Psalms 135:23
For he was mindful of us in our affliction: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quia in humilitate nostra memor fuit nostri, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 136:23
- שֶׁ֭בְּשִׁפְלֵנוּ זָ֣כַר לָ֑נוּ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Affliction. Literally, "humility," (Haydock) when we entered into ourselves under the judges, or during the captivity. (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 CXXXVI
9. “Who brought out Israel from the midst of them” ( ver. 11 ). He brought out also His saints and faithful ones from the midst of the wicked. “With a mighty Hand and stretched-out Arm” ( ver. 12 ). What more powerful, what more out-stretched, than that of which is said “To whom is the Arm of the Lord revealed?” “Who divided the Red Sea in two parts” ( ver. 13 ). He divided also in such wise, that the same baptism should be to some unto life, to others unto death. “And brought out Israel through the midst of it” ( ver. 14 ). So too He brings out His renewed people through the laver of regeneration. “And overthrew Pharaoh and his power in the Red Sea” ( ver. 15 ). He quickly destroyeth both the sin of His people and the guilt thereof by baptism. “Who led His people through the wilderness” ( ver. 16 ). …
Eusebius The Church History of Eusebius, Panegyric on the Splendor of Affairs
9. Not only to the faithful, but also to unbelievers, has he confirmed the record of ancient events; he that worketh miracles, he that doeth great things, the Master of all, the Creator of the whole world, the omnipotent, the all-merciful, the one and only God. To him let us sing the new song, supplying in thought, ‘To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth forever’; ‘To him which smote great kings, and slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth forever’; ‘For the Lord remembered us in our low estate and delivered us from our adversaries.’