Psalms 80:2
Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Exsultate Deo adjutori nostro ; jubilate Deo Jacob.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε τῷ θεῷ τῷ βοηθῷ ἡμῶν, ἀλαλάξατε τῷ θεῷ Ἰακώβ·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 81:2
- הַ֭רְנִינוּ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים עוּזֵּ֑נוּ הָ֝רִ֗יעוּ לֵאלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians, Their Calumny About the Fulfilment of Precepts in the Life to Come
But who can bear their objecting to us, “that we say that after the resurrection such is to be our progress, that there men can begin to fulfil the commands of God, which they would not here;” since we say that there there will be no sin at all, no struggle with any desire of sin; as if they themselves would dare to deny this? That wisdom also and the knowledge of God, is then perfected in us, and that in the Lord there is such rejoicing that it is a full and a true security, who will deny, unless he is so averse from the truth that on this very account he cannot attain unto it? But these things will not be in precepts, but in reward of those precepts which should here be observed; the neglect of which precepts, indeed, does not lead thither to the reward. …
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXXXI
3. Behold yourselves, O Asaph, congregation of the Lord. “Exult ye unto God our helper” ( ver. 1 ). Ye who are gathered together to-day, ye are this day the congregation of the Lord, if indeed unto you the Psalm is sung, “Exult ye unto God our helper.” Others exult unto the Circus, ye unto God: others exult unto their deceiver, do ye exult unto your helper: others exult unto their god their belly, do ye exult unto your God your helper. “Jubilate unto the God of Jacob.” Because ye also belong to Jacob: yea, ye are Jacob, the younger people to which the elder is servant. “Jubilate unto the God of Jacob.” Whatsoever ye cannot explain in words, ye do not therefore forbear exulting: what ye shall be able to explain, cry out: what ye cannot, jubilate. For from the abundance of joys, he that cannot find words sufficient, useth to break out into jubilating; “Jubilate unto the God of Jacob.”