Psalms 93:2
Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Exaltare, qui judicas terram ; redde retributionem superbis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὑψώθητι ὁ κρίνων τὴν γῆν, ἀπόδος ἀνταπόδοσιν τοῖς ὑπερηφάνοις.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 94:2
- הִ֭נָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵ֣ט הָאָ֑רֶץ הָשֵׁ֥ב גְּ֝מ֗וּל עַל גֵּאִֽים
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XCIV
4. And what followed, because He dealt confidently? “Be exalted, Thou Judge of the world” ( ver. 2 ). Because they imprisoned Him when humble, thinkest thou they will imprison Him when exalted? Because they judged Him when mortal, will they not be judged by Him when immortal? What then saith He? “Be exalted,” Thou, who hast dealt confidently, the confidence of whose word the wicked bore not, but thought they did a glorious deed, when they seized and crucified Thee; they who ought to have seized on Thee with faith, seized Thee with persecution. Thou then who hast among the wicked dealt confidently, and hast feared no man, because Thou hast suffered, “be exalted;” that is, arise again, depart into heaven. Let the Church also bear with long-suffering what the Church’s Head hath borne with long-suffering. …