It seems best to follow the Vulgate in taking the last clause as a separate maxim: He who pursues words, they are nothing; that is, the fair speech…

He pursues them with words, yet they are lacking for him—The first half of a verse has apparently dropped out here. The sense may be, that…

All the brethren of the poor do hate him They despise him on account of his poverty; they neglect him, and do not take ca…

Christ was left by all his disciples; but the Father was with him. It encourages our faith that he had such a large experience of the sorrows of po…