Psalms 19:3
May he send thee help from the sanctuary: and defend thee out of Sion.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Mittat tibi auxilium de sancto, et de Sion tueatur te.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐξαποστείλαι σοι βοήθειαν ἐξ ἁγίου, καὶ ἐκ Σιὼν ἀντιλάβοιτό σου·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 20:3
- יִשְׁלַֽח עֶזְרְךָ֥ מִקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וּ֝מִצִּיּ֗וֹן יִסְעָדֶֽךָּ
Haydock's commentary
Sion, where God was supposed to reside, in the tabernacle; though he was also in heaven, ver. 7. (Calmet)
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 XX
3. “Send Thee help from the Holy, and from Sion defend Thee” ( ver. 2 ). Making for Thee a sanctified Body, the Church, from watching safe, which waiteth when Thou shalt come from the wedding.