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Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Venez, contemplez les oeuvres de l'Eternel, Les ravages qu'il a opérés sur la terre!

KJV

Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

Patristic reading

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  • Didymus the Blinde

    Fragmenta in Psalmos

    ηι δε προνοητικος, βασιλευς εστιν. τωι γουν αυτωι ο ντι θεωι και βασιλει ψαλλειν αδιαστατως δει. 491 Ps 46,8b Τον ψαλλοντα δει και νοησιν των προφερομενων εν τηι ωἰδηι ε χειν. ου γαρ περι την κλασιν και το μελος της φωνης καταγινεσθαι προηγουμενως δει αλλα συνειναι τα ψαλλομενα.…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ngdom there is but one law. Now the whole of mankind is compared to God as to one king, according to Ps. 46:8 : "God is the King of all the earth." Therefore there is but one Divine law. Objection 2: Further, every law is directed to the end which the lawgiver intends for those f…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    must needs be subject to his law. But the Old Law was given by God, Who is "King of all the earth" ( Ps. 46:8 ). Therefore all the inhabitants of the earth were bound to observe the Law. Objection 2: Further, the Jews could not be saved without observing the Old Law: for it is wr…

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