Psalms 134:3
Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Laudate Dominum, quia bonus Dominus ; psallite nomini ejus, quoniam suave.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- αἰνεῖτε τὸν κύριον, ὅτι ἀγαθὸς Κύριος· ψάλατε τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ, ὅτι καλόν·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 135:3
- הַֽ֭לְלוּ יָהּ כִּי ט֣וֹב יְהוָ֑ה זַמְּר֥וּ לִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹ כִּ֣י נָעִֽים
Haydock's commentary
Sweet. Occupation, and very useful, Psalm cxlvi. 1. (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, Psalm CXXXV
3. What reason shall I give why you should praise Him? “Because the Lord is good” ( ver. 3 ). Briefly in one word is here explained the praise of the Lord our God. “The Lord is good;” good, not in the same manner as the things which He here made are good. For God made all things very good; not only good, but also very good. He made the sky and earth, and all things which are in them good, and He made them very good. If He made all these things good, of what sort is He who made them?…