Psalms 118:58
I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Deprecatus sum faciem tuam in toto corde meo ; miserere mei secundum eloquium tuum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐδεήθην τοῦ προσώπου σου ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου, ἐλέησόν με κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:58
- חִלִּ֣יתִי פָנֶ֣יךָ בְכָל לֵ֑ב חָ֝נֵּ֗נִי כְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָ
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Cheth
57. Let us hear what followeth: “I have promised to keep Thy law.” What meaneth, “My portion, O Lord: I have promised to keep Thy law” ( ver. 57 ); save because the Lord will be each man’s portion then, when he hath kept His law? Consider therefore what he subjoineth: “I entreated Thy face, with my whole heart:” and saying in what manner he prayed: “O be merciful,” he saith, “unto me, according to Thy word” ( ver. 58 ). And as if he had been heard and aided by Him whom he prayed unto, “I thought,” he saith, “on mine own ways, and turned away my feet unto Thy testimonies” ( ver. 59 ). That is, I turned them away from mine own ways, which displeased me, that they might follow Thy testimonies, and there might find a path. …