Psalms 75:4
There hath he broken the powers of bows, the shield, the sword, and the battle.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ibi confregit potentias arcuum, scutum, gladium, et bellum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐκεῖ συνέτριψεν τὰ κράτη τῶν τόξων, ὅπλον καὶ ῥομφαίαν καὶ πόλεμον· ἐκεῖ συνκλάσει τὰ κέρατα. διάψαλμα.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 76:4
- שָׁ֭מָּה שִׁבַּ֣ר רִשְׁפֵי קָ֑שֶׁת מָגֵ֬ן וְחֶ֖רֶב וּמִלְחָמָ֣ה סֶֽלָה
Haydock's commentary
There. In that favoured country. The army of Sennacherib perished on its road to Pelusium, 4 Kings xx.
Powers. Hebrew, "sparks," (Calmet) or "burning arrows." (Montanus) (Psalm vii. 14., and cxix. 4.) (Haydock)
All the opponents of the Church, or Sion, must perish. (Worthington)
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 LXXVI
4. “There He hath broken the strength of bows, and the shield, and the sword, and the battle” ( ver. 3 ). Where hath He broken? In that eternal peace, in that perfect peace. And now, my brethren, they that have rightly believed see that they ought not to rely on themselves: and all the might of their own menaces, and whatsoever is in them whetted for mischief, this they break in pieces; and whatsoever they deem of great virtue wherewith to protect themselves temporally, and the war which they were waging against God by defending their sins, all these things He hath broken there.
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Hebrews 11.3,4
“Seek” (He says) “and ye shall find” ( Matt. vii. 7 ): but how can we find the Lord? Consider how gold is found; with much labor. [“I sought the Lord] with my hands” (it is said) “by night before Him, and I was not deceived” ( Ps. lxxvii. 2 . See LXX [ Ps. lxxvi. 3 ]), that is, just as we seek what is lost, so let us seek God. Do we not concentrate our mind thereon? Do we not enquire of every one? Do we not travel from home? Do we not promise money?