Today the conclusion of this series on Psalm 111 with a look at the final verse:
Peccator videbit, et irascetur; dentibus suis fremet et tabescet : desiderium peccatorum peribit.
Peccator videbit, et irascetur; dentibus suis fremet et tabescet : desiderium peccatorum peribit.
The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall
gnash with his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Looking at the text
Peccator (the sinner) videbit (will see), et (and) irascetur
(he will be angry)
peccator, oris,
m. a sinner, transgressor; the wicked,
the godless.
video, vidi,
vlsum, ere 2, to see, behold; consider;
experience, undergo, suffer, realize; keep watch, look for, meditate on
irascor, iratus sum, irasci to be angry or wrathful.
dentibus suis (his teeth) fremet (he gnashes) et (and)
tabescet (he pines away)
dens, dentis,
m. a tooth; to gnash the teeth; to break the teeth of
one is to destroy his power, to render him harmless.
fremo, ui,
itum, ere 3 to rage, clamor; dentibus
fremere, to gnash the teeth.
tabesco, tabui,
ere 3 to pine away, waste away, melt
away, faint
desiderium (the desire) peccatorum (of sinners) peribit (it will
perish)
desiderium,
ii, n. desire, longing, wish, yearning
pereo, ii, itum, ire,
to perish, come to naught, be lost;
stray, be lost.
Penetrating the meaning of the text
Why is it that evil-doers are not just committed to a life
of sin, but seem so often to also be filled with anger and jealousy at the
good?
The psalm closes with a reminder
that no matter the force of their wrath now, it is transitory, for they shall
go down to that final death that is hell…
The psalm as a whole
1 Beatus vir qui timet Dominum : in mandatis ejus
volet nimis
2 Potens in terra erit semen ejus; generatio rectorum
benedicetur.
3 Gloria et divitiæ in domo ejus, et justitia ejus
manet in sæculum sæculi.
4 Exortum est in tenebris lumen rectis :
misericors, et miserator, et justus.
5 Jucundus homo qui miseretur et commodat; disponet
sermones suos in judicio: quia in æternum non commovebitur.
6 In memoria æterna erit justus; ab auditione mala non
timebit.
7 Paratum cor ejus sperare in Domino, confirmatum est cor
ejus; non commovebitur donec despiciat inimicos suos.
8 Dispersit, dedit pauperibus; justitia ejus manet in
sæculum sæculi : cornu ejus exaltabitur in gloria.
9 Peccator videbit, et irascetur; dentibus suis fremet et
tabescet : desiderium peccatorum peribit.
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