Psalms 103:7
At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ab increpatione tua fugient ; a voce tonitrui tui formidabunt.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἀπὸ ἐπιτιμήσεώς σου φεύξονται, ἀπὸ φωνῆς βροντῆς σου δειλιάσουσιν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 104:7
- מִן גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ֣ יְנוּס֑וּן מִן ק֥וֹל רַֽ֝עַמְךָ֗ יֵחָפֵזֽוּן
Haydock's commentary
Fear. Hebrew, "retire precipitately" to their beds, at thy command, (Haydock) on the third day. (Calmet)
Some think that a storm or the deluge are here described, (St. Chrysostom) which is less probable. (Berthier) (Calmet)
The waters would naturally cover the earth; but are confined to their proper channels by God. (Worthington)
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
7. “From Thy rebuke they shall fly” ( ver. 7 ). And this was done, brethren; from God’s rebuke the waters did fly; that is, they went back from pressing on the mountains. Now the mountains themselves stand forth, Peter and Paul: how do they tower! They who before were pressed down by persecutors, now are venerated by emperors. For the waters are fled from the rebuke of God; because “the heart of kings is in the hand of God, He hath bent it whither He would;” He commanded peace to be given by them to the Christians; the authority of the Apostles sprang up and towered high.…The waters fled from the rebuke of God. …