Psalms 53:2
When the men of Ziph had come and said to Saul: Is not David hidden with us?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- cum venissent Ziphæi, et dixissent ad Saul : Nonne David absconditus est apud nos ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν τοὺς Ζειφαίους· καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Σαούλ Οὐκ ἰδοὺ Δαυεὶδ κέκρυπται παρ᾽ ἡμῖν;
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 54:2
- בְּב֣וֹא הַ֭זִּיפִים וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לְשָׁא֑וּל הֲלֹ֥א דָ֝וִ֗ד מִסְתַּתֵּ֥ר עִמָּֽנוּ
Haydock's commentary
Ziph lay to the south of Juda. (Haydock)
David was rescued from the most imminent danger, by an irruption of the Philistines. He then composed this canticle, expressing his sentiments in danger, and his gratitude to God. (Calmet)
It may also be used by any person in distress. (Worthington)
The Church orders it to be said by her ministers at Prime, that they may be protected from all their spiritual enemies. (Berthier)
The Fathers apply it to Jesus Christ, (St. Hilary) or to his persecuted members. (St. Augustine)
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.