Ecclesiasticus 51:28
I possessed my heart with her from the beginning: therefore I shall not be forsaken.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Possedi cum ipsa cor ab initio : propter hoc, non derelinquar.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Ecclesiasticus 51:20
- τὴν ψυχήν μου κατεύθυνα εἰς αὐτήν, καρδίαν ἐκτησάμην μετ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, καὶ ἐν καθαρισμῷ εὗρον αὐτήν· διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ἐγκαταλειφθῶ.
Haydock's commentary
Heart. Or understanding, as the Hebrew place this in the heart, 3 Kings iii. 9.
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.