Psalms 73:10
How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Usquequo, Deus, improperabit inimicus ? irritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἕως πότε, ὁ θεός, ὀνειδιεῖ ὁ ἐχθρός; παροξυνεῖ ὁ ὑπεναντίος τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τέλος;
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 74:10
- עַד מָתַ֣י אֱ֭לֹהִים יְחָ֣רֶף צָ֑ר יְנָ֘אֵ֤ץ אוֹיֵ֖ב שִׁמְךָ֣ לָנֶֽצַח
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXXIV
9. “How long, O God, shall the enemy revile?” ( ver. 10 ). Cry out as if forsaken, as if deserted: cry out like a sick man, who hast chosen rather to smite the physician than to be made whole: not as yet doth He know thee. See what He hath done, who doth not know thee as yet. For they to whom there hath been no preaching of Him, shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand: and thou yet criest out, “No longer is there a prophet, and us He will not know as yet.” Where is thine understanding? “The adversary doth provoke Thy name at the end.” For this purpose the adversary doth provoke Thy name at the end, that being provoked Thou mayest reprove, reproving Thou mayest know them at the end: or certainly, “at the end,” in the sense of even unto the end.