Psalms 129:4
For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quia apud te propitiatio est ; et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine. Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus :
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Psalms 129:4, 129:5
- ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ ὁ ἱλασμός ἐστιν. ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ὑπέμεινα, Κύριε· ὑπέμεινεν ἡ ψυχή μου εἰς τὸν νόμον αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 130:4
- כִּֽי עִמְּךָ֥ הַסְּלִיחָ֑ה לְ֝מַ֗עַן תִּוָּרֵֽא
Haydock's commentary
Law. That promises of pardon contained therein. (Worthington)
Hebrew is now different from what the ancient interpreters read. (Calmet)
"Therefore shalt thou be feared." (Montanus) (Haydock)
Symmachus and Theodotion agree with us.
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, Psalm CXXX
3. But wherefore is there hope? “For there is propitiation with Thee” ( ver. 4 ). And what is this propitiation, except sacrifice? And what is sacrifice, save that which hath been offered for us? The pouring forth of innocent blood blotted out all the sins of the guilty: so great a price paid down redeemed all captives from the hand of the enemy who captured them. “With Thee,” then, “there is propitiation.” For if there were not mercy with Thee, if Thou chosest to be Judge only, and didst refuse to be merciful, Thou wouldest mark all our iniquities, and search after them. Who could abide this? Who could stand before Thee, and say, I am innocent? Who could stand in Thy judgment? There is therefore one hope: “for the sake of Thy law have I borne Thee, O Lord.” What law? That which made men guilty. …