Psalms 103:28
What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dante te illis, colligent ; aperiente te manum tuam, omnia implebuntur bonitate.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- δόντος σου αὐτοῖς συλλέξουσιν, ἀνοίξαντος δέ σου τὴν χεῖρα τὰ σύμπαντα ἐμπλησθήσεται χρηστότητος.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 104:28
- תִּתֵּ֣ן לָ֭הֶם יִלְקֹט֑וּן תִּפְתַּ֥ח יָֽ֝דְךָ֗ יִשְׂבְּע֥וּן טֽוֹב
Haydock's commentary
All, is not in Hebrew [nor] Septuagint. (Calmet) But the sense is the same. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CIV
40. “When thou openest Thy hand, they shall all be filled with good” ( ver. 28 ). What is it, O Lord, that Thou openest Thy hand? Christ is Thy hand. “To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?” To whom it is revealed, unto him it is opened: for revelation is opening. “When Thou openest Thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.” When Thou revealest Thy Christ, “they shall all be filled with good.” But they have not good from themselves; this is oftentimes proved unto them. “When Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled” ( ver. 29 ). Many filled with good have attributed to themselves what they had, and have wished to boast as in their own righteousnesses, and have said to themselves, I am righteous; I am great: and have become self-complacent. …