Psalms 97:7
Let the sea be moved and the fulness thereof: the world and they that dwell therein.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- moveatur mare, et plenitudo ejus ; orbis terrarum, et qui habitant in eo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- σαλευθήτω ἡ θάλασσα καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς, ἡ οἰκουμένη καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες αὐτήν·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 98:7
- יִרְעַ֣ם הַ֭יָּם וּמְלֹא֑וֹ תֵּ֝בֵ֗ל וְיֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XCVIII
7. While ye are rejoicing, and delighted with the ductile trumpets, and the voice of the horn, what followeth? “Let the sea be stirred up, and the fulness thereof” ( ver. 7 ). Brethren, when the Apostles, like ductile trumpets and horns, were preaching the truth, the sea was stirred up, its waves arose, tempests increased, persecutions of the Church took place. Whence hath the sea been stirred up? When a joyful noise was made, when Psalms of thanksgiving were being sung before God: the ears of God were pleased, the waves of the sea were raised. “Let the sea be stirred up, and the fulness thereof: the round world, and all that dwell therein.” Let the sea be stirred up in its persecutions. “Let the floods clap their hands together” ( ver. 8 ). Let the sea be aroused, and the floods clap their hands together; persecutions arise, and the saints rejoice in God. …