Psalms 82:11
Who perished at Endor: and became as dung for the earth.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Disperierunt in Endor ; facti sunt ut stercus terræ.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐξολεθρεύθησαν ἐν Ἀενδώρ, ἐγενήθησαν ὡς κόπρος τῇ γῇ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 83:11
- נִשְׁמְד֥וּ בְֽעֵין דֹּ֑אר הָ֥יוּ דֹּ֝֗מֶן לָאֲדָמָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Endor. Near this place the Madianites fell upon one another.
All their princes of Madian, (Calmet) or treat all the princes of the people, who now attack us, like them. (Menochius)
Both senses are good. (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 LXXXIII
7. Now let us see what the prophetic spirit prays may fall upon them, rather foretelling than cursing. “Do thou to them,” he saith, “as unto Madian and Sisera, as unto Jabin at the brook of Kishon” ( ver. 9 ). “They perished at Endor, they became as the dung of the earth” ( ver. 10 ). All these, the history relates, were subdued and conquered by Israel, which then was the people of God: as was the case also with those whom he next mentions: “Make their princes like Oreb and Zeb, and Zebee and Salmana” ( ver. 11 ). The meaning of these names is as follows: Madian is explained a perverted judgment: Sisera, shutting out of joy: Jabin, wise. …
St Jerome The Letters of St. Jerome, Paula and Eustochium to Marcella
13. But what are we doing? Forgetting what is required of us, we are taken up with what we wish. Will the time never come when a breathless messenger shall bring the news that our dear Marcella has reached the shores of Palestine, and when every band of monks and every troop of virgins shall unite in a song of welcome? In our excitement we are already hurrying to meet you: without waiting for a vehicle, we hasten off at once on foot. We shall clasp you by the hand, we shall look upon your face; and when, after long waiting, we at last embrace you, we shall find it hard to tear ourselves away. Will the day never come when we shall together enter the Saviour’s cave, and together weep in the sepulchre of the Lord with His sister and with His mother? Then shall we touch with our lips the wood of the cross, and rise in prayer and resolve upon the Mount of Olives with the ascending Lord. …