Psalms 76:16
With thy arm thou hast redeemed thy people the children of Jacob and of Joseph.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Redemisti in brachio tuo populum tuum, filios Jacob et Joseph.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐλυτρώσω ἐν τῷ βραχίονί σου τὸν λαόν σου, τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰακὼβ καὶ Ἰωσήφ. διάψαλμα.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 77:16
- גָּאַ֣לְתָּ בִּזְר֣וֹעַ עַמֶּ֑ךָ בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹ֖ב וְיוֹסֵ֣ף סֶֽלָה
Haydock's commentary
Arm. Christ, (St. Jerome) or power, Deuteronomy v. 15.
Joseph, who was in Egypt, while the rest of the family dwelt in Chanaan. (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 LXXVII
16. “Thou hast redeemed in Thine arm Thy people” ( ver. 15 ). “With Thine arm,” that is, with Thy power. “And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?” “Thou hast redeemed in Thine arm Thy people, the sons of Israel and of Joseph.” How as if two peoples, “the sons of Israel and of Joseph”? Are not the sons of Joseph among the sons of Israel?…He hath admonished us of some distinction to be made. Let us search out our spirit, perchance God hath placed there something, God whom we ought even by night to seek with our hands, in order that we may not be deceived, perchance we shall discover even ourselves in this distinction of “sons of Israel and of Joseph.” By Joseph He hath willed another people to be understood, hath willed that the people of the Gentiles be understood. Why the people of the Gentiles by Joseph? Because Joseph was sold into Egypt by his brethren. …