Psalms 55:3
My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die, quoniam multi bellantes adversum me.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- κατεπάτησάν με οἱ ἐχθροί μου ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἀπὸ ὕψους ἡμέρας· ὅτι πολλοὶ οἱ πολεμοῦντές με
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 56:3
- שָׁאֲפ֣וּ שׁ֭וֹרְרַי כָּל הַיּ֑וֹם כִּֽי רַבִּ֨ים לֹחֲמִ֖ים לִ֣י מָרֽוֹם
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LVI
5. “Mine enemies have trodden me down all day long” ( ver. 2 ). They that have been put afar off from holy men, these are mine enemies. All day long: already it hath been said, “From the height of the day.” What meaneth, “from the height of the day”? Perchance it is a high thing to understand. And no wonder, because the height of the day it is. For perchance they for this reason have been put afar off from holy men, because they were not able to penetrate the height of the day, whereof the Apostles are twelve shining hours. Therefore they that crucified Him, as if man, in the day have erred. But why have they suffered darkness, so that they should be put afar off from holy men? Because on high the day was shining, Him in the height hidden they knew not. “For if they had known, never the Lord of Glory would they have crucified.”…