Psalms 118:30
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Viam veritatis elegi ; judicia tua non sum oblitus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὁδὸν ἀληθείας ᾑρετισάμην· τὰ κρίματά σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:30
- דֶּֽרֶךְ אֱמוּנָ֥ה בָחָ֑רְתִּי מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ שִׁוִּֽיתִי
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Daleth
30. But after he had said, “And pity me according to Thy law;” he mentioneth some of those blessings which he hath already obtained, that he may ask others that he hath not yet gained. For he saith, “I have chosen the way of truth: and Thy judgments I have not forgotten” ( ver. 30 ). “I have stuck unto Thy testimonies: O Lord, confound me not” ( ver. 31 ): may I persevere in striving toward the point whereunto I am running: may I arrive whither I am running! So then “it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.” He next saith, “I will run the way of Thy commandments, when Thou hast widened my heart” ( ver. 32 ). I could not run hadst Thou not widened my heart. The sense of the words, “I have chosen the way of truth, and Thy judgments I have not forgotten: I have stuck unto Thy testimonies,” is clearly explained in this verse. …