Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Oxen of the Sun/406

Annotations
Tiens, tiens   (French) ''Indeed? Well, well.'' An interjection expressing surprise, doubt, disapproval, or skepticism.

Laetabuntur in cubilibus suis   (Latin) They shall rejoice in their beds. This is an adaptation of Psalms 149:5:

Ut implerentur scripturae   (Latin) That the scriptures might be fulfilled. This phrase occurs once in the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible: Matthew 26:56, in which Jesus is arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane: