Psalms 17:49
And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et ab insurgentibus in me exaltabis me ; a viro iniquo eripies me.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὁ ῥύστης μου ἐξ ἐχθρῶν ὀργίλων· ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπανιστανομένων ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ ὑψώσεις με, ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἀδίκου ῥύσῃ με.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 18:49
- מְפַלְּטִ֗י מֵאֹ֫יְבָ֥י אַ֣ף מִן קָ֭מַי תְּרוֹמְמֵ֑נִי מֵאִ֥ישׁ חָ֝מָ֗ס תַּצִּילֵֽנִי
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XVIII
49. “From them that rise up against Me Thou wilt exalt Me” ( ver. 48 ). From the Jews that rise up against Me in My passion, Thou wilt exalt Me in My resurrection. “From the unjust man Thou wilt deliver Me.” From their unjust rule Thou wilt deliver Me.
The Fathers are given as they wrote. Where a passage lays the Passion on the Jewish people, the Church teaches that it cannot be charged against all the Jews then living, nor against the Jews of today, and that all sinners were its authors (CCC 597, 598).