Psalms 118:12
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Benedictus es, Domine ; doce me justificationes tuas.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:12
- בָּר֖וּךְ אַתָּ֥ה יְהוָ֗ה לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ
Haydock's commentary
Justifications. He considers himself as placed at the feet of his divine Master. (Calmet)
Though just, he wished to increase in virtue, Apocalypse xxii. (Worthington)
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, Beth
11. “Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I may not sin against Thee” ( ver. 11 ). He at once sought the Divine aid, lest the words of God might be hidden without fruit in his heart, unless works of righteousness followed. For after saying this, he added, “Blessed art Thou, O Lord, teach me Thy righteousnesses” ( ver. 12 ). “Teach me,” he saith, as they learn who do them; not as they who merely remember them, that they may have somewhat to speak of. …