Psalms 17:20
And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et eduxit me in latitudinem ; salvum me fecit, quoniam voluit me,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐξήγαγέν με εἰς πλατυσμόν· ῥύσεταί με, ὅτι ἠθέλησέν με.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 18:20
- וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי לַמֶּרְחָ֑ב יְ֝חַלְּצֵ֗נִי כִּ֘י חָ֥פֵֽץ בִּֽי
Haydock's commentary
Place, where I was not hemmed in by my enemies. (Haydock)
Saved me, by repentance, out of his infinite mercy, (Eusebius; St. Athanasius) without any deserts. (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 XVIII
20. “And hath brought Me forth into a broad place” ( ver. 19 ). And since I was enduring the straits of the flesh, He brought Me forth into the spiritual breadth of faith. “He hath delivered Me, because He desired Me.” Before that I desired Him, He delivered Me from My most powerful enemies (who were envious of Me when I once desired Him), and from them that hated Me, because I do desire Him.