For the marvellous passage of Israel out of Egypt, 3. the red sea, the river of Jordan, 7. and the hills giving them place, 8. the rocks yielding them water, 9. God, not themselves, is to be praised. 12. Idols and idolaters are vain, and shall be confounded: 17. the faithful trust in God, 20. are blessed, and for ever praise God.For the meruelous paſſage of Iſrael out of Ægypt, 3. the red ſea, the riuer of Iordan, 7. and the hilles geuing them place, 8. the rockes yelding them water, 9. God, not themſelues, is to be praiſed. 12. Idoles and Idolaters are vaine, and ſhal be confounded: 17. the faithful truſt in God, 20. are bleſſed, and for euer praiſe God.✦
Alleluia. In the coming forth of Israel out of Egypt, of the house of Jacob from the barbaro: savage, uncivilized; of an alien tongue and false religion people.Allelu ia. IN the comming forth of Iſrael out of Ægypt, of the houſe of Iacob from a the barbarous people.Alleluja. In exitu Israël de Ægypto, domus Jacob de populo barbaro,
2Jewry was made his sanctification, Israel his dominion.b Iewrie was made his ſanctification, Iſrael his dominion.facta est Judæa sanctificatio ejus ; Israël potestas ejus.
3The sea saw, and fled: Jordan was turned backward.The c ſea ſaw, and d fled : Iordan e was turned backeward.Mare vidit, et fugit ; Jordanis conversus est retrorsum.
4The mountains leaped as rams: and the little hills as the lambs of sheep.f The mountaines leaped as rammes: and the litle hilles as the lambes of ſheepe.Montes exsultaverunt ut arietes, et colles sicut agni ovium.
5What aileth thee O sea that thou didst flee: and thou O Jordan, that thou wast turned backward?g What ayleth thee ô ſea that thou didſt flee : and thou ô Iordan, that thou waſt turned backeward ?Quid est tibi, mare, quod fugisti ? et tu, Jordanis, quia conversus es retrorsum ?
6Ye mountains leaped as rams, and ye little hills as the lambs of sheep.Ye mountaines leaped as rammes, and ye litle hilles as the lambes of ſhepe.montes, exsultastis sicut arietes ? et colles, sicut agni ovium ?
7At the face of our Lord was the earth moved, at the face of the God of Jacob.At the face of our Lord was the earth moued, at the face of the God of Iacob.A facie Domini mota est terra, a facie Dei Jacob :
8Who turned the rock into pools of waters, and stony hill into fountains of waters.Who turned h the rocke into pooles of waters, and ſtonie hil into fountaines of waters.qui convertit petram in stagna aquarum, et rupem in fontes aquarum.
9Not to us O Lord, not to us: but to thy name give the glory.* NOT TO VS O LORD, NOT TO VS : but to thy name geue the glorie.Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam :
10For thy mercy, and thy truth: lest at any time the Gentiles say: Where is their God?For i thy mercie, and k thy truth : leſt at any time l the Gentiles ſay : Where is their God ?super misericordia tua et veritate tua ; nequando dicant gentes : Ubi est Deus eorum ?
11But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.But our God is in heauen : he hath done al thinges whatſoeuer he would.Deus autem noster in cælo ; omnia quæcumque voluit fecit.
12The idols of the gentiles are silver, and gold, the works of men's hands.The idols of the gentiles are ſiluer, and gold, the workes of mens handes.¶Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, opera manuum hominum.
13They have mouth, and shall not speak: they have eyes, and shall not see.They haue mouth, and ſhal not ſpeake : they haue eies, and ſhal not ſee.Os habent, et non loquentur ; oculos habent, et non videbunt.
14They have ears, and shall not hear: they have nostrils and shall not smell.They haue eares, and ſhal not heare : they haue noſthrels and ſhal not ſmel.Aures habent, et non audient ; nares habent, et non odorabunt.
15They have hands, and shall not handle: they have feet, and shall not walk: they shall not cry in their throat.They haue handes, and ſhal not handle : they haue feete, and ſhal not walke : they ſhal not crie in their throte.Manus habent, et non palpabunt ; pedes habent, et non ambulabunt ; non clamabunt in gutture suo.
16Let them that make them become like to them: and all that have confidence in them.m Let them that make them become like to them : and al that haue confidence in them.Similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea, et omnes qui confidunt in eis.
17The house of Israel hath hoped in our Lord: he is their helper and their protector.n The houſe of Iſrael hath hoped in our Lord : he is their helper and their protector.Domus Israël speravit in Domino ; adjutor eorum et protector eorum est.
18The house of Aaron hath hoped in our Lord: he is their helper and their protector.The houſe of Aaron hath hoped in our Lord : he is their helper and their protector.Domus Aaron speravit in Domino ; adjutor eorum et protector eorum est.
19They that fear our Lord, have hoped in our Lord: he is their helper and their protector.They that feare our Lord, haue hoped in our Lord : he is their helper and their protector.Qui timent Dominum speraverunt in Domino ; adjutor eorum et protector eorum est.
20Our Lord hath been mindful of us: and hath blessed us: He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.Our Lord hath beene mindful of vs : and hath bleſſed vs : He hath bleſſed the houſe of Iſrael : he hath bleſſed the houſe of Aaron.Dominus memor fuit nostri, et benedixit nobis. Benedixit domui Israël ; benedixit domui Aaron.
21He hath blessed all, that fear our Lord, the little with the great.He hath bleſſed al, that feare our Lord, the litle with the great.Benedixit omnibus qui timent Dominum, pusillis cum majoribus.
