Psalms 61:7
For he is my God and my saviour: he is my helper, I shall not be moved.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- quia ipse Deus meus et salvator meus, adjutor meus, non emigrabo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅτι αὐτὸς θεός μου καὶ σωτήρ μου, ἀντιλήμπτωρ μου· οὐ μὴ μεταναστεύσω.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 62:7
- אַךְ ה֣וּא צ֭וּרִי וִֽישׁוּעָתִ֑י מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י לֹ֣א אֶמּֽוֹט
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXII
8. “For Himself is my God and My Saving One, my Taker up, I will not remove hence” ( ver. 6 ). Because “Himself is my God,” therefore He calleth me: “and my Saving One,” therefore He justifieth me: “and my Taker up,” therefore He glorifieth me. For here I am called and am justified, but there I am glorified; and from thence where I am glorified, “I will not remove.” For a sojourner I am with Thee on earth as all my fathers were. Therefore from my lodging I shall remove, from my Heavenly home I shall not remove. “In God is my salvation and my glory” ( ver. 7 ). Saved I shall be in God, glorious I shall be in God: for not only saved, but also glorious, saved, because a just man I have been made out of an ungodly man, by Him justified; but glorious, because not only justified, but also honoured. …