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Psalms — Chapter 103


These annotations are from the original 1609 Douay Old Testament, the first complete English Catholic Bible translation, produced by English scholars in exile at the English College of Douai. The archaic spelling is preserved.

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Verse 1

To Dauid himfelf, Y foule bleffe thou our Lord: o Lord my God thou-art magnified B exceedingly.

Verse 2

praife. Stretching out the heauen asa skinne : 3, which ‘couereft the higher’ parts therof { (by with waters. (b) Thou haft compaffed the {phere of the fixed ftarres with a Sphere of criftalline fab ftance; which is as water congeled, Which ( (¢) makeft the cloud for thee to afcend on: which walkeft Vpon the wings of wi “c) According to our capacitie the Prophet deféribeth the fpeedie comming , or working of God’, asit he came in afwift cloud ,or with wings of the ‘wind, to: fignifie that he w: orketh what arid when he “pleat eth without delay:He faid,and things were made : he commanded and thev were creeted, Pfal.32.

Verse 5

(f) Moft firmely eftablished by natural weight, inthe center of the world,

Verse 6

(b).as a garment is his. clothing : vpon the’ mountaines fhal waacers {tand., (g) The water (h) should: naturally couer al the earth, . At(s) thy reprehentionthey fhalfiye: atthe voice of thy thunder they fhal feare, (3) Bur by thy.commandment the waters are comeinedin their limited Places.

Verse 8

‘earth, (1) The-waters. 10, Which fendeft forth fountaines in the: valleyes: between the middeft r of mountaines shal waters pafle. (k) The waters being conteyned in their appointed chanels , both hils and felds } ] appeare, whicly otherwife would be couered.

Verse 9

Z2- Als = Gods workes: 4 1 i— 11, Althe bealts of the field fhal-drinke : the wilde affes thal (m) expe j 12. Ouerthetn fhal the foules of the ayre inhabite+ out of the middes of { 13. Watering the mountaines from his higher places ; of thefruit of thy Worke fhal the earth:be filed, 21.The whelps of lionsroaring,to raven,and to fecke of God meate for 22. The funne is rifen,& they are gathered together:and in their couches 25. This great fea,and very large , there are (r) creeping beafts, wherof (J) there is no number, thee thar thou giue them meate in feafon. ali fhal be filled with bounrie, 188 THE BOOK ia their thirft, (™)Hope tor and receiue. rockes they thal gine forth voices, 14, Bringing forth graffe for beafts , and herbe for the feruiceof ‘men, That chou mayft bring forth (m) bread out of the earth: 15.8 (0) wine may make the hart of man ioyful. ‘That he may make the tace cheerful with(p) oile: and bread may con- firmerhe:hart of man, {no p).By-thefe three principal kinds of foode , breade , wine , and oyle, al forts of nutriment are vnderftood. 16.The trees of the field fhal be filled, aud the ceders of Libanus,which he hath planted : 17, there {parowes fhal make their neft, The houfe of the hearne isthe leader of them: 18. the high mountaines for horrs : the rocke a refuge tor the Irchins,

Verse 19

night was made: in it fhal al the beafts of the wood paffe. themfelues. they shal be placed,

Verse 23

thou haft made al thin gsin wifedom:the earth is filled w ith ( q) thy poffeffion, (9) With thy crearures. _ (+) Fishes,ferpents, -wormes, and al living creaturesthatlacke feete. ({) No kind woof liuing creatures multiplieth fo much as fishes.Ariftorel li.yAnimalc.t7, Litle beaits with great:26.there ships shal pafle, This (¢) dragon , whomthou madeft to (-v) delude: 27. al expect of (t) Amoft hugs fish called Leuiathan.Iob. 40. v. 20. (v) Albert inthe water he paffeth mans ‘firength ,-yet deprined of water he isnot able to defend himfelfe.y.2 a

Verse 28

fhal be troubled:thou fhalt take away their {pirite , and they fhal*faile, and fhal returne into their u

Verse 30

earth, 31.Be eel OF PSALMES 31, Be the glorie ofour Lord for euer ; our Lord wil reioice in his workes,

Verse 32

Wholooketh vponthe earth, & maketh it to tremble: who toucheth the mountaines,and they {moke,

Verse 33

I wil chant to our Lord in my life : 1 wil fing tomy God as long asl am,