Psalms 75:9
Thou hast caused judgment to be heard from heaven: the earth trembled and was still,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- De cælo auditum fecisti judicium : terra tremuit et quievit
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἠκόντισας κρίσιν, γῆ ἐφοβήθη καὶ ἡσύχασεν,
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 76:9
- מִ֭שָּׁמַיִם הִשְׁמַ֣עְתָּ דִּ֑ין אֶ֖רֶץ יָֽרְאָ֣ה וְשָׁקָֽטָה
Haydock's commentary
Heard. Some editions of the Septuagint read, "thou hast darted judgment." (St. Augustine)
Still. All were filled with astonishment, and Sennacherib was glad to escape in the most private manner. (Calmet)
Persecutors will all be terrified when the signs of judgment begin to appear in heaven, which are here represented as past, on account of their certainty. (Worthington)
The divine power will be again displayed. (Menochius)
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
9. “From Heaven Thou hast hurled judgment: the earth hath trembled, and hath rested” ( ver. 8 ). She which now doth trouble herself, she which now speaketh, hath to fear at the end and to rest. Better had she now rested, that at the end she might have rejoiced. Rested? When? “When God arose unto judgment, that He might save all the meek in heart” ( ver. 9 ). Who are the meek in heart? They that on snorting horses have not mounted, but in their humility have confessed their own sins. “For the thought of a man shall confess to Thee, and the remnants of the thought shall celebrate solemnities to Thee” ( ver. 10 ). The first is the thought, the latter are the remnants of the thought. What is the first thought? That from whence we begin, that good thought whence thou wilt begin to confess. Confession uniteth us to Christ. …