Psalms 9:115
Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.
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- Vulgate (Clementine) shown from Psalms 9:36
- Contere brachium peccatoris et maligni ; quæretur peccatum illius, et non invenietur.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Psalms 9:36
- σύντριψον τὸν βραχίονα τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ· ζητηθήσεται ἡ ἁμαρτία αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ δι᾽ αὐτήν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 10:15
- שְׁ֭בֹר זְר֣וֹעַ רָשָׁ֑ע וָ֝רָ֗ע תִּֽדְרוֹשׁ רִשְׁע֥וֹ בַל תִּמְצָֽא
Haydock's commentary
Found. When the means of sinning are withdrawn, he will repent; (Sts. Chrysostom, Augustine; Isaias xxviii. 19.) or it is a sort of irony: he will see whether, as he said, God will take no notice, ver. 4(25). (Calmet)
He shall be utterly exterminated, Psalm xxxvi. (Menochius)
No vestige of his magnificent works, founded on injustice, shall remain. (Haydock)
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 X
12. “Break the arm of the sinner and of the malicious” ( ver. 15 ); of him, namely, of whom it was said above, “He shall have dominion over all his enemies.” He called his power then, his arm; to which Christ’s power is opposed, of which it is said, “Arise, O Lord God, let Thine hand be exalted. His fault shall be required, and he shall not be found because of it;” that is he shall be judged for his sins, and himself shall perish because of his sin. After this, what wonder if there follow, “The Lord shall reign for ever and world without end; ye heathen shall perish out of His earth”? ( ver. 16 ). He uses heathen for sinners and ungodly.