Psalms 73:17
Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Tu fecisti omnes terminos terræ ; æstatem et ver tu plasmasti ea.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- σὺ ἐποίησας πάντα τὰ ὅρια τῆς γῆς· θέρος καὶ ἔαρ σὺ ἐποίησας·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 74:17
- אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כָּל גְּבוּל֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ קַ֥יִץ וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם
Haydock's commentary
Spring. Hebrew, "and winter," under which two the Jews comprised all the seasons, (Genesis viii. 22.) as the Africans and Danes are said to do still. (Calmet)
Yet choreph is used for youth, "the spring" of life, Job xxix. 4. (Berthier)
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 LXXIV
17. “Thou hast made all the ends of the earth” ( ver. 17 ).…Behold in what manner He hath made the ends of the earth, that hath wrought Salvation in the midst of the earth. “Thou hast made all the ends of the earth. Summer and spring Thou hast made them.” Men fervent in the Spirit are the summer. Thou, I say, hast made men fervent in the Spirit: Thou hast made also the novices in the Faith, they are the “spring.” “Summer and Spring Thou hast made them.” They shall not glory as if they have not received: “Thou hast made them.”
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, 1 Timothy 5:11-15
Would you again have another ground for cheerfulness? Go to the public buildings, in which you share equally with others. For the most magnificent private houses, after all, are less splendid than the public edifices. There you may remain, as long as you please. They belong to you as much as to others, since they are common to you with others; they are common, and not private. But those, you say, delight you not. They delight you not, partly because you are familiar with them, and partly from your covetousness. …