Psalms 96:6
The heavens declared his justice: and all people saw his glory.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Annuntiaverunt cæli justitiam ejus, et viderunt omnes populi gloriam ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἀνήγγειλαν οἱ οὐρανοὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἴδοσαν πάντες οἱ λαοὶ τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 97:6
- הִגִּ֣ידוּ הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם צִדְק֑וֹ וְרָא֖וּ כָל הָעַמִּ֣ים כְּבוֹדֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Heavens. Apostles, Psalm xviii. The judge appears publicly. (Calmet)
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 XCVII
8. “The heavens have declared His righteousness: and all the people have seen His glory” ( ver. 6 ). What heavens have declared? “The heavens declare the glory of God.” Who are the heavens? Those who have become His seat; for as God sitteth in the heavens, so doth He sit in the Apostles, so doth He sit in the preachers of the Gospel. Even thou, if thou wilt, shalt be a heaven. Dost thou wish to be so? Purge from thy heart the earth. If thou hast not earthly lusts, and hast not in vain uttered the response, that thou hast “lifted up thy heart,” thou shalt be a heaven. …