Psalms 43:3
Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Manus tua gentes disperdidit, et plantasti eos ; afflixisti populos, et expulisti eos.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἡ χείρ σου ἔθνη ⸂⸆⸃ ἐξωλόθρευσεν, καὶ κατεφύτευσας αὐτούς, ἐκάκωσας λαοὺς καὶ ἐξέβαλες αὐτούς.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 44:3
- אַתָּ֤ה יָדְךָ֡ גּוֹיִ֣ם ה֭וֹרַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵ֑ם תָּרַ֥ע לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽם
Haydock's commentary
Plantedst them, thy people. See Jeremias ii. 21., and xii. 10., and Ezechiel xvii. 6.
Out, by means of insects, &c., Wisdom xii. 8., and Josue xxiv. 12. (Calmet)
The Hebrews were miraculously assisted, (Worthington) without any merit of their own, (Calmet) as all were wicked at first. Yet Abraham was freely chosen, that the visible Church might be preserved. (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 Hippolytus On Proverbs, Section II
Christ, he means, the wisdom and power of God the Father, hath builded His house, i.e., His nature in the flesh derived from the Virgin, even as he (John) hath said beforetime, “The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us.” As likewise the wise prophet testifies: Wisdom that was before the world, and is the source of life, the infinite “Wisdom of God, hath builded her house” by a mother who knew no man, to wit, as He assumed the temple of the body. “And hath raised her seven pillars;” that is, the fragrant grace of the all-holy Spirit, as Isaiah says: “And the seven spirits of God shall rest upon Him.” But others say that the seven pillars are the seven divine orders which sustain the creation by His holy and inspired teaching; to wit, the prophets, the apostles, the martyrs, the hierarchs, the hermits, the saints, and the righteous. …
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XLIV
“Thy hand destroyed the nations; and Thou plantedst them: Thou didst weaken the peoples, and cast them out” ( ver. 2 ). That is to say: “Thou didst drive out ‘the peoples’ from their own land, that Thou mightest bring ‘them’ in, and plant them; and mightest by Thy mercy stablish their kingdom.” These are the things that we heard from our fathers. But perhaps it was because they were brave, were men of battle, were invincible, were well-disciplined, and warlike, that they could do these things. Far from it. This is not what our fathers told us; this is not what is contained in Scripture. But what does it say, but what follows?