Psalms 67:9
The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- terra mota est, etenim cæli distillaverunt, a facie Dei Sinai, a facie Dei Israël.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- γῆ ἐσείσθη, καὶ γὰρ οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἔσταξαν ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ Σινά, ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 68:9
- אֶ֤רֶץ רָעָ֨שָׁה אַף שָׁמַ֣יִם נָטְפוּ֮ מִפְּנֵ֪י אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים זֶ֥ה סִינַ֑י מִפְּנֵ֥י אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Haydock's commentary
Dropped. The earthquake and rain are not mentioned by Moses. But the prophets often supply omissions. Debora and Habacuc speak in the same lofty strains, Exodus xix. 16., Judges v. 4., and Habacuc iii. 6. (Calmet)
Debora specifies some words, (Haydock) which seem to be here wanting, "the clouds also dropped water, the mountains melted" at, &c.
Of Sinai, or, "Sinai at," &c. (Menochius)
Hebrew, "this Sinai before God, (Judges v. 5., Jehovah) the God of Israel." The old manuscript 3 retains the word Jehovah at least six times, where it is not once printed, as that of Lambeth, 434, does here, &c. (Kennicott)
St. Augustine and the ancient psalters read, A facie Domini; Mons Sinai, &c. (Calmet)
The mount itself seemed to melt amid thunder and rain. (Haydock)
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 LXVIII
8. “O God, when Thou wentest forth before Thy people” ( ver. 7 ). His going forth is perceived, when He appeareth in His works. But He appeareth not to all men, but to them that know how to spy out His works. For I do not now speak of those works which are conspicuous to all men, Heaven and earth and sea and all things that in them are; but the works whereby He leadeth forth men fettered in strength, likewise men provoking that dwell in the tombs, and maketh them of one manner to dwell in a house. Thus He goeth forth before His people, that is, before those that do perceive this His Grace. Lastly, there followeth, “When Thou wentest by in the desert, the earth was moved” ( ver. 8 ). A desert were the nations, which knew not God: a desert they were, where by God Himself no law had been given, where no Prophet had dwelled, and foretold the Lord to come. …
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XI on Acts iv. 23
Let us now look over again what has been said. [“And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.”] (Recapitulation, v. 23 .) See the unostentatious conduct of the Apostles, and their largeness of mind. They did not go about boasting, and say, “How we served ( ἀπεχρησάμεθα ) the priests!” nor were they ambitious of honor: but, we read, “they came unto their own company. Observe how they do not cast themselves upon temptations, but when the temptations present themselves, with courage endure them. Had it been some other of the disciples, perhaps, emboldened by the countenance of the multitude, he might have insulted, might have vented ever so many harsh expressions. But not so these true philosophers; they do all with mildness and with gentleness. …