Psalms 118:111
I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Hæreditate acquisivi testimonia tua in æternum, quia exsultatio cordis mei sunt.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐκληρονόμησα τὰ μαρτύριά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ὅτι ἀγαλλίαμα τῆς καρδίας μού εἰσιν·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:111
- נָחַ֣לְתִּי עֵדְוֺתֶ֣יךָ לְעוֹלָ֑ם כִּֽי שְׂשׂ֖וֹן לִבִּ֣י הֵֽמָּה
Haydock's commentary
Inheritance. I will strive to imitate the faith of Abraham, &c. (Haydock)
I will stick to the law as to my portion, through pure love.
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 Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Nun
110. “Thy testimonies have I gained in heritage for ever” ( ver. 111 ). Some wishing to express in one word what is put in one word in the Greek, have translated it hereditavi. Which although it might be Latin, yet would rather signify one who gave an inheritance than one who received it, hereditavi being like ditavi. Better, therefore, the whole sense is conveyed in two words, whether we say, “I have possessed in heritage,” or, “I have gotten in heritage:” not gotten heritage, but “gotten in heritage.” If it be asked, what he gained in heritage, he replieth, “Thy testimonies.” What doth he wish to be understood, save that he might become a witness of God, and confess His testimonies, that is, that he might become a Martyr of God, and might declare His testimonies, as the Martyrs do, was a gift bestowed upon him by the Father, of whom he is heir?…But even their wish was prepared by the L …