The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Les méchants tirent le glaive, Ils bandent leur arc, Pour faire tomber le malheureux et l'indigent, Pour égorger ceux dont la voie est droite.
KJV
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Didymus the Blinde
Fragmenta in Psalmos
ωσιν ου τε αποδειξεις τοτε τοις πραγμασιν επιφεροντες αλλα και σοφιστικως συναρπαζειν κριναντες. 380 Ps 37,14.15 ̔Ο κρινας φυλαττειν το Ου παραδεξηι ακοην ματαιαν προς τους δολιους και απατηλους λογους κεκωφωται ουδ' αι σθησιν αυτων την εξ ακοης ε χειν βουλομενος· πολλωι δε πλεον…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ary, It is written ( Ps. 37:13 ): "They that sought evils to me spoke vain things," and afterwards ( Ps. 37:14 ) he says: "But I as a deaf man, heard not; and as a dumb man not opening his mouth." I answer that, Just as we need patience in things done against us, so do we need it…
Apollinaris Ladokien
Fragmenta in Psalmos
ειαι των πονηρων επ' αυτον κεχρημενων προς ους και την σιωπην την ενταυθα προλεγομενην επληρωσεν. 27 Ps 37,14 Ἔχων μεν, φησιν, τα δικαια αντειπειν προς τους συκοφαντουντας, ειδως δε ουκ επ' ωφελειαι τον λογον εσομενον ανεξικακως εφερον τας ψευδολογιας. και ως ουκ ακουων εσιωπων κ…
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