George Leo Haydock

God. Symmachus Thee . (Theophylactus) — Elohim is used in both places, (Haydock) with a singular verb, as being spoken of the Deity. (St. Irenĉus iii. 6.) (Bossuet) (Du Hamel) — “O Elohim, thy Elohim,” (Haydock) which implies more than one person in God. (Berthier) — Many king might be preferred to Solomon; but Christ was raised above all. (Worthington) — Fellows. In consequence of the free gift of God, in uniting the human nature to the second person, the Messias advanced in glory; (Haydock) or rather the prophet speaks of his subsequent merits, which entitled him to the greatest felicity. — The oil of gladness, alludes to the reward of his labours. Dia touto seems to require this sense, though the Hebrew may be rendered, “because.” (Berthier) — Either the cause or the effect may be meant. (Menochius) — Solomon was chosen before many of his elder brothers; but Christ was anointed by the Holy Ghost, Acts x. 38. (Calmet)