22Our Lord add upon you: upon you, and upon your children.Our Lord adde vpon you : vpon you, & vpon your children.Adjiciat Dominus super vos, super vos et super filios vestros.
23Blessed be you of our Lord, which made heaven, and earth.Bleſſed be you of our Lord, which made heauen, and earth.Benedicti vos a Domino, qui fecit cælum et terram.
24The heaven of heaven is to our Lord: but the earth he hath given to the children of men.o The heauen of heauen is to our Lord : but p the earth he hath geuen to the children of men.Cælum cæli Domino ; terram autem dedit filiis hominum.
25The dead shall not praise thee O Lord: nor all they, that go down hell.q The dead ſhal not prayſe thee ô Lord : nor al they, r that goe downe hel.Non mortui laudabunt te, Domine, neque omnes qui descendunt in infernum :
26But we that live, do bless our Lord, from this time, and for ever.But we ſ that liue, doe bleſſe our Lord, from this time, and for euer.sed nos qui vivimus, benedicimus Domino, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.
Annotationsfrom the original 1609 Douay Old Testament
12The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold. All Catholic Divines agree in this authentical definition, of Idolatry, that it is divine honour given to any creature, as to a god. Of the divers sorts also of Idolatry the ancient learned Doctors have written much. Namely Justinus Martyr in his Orations against the Gentiles, Tertullian in Apologetico, Arnobius Orat. ad Gentes. Lactantius, li. 1. c. 17. Divinar. Instit. and many others. But most copiously and profoundly S. Augustine, especially in his ten first books de Civitate Dei. Into which error and crime the Platonists fell, holding that spiritual invisible created substances, to wit, Angels good and evil, whom they called Intelligentias separatas, had divine power, and so gave to them divine honour. Others honour dead men, and some before their death as gods, for their notable acts achieved in this life, as Saturn, Jupiter, Hercules, and the like. Some yield divine honour to mere corporal creatures, living or without life, as to beasts and serpents, the sun, the moon, fire, water, earth, the whole machine of the world, as if it were animate, and that with divine spirit or soul. Again all these have been worshipped as gods, not only in themselves but also in their images. But to omit other diversities, the most gross sort of all, is the Idolatry which the Psalmist here describeth, when Images made by men's hands are immediately honoured as gods in themselves. For such gods the Gentiles had, and of them the Prophet here speaketh. Comparing these visible senseless imagined gods, with the one eternal invisible God, who is made notorious by his divine conspicuous works, whereas these idols, by how much they are more visible, so much more they are contemptible: because being fashioned with mouth, eyes, ears, nose, hands, feet, throat, and other members, they are altogether senseless, not able to speak with their mouth, and therein more base in nature, than the men that made them; nor able to see, hear, smell, taste, feel, to walk, to move, nor to cry, all which beasts can do. And therefore those that make them, or have confidence in them (as the Prophet here signifieth that some have. v. 16.) are most absurd: becoming like to the same idols, in their understanding and internal cogitations, as these idols are void of external sense. And all Idolaters are most wicked, giving divine honour to any creature, and are therein servants of devils: Whether they immediately honour devils, as when sorcerers and witches, making pact with the devil, adore him, and he for the same doth some thing which they demand: or that they honour some other creature, wherein by the devils' false persuasion, they think there is divine power. Both which ways devils usurp God's honour and therefore the same Prophet said in another Psalm: All the gods of Gentiles are devils.The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold. All Catholic Divines agree in this authentical definition, of Idolatry, that it is divine honour given to any creature, as to a god. Of the divers sorts also of Idolatry the ancient learned Doctors have written much. Namely Justinus Martyr in his Orations against the Gentiles, Tertullian in Apologetico, Arnobius Orat. ad Gentes. Lactantius, li. 1. c. 17. Divinar. Instit. and many others. But most copiously and profoundly S. Augustine, especially in his ten first books de Civitate Dei. Into which error and crime the Platonists fell, holding that spiritual invisible created substances, to wit, Angels good and evil, whom they called Intelligentias separatas, had divine power, and so gave to them divine honour. Others honour dead men, and some before their death as gods, for their notable acts achieved in this life, as Saturn, Jupiter, Hercules, and the like. Some yield divine honour to mere corporal creatures, living or without life, as to beasts and serpents, the sun, the moon, fire, water, earth, the whole machine of the world, as if it were animate, and that with divine spirit or soul. Again all these have been worshipped as gods, not only in themselves but also in their images. But to omit other diversities, the most gross sort of all, is the Idolatry which the Psalmist here describeth, when Images made by men's hands are immediately honoured as gods in themselves. For such gods the Gentiles had, and of them the Prophet here speaketh. Comparing these visible senseless imagined gods, with the one eternal invisible God, who is made notorious by his divine conspicuous works, whereas these idols, by how much they are more visible, so much more they are contemptible: because being fashioned with mouth, eyes, ears, nose, hands, feet, throat, and other members, they are altogether senseless, not able to speak with their mouth, and therein more base in nature, than the men that made them; nor able to see, hear, smell, taste, feel, to walk, to move, nor to cry, all which beasts can do. And therefore those that make them, or have confidence in them (as the Prophet here signifieth that some have. v. 16.) are most absurd: becoming like to the same idols, in their understanding and internal cogitations, as these idols are void of external sense. And all Idolaters are most wicked, giving divine honour to any creature, and are therein servants of devils: Whether they immediately honour devils, as when sorcerers and witches, making pact with the devil, adore him, and he for the same doth some thing which they demand: or that they honour some other creature, wherein by the devils' false persuasion, they think there is divine power. Both which ways devils usurp God's honour and therefore the same Prophet said in another Psalm: All the gods of Gentiles are devils.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.