Psalms 29:2
I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Exaltabo te, Domine, quoniam suscepisti me, nec delectasti inimicos meos super me.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ὑψώσω σε, Κύριε, ὅτι ὑπέλαβές με, καὶ οὐκ ηὔφρανας τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 30:2
- אֲרוֹמִמְךָ֣ יְ֭הוָה כִּ֣י דִלִּיתָ֑נִי וְלֹא שִׂמַּ֖חְתָּ אֹיְבַ֣י לִֽי
Haydock's commentary
Extol. Or publish thy great goodness and power, (Haydock) in the same sense as we say Hallowed be thy name. (Berthier)
Though God can receive no increase of glory, we must shew our gratitude. (Worthington)
Me. Thou hast not suffered my people to be wholly destroyed, nor myself to perish in consequence of my vain curiosity. (Calmet)
David sings this psalm in thanksgiving for his many deliverances. (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 XXX
2. It is then whole Christ who speaketh. “I will exalt Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast taken Me up” ( ver. 1 ). I will praise Thy high Majesty, O Lord, for Thou hast taken Me up. “Thou hast not made Mine enemies to rejoice over Me.” And those, who have so often endeavoured to oppress Me with various persecutions throughout the world, Thou hast not made to rejoice over Me.
St Cyril of Jerusalem On the Words, And Rose Again from the Dead on the Third Day, and Ascended into the Heavens, and Sat on the Right Hand of the Father
Come then to the 15th Psalm, which says distinctly: Preserve Me, O Lord , for in Thee have I put my trust : and after this, their assemblies of blood will I not join, nor make mention of their names between my lips ; since they have refused me, and chosen Cæsar as their king: and also the next words, I foresaw the Lord alway before Me, because He is at My right hand, that I may not be moved : and soon after Yea and even until night my reins chastened me . And after this He says most plainly, For Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell ; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption . He said not, neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see death, since then He would not have died; but corruption , saith He, I see not, and shall not abide in death. Thou hast made known to Me the ways of life . Behold here is plainly preached a life after death. …