Psalms 144:5
They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Magnificentiam gloriæ sanctitatis tuæ loquentur, et mirabilia tua narrabunt.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ τὴν μεγαλοπρέπειαν τῆς δόξης τῆς ἁγιωσύνης σου λαλήσουσιν, καὶ τὰ θαυμάσιά σου διηγήσονται·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 145:5
- הֲ֭דַר כְּב֣וֹד הוֹדֶ֑ךָ וְדִבְרֵ֖י נִפְלְאוֹתֶ֣יךָ אָשִֽׂיחָה
Haydock's commentary
And shall. Hebrew, "and I shall relate the words of thy wonders," (St. Jerome) or "shall meditate on," &c. (Pagnin) (Haydock)
Yet our version is more followed. (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 CXLV
4. “They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of Thy Holiness, and shall record Thy wondrous deeds” ( ver. 5 ). “And the excellence of Thy fearful works shall they speak of: and Thy greatness, they shall relate it” ( ver. 6 ). “The remembrance of the abundance of Thy sweetness they shall pour forth” ( ver. 7 ): none but Thine. See whether this man, meditating on Thy works, hath turned aside from the Worker to the work: see whether he hath sunk from Him who made, to the things which He made. Of the things which He hath made, he hath made a step up to Him, not a descent from Him to them. For if thou love these more than Him, thou wilt not have Him. And what profit is it to thee to overflow with the works, if the Worker leave thee? Truly thou shouldest love them; but love Him more, and love them for His sake. …