Psalms 17:28
For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quoniam tu populum humilem salvum facies, et oculos superborum humiliabis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅτι σὺ λαὸν ταπεινὸν σώσεις, καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑπερηφάνων ταπεινώσεις·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 18:28
- כִּֽי אַ֭תָּה עַם עָנִ֣י תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינַ֖יִם רָמ֣וֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל
Haydock's commentary
Proud, as thou hast already done. (Calmet)
Insignem attenuat Deus,
Obscura promens. (Horat.[Horace?])
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
28. “For Thou wilt make whole the humble people” ( ver. 27 ). Now this seems froward to the froward, that Thou wilt make them whole that confess their sins. “And Thou wilt humble the eyes of the proud.” But them that are “ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seek to establish their own,” Thou wilt humble.
St Athanasius On the Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia. (De Synodis.), On the Symbols 'Of the Essence' And 'Coessential.'
49. This is why He has equality with the Father by titles expressive of unity, and what is said of the Father, is said in Scripture of the Son also, all but His being called Father. For the Son Himself said, ‘All things that the Father hath are Mine’ ( John xvi. 15 ); and He says to the Father, ‘All Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine’ ( John xvii. 10 ), as for instance, the name God; for ‘the Word was God;’, Almighty, ‘Thus saith He that is, and that was, and that is to come, the Almighty’ ( John i. 1; Apoc. i. 8 ): the being Light, ‘I am,’ He says, ‘the Light’ ( John viii. 12 ): the Operative Cause, ‘All things were made by Him,’ and, ‘whatsoever I see the Father do, I do also’ ( John i. 3; v. …