1 In finem. Psalmus ipsi David. 2 [Beatus qui intelligit super egenum et pauperem: in die mala liberabit eum Dominus. 3 Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum ejus. 4 Dominus opem ferat illi super lectum doloris ejus; universum stratum ejus versasti in infirmitate ejus. 5 Ego dixi: Domine, miserere mei; sana animam meam, quia peccavi tibi. 6 Inimici mei dixerunt mala mihi: Quando morietur, et peribit nomen ejus? 7 Et si ingrediebatur ut videret, vana loquebatur; cor ejus congregavit iniquitatem sibi. Egrediebatur foras et loquebatur. 8 In idipsum adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei; adversum me cogitabant mala mihi. 9 Verbum iniquum constituerunt adversum me: Numquid qui dormit non adjiciet ut resurgat? 10 Etenim homo pacis meæ in quo speravi, qui edebat panes meos, magnificavit super me supplantationem. 11 Tu autem, Domine, miserere mei, et resuscita me; et retribuam eis. 12 In hoc cognovi quoniam voluisti me, quoniam non gaudebit inimicus meus super me. 13 Me autem propter innocentiam suscepisti; et confirmasti me in conspectu tuo in æternum. 14 Benedictus Dominus Deus Israël a sæculo et usque in sæculum. Fiat, fiat.]
Psalm 40 (41) Clementine Vulgate
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering.
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 VUL.
- 1 Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 14:21; 2 Corinthians 9:8–14; Acts 20:35; Matthew 25:34–39
- 2 Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 14:21; 2 Corinthians 9:8–14; Acts 20:35; Matthew 25:34–39
- 3 Jeremiah 45:4–5; Psalm 27:12; 1 Timothy 4:8; Psalm 37:32–33; Psalm 33:19
- 4 2 Kings 20:5–6; Philippians 2:26–27; Psalm 73:26; 2 Corinthians 4:16–17; 2 Kings 1:16
- 5 Psalm 103:3; James 5:15–16; Hosea 6:1; 2 Chronicles 30:18–20; Psalm 147:3
- 6 Psalm 102:8; Proverbs 10:7; Psalm 38:12; Job 20:7; Job 18:17
- 7 Psalm 12:2; Luke 11:53–54; Proverbs 26:24–26; Luke 20:20–23; Daniel 11:27
- 8 Proverbs 16:28; Matthew 26:3–4; Psalm 56:5–6; Matthew 22:15; Romans 1:29
- 9 Psalm 71:11; Luke 13:16; Matthew 27:41–46; Matthew 27:63–64; Psalm 3:2
- 10 John 13:18; Psalm 55:12–14; Matthew 26:23; Psalm 55:20–22; John 13:26–27
- 11 Luke 19:27
- 12 Colossians 2:15; Psalm 124:6; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 147:11; Jeremiah 20:13
- 13 Job 36:7; Psalm 73:23–24; Psalm 37:17; Psalm 34:15; John 17:24
- 14 Psalm 72:18–19; Ephesians 1:3; Revelation 5:9–14; Revelation 4:8; Psalm 89:52
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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: 41.
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).
For good it is to confess unto Thee, and to say, "Be merciful unto me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee;" and not to abuse Thy goodness for a license to sin, but to remember the words of the Lord, "Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." All of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
He who did eat of His bread, was lifting up his heel against Him; his hands were but lately receiving the blessed gifts, and presently for the wages of betrayal he was plotting His death.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… departed thither, whence He never departed, because "the world was made by Him." And in this world He was, and into this world He came to save sinners, unto whom my soul doth confess, that He may heal it, for it hath sinned against Him. O ye sons of men, how long so slow of heart?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… I know not what other nature sinned in us." And it gratified my pride to be free from blame and, after I had committed any fault, not to acknowledge that I had done any,--"that Thou mightest heal my soul because it had sinned against Thee;" but I loved to excuse it, and to accuse something else (I wot not what) …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)