Ps. x. 3. Augustin here, as usual, follows the Septuagint. הִלֵּל (praise), however, is not passive, but, instead of its usual accusative, takes עַל with the subject of praise, and is rendered with sufficient accuracy in the English version. בֵּרֵךְ, also, must be translated actively, with “the covetous,” or “the defrauder,” as its nominative: and the verse should thus read, “The wicked boasteth of his soul’s desire, and the defrauder blesseth [and] blasphemeth Jehovah.” It would be natural enough in the defrauder to do both.—Tr.