Psalms 107:14
Through God we shall do mightily: and he will bring our enemies to nothing.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In Deo faciemus virtutem ; et ipse ad nihilum deducet inimicos nostros.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐν τῷ θεῷ ποιήσομεν δύναμιν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξουδενώσει τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἡμῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 108:14
- בֵּֽאלֹהִ֥ים נַעֲשֶׂה חָ֑יִל וְ֝ה֗וּא יָב֥וּס צָרֵֽינוּ
The Fathers on this verse
Tertullian The Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas, Argument. Perpetua is Again Tempted by Her Father. Her Third Vision, Wherein She is Led Away to Struggle Against an Egyptian. She Fights, Conquers, and Receives the Reward
2. “The day before that on which we were to fight, I saw in a vision that Pomponius the deacon came hither to the gate of the prison, and knocked vehemently. I went out to him, and opened the gate for him; and he was clothed in a richly ornamented white robe, and he had on manifold calliculæ. And he said to me, ‘Perpetua, we are waiting for you; come!’ And he held his hand to me, and we began to go through rough and winding places. Scarcely at length had we arrived breathless at the amphitheatre, when he led me into the middle of the arena, and said to me, ‘Do not fear, I am here with you, and I am labouring with you;’ and he departed. And I gazed upon an immense assembly in astonishment. And because I knew that I was given to the wild beasts, I marvelled that the wild beasts were not let loose upon me. …
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CVIII
1. I have not thought that the CVIII th Psalm required an exposition; since I have already expounded it in the LVII th Psalm, and in the LX th , of the last divisions of which this Psalm consisteth. For the last part of the LVII th is the first of this, as far as the verse, “Thy glory is above all the earth.” Henceforth to the end, is the last part of the LX th : as the last part of the CXXXV th is the same as that of the CXV th , from the verse, “The images of the heathen are but gold and silver:” as the XIV th -->[4899] --> and LIII d , with a few alterations in the middle, have everything the same from the beginning to the end. …