Psalms 33:5
I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Exquisivi Dominum, et exaudivit me ; et ex omnibus tribulationibus meis eripuit me.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐξεζήτησα τὸν κύριον, καὶ ἐπήκουσέν μου καὶ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν παροικιῶν μου ἐρύσατό με.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 34:5
- דָּרַ֣שְׁתִּי אֶת יְהוָ֣ה וְעָנָ֑נִי וּמִכָּל מְ֝גוּרוֹתַ֗י הִצִּילָֽנִי
Haydock's commentary
Troubles. Hebrew, "fears or straits;" angustiis. (St. Jerome) (Haydock)
The Vulgate adopts the Alexandrian Septuagint, thlipseon: the Vatican copy has, paroikion, "habitations," at Nobe, Geth, &c. Seek the Lord, while he may be found, Isaias lv. 6. Those who entertain doubts about religion, who are in sin, or tend to perfection, must all strive to find the Lord. The matter is of the utmost importance. (Berthier)
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 XXXIV
7. “I sought the Lord, and He heard me” ( ver. 4 ). Where heard the Lord? Within. Where giveth He? Within. There thou prayest, there thou art heard, there thou art blessed. Thou hast prayed, thou art heard, thou art blessed; and he knoweth not who standeth by thee: it is all carried on in secret, as the Lord saith in the Gospel, “Enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.” When therefore thou enterest into thy chamber, thou enterest into thy heart. Blessed are they who rejoice when they enter into their heart, and find therein nought of evil.…
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CV
3. “Seek the Lord, and be strengthened” ( ver. 4 ). This is very literally construed from the Greek, though it may seem not a Latin word: whence other copies have, “be ye confirmed;” others, “be ye corroborated.”…While these words, then, “Come unto Him, and be enlightened,” apply to seeing; those in the text relate to doing: “Seek the Lord, and be strengthened.”…But what meaneth, “Seek His face evermore”? I know indeed that to cling unto God is good for me; but if He is always being sought, when is He found? Did he mean by “evermore,” the whole of the life we live here, whence we become conscious that we ought thus to seek, since even when found He is still to be sought? To wit, faith hath already found Him, but hope still seeketh Him. …