Psalms 56:6
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Exaltare super cælos, Deus, et in omnem terram gloria tua.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὑψώθητι ἐπὶ τοὺς οὐρανούς, ὁ θεός, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἡ δόξα σου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 57:6
- ר֣וּמָה עַל הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם אֱלֹהִ֑ים עַ֖ל כָּל הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine City of God, Of the Prophecy that is Contained in the Prayer and Song of Habakkuk
In his prayer, with a song, to whom but the Lord Christ does he say, “O Lord, I have heard Thy hearing, and was afraid: O Lord, I have considered Thy works, and was greatly afraid?” What is this but the inexpressible admiration of the foreknown, new, and sudden salvation of men? “In the midst of two living creatures thou shalt be recognized.” What is this but either between the two testaments, or between the two thieves, or between Moses and Elias talking with Him on the mount? “While the years draw nigh, Thou wilt be recognized; at the coming of the time Thou wilt be shown,” does not even need exposition. …
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LVII
10. Whence “troubled”? Who troubling? Let us see in what manner he brandeth an evil conscience upon the Jews, wishing to excuse themselves of the slaying of the Lord. For to this end, as the Gospel speaketh, to the judge they delivered Him, that they might not themselves seem to have killed Him.…Let us question Him, and say, since Thou hast slept troubled, who have persecuted Thee? who have slain Thee? was it perchance Pilate, who to soldiers gave Thee, on the Tree to be hanged, with nails to be pierced? Hear who they were, “Sons of men” ( ver. 5 ). Of them He speaketh, whom for persecutors He suffered. …
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).