Psalms 24:13
His soul shall dwell in good things: and his seed shall inherit the land.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Anima ejus in bonis demorabitur, et semen ejus hæreditabit terram.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγαθοῖς αὐλισθήσεται, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ κληρονομήσει γῆν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 25:13
- נַ֭פְשׁוֹ בְּט֣וֹב תָּלִ֑ין וְ֝זַרְע֗וֹ יִ֣ירַשׁ אָֽרֶץ
Haydock's commentary
Dwell. Hebrew intimates, "all night" at rest; yet so that he must only enjoy temporal goods like a traveller. (Berthier)
We ought to look up to heaven as to our true country, (Calmet) of which Palestine was only a figure, Psalm lxviii. (Menochius)
The land, is not expressed in Hebrew, "his seed shall receive (good) for an inheritance." (Haydock)
Five blessings are here promised to those who fear the God: instruction, a supply of necessities, a progeny to imitate his virtues, protection, and heaven. (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 XXV
13. “His soul shall dwell in good, and his seed shall, by inheritance, possess the earth” ( ver. 13 ). And his work shall possess the stable inheritance of a renewed body.