Psalms 150:2
Praise ye him for his mighty acts: praise ye him according to the multitude of his greatness.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Laudate eum in virtutibus ejus ; laudate eum secundum multitudinem magnitudinis ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ταῖς δυναστείαις αὐτοῦ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- הַֽלְל֥וּהוּ בִגְבוּרֹתָ֑יו הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ כְּרֹ֣ב גֻּדְלֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Acts. Ye, for whom miracles have been wrought, praise him as much as you are able, though you cannot do it sufficiently. (Worthington)
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 CL
4. “Praise the Lord in His saints,” that is, in those whom He hath glorified: “praise Him in the firmament of His power” ( ver. 1 ). “Praise Him in His deeds of strength;” or, as others have explained it, “in His deeds of power: praise Him according to the multitude of His greatness” ( ver. 2 ). All these His saints are; as the Apostle saith, “But we may be the righteousness of God in Him.” If then they be the righteousness of God, which He hath wrought in them, why are they not also the strength of Christ which He hath wrought in them, that they should rise again from the dead? For in Christ’s resurrection, “strength” is especially set forth to us, for in His Passion was weakness, as the Apostle saith. …