Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation.

“Greek prefixes, “A Hymn of the Fathers.” The author here imitates the third work of Solomon. (Haydock) — He had given rules for all virtues; and he now sets before us those who had put them in practice. (Calmet) — It was the custom to sound forth the praises of these fathers in the temple and synagogues, ver. 15. (Grotius)”

“Let us praise men, etc. Discoursing morally, and touching upon allegory and anagogy in very many places, he has set forth the mysteries of the divine sacrament; whence he begins to narrate of the holy fathers. Our parents. The patriarchs, who enjoyed divine speech and vision; and the Prophets, who, filled with the Holy Spirit, sang beforehand many mysteries of Christ and of the Church.”