Psalms 7:2
O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Domine Deus meus, in te speravi ; salvum me fac ex omnibus persequentibus me, et libera me :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Κύριε ὁ θεός μου, ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα· σῶσόν με ἐκ πάντων τῶν διωκόντων με καὶ ῥῦσαί με,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי בְּךָ֣ חָסִ֑יתִי הוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נִי מִכָּל רֹ֝דְפַ֗י וְהַצִּילֵֽנִי
Haydock's commentary
My God. This title is prompted by love and confidence. (Haydock)
All. David had only few followers, while he was pursued by Saul (Calmet) and Absalom. (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 VII
2. “O Lord my God, in Thee have I hoped: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me” ( ver. 1 ). As one to whom, already perfected, all the war and enmity of vice being overcome, there remaineth no enemy but the envious devil, he says, “Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me ( ver. 2 ): lest at any time he tear my soul as a lion.” The Apostle says, “Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” Therefore when the Psalmist said in the plural number, “Save me from all them that persecute me:” he afterwards introduced the singular, saying, “lest at any time he tear my soul as a lion.” For he does not say, lest at any time they tear: he knew what enemy and violent adversary of the perfect soul remained. “Whilst there be none to redeem, nor to save:” that is, lest he tear me, whilst Thou redeemest not, nor savest. …