Psalms 9:3
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Lætabor et exsultabo in te ; psallam nomini tuo, Altissime.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εὐφρανθήσομαι καὶ ἀγαλλιάσομαι ἐν σοί, ψαλῶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου, Ὕψιστε.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אֶשְׂמְחָ֣ה וְאֶעֶלְצָ֣ה בָ֑ךְ אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה שִׁמְךָ֣ עֶלְיֽוֹן
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm IX
3. “I will be glad and exult in Thee” ( ver. 2 ). Not any more in this world, not in pleasure of bodily dalliance, not in relish of palate and tongue, not in sweetness of perfumes, not in joyousness of passing sounds, not in the variously coloured forms of figure, not in vanities of men’s praise, not in wedlock and perishable offspring, not in superfluity of temporal wealth, not in this world’s getting, whether it extend over place and space, or be prolonged in time’s succession: but, “I will be glad and exult in Thee,” namely, in the hidden things of the Son, where “the light of Thy countenance hath been stamped on us, O Lord:” for, “Thou wilt hide them,” saith he, “in the hiding place of Thy countenance.” He then will be glad and exult in Thee, who tells all Thy marvels. …