Psalms 90:12
In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In manibus portabunt te, ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν σε, μή ποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 91:12
- עַל כַּפַּ֥יִם יִשָּׂא֑וּנְךָ פֶּן תִּגֹּ֖ף בָּאֶ֣בֶן רַגְלֶֽךָ
Haydock's commentary
Stone. He alludes to nurses. (Calmet)
All these expressions are metaphorical, to shew the assistance given by angels, to remove the obstacles which impede our progress towards heaven.
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 XCI
16. Let us return to the words of the Psalm. “They shall bear Thee in their hands, lest at any time Thou hurt Thy foot against a stone” ( ver. 12 ). Christ was raised up in the hands of Angels, when He was taken up into heaven: not that, if Angels had not sustained Him, He would have fallen: but because they were attending on their King. Say not, Those who sustained Him are better than He who was sustained. Are then cattle better than men, because they sustain the weakness of men? And we ought not to speak thus either; for if the cattle withdraw their support, their riders fall. …