Psalms 9:11
And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et sperent in te qui noverunt nomen tuum, quoniam non dereliquisti quærentes te, Domine.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐλπισάτωσαν ἐπὶ σὲ οἱ γινώσκοντες τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὅτι οὐκ ἐνκατέλιπες τοὺς ἐκζητοῦντάς σε, Κύριε.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְיִבְטְח֣וּ בְ֭ךָ יוֹדְעֵ֣י שְׁמֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י לֹֽא עָזַ֖בְתָּ דֹרְשֶׁ֣יךָ יְהוָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Know, with love. Such are always heard. What wonder if others be rejected, who flee from God? (St. Chrysostom and St. Augustine) (Calmet)
The learned often trust too much to their own knowledge, whereas God has made choice of the simple, Matthew xi. 25. (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 IX
11. “And let them who know Thy Name, hope in Thee” ( ver. 10 ), when they shall have ceased hoping in wealth, and in the other enticements of this world. For the soul indeed that seeketh where to fix her hope, when she is torn away from this world, the knowledge of God’s Name seasonably receives. For the mere Name of God hath now been published everywhere: but the knowledge of the name is, when He is known whose name it is. For the name is not a name for its own sake, but for that which it signifies. Now it has been said, “The Lord is His Name.” Wherefore whoso willingly submits himself to God as His servant, hath known this name. “And let them who know Thy Name hope in Thee” ( ver. 10 ). …