Psalms 144:12
To make thy might known to the sons of men: and the glory of the magnificence of thy kingdom.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- ut notam faciant filiis hominum potentiam tuam, et gloriam magnificentiæ regni tui.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τοῦ γνωρίσαι τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὴν δυναστείαν σου καὶ τὴν δόξαν τῆς μεγαλοπρεπείας τῆς βασιλείας σου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 145:12
- לְהוֹדִ֤יעַ לִבְנֵ֣י הָ֭אָדָם גְּבוּרֹתָ֑יו וּ֝כְב֗וֹד הֲדַ֣ר מַלְכוּתֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Thy. Hebrew, "his." But the Septuagint read more correctly, with the Chaldean, &c.
Men. The Gentiles, to whom the saints, (Berthier) or converted Jews preached. (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 CXLV
11. “That they may make known to the sons of men Thy power, and the glory of the greatness of the beauty of Thy kingdom” ( ver. 12 ). Thy saints then commend “the glory of the greatness of the beauty of Thy kingdom,” the glory of the greatness of its beauty. There is a certain “greatness of the beauty of Thy kingdom:” that is, Thy kingdom hath beauty, and great beauty. Since whatever hath beauty, hath beauty from Thee, how great beauty hath Thy whole kingdom! Let not the kingdom frighten us: it hath beauty also, wherewith to delight us. …