If I whet my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Lightning, equally terrible and penetrating: fulminis acta modo. (Virgil, Æneid ix.) (Calmet)
Judgment, to punish with rigour my declared enemies. (Haydock)
These verses seem to regard the idolatrous nations, (Menochius) though God will not fail to punish the guilty, wherever they may be found. (Haydock)