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Psalms 74:1

Unto the end, corrupt not, a psalm of a canticle for Asaph.

Challoner: Corrupt notIt is believed to have been the beginning of some ode or hymn, to the tune of which this psalm was to be sung. St. Augustine and other fathers take it to be an admonition of the spirit of God, not to faint or fail in our hope: but to persevere with constancy in good: because God will not fail in his due time to render to every man according to his works.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): In finem, ne corrumpas. Psalmus cantici Asaph.
Septuagint (Swete): Εἰς τὸ τέλος· μὴ διαφθείρῃς· ψαλμὸς τῷ Ἀσὰφ ᾠδῆς.
Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 75:1: לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אַל תַּשְׁחֵ֑ת מִזְמ֖וֹר לְאָסָ֣ף שִֽׁיר

Haydock's commentary

Corrupt not. 'Tis believed to have been the beginning of some ode or hymn, to the tune of which this psalm was to be sung. St. Augustine and other Fathers, take it to be an admonition of the Spirit of God, not to faint, or fail in our hope; but to persevere with constancy in good: because God will not fail in his due time, to render to every man according to his works. (Challoner)

Symmachus has, "concerning incorruption," (Haydock) whence some have explained the psalm of the general resurrection. (Eusebius)

The Chaldeans refer it to David, praying that the angel would cease to destroy, (2 Kings xxiv.) while others suppose that he forbids Abisai to hurt Saul, 1 Kings xxvi. 9. (St. Jerome)

This and similar difficult terms might resemble the anthems of Church music. (Genebrard) (Berthier) (Psalm lvi.)

The psalm is a sequel to the former, (Calmet) or a moral instruction, given by the Son of God, (ver. 3.) after the author had admonished us to attend, and place ourselves in his presence. It is not necessary to suppose that it is written in the form of a dialogue. (Berthier)

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.