1 Unto the end. A Psalm to the sons of Korah. 2 O Lord, you have blessed your land. You have turned aside the captivity of Jacob. 3 You have released the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sins. 4 You have mitigated all your wrath. You have turned aside from the wrath of your indignation. 5 Convert us, O God, our Savior, and turn your anger away from us. 6 Will you be angry with us forever? And will you extend your wrath from generation to generation? 7 O God, you will turn back and revive us. And your people will rejoice in you. 8 O Lord, reveal to us your mercy, and grant to us your salvation. 9 I will listen to what the Lord God may be saying to me. For he will speak peace to his people, and to his saints, and to those who are being converted to the heart. 10 So then, truly his salvation is near to those who fear him, so that glory may inhabit our land. 11 Mercy and truth have met each other. Justice and peace have kissed. 12 Truth has risen from the earth, and justice has gazed down from heaven. 13 For so will the Lord give goodness, and our earth will give her fruit. 14 Justice will walk before him, and he will set his steps upon the way.
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Psalm 84 (85) Catholic Public Domain Version
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Notes on this text (4)
- 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 Jeremiah 30:18; Psalm 14:7; Ezekiel 39:25; Psalm 77:7; Joel 2:18
- 2 Jeremiah 30:18; Psalm 14:7; Ezekiel 39:25; Psalm 77:7; Joel 2:18
- 3 Micah 7:18; Psalm 32:1; Colossians 2:13; Jeremiah 50:20; Numbers 14:19
- 4 Psalm 106:23; Deuteronomy 13:17; Isaiah 12:1; Jonah 3:9; Psalm 78:38
- 5 Lamentations 5:21; Psalm 80:3; Psalm 80:7; Micah 7:7; Malachi 4:6
- 6 Psalm 79:5; Psalm 80:4; Isaiah 64:9–12; Psalm 74:1; Micah 7:18
- 7 Psalm 80:18; Habakkuk 3:2; Psalm 90:14; Isaiah 57:15; Hosea 6:2
- 8 Psalm 91:16; Psalm 50:23; Jeremiah 42:12
- 9 Psalm 29:11; Revelation 3:19; John 14:27; Zechariah 9:10; Habakkuk 2:1
- 10 Isaiah 46:13; Zechariah 2:5; John 7:17; Zechariah 2:8; Luke 2:32
- 11 Proverbs 3:3; Psalm 89:14; John 1:17; Isaiah 32:16–18; Psalm 100:5
- 12 John 14:6; Isaiah 45:8; 1 John 5:20–21; Matthew 17:5; Isaiah 42:21
- 13 James 1:17; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 67:6; Leviticus 26:4; Isaiah 30:23–24
- 14 Psalm 89:14; John 13:34; 1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 2:18–24; 1 Peter 4:1
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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: 85.
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 is entitled, "For the winepresses." And, as you observed with me, my beloved (for I saw that you attended most closely), nothing is said in its text either of any press, or wine-basket, or vat, or of any of the instruments or the building of a winepress; nothing of this kind did we hear read; so that it …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
The earth was condemned to thorns and thistles: the true Vine sprang up out of the earth, that the saying might be fulfilled, Truth sprang up out of the earth, and righteousness looked down from heaven.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)