Psalms 84:4
Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: thou hast turned away from the wrath of thy indignation.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Mitigasti omnem iram tuam ; avertisti ab ira indignationis tuæ.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- κατέπαυσας τὴν ὀργήν σου, ἀπέστρεψας ἀπὸ ὀργῆς θυμοῦ σου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 85:4
- אָסַ֥פְתָּ כָל עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ הֱ֝שִׁיב֗וֹתָ מֵחֲר֥וֹן אַפֶּֽךָ
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXXXV
3. For how did He turn away the captivity of Jacob? See, how that that setting free is spiritual, see how that it is done inwardly. “Thou hast forgiven,” he saith, “the iniquity of Thy people: Thou hast covered all their sins” ( ver. 2 ). Behold how He hath turned away their captivity, in that He hath remitted iniquity: iniquity held them captive; thy iniquity forgiven, thou art freed. Confess therefore that thou art in captivity, that thou mayest be worthy to be freed: for he that knoweth not of his enemy, how can he invoke the liberator? “Thou hast covered all their sins.” What is, “Thou hast covered”? So as not to see them. How didst Thou not see them? So as not to take vengeance on them. …