Psalms 118:152
I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever. RES
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Initio cognovi de testimoniis tuis, quia in æternum fundasti ea.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- κατ᾽ ἀρχὰς ἔγνων ἐκ τῶν μαρτυρίων σου, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐθεμελίωσας αὐτά.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:152
- קֶ֣דֶם יָ֭דַעְתִּי מֵעֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם יְסַדְתָּֽם
Haydock's commentary
Ever. God's law is always the same in substance. (Worthington)
That of Moses receives its perfection in Christianity. (Calmet)
Though after this life we can no longer observe them, the reward of our past virtue will remain for ever. (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, Koph
150. “From the beginning I have known,” he saith, “as concerning Thy testimonies, that Thou hast grounded them for ever” ( ver. 152 )…What are these testimonies, save those wherein God hath declared that He will give an everlasting kingdom unto His sons? And since He hath declared that He will give this in His only-begotten Son, he said that the testimonies themselves were grounded for ever. For that which God hath promised through them, was everlasting. And for this reason the words, “Thou hast grounded them,” are rightly thus understood, because they are shown to be true in Christ. …