Loading…
VRSZ
This sets the art on your cards and whose commentary you read on each verse. You can change it later in settings.
Translation
Loading…
What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Then follow these words: "The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth" (ver. 12): "But the Lord shall laugh at him" (ver. 13). At whom? Surely at the sinner, "gnashing upon" the other "with his teeth." But wherefore shall the Lord "laugh at him"? "For He foreseeth that his day is coming." He seems indeed full of wrath, while, ignorant of the morrow that is in store for him, he is threatening the just. …
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, "But the Lord," he shows that this malice of theirs does not have its intended effect, because they are mocked by God. And regarding this he does two things. First, he sets forth the mockery. Second, its reason, at "For he foresees." He says therefore, "The Lord shall laugh at him," that is, he makes him or considers him laughable. …
Translation