Psalms 144:6
And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy greatness.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et virtutem terribilium tuorum dicent, et magnitudinem tuam narrabunt.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τῶν φοβερῶν σου ἐροῦσιν, καὶ τὴν μεγαλωσύνην σου, διηγήσομαι αὐτήν, καὶ τὴν δυναστείαν σου λαλήσουσιν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 145:6
- וֶעֱז֣וּז נוֹרְאֹתֶ֣יךָ יֹאמֵ֑רוּ וגדולתיך אֲסַפְּרֶֽנָּה
Haydock's commentary
Acts. Miracles which strike people with awe, (Worthington) such as those which overwhelmed the Egyptians, &c. (Theodoret) (Calmet)
And shall. Hebrew, "and shalt," &c. But Chaldean (St. Jerome) read more naturally with the Septuagint.
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. …