Psalms 73:23
Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum : superbia eorum qui te oderunt ascendit semper.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ τῆς φωνῆς τῶν ἱκετῶν σου, ἡ ὑπερηφανία τῶν μισούντων σε ἀναβαίη διὰ παντὸς πρὸς σέ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 74:23
- אַל תִּ֭שְׁכַּח ק֣וֹל צֹרְרֶ֑יךָ שְׁא֥וֹן קָ֝מֶ֗יךָ עֹלֶ֥ה תָמִֽיד
Haydock's commentary
Enemies. Septuagint and St. Augustine read, "servants," and the ancient psalters, "supplicants," (Calmet) which seems to be a mistake of transcribers, (Berthier) as it is contrary to the Hebrew, Chaldean, and Syriac. (Calmet)
The sense of both would be good. Erasmus reads iketon, quærentium, in his edition of St. Jerome. (Haydock)
They blaspheme all holy things, and are hardened in wickedness. (Worthington)
Such are the times in which we live, 1 Timothy vi. 20. (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
23. “Forget not the voice of them that implore Thee” ( ver. 23 ). While they groan for and expect now that which Thou hast promised from the New Testament, and walk by that same Faith, “do Thou not forget the voice of them imploring Thee.” But those still say, “Where is Thy God? Let the pride of them that hate Thee come up always to Thee.” Do not forget even their pride. Nor doth He forget: no doubt He doth either punish or amend.