1 A Canticle Psalm, of David himself. 2 My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing songs, and I will sing psalms in my glory. 3 Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. I will arise in early morning. 4 I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. And I will sing psalms to you among the nations. 5 For your mercy is great, beyond the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds. 6 Be exalted, O God, beyond the heavens, and your glory, beyond all the earth, 7 so that your beloved may be freed. Save with your right hand, and heed me. 8 God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult, and I will divide Shechem, and I will divide by measure the steep valley of tabernacles. 9 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the supporter of my head. Judah is my king. 10 Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. I will extend my shoe in Idumea; the foreigners have become my friends. 11 Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me, even into Idumea? 12 Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies? 13 Grant us help from tribulation, for vain is the help of man. 14 In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing.
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Psalm 107 (108) Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering, with the psalm titles counted as verse 1 (as in the Vulgate).
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Psalm 57:7–11; Psalms 145:21–146:2; Psalm 104:33; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 68:1
- 2 Psalm 57:7–11; Psalms 145:21–146:2; Psalm 104:33; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 68:1
- 3 Psalm 81:2; Psalm 69:30; Psalm 33:2; Psalm 57:8; Psalm 103:22
- 4 Psalm 22:22; Psalm 22:27; Psalm 117:1; Zephaniah 3:14; Zephaniah 3:20
- 5 Psalm 36:5; Psalm 103:11; Ephesians 2:4–7; Psalm 89:2; Psalm 89:5
- 6 Psalm 57:5; Matthew 6:9–10; Psalm 148:13; Psalm 72:19; 1 Chronicles 29:10–13
- 7 2 Chronicles 32:20–22; Psalm 60:5–12; Deuteronomy 33:12; Colossians 3:12; Ephesians 1:6
- 8 1 Peter 1:8; Joshua 20:7; 2 Peter 1:3–4; Psalm 16:9–11; Judges 8:5–6
- 9 Genesis 49:10; Psalm 122:5; Joshua 13:8–11; 2 Samuel 2:8; 1 Samuel 28:4
- 10 John 13:14; Ruth 4:7–8; Isaiah 14:29–32; John 13:8; Psalm 60:8–10
- 11 Isaiah 63:1–6; Obadiah 3–4; Psalm 20:6–8; Psalm 60:1; Jeremiah 49:7–16
- 12 2 Chronicles 13:12; Psalm 44:9; 2 Chronicles 20:15; 1 Samuel 29:1–11; 1 Samuel 17:36
- 13 Jeremiah 17:5–8; Psalm 146:3–5; Lamentations 4:17; Isaiah 31:3; Isaiah 2:22
- 14 Psalm 118:6–13; Psalm 60:12; Psalm 18:29–34; Isaiah 63:3; Romans 16:20
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 108.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
This Psalm commendeth unto us the mercies of God, proved in ourselves, and is therefore the sweeter to the experienced. And it is a wonder if it can be pleasing to any one, except to him who has learned in his own case, what he hears in this Psalm.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
To this it is that the prediction pointed, "Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and Thy glory above all the earth." Such is the fullness of the Gentiles, of which the apostle saith, "Blindness in part is happened to Israel, till the fullness of the Gentiles come in."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
His true glory, therefore, in the Catholic Church is celebrated in these words by the prophet: "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Thy glory above all the earth." Accordingly, that after His exaltation the Holy Spirit was to come, and to glorify Him, the sacred psalm, and the Only-begotten Himself, promised as an event of the future, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)