Psalms 71:8

Verse 8. To sea. Solomon ruled from the Mediterranean, Red, and Indian Seas, to the Persian Gulph, and the Euphrates, having al Arabia tributary to him, ( Bible.) and the countries as far as Syria; so that he enjoyed all that had been promised by God. Genesis 15:18. Numbers 34:3 and 2 Chronicles 9:26 and 3 Kennicott. 4:24.—The earth, denotes this kingdom. Saint Jerome in Is. xiii. 4. But if we explain it of Christ, his Church has no limits. In spite of the corruption of the world, she still asserts her title of Catholic. Calmet.—She is universal, both as to time and place, and always visible, verse 15. Worthington.—Her divine head began to propagate this kingdom, after he had been baptized in the river Jordan, (Bert.) as the Fathers agree. This unlimited dominion was promised, (Psalms 2:7. Calmet.) and the prophet Zachary, (9) seems to quote this passage, when speaking of the Messias alone; so that it is best to understand it in this sense, as the Septuagint have done, by οικουμενης. Bert. Isaiah 9:6.