Psalms 86:5

Verse 5. Shall not Sion say, and so forth The meaning is, that Sion, that is the Church, shall not only be able to commemorate this or that particular person of renown born in her, but also to glory in great multitudes of people and princes, of her communion; who have been foretold in the writings of the prophets, and registered in the writings of the apostles. Challoner.—We might also translate, “shall it not be said of Sion?” Worthington.—Some may have read dicetur, instead of dicet. “Shall not a man say to Sion, yea, a man is born in her?” Bible.—Septuagint have, “mother,” μητρη, which S. Jerom says should be μητι, shall not. Other nations may have produced some great men. But Sion has given birth to the Man God, who was brought into the world in its vicinity, and preached and rose again there. Bert.—She has had many heroes, and has been founded by the Highest. Menochius.—Christ, both God and man, is the builder of his Church, and people, in admiration, recount how many great personages have embraced her communion. Worthington.—The baptist, a man sent by God, announced the Messias; who, according to his humanity, was born of a virgin, among the people of Sion; while, by his divine nature, He was the most High. Carthus. Bell. See Amama.—Sion, or Jerusalem, shall be the mother of an infinite multitude, (Isaiah 49:18) the metropolis of Judea. Septuagint Arab. and so forth read, “mother,” in this sense. People deemed it an honour to be born there. Calmet.—Christ “became man for our sakes, being God before us. How do we know this? The Lord has told us in the writings of peoples.” Saint Augustine D.