Psalms 137:7
If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me ; et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐὰν πορευθῶ ἐν μέσῳ θλίψεως, ζήσεις με· ἐπ᾽ ὀργὴν ἐχθρῶν ἐξέτεινας χεῖράς μου, καὶ ἔσωσέν με ἡ δεξιά σου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 138:7
- אִם אֵלֵ֤ךְ בְּקֶ֥רֶב צָרָ֗ה תְּחַ֫יֵּ֥נִי עַ֤ל אַ֣ף אֹ֭יְבַי תִּשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֑ךָ וְת֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי יְמִינֶֽךָ
Haydock's commentary
Wilt quicken me. And not otherwise. (St. Augustine)
There is no going to heaven without crosses. (Haydock)
Wrath. Most furious and cruel enemies. (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 CXXXVIII
10. “If I walk in the midst of tribulation, Thou shalt revive me” ( ver. 7 ). True it is: whatsoever tribulation thou art in, confess, call on Him; He freeth thee, He reviveth thee.…Love the other life, and thou shalt see that this life is tribulation, whatever prosperity it shine with, whatever delights it abound and overflow with; since not yet have we that joy most safe and free from all temptation, which God reserveth for us in the end, without doubt it is tribulation. Let us understand then what tribulation he meaneth here too, brethren. Not as though he said, “If perchance there shall any tribulation have befallen me, Thou shalt free me therefrom.” But how saith he? “If I walk,” etc.; that is, otherwise Thou wilt not revive me, unless I walk in the midst of tribulation.
St Hilary of Poitiers De Trinitate or On the Trinity, Book IV
8. For they attempt, by praising the Godhead of the Father only, to deprive the Son of His Divinity, pleading that it is written, Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is One , and that the Lord repeats this in His answer to the doctor of the Law who asked Him what was the greatest commandment in the Law; Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is One . Again, they say that Paul proclaims, For there is One God, and One Mediator between God and men . And furthermore, they insist that God alone is wise, in order to leave no wisdom for the Son, relying upon the words of the Apostle, Now to Him that is able to stablish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through age-long times, but now is manifested through the scriptures of the prophets according to the commandment of the eternal God Who is made known u …