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: of an alien tongue and false religion; not savage, uncivilized people.Alleluia. In the coming forth of Israel out of Egypt, of the house of Jacob from the barbaro: of an alien tongue and false religion; not savage, uncivilized people.Allelu ia. IN the comming forth of Israel out of Ægypt, of the house of Iacob from athe barbarous people.Alleluja. In exitu Israël de Ægypto, domus Jacob de populo barbaro,
2Jewry was made his sanctification, Israel his dominion.Jewry was made his sanctification, Israel his dominion.bIewrie 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 sea saw, and fled: Jordan was turned backward.The csea saw, and dfled: Iordan ewas turned backeward.Mare vidit, et fugit ; Jordanis conversus est retrorsum.
4The mountains leaped as rams: and the little hills as the lambs of sheep.The mountains leaped as rams: and the little hills as the lambs of sheep.fThe mountaines leaped as rammes: and the litle hilles as the lambes of sheepe.Montes exsultaverunt ut arietes, et colles sicut agni ovium.
5What Douay: aileth thee O sea that thou didst flee: and thou O Jordan, that thou wast turned backward?What aileth thee O sea that thou didst flee: and thou O Jordan, that thou wast turned backward?gWhat 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 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 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 the rock into pools of waters, and stony hill into fountains of waters.Who turned hthe 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 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 thy mercy, and thy truth: lest at any time the Gentiles say: Where is their God?For ithy mercie, and kthy truth: lest at any time lthe 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 Douay: hath done all things whatsoever he would.But 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 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 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 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 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.Let them that make them become like to them: and all that have confidence in them.mLet 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 Douay: hath hoped in our Lord: he is their helper and their protector.The house of Israel hath hoped in our Lord: he is their helper and their protector.nThe 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 Douay: 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.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 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 Douay: hath been mindful of us: and Douay: hath blessed us: He Douay: hath blessed the house of Israel: he Douay: hath blessed the house of Aaron.Our 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 Douay: hath blessed all, that fear our Lord, the little with the great.He 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 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 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 Douay: hath given to the children of men.The heaven of heaven is to our Lord: but the earth he hath given to the children of men.oThe heauen of heauen is to our Lord: but pthe 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.The dead shall not praise thee O Lord: nor all they, that go down hell.qThe dead shal not prayse thee ô Lord: nor al they, rthat 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 that live, do bless our Lord, from this time, and for ever.But we sthat 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 siluer and gold. Al Catholique Diuines agree in this authentical definition, of Idolatrie, that it is diuine honour geuen to anie creature, as to a god. Of the diuers sortes also of Idolatrie the ancient lerned Doctors haue written much. Namely Iustinus Martyr in his Orations against the Gentiles, Tertullian in Apologetico, Arnobius Orat. ad Gentes. Lactantius, li. 1. c. 17. Diuinar. Instit. and manie others. But most copiously and profoundly S. Augustin, especially in his tenne first bookes de Ciuitate Dei. Into which error & crime the Platonistes fel, holding that spiritual inuisible created substances, to witte, Angels good and euil, whom they called Intelligentias separatas, had diuine powre, & so gaue to them diuine honour. Others honour dead men, and some before their death as goddes, for their notable actes atchieued in this life, as Saturne, Iuppiter, Hercules, and the like. Some yeld diuine honour to mere corporal creatures, liuing or without life, as to beastes and serpentes, the sunne, the moone, fire, water, earth, the whole machin of the world, as if it were animate, and that with diuine spirite or soule. Againe al these haue bene worshipped as gods, not only in them selues but also in their imagees. But to omite other diuersities, the most grosse sorte of al, is the Idolatrie which the Psalmist here describeth, when Imagees made by mens handes are immediatly honored as goddes in themselues. For such goddes the Gentiles had, and of them the Prophet here speaketh. Comparing these visible sensles imagined goddes, with the one eternal inuisible God, who is made notorious by his diuine conspicuous workes, wheras these idols, by how much they are more visible, so much more they are contemptible: because being fashioned with mouth, eyes, eares, nose, handes, feete, throte, and other members, they are altogether sensles, not able to speake with their mouth, and therin more base in nature, then the men that made them; nor able to see, heare, smel, taist, feele, to walke, to moue, nor to crie, al which beastes can doe. And therfore those that make them, or haue confidence in them (as the Prophet here signifieth that some haue. v. 16.) are most absurde: becoming like to the same idols, in their vnderstanding and internal cogitations, as these idols are voide of external sense. And al Idolaters are most wicked, geuing diuine honour to anie creature, & are therin seruantes of diuels: Whether they immediatly honour diuels, as when sorcerers and witches, making pact with the diuel, adore him, and he for the same doth some thing which they demand: or that they honour some other creature, wherin by the diuels false persuasion, they thincke there is diuine powre. Both which waies diuels vsurpe Gods honour and therfore the same Prophet saide in an other Psalme: Al the goddes of Gentiles are diuels.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition. Also available: Plantin Louvain (Latin).