1 In finem, pro iis qui commutabuntur. Filiis Core, ad intellectum. Canticum pro dilecto. 2 [Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum: dico ego opera mea regi. Lingua mea calamus scribæ velociter scribentis. 3 Speciosus forma præ filiis hominum, diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis: propterea benedixit te Deus in æternum. 4 Accingere gladio tuo super femur tuum, potentissime. 5 Specie tua et pulchritudine tua intende, prospere procede, et regna, propter veritatem, et mansuetudinem, et justitiam; et deducet te mirabiliter dextera tua. 6 Sagittæ tuæ acutæ: populi sub te cadent, in corda inimicorum regis. 7 Sedes tua, Deus, in sæculum sæculi; virga directionis virga regni tui. 8 Dilexisti justitiam, et odisti iniquitatem; propterea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, oleo lætitiæ, præ consortibus tuis. 9 Myrrha, et gutta, et casia a vestimentis tuis, a domibus eburneis; ex quibus delectaverunt te 10 filiæ regum in honore tuo. Astitit regina a dextris tuis in vestitu deaurato, circumdata varietate. 11 Audi, filia, et vide, et inclina aurem tuam; et obliviscere populum tuum, et domum patris tui. 12 Et concupiscet rex decorem tuum, quoniam ipse est Dominus Deus tuus, et adorabunt eum. 13 Et filiæ Tyri in muneribus vultum tuum deprecabuntur; omnes divites plebis. 14 Omnis gloria ejus filiæ regis ab intus, in fimbriis aureis, 15 circumamicta varietatibus. Adducentur regi virgines post eam; proximæ ejus afferentur tibi. 16 Afferentur in lætitia et exsultatione; adducentur in templum regis. 17 Pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii; constitues eos principes super omnem terram. 18 Memores erunt nominis tui in omni generatione et generationem: propterea populi confitebuntur tibi in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi.]
Psalm 44 (45) 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 (18)
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 Psalm 49:3; 2 Samuel 23:2; Job 33:3; Proverbs 16:23; Job 32:18–20
- 2 Psalm 49:3; 2 Samuel 23:2; Job 33:3; Proverbs 16:23; Job 32:18–20
- 3 Luke 4:22; Song of Songs 5:10–16; Psalm 21:6; John 7:46; Hebrews 7:26
- 4 Hebrews 4:12; Isaiah 49:2; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 19:15; Psalm 96:6
- 5 Psalm 65:5; Revelation 19:11; Revelation 6:2; Isaiah 59:17–18; Zechariah 9:9
- 6 Psalm 21:12; Numbers 24:8; Psalm 38:2; Zechariah 9:13–14; Psalm 22:27
- 7 Hebrews 1:8–9; Psalm 93:2; John 1:1; Isaiah 9:6–7; Jeremiah 33:15–16
- 8 Hebrews 1:9; Psalm 21:6; Isaiah 61:1–3; Psalm 33:5; Ephesians 1:3
- 9 Song of Songs 1:3; 2 Corinthians 2:14–16; John 19:39; Matthew 2:11; Song of Songs 4:6
- 10 Revelation 21:9; 1 Kings 2:19; Revelation 19:7; Ephesians 5:26–27; Revelation 21:2
- 11 Song of Songs 2:10–13; Genesis 12:1; Matthew 10:37; Matthew 19:29; 2 Corinthians 6:17–7:1
- 12 Psalm 95:6; Isaiah 54:5; Song of Songs 4:1–5; Zephaniah 3:17; Philippians 2:10–11
- 13 Psalm 22:29; Isaiah 60:3; Isaiah 23:17–18; Psalm 72:10; Isaiah 49:23
- 14 Revelation 19:7–8; Isaiah 61:10; Romans 3:22; Romans 13:14; Matthew 5:16
- 15 2 Corinthians 11:2; Song of Songs 8:13; Song of Songs 6:13; Song of Songs 2:7; Song of Songs 1:3–5
- 16 Revelation 7:15–17; Jude 24; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 56:5
- 17 Revelation 5:10; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6; Isaiah 60:1–5; Isaiah 49:21–22
- 18 Isaiah 62:3; Malachi 1:11; Psalm 72:17–19; Isaiah 61:9; Isaiah 59:21
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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: 45.
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“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 addressed "to the sons of Korah," as its title shows. Now Korah is equivalent to the word baldness; and we find in the Gospel that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified in "the place of a skull." It is clear then that this Psalm is sung to the "sons of His Passion.'" Now we have on this …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But our Lord is Himself the resurrection, as He does Himself declare, "I am the resurrection and the life." But the fathers are His children; for it is said by the prophet: "Instead of thy fathers, thy children have been made to thee." Christ Himself, therefore, together with the Father, is the God of the living, who spake to Moses, …
Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity: therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of exultation above Thy fellows;" that is, plainly, Christ above Christians.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Of this therefore the prophet discourses unto her, and saith, "Forget thy people, and thy father's house, so shall the king have pleasure in thy beauty." This Ruth did too, and because of this she became a mother of kings, even as the Church did likewise.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And for this reason, methinks, the Psalmist says to mankind, Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house, whom thou hast chosen for a father, whom thou hast drawn upon thyself to thy destruction.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)