Psalms 60:7
Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dies super dies regis adjicies ; annos ejus usque in diem generationis et generationis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἡμέρας ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας βασιλέως προσθήσεις ἔτη αὐτοῦ, ἕως ἡμέρας γενεᾶς καὶ γενεᾶς.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 61:7
- יָמִ֣ים עַל יְמֵי מֶ֣לֶךְ תּוֹסִ֑יף שְׁ֝נוֹתָ֗יו כְּמוֹ דֹ֥ר וָדֹֽר
Haydock's commentary
King. They wish long life to the king, expecting that the predictions of the prophets insured to them temporal dominion. But when they saw Zorobabel possess no such splendour, they were naturally taught to extend their thoughts to the Messias, of whom the Chaldeans and ancient Jews, as well as the Fathers, explain this passage. (Calmet)
Chaldean, "the days of the future world thou wilt add to the days of the king, the Messias. His years shall be like the generations of this world, and the generations of the world to come." Eternity is clearly meant. If David speaks of himself, and of his successors on the throne for many ages, he must be considered as a figure of Christ, who is also designated. (Berthier)
The Church will continue to the end, and be triumphant throughout eternity. (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 Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXI
7. “Days upon days of the King Thou shalt add to the years of Him” ( ver. 6 ). This is therefore the King of whom we are the members. A King Christ is, our Head, our King. Thou hast given to Him days upon days; not only those days in that time that hath end, but days upon those days without end. “I will dwell,” he saith, “in the house of the Lord, for length of days.” Wherefore for length of days, but because now is the shortness of days? For everything which hath an end, is short: but of this King are days upon days, so that not only while these days pass away, Christ reigneth in His Church, but the Saints shall reign together with Him in those days which have no end.…For years of God have been also spoken of: “But Thou art the very Same, and Thy years shall not fail.” In the same manner as years, so days, so one day. Whatsoever thou wilt thou sayest of eternity. …