Psalms 80:6

Verse 6. Joseph. Who represents all the family of Israel, as he took care of it. Calmet. Psalms 79:2. Worthington.—Not. The Israelites heard the voice of God at Sinai, (Saint Jerome and so forth Calmet.) and for the last time, where forced to hear the insults of the Egyptians at their heels; ( Bible.) whose language was barbarous to them, (Psalms 113:1. Menochius.) and not well understood by all, as they had very little society together. Joseph spoke to his brethren by an interpreter. Bible.—Some explain this of Joseph himself, when he first came into Egypt, (Chal. Bos.) or of the Israelites, at their arrival there. Vat.—But this agrees not with the Vulg. or Hebrew ( Bible.) the latter of which is very confused and incorrect, though it be adopted ( Calmet.) by S. Jerom: “I heard a tongue which I knew not, I withdrew,” and so forth ( Bible.) or, making a small alteration, “God hast established this festival in Joseph, when He appeared in the land of Egypt to rescue his people: then said the Lord, I made him hear a language which he knew not, that I was the protector of my people, I will remove,” and so forth Calmet.—The authors of the Pin. disc. take this liberty, which would make the sense pretty clear. But the Hebrew means, “I heard,” and so forth Some not being able to understand this, have substituted, “He heard,” with the German version. Bert.—The ancient Greek interpreters seem to have read the same, as no variation is noticed. Calmet.—If, however, we must explain the Hebrew of S. Jerom, we must suppose that, “I knew not, means I condemned, as it often does; and God certainly reprobated the harsh language of the Egyptian task-masters, and came to deliver his people from oppression. Exodus 2:25 and 3:8 and 5:14. Bible.