Psalms 144:10
Let all thy works, O lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnia opera tua, et sancti tui benedicant tibi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐξομολογησάσθωσάν σοι, Κύριε, πάντα τὰ ἔργα σου, καὶ οἱ ὅσιοί σου εὐλογησάτωσάν σε·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 145:10
- יוֹד֣וּךָ יְ֭הוָה כָּל מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וַ֝חֲסִידֶ֗יךָ יְבָרֲכֽוּכָה
Haydock's commentary
Works. They shew his power, and excite us to praise him. (St. Jerome)
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 CXLV
9. “Let all Thy works, O Lord, confess to Thee, and let Thy saints bless Thee” ( ver. 10 ). How so? Is not the earth His work? Are not the trees His work? Cattle, beasts, fish, fowl, are not they His works? Plainly they too are. And how shall these too confess to Him? I see indeed in the angels that His works confess to Him, for the angels are His works: and men are His works; and when men confess to Him, His works confess to Him; but have trees and stones the voice of confession? Yes, verily; “let all” His “works confess to” Him. What sayest thou? even the earth and the trees?…But there ariseth the same question in regard of praise, as in regard of confession. For if earth and all things devoid of sensation therefore cannot confess, because they have no voice to confess with; neither will they be able to praise, because they have no voice to proclaim with. …