Psalms 24:14
The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant shall be made manifest to them.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Firmamentum est Dominus timentibus eum ; et testamentum ipsius ut manifestetur illis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- κραταίωμα Κύριος τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτόν, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτόν, καὶ ἡ διαθήκη αὐτοῦ τοῦ δηλῶσαι αὐτοῖς·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 25:14
- ס֣וֹד יְ֭הוָה לִירֵאָ֑יו וּ֝בְרִית֗וֹ לְהוֹדִיעָֽם
Haydock's commentary
Firmament, or strong support. (Haydock)
Hebrew, "the secret of the Lord is for them," &c. He conceals nothing from his friends. (Calmet)
Both these senses are good, (Berthier) and the Hebrew words are nearly allied. (Robertson)
All who fear God, ought to interest themselves, and pray that he would enlighten the ignorant, and convert sinners. (Berthier)
The uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me, Psalm l. 8. (Menochius)
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
14. “The Lord is the stay of them that fear Him” ( ver. 14 ). Fear seems to belong to the weak, but the Lord is the stay of them that fear Him. And the Name of the Lord, which hath been glorified throughout the whole world, is a stay to them that fear Him. “And His testament, that it may be manifested unto them.” And He maketh His testament to be manifested unto them, for the Gentiles and the bounds of the earth are Christ’s inheritance.
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians, Philippians 4:4-7
How much better this sort of life is! And what? Is it best to envy, or to rejoice with one another? Let us search out all these things, and we shall find that virtue, like a truly kind mother, places us in safety, while vice is a treacherous thing, and full of danger. For hear the prophet, who saith, “The Lord is a stronghold of them that fear Him, and His covenant is to show them.” ( Ps. xxv. 14 , Sept.) He feareth no one, who is not conscious to himself of any wickedness; on the contrary, he who liveth in crime is never confident, but trembles at his domestics, and looks at them with suspicion. Why say, his domestics? He cannot bear the tribunal of his own conscience. Not only those who are without, but his inward thoughts affect him likewise, and suffer him not to be in quiet. …