Psalms 118:76
O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Fiat misericordia tua ut consoletur me, secundum eloquium tuum servo tuo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- γενηθήτω δὴ τὸ ἔλεός σου τοῦ παρακαλέσαι με καὶ τὸ λόγιόν σου τῷ δούλῳ σου·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:76
- יְהִי נָ֣א חַסְדְּךָ֣ לְנַחֲמֵ֑נִי כְּאִמְרָתְךָ֥ לְעַבְדֶּֽךָ
Haydock's commentary
Mercy. Jesus Christ, according to St. Jerome.
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, Jod
76. “I know,” she saith, “O Lord, that Thy judgments are righteous, and that in Thy truth Thou hast humbled me” ( ver. 75 ). “O let Thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according to Thy word unto Thy servant” ( ver. 76 ). Mercy and truth are so spoken of in the Divine Word, that, while they are found in many passages, especially in the Psalms, it is also so read in one place, “All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.” And here indeed he hath placed truth first, whereby we are humbled unto death, by the judgment of Him whose judgments are righteousness: next mercy, whereby we are renewed unto life, by the promise of Him whose blessing is His grace. For this reason he saith, “according to Thy Word unto Thy servant:” that is, according to that which Thou hast promised unto Thy servant. …