Psalms 118:145
I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Coph Clamavi in toto corde meo : exaudi me, Domine ; justificationes tuas requiram.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἐκέκραξα ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ, ἐπάκουσόν μου, Κύριε, τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐκζητήσω.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:145
- קָרָ֣אתִי בְכָל לֵ֭ב עֲנֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֗ה חֻקֶּ֥יךָ אֶצֹּֽרָה
Haydock's commentary
Cried. With requisite fervour, (Worthington) and attention. (St. Augustine)
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, Koph
143. …He who singeth this Psalm, mentioneth such a prayer of his own: “I have called with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord!” ( ver. 145 ). For to what end his cry profiteth, he addeth: “I will search out Thy righteousnesses.” For this purpose then he hath called with his whole heart, and hath longed that this might be given him by the Lord listening unto him, that he may search out His righteousnesses…