Psalms 137:5
And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et cantent in viis Domini, quoniam magna est gloria Domini ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ᾀσάτωσαν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς Κυρίου, ὅτι ἡ δόξα Κυρίου μεγάλη·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 138:5
- וְ֭יָשִׁירוּ בְּדַרְכֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֥י גָ֝ד֗וֹל כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Ways. Of Providence, (Calmet) and mercy, &c., Psalm xxiv. 10. (Berthier)
Some have read, "canticles," wdais, being substituted for odois. (Haydock)
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 CXXXVIII
8. “And let them sing in the paths of the Lord, that great is the glory of the Lord” ( ver. 5 ). Let all the kings of the earth sing in the paths of the Lord. In what paths? Those that are spoken of above, “in Thy mercy and Thy truth.” Let not then the kings of the earth be proud, let them be humble. Then let them sing in the ways of the Lord, if they be humble: let them love, and they shall sing. We know travellers that sing; they sing, and hasten to reach the end of their journey. There are evil songs, such as belong to the old man; to the new man belongeth a new song. Let then the kings of the earth too walk in Thy paths, let them walk and sing in Thy paths. Sing what? that “great is the glory of the Lord,” not of kings.