Psalms 118:121
I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ain Feci judicium et justitiam : non tradas me calumniantibus me.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἐποίησα κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην, μὴ παραδῷς με τοῖς ἀδικοῦσίν με.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:121
- עָ֭שִׂיתִי מִשְׁפָּ֣ט וָצֶ֑דֶק בַּל תַּ֝נִּיחֵ֗נִי לְעֹֽשְׁקָֽי
Haydock's commentary
Justice. This he declares out of zeal, praying to be freed from calumniators, (Worthington) particularly the devil, Apocalypse xii. 9. The Babylonians probably laid falsehoods to the charge of the Jews, in order to oppress them, as they frequently accused Daniel.
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, Ain
119. “I have dealt judgment and righteousness; O give me not over unto mine oppressors” ( ver. 121 ). It is not wonderful that he should have dealt judgment and righteousness, since he had above prayed for a chaste fear from God, whereby to fix with nails his flesh, that is, his carnal lusts, which are wont to hinder our judgment from being right. But although in our customary speech judgment is either right or wrong, whence it is said unto men in the Gospel, “Judge not according to the persons, but judge righteous judgment:” nevertheless in this passage judgment is used as though, if it were not righteous, it ought not to be called judgment; otherwise it would not be enough to say, “I have dealt judgment,” but it would be said, I have dealt righteous judgment.…