Psalms 79:16
And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et perfice eam quam plantavit dextera tua, et super filium hominis quem confirmasti tibi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ κατάρτισαι αὐτὴν ἣν ἐφύτευσεν ἡ δεξιά σου, καὶ ἐπὶ υἱόν ἀνθρώπου ὃν ἐκραταίωσας σεαυτῷ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 80:16
- וְ֭כַנָּה אֲשֶׁר נָטְעָ֣ה יְמִינֶ֑ךָ וְעַל בֵּ֝֗ן אִמַּ֥צְתָּה לָּֽךְ
Haydock's commentary
And look down upon "the Messias," (Chaldean) the true vine, John xv. 1., and Matthew xxi. 33. (Calmet)
Of man, is not in Hebrew, only, ver. 18. (Haydock)
Some perfection was wanting in the Church of the Old Testament.
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 LXXX
9. But with what profit is this? “O God of virtues turn Thou nevertheless” ( ver. 14 ). Although these things have been done, “Turn Thou nevertheless.” “Look from heaven and see, and visit this vineyard.” “And perfect Thou her whom Thy right hand hath planted” ( ver. 15 ). No other plant Thou, but this make Thou perfect. For she is the very seed of Abraham, she is the very seed in whom all nations shall be blessed: there is the root where is borne the graffed wild olive. …