Psalms 114:2
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quia inclinavit aurem suam mihi, et in diebus meis invocabo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅτι ἔκλινεν τὸ οὖς αὐτοῦ ἐμοί, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἐπεκαλεσάμην.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 116:2
- כִּֽי הִטָּ֣ה אָזְנ֣וֹ לִ֑י וּבְיָמַ֥י אֶקְרָֽא
Haydock's commentary
Days. All my life. (Worthington)
Faith, hope, and charity, (St. Augustine) as well as gratitude, are here commended. (Berthier)
Love and confidence are necessary conditions of prayer; and increase the more it is employed. (Calmet)
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.
The Fathers on this verse
St Irenaeus Against Heresies: Book IV, Chapter XXXVI. The prophets were
8. Then, in the case of the publican, who excelled the Pharisee in prayer, [we find] that it was not because he worshipped another Father that he received testimony from the Lord that he was justified rather [than the other]; but because with great humility, apart from all boasting and pride, he made confession to the same God. The parable of the two sons also: those who are sent into the vineyard, of whom one indeed opposed his father, but afterwards repented, when repentance profited him nothing; the other, however, promised to go, at once assuring his father, but he did not go (for “every man is a liar;” “to will is present with him, but he finds not means to perform”), [this parable, I say], points out one and the same Father. …
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXVI
2. But whence hath he hoped for this? Since, he saith, “He hath inclined His ear unto me: and in my days I have called upon Him” ( ver. 2 ). I loved, therefore, because He will hear; He will hear, “because He hath inclined His ear unto me.” But whence knowest thou, O human soul, that God hath inclined His ear unto thee, except thou sayest, “I have believed”? These three things, therefore, “abide, faith, hope, charity:” because thou hast believed, thou hast hoped; because thou hast hoped, thou hast loved.…