Psalms 9:112
Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.
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- Vulgate (Clementine) shown from Psalms 9:33
- Exsurge, Domine Deus, exaltetur manus tua ; ne obliviscaris pauperum.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Psalms 9:33
- ἀνάστηθι, Κύριε ὁ θεός, ὑψωθήτω ἡ χείρ σου· μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ τῶν πενήτων.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 10:12
- קוּמָ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֭ל נְשָׂ֣א יָדֶ֑ךָ אַל תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח עניים
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm X
9. But how shall he decline, and fall? “For he hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten; He turneth away His face, that He see not unto the end” ( ver. 11 ). This is declining, and the most wretched fall, while the mind of a man prospers as it were in its iniquities, and thinks that it is spared; when it is being blinded, and kept for an extreme and timely vengeance: of which the Psalmist now speaks: “Arise, O Lord God, let Thine hand be exalted” ( ver. 12 ): that is, let Thy power be made manifest. Now he had said above, “Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail, let the heathen be judged in Thy sight:” that is, in secret, where God alone seeth. …