1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Deuteronomy 32:35

*Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come.

Ecclesiasticus 28:1.; Romans 12:19.; Hebrews 10:30.

Time. Men are eager to punish their enemies, for fear lest they should escape. But God defers his chastisements frequently in this world, designing to make his enemies feel the weight of his indignation for all eternity. How consoling it is for the just, to think they have God for an avenger. "If thou, says Tertullian, remit the injury, which thou hast received, into his hands, he is the avenger....How much ought patience to endure, in order to make God a debtor." Adeo satisidoneus patientiae sequester Deus. --- That. Septuagint, "when" (Calmet) they shall fall and come to ruin. (Menochius)