Psalms 110:1
I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; in the council of the just: and in the congregation.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Alleluja. Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo, in consilio justorum, et congregatione.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἁλληλουιά. Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, Κύριε, ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου, ἐν βουλῇ εὐθείων καὶ συναγωγῇ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 111:1
- הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ אוֹדֶ֣ה יְ֭הוָה בְּכָל לֵבָ֑ב בְּס֖וֹד יְשָׁרִ֣ים וְעֵדָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Alleluia. This psalm consists of praise, and is alphabetical, (Berthier) the sixteen first letters being found at the head of each hemistic, to ver. 8; and in the 9th and 10th, we find the six last Hebrew letters, which is also the case in the following psalm. (Haydock)
In some Latin copies, we also find the same title in both, as they may relate to the captives. (Calmet)
The Church thanks God for the institution of the Eucharist, &c. (St. Augustine) (Eusebius)
Praise. Literally, "confess to." (Haydock)
Congregation. Where there are few or many together, (Calmet) in private for my own sake, and in public for edification. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXI
2. “I will make confession unto Thee, O Lord,” he saith, “with my whole heart” ( ver. 1 ). Confession is not always confession of sins, but the praise of God is poured forth in the devotion of confession. The former mourneth, the latter rejoiceth: the former showeth the wound to the physician, the latter giveth thanks for health. The latter confession signifieth some one, not merely freed from every evil, but even separate from all the ill-disposed. And for this reason let us consider the place where he confesseth unto the Lord with all his heart. …
Sulpitius Severus The Doubtful Letters of Sulpitius Severus, Chapter V
After him, there will stand up David worthy of his descendant the Lord, and declare: “I, Lord, proclaimed thee by every means; I set forth that only thy name was to be worshiped; I said, ‘Blessed is the man who fears the Lord’; I said too, ‘The saints shall be joyful in glory’; and I said, ‘The desire of the wicked shall perish,’ that these people might acknowledge thee and cease to sin. I, when I had become possessed of royal power, clothed in sackcloth, with dust spread beneath me, and with the emblems of my greatness laid aside, lay down in my clothes, that an example might be given to these people of gentleness and humility. …