1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Psalms 99:3 Know ye that the Lord, he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Not. St. Jerome seems to have read lu for lo, and translates, "and we are his," which Houbigant follows. But the Vulgate gives a very necessary instruction, as some might perhaps forget that God preserves their life every instant, (Berthier) and some have foolishly imagined, that the collection of things might give existence, or be eternal. (Berthier)