Psalms 93:23
And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et reddet illis iniquitatem ipsorum, et in malitia eorum disperdet eos : disperdet illos Dominus Deus noster.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἀποδώσει αὐτοῖς τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν πονηρίαν αὐτῶν· ἀφανιεῖ αὐτοὺς Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 94:23
- וַיָּ֤שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם אֶת אוֹנָ֗ם וּבְרָעָתָ֥ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
Haydock's commentary
Will destroy them. Hebrew yatsmithem, occurs twice, to denote the certainty of the event, though the Septuagint, &c., omit the repetition. (Haydock)
Cyrus overturned the cruel empire of Babylon. (Calmet)
The wicked at the last day shall seek to hide themselves, and will for ever be removed from the sight of the just, aphaniei autous. We may say of each of them, it had been better if he had never been born, Matthew xxvi. 24. (Haydock)
The retribution of the good and bad is eternal. (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 XCIV
23. “And the Lord shall recompense them according to their works, and after their own malice; the Lord our God shall destroy them” ( ver. 23 ). The words, “after their own malice,” are not said without meaning. I am benefited through them: and yet it is said to be their malice, and not their benefits. For assuredly He trieth us, scourgeth us, by means of the wicked. To prepare us for what doth He scourge us? Confessedly for the kingdom of heaven. “For He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?” and when God doth this, He is teaching us in order to an eternal heritage: and this learning He often giveth us by means of wicked men, through whom He trieth and perfecteth our love, which He doth will to be extended even to our enemies.…Thus also they who persecuted the Martyrs, by persecuting them on earth, sent them into heaven: knowingly they …