Isaias 33:5
The Lord is magnified, for he hath dwelt on high: he hath filled Sion with judgment and justice.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Magnificatus est Dominus, quoniam habitavit in excelso ; implevit Sion judicio et justitia.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἅγιος ὁ θεὸς ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν ὑψηλῷ, ἐνεπλήσθη Σειὼν κρίσεως· καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ
- Hebrew (WLC)
- נִשְׂגָּ֣ב יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י שֹׁכֵ֖ן מָר֑וֹם מִלֵּ֣א צִיּ֔וֹן מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Book I, Chapter XVIII
29. Behold, O Lord God, and behold patiently, as Thou art wont to do, how diligently the sons of men observe the conventional rules of letters and syllables, received from those who spoke prior to them, and yet neglect the eternal rules of everlasting salvation received from Thee, insomuch that he who practises or teaches the hereditary rules of pronunciation, if, contrary to grammatical usage, he should say, without aspirating the first letter, a uman being, will offend men more than if, in opposition to Thy commandments, he, a human being, were to hate a human being. As if, indeed, any man should feel that an enemy could be more destructive to him than that hatred with which he is excited against him, or that he could destroy more utterly him whom he persecutes than he destroys his own soul by his enmity. …