Psalms 64:7
Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded with power:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Præparans montes in virtute tua, accinctus potentia ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἑτοιμάζων ὄρη ἐν τῇ ἰσχύι σου, περιεζωσμένος ἐν δυναστίᾳ·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 65:7
- מֵכִ֣ין הָרִ֣ים בְּכֹח֑וֹ נֶ֝אְזָ֗ר בִּגְבוּרָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Strength, or rain. The power (Calmet) and goodness of God, are described with regard to the captives, and converted nations, (Berthier) and the great works of the creation. (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 LXV
10. “Preparing mountains in His strength” ( ver. 6 ). Not in their strength. For He hath prepared great preachers, and those same He hath called mountains; humble in themselves, exalted in Him. “Preparing mountains in His strength.” What saith one of those same mountains? “We ourselves in our own selves have had the answer of death, in order that in ourselves we should not trust, but in God that raiseth the dead.” He that in himself doth trust, and in Christ trusteth not, is not of those mountains which He hath prepared in His strength. “Preparing mountains in His strength: girded about in power.” “Power,” I understand: “girded about,” is what? They that put Christ in the midst, “girded about” they make Him, that is on all sides begirt. …