Psalms 108:17
But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et persecutus est hominem inopem et mendicum, et compunctum corde, mortificare.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Psalms 108:16
- ἀνθ᾽ ὧν οὐκ ἐμνήσθη τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἔλεος, καὶ κατεδίωξεν πένητα καὶ πτωχὸν καὶ κατανενυγμένον τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ θανατῶσαι.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 109:16
- יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֥א זָכַר֮ עֲשׂ֪וֹת חָ֥סֶד וַיִּרְדֹּ֡ף אִישׁ עָנִ֣י וְ֭אֶבְיוֹן וְנִכְאֵ֨ה לֵבָ֬ב לְמוֹתֵֽת
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CIX
17. The Psalm then continueth: “His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen to him” ( ver. 17 ). Although Judas loved cursing, both in stealing from the money bag, and selling and betraying the Lord: nevertheless, that people more openly loved cursing, when they said, “His blood be on us, and on our children.” “He loved not blessing, therefore it shall be far from him.” Such was Judas indeed, since he loved not Christ, in whom is everlasting blessing; but the Jewish people still more decidedly refused blessing, unto whom he who had been enlightened by the Lord said, “Will ye also be His disciples?” “He clothed himself with cursing, like as with a raiment:” either Judas, or that people. …
The Fathers are given as they wrote. Where a passage lays the Passion on the Jewish people, the Church teaches that it cannot be charged against all the Jews then living, nor against the Jews of today, and that all sinners were its authors (CCC 597, 598).