Psalms 118:47
I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et meditabar in mandatis tuis, quæ dilexi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐμελέτων ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου αἷς ἠγάπησας σφόδρα·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:47
- וְאֶשְׁתַּֽעֲשַׁ֥ע בְּמִצְוֺתֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָהָֽבְתִּי
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Vav
49. “And I meditated,” he saith, “on Thy commandments, which I have loved” ( ver. 47 ). “My hands also have I lifted up unto Thy commandments, which I have loved” ( ver. 48 ); or, as some copies read, “which I have loved exceedingly,” or “too much,” or “vehemently,” as they have chosen to render the Greek word σφόδρα . He then loved the commandments of God because he walked at liberty; that is, through the Holy Spirit, through whom love itself is shed abroad, and enlargeth the hearts of the faithful. But he loved, both in thought and in acts. With a view to thought, he saith, “And I meditated:” as to action, “My hands also have I lifted up.” But to both sentences, he hath annexed the words, “which I have loved:” for “the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart.”…The following words, “And my study was in Thy statutes,” relate to both. …