Psalms 97:3
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Recordatus est misericordiæ suæ, et veritatis suæ domui Israël. Viderunt omnes termini terræ salutare Dei nostri.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐμνήσθη τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ τῷ Ἰακώβ, καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας αὐτοῦ τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ· εἴδοσαν πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 98:3
- זָ֘כַ֤ר חַסְדּ֨וֹ וֶֽאֱֽמוּנָתוֹ֮ לְבֵ֪ית יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל רָא֥וּ כָל אַפְסֵי אָ֑רֶץ אֵ֝֗ת יְשׁוּעַ֥ת אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
Haydock's commentary
Israel. The prophets foretold the liberation of the Jew, and of mankind. The blessed Virgin Mary seems to allude to this passage, Luke i. 55. (Calmet)
Some Jews were converted, Romans xi. (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 XCVIII
3. “He hath remembered His mercy to Jacob, and His truth unto the house of Israel” ( ver. 3 ). What meaneth this, “He hath remembered His mercy and truth”? He hath pitied, so that He promised; because He promised and showed His mercy, truth hath followed: mercy hath gone before promise, promise hath been fulfilled in truth.…