Psalms 32:8
Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all the inhabitants of the world be in awe of him.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Timeat Dominum omnis terra ; ab eo autem commoveantur omnes inhabitantes orbem.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- φοβηθήτω τὸν κύριον πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ δὲ σαλευθήτωσαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν οἰκουμένην.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 33:8
- יִֽירְא֣וּ מֵ֭יְהוָה כָּל הָאָ֑רֶץ מִמֶּ֥נּוּ יָ֝ג֗וּרוּ כָּל יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵֽל
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XXXIII
8. “Let all the earth fear the Lord:” let every sinner fear, that so he may cease to sin. “Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him” ( ver. 8 ): not of the terrors of men, or of any creature, but of Him let them stand in awe.
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Homily XVIII on Rom. x. 14, 15
Since they pressed him with another objection again to this effect, that if these were the persons sent upon the mission by God, all ought to have hearkened to them: observe Paul’s judgment, and see how he shows that this very thing which made the confusion, did in fact do away with confusion and embarrassment. What offends you, O Jew, he would say, after so great and abundant evidence, and demonstration of the points? that all did not submit to the Gospel? Why this very thing, when taken along with the others, is of force to certify thee of the truth of my statements, even in that some do not believe. For this too the prophet foretold. Notice his unspeakable wisdom too; how he shows more than they were looking for, or expected him to have to say in reply. For what is it that you say? he means. Is it that all have not believed the Gospel? Well! Isaiah foretold this too from of old. …
The Fathers are given as they wrote. Where a passage lays the Passion on the Jewish people, the Church teaches that it cannot be charged against all the Jews then living, nor against the Jews of today, and that all sinners were its authors (CCC 597, 598).