the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness endures forever;
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Dash thy little ones, and so forth In the spiritual sense, we dash the littel ones of Babylon against the rock, when we mortify our passions, and stifle the first motions of them, by a speedy recourse to the rock, which is Christ. Challoner. Saint Augustine Saint Gregory Psalms 50. Worthington.—We do not read that Cyrus treated Babylon with this rigour; but such practices were then customary, (Ose. 14:1. Iliad xxii.) and Darius cruelly punished the revolted city. Herod. iii. 159. Calmet.—God will reward those who execute his decrees ( Bible.) against Babylon. Worthington.—The psalmist contrasts the felicity of the conqueror, with the misery of the citizens, without approving of his conduct. Bert.