Psalms 91:11
But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: and my old age in plentiful mercy.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et exaltabitur sicut unicornis cornu meum, et senectus mea in misericordia uberi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὡς μονοκέρωτος τὸ κέρας μου, καὶ τὸ γῆράς μου ἐν ἐλαίῳ πίονι·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 92:11
- וַתָּ֣רֶם כִּרְאֵ֣ים קַרְנִ֑י בַּ֝לֹּתִ֗י בְּשֶׁ֣מֶן רַעֲנָֽן
Haydock's commentary
Mercy. Hebrew and some copies of the Septuagint have "oil," an emblem of mercy, Proverbs xxi. 20. (Berthier)
"I shall be anointed with fresh oil." (Protestants)
"My old age shall be like a verdant olive." (Houbigant) (Symmachus)
Those who have a good conscience, expect final happiness. (Worthington)
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 XCII
11. …“But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn” ( ver. 10 ). Why did He say, “like the horn of an unicorn”? Sometimes an unicorn signifies pride, sometimes it means the lifting up of unity; because unity is lifted up, all heresies shall perish with the enemies of God. And “mine horn shall be exalted like an unicorn.” When will it be so? “And mine old age shall be in the fatness of mercy.” Why did he say, “my old age”? He means, my last days; as our old age is the last season in our lives, so the whole of what the body of Christ at present suffereth in labours, in cares, in watchings, in hunger, in thirst, in stumbling-blocks, in wickednesses, in tribulations, is its youth: its old age, that is, its last days, will be in joy. …