PSALM LXXXII. (DEUS QUIS SIMILIS.)
A prayer against the enemies of God's Church.
Assyrian, or "Assur," sprung from Dedan, (Genesis xxv. 3.) and dwelt near the Ammonites. (Calmet) --- Come. Hebrew, "an arm to," &c. (Haydock) --- All infidels conspire against Catholics, (Worthington) and are will to forget their private quarrels. (Haydock)
Madian: 120,000 of whom were defeated by Gedeon with 300 men, (Haydock; Judges vii.) as Sisara was routed by Debora, at Cisson, and slain by Jahel, Judges iv. (Calmet)
Endor. Near this place the Madianites fell upon one another. --- All their princes of Madian, (Calmet) or treat all the princes of the people, who now attack us, like them. (Menochius) --- Both senses are good. (Berthier)
Mountains. The prayer or prediction was not in vain. The enemies of Josaphat, (2 Paralipomenon xx. 11, 24.; Calmet) and of David, &c., were destroyed. (Haydock) --- The trees on the mountains, (Menochius) or the mountain itself, might burn like Etna and Vesuvius. (Genebrard) --- The destruction of the wicked is thus described. (Worthington)