Psalms 97:6
With long trumpets, and sound of cornet. Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- in tubis ductilibus, et voce tubæ corneæ. Jubilate in conspectu regis Domini :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐν σάλπιγξιν ἐλαταῖς καὶ φωνῇ σάλπιγγος κερατίνης· ἀλαλάξατε ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως Κυρίῳ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 98:6
- בַּ֭חֲצֹ֣צְרוֹת וְק֣וֹל שׁוֹפָ֑ר הָ֝רִ֗יעוּ לִפְנֵ֤י הַמֶּ֬לֶךְ יְהוָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Cornet. This was a crooked horn; the trumpets were of metal, Numbers x. 2. (Calmet)
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 XCVIII
5. “Make melody unto the Lord upon the harp: on the harp and with the voice of a Psalm” ( ver. 5 ). Praise Him not with the voice only; take up works, that ye may not only sing, but work also. He who singeth and worketh, maketh melody with psaltery and upon the harp. Now see what sort of instruments are next spoken of, in figure: “With ductile trumpets also, and the sound of the pipe of horn” ( ver. 6 ). What are ductile trumpets, and pipes of horn? Ductile trumpets are of brass: they are drawn out by hammering; if by hammering, by being beaten, ye shall be ductile trumpets, drawn out unto the praise of God, if ye improve when in tribulation: tribulation is hammering, improvement is the being drawn out. …