Psalms 40:1
Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Εἰς τὸ τέλος· ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυείδ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 41:1
- לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד
Haydock's commentary
Himself; implying, that David composed this psalm, though the word is not expressed in Hebrew or Greek. (Berthier; T. iii.)
The same articles, however, occur, which have been thus rendered before. (Haydock)
Some explain this psalm of the sickness of Ezechias, (Ven. Bede) or of that of David, a little before the revolt of Absalom. (Rab. Muis; Bossuet)
This may be described as a figure of our Saviour's sufferings. (Calmet)
For it would be rash not to acknowledge, that He is here the principal object in view, (Theodoret) since he has applied (ver. 10.) to the traitor's conduct, (Calmet) and all the rest may properly allude to the same events. The psalmist speaks of the Messias in the six first verses, and introduces him, in the remainder, uttering his own sentiments, (Berthier) respecting his passion and resurrection. (Worthington) (Isaias liii. 4.) (Menochius)
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.