Psalms 85:10
For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quoniam magnus es tu, et faciens mirabilia ; tu es Deus solus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅτι μέγας εἶ σὺ καὶ ποιῶν θαυμάσια, σὺ εἶ ὁ θεὸς μόνος ὁ μέγας.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 86:10
- כִּֽי גָד֣וֹל אַ֭תָּה וְעֹשֵׂ֣ה נִפְלָא֑וֹת אַתָּ֖ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים לְבַדֶּֽךָ
Haydock's commentary
Alone. Vatican Septuagint, Arabic, &c., add, "the great." (Calmet) (Acts xvii. 24.
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 On the Holy Trinity, Whatever is Spoken of God According to Substance, is Spoken of Each Person Severally, and Together of the Trinity Itself. One Essence in God, and Three, in Greek, Hypostases, in Latin, Persons
9. Wherefore let us hold this above all, that whatsoever is said of that most eminent and divine loftiness in respect to itself, is said in respect to substance, but that which is said in relation to anything, is not said in respect to substance, but relatively; and that the effect of the same substance in Father and Son and Holy Spirit is, that whatsoever is said of each in respect to themselves, is to be taken of them, not in the plural in sum, but in the singular. For as the Father is God, and the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, which no one doubts to be said in respect to substance, yet we do not say that the very Supreme Trinity itself is three Gods, but one God. So the Father is great, the Son great, and the Holy Spirit great; yet not three greats, but one great. …
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXXXVI
13. “For Thou art great, and doing wondrous things: Thou alone art the great God” ( ver. 10 ). Let no man call himself great. Some were to be who would call themselves great: against these it is said, “Thou alone art the great God.” For what great thing is ascribed to God, when it is said that He alone is the great God? Who knows not that He is the great God? But because there were to be some who would call themselves great and make God little, against these it is said, “Thou alone art the great God.” For what Thou sayest is fulfilled, not what those say who call themselves great. What hath God said by His Spirit? “All nations.” What saith he, whoever he is, who calleth himself great? “Far from it: God is not worshipped in all nations: all nations have perished, Africa alone remains.” This thou sayest, who callest thyself great: another thing He saith who alone is the great God. …
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians, Philippians 2:5-8
He who is not of that nature is not God. For He is everywhere called great in Scripture; “Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised.” ( Ps. xlviii. 1 .) This is said of the Son also, for it always calls Him Lord. “Thou art great, and doest wondrous things. Thou art God alone.” ( Ps. lxxxvi. 10 .) And again, “Great is our Lord, and great is His power, and of His greatness there is no end.” ( Ps. cxlv. 3 .)