Francis Patrick Kenrick

The text, which is obscure, may be translated : " reproach of my persecutor :" which may be under- etood, of saving him from the disgrace and ruin which his enemy designed to bring upon him. The Septuagiut and St. Jerome understand the latter term of one who tramples under foot. The moderns explain it of one who pants for revenge. The Vulgate means that God brought disgrace on the persecu- tors of the psalmist: which coincides with the interpretation of St. Jerome: "exprobrabit conculcantibus me."