Catholic Public Domain Version
"I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me, "
— Psalms 72:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.”
“There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. ”
“Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.”
“May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!”
“I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:”
“May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.”
“There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.”
And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent.
And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings.
If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons.
I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,
until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down.
How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.