Psalms 20:2
In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Domine, in virtute tua lætabitur rex, et super salutare tuum exsultabit vehementer.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Κύριε, ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου εὐφρανθήσεται ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ σωτηρίῳ σου ἀγαλλιάσεται σφόδρα.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 21:2
- יְֽהוָ֗ה בְּעָזְּךָ֥ יִשְׂמַח מֶ֑לֶךְ וּ֝בִישׁ֥וּעָתְךָ֗ מַה יגיל מְאֹֽד
Haydock's commentary
King. Chaldean adds, "the Messias shall reign; and how shall he rejoice when thou shalt have delivered him!" The people had promised to return thanks in the former psalm. (Haydock)
Christ our king as man, having by his divine power overcome his enemies, rejoiceth. (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 XXI
2. “O Lord, the King shall rejoice in Thy strength” ( ver. 1 ). O Lord, in Thy strength, whereby the Word was made flesh, the Man Christ Jesus shall rejoice. “And shall exult exceedingly in Thy salvation.” And in that, whereby Thou quickenest all things, shall exult exceedingly.
St Jerome Against the Pelagians, Book III
15. Our Lord so instructed His Apostles that, daily at the sacrifice of His body, believers make bold to say, “Our Father, Which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name”; they earnestly desire the name of God, which in itself is holy, to be hallowed in themselves; you say, “Thou knowest, Lord, how holy, how innocent, and how pure are my hands.” Then they say: “Thy Kingdom come,” anticipating the hope of the future kingdom, so that, when Christ reigns, sin may by no means reign in their mortal body, and to this they couple the words, “Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven”; so that human weakness may imitate the angels, and the will of our Lord may be fulfilled on earth; you say, “A man can, if he chooses, be free from all sin.” The Apostles prayed for the daily bread, or the bread better than all food, which was to come, so that they might be worthy to receive the body of Christ; and …