1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Psalms 82:1 | A canticle of a psalm for Asaph. | Asaph. This psalm alludes to the wars of David, (2 Kings viii.; Berthier) against Ammon, (Bossuet) or of the Jews returned from captivity, (2 Esdras iv., and Ezechiel xxxviii.; Theodoret) or of the Machabees; (1 Machabees v., and 2 Machabees x.; Bellarmine) or rather of Josaphat, 2 Paralipomenon xx. (Kimchi) (Hammond) (Calmet) --- All in danger are taught to have recourse to God. (Berthier) |
| Psalms 82:2 | O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God; | To thee? Hebrew, "be not silent to thyself." (Pagnin) --- But domi also implies "like;" (Bellarmine) and there would otherwise be a sort of tautology. (Berthier) --- Christ on earth was like other men: but when he shall come to judgment, none will be comparable to Him. (St. Augustine) --- Amama says this exposition is groundless: but others are of a contrary opinion. (Haydock) --- The ancient Greek interpreters seem not to have varied from the Septuagint, though St. Jerome adopts the present Hebrew, "be not silent. Hold," etc., which may express the utmost fervour and want of protection. Thy own cause is now at stake: the enemy wishes to destroy religion. (Calmet) |
| Psalms 82:3 | For lo thy enemies have made a noise: and they that hate thee, have lifted up the head. | Noise. Like the boisterous ocean. (Haydock) --- Head. To revolt, 4 Kings 3:9., and 2 Paralipomenon xx. |
| Psalms 82:4 | They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints. | Saints. Hebrew, "hidden ones;" (Protestants; Haydock) the people under God's protection, (Menochius; Berthier) or the treasures of the temple. (Calmet) |
| Psalms 82:5 | They have said: Come and let us destroy them, so that they be not a nation: and let the name of Israel be remembered no more. | Nation. That there may be no more of this religion, or Catholics. (Worthington) --- Israel delighted most in being styled the chosen nation of God. (Berthier) |
| Psalms 82:6 | For they have contrived with one consent: they have made a covenant together against thee, | |
| Psalms 82:7 | The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ismahelites: Moab, and the Agarenes, | Agarenes descended from Agar, though they took the name of Saracens, as if they had sprung from Sara, (Worthington) or they dwelt at Agra, otherwise called Petra, in Arabia; or on the east of Galaad, 1 Paralipomenon 5:10. (Calmet) |
| Psalms 82:8 | Gebal, and Ammon and Amalec: the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre. | |
| Psalms 82:9 | Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined with them: they are come to the aid of the sons of Lot. | Assyrian, or "Assur," sprung from Dedan, (Genesis 25:3.) and dwelt near the Ammonites. (Calmet) --- Come. Hebrew, "an arm to," etc. (Haydock) --- All infidels conspire against Catholics, (Worthington) and are willing to forget their private quarrels. (Haydock) |
| Psalms 82:10 | Do to them *as thou didst to Madian **and to Sisara: as to Jaban at the brook of Cisson. Judges 7:22. --- ** Judges 1:15. | Madian: 120,000 of whom were defeated by Gedeon with 300 men, (Haydock; Judges vii.) as Sisara was routed by Debora, at Cisson, and slain by Jahel, Judges 4:(Calmet) |
| Psalms 82:11 | Who perished at Endor: and became as dung for the earth. | Endor. Near this place the Madianites fell upon one another. --- All their princes of Madian, (Calmet) or treat all the princes of the people, who now attack us, like them. (Menochius) --- Both senses are good. (Berthier) |
| Psalms 82:12 | *Make their princes like Oreb, **and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. All their princes, Judges 7:25. --- ** Judges 8:21. | |
| Psalms 82:13 | Who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance. | |
| Psalms 82:14 | O my God, make them like a wheel; and as stubble before the wind. | |
| Psalms 82:15 | As fire which burneth the wood: and as a flame burning mountains. | Mountains. The prayer or prediction was not in vain. The enemies of Josaphat, (2 Paralipomenon 20:11, 24.; Calmet) and of David, etc., were destroyed. (Haydock) --- The trees on the mountains, (Menochius) or the mountain itself, might burn like Etna and Vesuvius. (Genebrard) --- The destruction of the wicked is thus described. (Worthington) |
| Psalms 82:16 | So shalt thou pursue them with thy tempest: and shalt trouble them in thy wrath. | Tempest. During the night, a tempest probably arose, which threw the enemy into confusion, who supposing that the Israelites had broken into the camp, fell upon each other in the dark. (Calmet) --- St. Paul reminds us of God's indignation, which Christians as well as Jews ought to dread, Hebrews 12:25, 29., and Deuteronomy 4:24. (Berthier) |
| Psalms 82:17 | Fill their faces with shame; and they shall seek thy name, O Lord. | Name. This was the desire of the prophet; (St. Jerome; Calmet; Berthier) and for this end, God sends afflictions. The impenitent must perish for ever, ver. 18. (Worthington) |
| Psalms 82:18 | Let them be ashamed and troubled for ever and ever: and let them be confounded and perish. | |
| Psalms 82:19 | And let them know that the Lord is thy name: thou alone art the most High over all the earth. | Lord. He who is, Exodus 3:14., and 6:3. (Worthington) --- The name of the Lord is Himself. (Berthier) |