Ecclesiasticus 51:13
Thou hast exalted my dwelling place upon the earth and I have prayed for death to pass away.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Exaltasti super terram habitationem meam, et pro morte defluente deprecatus sum.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Ecclesiasticus 51:9
- καὶ ἀνύψωσα ἐπὶ γῆν ἱκετίαν μου, καὶ ὑπὲρ θανάτου ῥύσεως ἐδεήθην·
Haydock's commentary
Thou. Greek, "I raised my supplicating voice from the earth, and I," &c. (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.