1 Kings 7:8
And they said to Samuel: Cease not to cry to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dixeruntque ad Samuelem : Ne cesses pro nobis clamare ad Dominum Deum nostrum, ut salvet nos de manu Philisthinorum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Σαμουήλ Μὴ παρασιωπήσῃς ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν τοῦ μὴ βοᾷν πρὸς Κύριον θεόν σου, καὶ σώσει ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς ἀλλοφύλων.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל אַל תַּחֲרֵ֣שׁ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ מִזְּעֹ֖ק אֶל יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וְיֹשִׁעֵ֖נוּ מִיַּ֥ד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים
Haydock's commentary
Philistines. Those who distrust their own strength, and join true repentance with prayer, striving to interest the friends of God in their cause, may confidently hope for victory. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.