Psalms 146:10
He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: nor take pleasure in the legs of a man.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Non in fortitudine equi voluntatem habebit, nec in tibiis viri beneplacitum erit ei.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- οὐκ ἐν τῇ δυναστείᾳ τοῦ ἵππου θελήσει, οὐδὲ ἐν ταῖς κνήμαις τοῦ ἀνδρὸς εὐδοκεῖ·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 147:10
- לֹ֤א בִגְבוּרַ֣ת הַסּ֣וּס יֶחְפָּ֑ץ לֹֽא בְשׁוֹקֵ֖י הָאִ֣ישׁ יִרְצֶֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXLVII
15. “In the power of an horse He will not take pleasure” ( ver. 10 ). The power “of an horse” is pride. For the horse seemeth adapted as it were to bear a man aloft, that he may be more uplifted as he goes. And in truth he has a neck which typifieth a sort of pride. Let not men exalt themselves upon their worth, let them not think themselves uplifted by their distinctions; let them beware lest they be thrown by an untamed horse.…“Nor in the tabernacle of a man will He delight.” For the tabernacle of the Lord is the Holy Church spread throughout the whole world. Heretics, separating themselves from the Church’s tabernacles, have set up tabernacles for themselves. …