Psalms 118:169
Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Tau Appropinquet deprecatio mea in conspectu tuo, Domine ; juxta eloquium tuum da mihi intellectum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἐγγισάτω δὴ ἡ δέησίς μου ἐνώπιόν σου, Κύριε, Κύριε· κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου συνέτισόν με.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:169
- תִּקְרַ֤ב רִנָּתִ֣י לְפָנֶ֣יךָ יְהוָ֑ה כִּדְבָרְךָ֥ הֲבִינֵֽנִי
Haydock's commentary
Supplication. Hebrew, "cry." Eusebius reads axioma, "dignity," which St. Ambrose thinks has been substituted for axiosis, "prayer;" though all our copies of the Septuagint have deesis, (Calmet) a word of the same import. (Haydock)
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, Tau
166. Let us now hear the words of one praying: since we know who is praying, and we recognise ourselves, if we be not reprobate, among the members of this one praying. “Let my prayer come near in Thy sight, O Lord” ( ver. 169 ): for, “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart.” “Give me understanding, according to Thy word.” He claimeth a promise. For he saith, “according to Thy word,” which is to say, according to Thy promise. For the Lord promised this when He said, “I will inform thee.”