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St. Robert Bellarmine

Commentary on Psalms 107

The verse-by-verse exposition of the Psalms by St. Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621), Jesuit cardinal and Doctor of the Church. Cornelius a Lapide left the Psalms unfinished at his death, so Bellarmine’s stands here. A reading aid — not part of the Scripture text.

The Prophet Praiseth God for Benefits Received

Explanation of the Psalm

This Psalm has been explained before; the first five verses of it being identically the same as the last five of Psalm 56, and the last eight verses of it being word for word with the last eight verses of Psalm 59. No reason can be assigned for such repetition, save, perhaps, the making up of 150 Psalms.

St. Robert Bellarmine, A Commentary on the Book of Psalms, English translation by Archdeacon John O’Sullivan (1866), in the public domain, from ecatholic2000.com. Reproduced here as a reading aid alongside the Original Douay-Rheims.