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Ps 79:18

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Ps 79:18 · Douay-Rheims
“Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.”
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Rashi Jewish
1040–1105
“May Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand Deliver Your blows upon the man—viz. Esau—who is destined to receive retribution from Your right hand. upon the son of man whom You strengthened for Yourself that his habitation should be the fat places of the earth.”
Source
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.