Psalms 118:151
Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Prope es tu, Domine, et omnes viæ tuæ veritas.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐγγὺς εἶ, Κύριε, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ὁδοί σου ἀλήθεια.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:151
- קָר֣וֹב אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה וְֽכָל מִצְוֺתֶ֥יךָ אֱמֶֽת
Haydock's commentary
Near. To reward or punish. We wander from thee, yet there is no place between. (St. Augustine, [Confessions?] x. 26, 27.) (Berthier)
God is ever ready to hear our just requests. (Worthington)
His law may be easily known, Deuteronomy xxx. 11. (Calmet)
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, Koph
149. Lastly, it followeth, “Thou art nigh at hand, O Lord, and all Thy ways are truth” ( ver. 151 ). Even in their troubles, it hath been a wonted confession of the saints, to ascribe truth unto God, because they suffer them not undeservedly. So did Queen Esther, so did holy Daniel, so did the three men in the furnace, so do other associates in their sanctity confess. But it may be asked, in what sense it is here said, “All Thy ways are truth;” since in another Psalm it is read, “All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth.” But towards the saints, All the ways of the Lord are at once mercy and truth: since He aideth them even in judgment, and thus mercy is not wanting; and in having mercy upon them, He performeth that which He hath promised, so that truth is not wanting. …