Psalms 24:20
Keep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Custodi animam meam, et erue me : non erubescam, quoniam speravi in te.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- φύλαξον τὴν ψυχήν μου καὶ ῥῦσαί με· μὴ καταισχυνθείην, ὅτι ἤλπισα ἐπὶ σέ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 25:20
- שָׁמְרָ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי וְהַצִּילֵ֑נִי אַל אֵ֝ב֗וֹשׁ כִּֽי חָסִ֥יתִי בָֽךְ
Haydock's commentary
Soul. David was most concerned for it; (Berthier) and those who sincerely place their confidence in God, will never be confounded. (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
20. “Keep my soul, and deliver me.” Keep my soul, that I turn not aside to imitate them; and draw me out from the confusion wherein they are mingled with me. “Let me not be confounded, for I have put my trust in Thee” ( ver. 20 ). Let me not be confounded, if haply they rise up against me: for not in myself, but in Thee have I put my trust.