Psalms 89:7
For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quia defecimus in ira tua, et in furore tuo turbati sumus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅτι ἐξελίπομεν ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ σου, καὶ ἐν τῷ θυμῷ σου ἐταράχθημεν·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 90:7
- כִּֽי כָלִ֥ינוּ בְאַפֶּ֑ךָ וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ נִבְהָֽלְנוּ
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XC
7. Making no secret that this fate is a penalty inflicted for sin, he adds at once, “For we consume away in Thy displeasure, and are troubled at Thy wrathful indignation” ( ver. 7 ): we consume away in our weakness, and are troubled from the fear of death; for we are become weak, and yet fearful to end that weakness. “Another,” saith He, “shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not:” although not to be punished, but to be crowned, by martyrdom; and the soul of our Lord, transforming us into Himself, was sorrowful even unto death: for “the Lord’s going out” is no other than in “death.”