sent; and we see this Psalm, which before was only repeated in one nation, in the Synagogue of the Jews, now repeated throughout the whole world, throughout all Churches; and that fulfilled which is here spoken of, "Hear ye these words,all ye nations." ...Of whom ye are: "With ears ponder, all ye that dwell in the world." This He seemeth to have repeated a second time, lest to have said "hear," before, were too little. What I say, he saith, "hear, with ears ponder," that is, hear not cursorily. What is, "with ears ponder"? It is what the Lord said, "he that hath ears to hear, let him hear:" for as all who were in His presence must have had ears, what ears did He require save those of the heart, when He said, "he t...
Psalm. St. Ambrose adds, "of David. "It is written in an enigmatical style, like the book of Ecclesiastes, and is very obscure. But the drift is, to impress the captives with a contempt of worldly grandeur, which will end in death. The redemption of mankind and the resurrection of Christ are foretold, ver. 8, 16 (Calmet) Ver. 3. Earth-born. Hebrew, "sons of Adam "a title belonging to the meanest. Progenies terræ. Perseus vi. 56. (Calmet)
So Callimachus styles the giants, "mud-born. "(Haydock)
Yet Houbigant explains it of the rich, (Berthier) who have lands, and leave their names to them, ver. 12. (Haydock)
Of men. Hebrew ish, noblemen. (Menochius)
Ye just and (St. Augustine) and polite. (St. Athanasius) Ver. 5. Proposition. Hebrew, "riddle. "(Berthier)
The ancients delighted in parables, which required attention to discern the meaning, and thus people had the pleasures of ingenuity. Music often accompanied their precepts. (Strabo i. 12.) (Calmet)
Utile dulci. (Haydock)
The psalmi...
