Psalms 145:5
Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Beatus cujus Deus Jacob adjutor ejus, spes ejus in Domino Deo ipsius :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- μακάριος οὗ ὁ θεὸς Ἰακὼβ βοηθός, ἡ ἐλπὶς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Κύριον τὸν θεὸν αὐτοῦ·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 146:5
- אַשְׁרֵ֗י שֶׁ֤אֵ֣ל יַעֲקֹ֣ב בְּעֶזְר֑וֹ שִׂ֝בְר֗וֹ עַל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽיו
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXLVI
What then must we do, if we are not to hope in sons of men, nor in princes? What must we do? “Blessed is he whose Helper is the God of Jacob” ( ver. 5 ): not this man or that man; not this angel or that angel; but, “blessed is he whose Helper is the God of Jacob:” for to Jacob also so great an Helper was He, that of Jacob He made him Israel. O mighty help! now he is Israel, “seeing God.” While then thou art placed here, and a wanderer not yet seeing God, if thou hast the God of Jacob for thy Helper, from Jacob thou wilt become Israel, and wilt be “seeing God,” and all toil and all groans shall come to an end, gnawing cares shall cease, happy praises shall succeed. “Blessed is he whose Helper is the God of Jacob;” of this Jacob. …