I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his offspring begging bread.
All Commentaries on Psalms 37:25 Go To Psalms 37
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Seeking, in vain. (Haydock)
Roman and Gothic Ps. read, "wanting. "This does not condemn the mendicant orders. (Menochius)
Nothing was more unusual under the old law than the extreme distress of the just: yet Job and Lazarus were reduced to it. They were not, however, discontent. (Calmet)
They found the bread of life in conformity to God's will, John iv. 34. (Haydock)
Their souls were enriched with grace, which was never wanting, as the Fathers explain this passage. (Berthier) (Amos viii. 11.)
It is certain that there were poor among the Jews; (Deuteronomy xv. 11.) and who would assert that they were all wicked, or the children of such? Yet the prophet had not witnessed (Calmet) any person renowned for virtue reduced to this condition, (Haydock) though he does not deny but it might be possible. (Calmet)
The proposition may be restrained to those who have been very charitable, and who are not often thereby reduced to want, Daniel iv. 24. (Genebrard) (Menochius)
But the word just is more comprehensive; and St. Paul gives several instances of persecuted saints (Hebrew xi.) which is confirmed by the parable, or rather by the history, of Lazarus. (Berthier)
At any rate, the Church is never deprived of the word of God. (St. Augustine) (Worthington)
