Psalms 139:14
But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Verumtamen justi confitebuntur nomini tuo, et habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- πλὴν δίκαιοι ἐξομολογήσονται τῷ ὀνόματί σου, καὶ κατοικήσουσιν εὐθεῖς ἐν τῷ προσώπῳ σου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 140:14
- אַ֣ךְ צַ֭דִּיקִים יוֹד֣וּ לִשְׁמֶ֑ךָ יֵשְׁב֥וּ יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים אֶת פָּנֶֽיךָ
Haydock's commentary
Countenance in glory, when thou shalt appear, 1 John iii. 2. (Haydock)
They shall dwell under thy special protection in the tabernacle. (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 CXL
16. “But the just shall confess to Thy Name” ( ver. 13 ). Both when Thou shalt plead their cause, and when Thou shalt maintain their right, they “shall confess to Thy Name;” nought shall they attribute to their own merits, all they shall attribute to nought save to Thy mercy.…Therefore see what followeth, see wherewith he concludeth. “The upright shall dwell with Thy Countenance.” For ill was it with them in their own countenance; well will it be with them with Thy Countenance. For when they loved their own countenance, “In the sweat of their countenance did they eat bread.” Thy Countenance shall come to them with abundance to satisfy them. Nought more shall they seek, for nought better have they; no more shall they abandon Thee, nor be abandoned by Thee. …