Augustine of Hippo
Patristic
A.D. 354–430
“But "they stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and equity" [Psalm 111:8]. It is equitable and just that we should labour here and repose there.”
The interpretation timeline
Ps 110:8
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
1 Patristic · 1 Jewish · 1 Catholic
Ps 110:8 · Douay-Rheims
“All his commandments are faithful: confirmed for ever and ever, made in truth and equity.”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
430
A.D.
675 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Scholastic
c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Rashi
Jewish
1040–1105
“Steadfast are His commandments, supported by might, strengthened with punishments and warnings, and the chapters are set one next to the other in sequence and to expound on them. This is what Solomon said (Song 5:15): “His thighs are pillars of marble, etc.””
744 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Equity. Here we have the conditions of a just law. (Berthier) — Those who keep God’s commandments are justified. (Worthington)”
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.