Psalms 118:159
Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vide quoniam mandata tua dilexi, Domine : in misericordia tua vivifica me.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἴδε ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἠγάπησα, Κύριε· ἐν τῷ ἐλέει σου ζῆσόν με.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:159
- רְ֭אֵה כִּי פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ אָהָ֑בְתִּי יְ֝הוָ֗ה כְּֽחַסְדְּךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי
Haydock's commentary
Behold. A person may profess his innocence without arrogance.
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, Resch
157. And he commendeth himself as differing from them, and saith, “Behold, how I have loved Thy commandments” ( ver. 159 ). He saith not, I have not denied Thy words or testimonies, as the Martyrs were urged to do, and, when they refused, suffered intolerable torments: but he said this wherein is the fruit of all sufferings; for, “if I give up my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.” The Psalmist, praising this virtue, saith, “Behold, how I have loved Thy commandments.” Then he asketh his reward, “O Lord, quicken me, according to Thy mercy.” These put me to death, do Thou quicken me. But if a reward be asked of mercy, which justice is bound to give; how much greater is that mercy, which enabled him to gain the victory, on account of which the reward was sought for?