Psalms 63:3
Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Protexisti me a conventu malignantium, a multitudine operantium iniquitatem.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 64:3
- תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי מִסּ֣וֹד מְרֵעִ֑ים מֵ֝רִגְשַׁ֗ת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן
Haydock's commentary
Malignant. I am encouraged to hope by past experience. (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 LXIV
3. “Thou hast protected me from the gathering together of malignants, and from the multitude of men working iniquity” ( ver. 2 ). Now upon Himself our Head let us look. Like things many Martyrs have suffered: but nothing doth shine out so brightly as the Head of Martyrs; in Him rather let us behold what they have gone through. Protected He was from the multitude of malignants, God protecting Himself, the Son Himself and the Manhood which He was carrying protecting His flesh: because Son of Man He is, and Son of God He is; Son of God because of the form of God, Son of Man because of the form of a servant: having in His power to lay down His life: and to take it again. To Him what could enemies do? They killed body, soul they killed not. Observe. Too little therefore it were for the Lord to exhort the Martyrs with word, unless He had enforced it by example. …