Psalms 118:156
Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Misericordiæ tuæ multæ, Domine ; secundum judicium tuum vivifica me.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- οἱ οἰκτιρμοί σου πολλοί, Κύριε, σφόδρα· κατὰ τὰ κρίματά σου ζῆσόν με.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:156
- רַחֲמֶ֖יךָ רַבִּ֥ים יְהוָ֑ה כְּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ חַיֵּֽנִי
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Resch
154. This he saw himself also. For I should not see it, save I saw it in Him, save I were in Him. For these are the words of the Body of Christ, whose members we are. He saw this, I say, and at once added, “Great are Thy mercies, O Lord” ( ver. 156 ). Even our seeking out Thy righteousnesses, then, cometh of Thy mercies. “Quicken me according to Thy judgment.” For I know that Thy judgments will not be upon me without Thy mercy.