Psalms 118:134
Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Redime me a calumniis hominum ut custodiam mandata tua.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- λύτρωσαί με ἀπὸ συκοφαντίας ἀνθρώπων, καὶ φυλάξω τὰς ἐντολάς σου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:134
- פְּ֭דֵנִי מֵעֹ֣שֶׁק אָדָ֑ם וְ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗ה פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ
Haydock's commentary
Calumnies. That they may not cause me to abandon virtue. (St. Augustine)
A person must be well grounded not to yield on such occasions, when he is exposed to ridicule, &c., ver. 122. (Calmet)
Even the psalmist dreaded this situation. (Berthier)
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, Pe
133. But what meaneth this that he saith, “O deliver me from the calumnies of men: so shall I keep Thy commandments”? ( ver. 134 )… Did not the holy people of God much the more gloriously keep the commandments among these very calumnies, when they were at their hottest in the midst of tribulations, when they yielded not to their persecutors to commit impieties? But, in truth, the meaning of these words is this: Do Thou, by pouring upon me Thy Spirit, guard me from being overcome by the terrors of human calumny, and from being drawn over to their evil deeds away from Thy commandments. For if Thou hast thus dealt with me, that is, if Thou hast in this manner delivered me by the gift of patience from their calumnies, so that I fear not the false charges they prefer against me; among those very calumnies I will keep Thy commandments.