Psalms 130:3
Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Speret Israël in Domino, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐλπισάτω Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 131:3
- יַחֵ֣ל יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל אֶל יְהוָ֑ה מֵֽ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד עוֹלָֽם
Haydock's commentary
Israel. This occurs in the preceding psalm. (Calmet)
David encourages all to hope by his own experience. (Worthington)
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 CXXXI
8. This Psalm therefore concludeth to this purpose: “O Israel, trust in the Lord, from this time forth and even unto eternity” ( ver. 3 ). But the word seculum doth not always mean this world, but sometimes eternity; since eternity is understood in two ways; until eternity, that is, either evermore without end, or until we arrive at eternity. How then is it to be understood here? Until we arrive at eternity, let us trust in the Lord God; because when we have reached eternity, there will be no longer hope, but the thing itself will be ours.