Psalms 118:77
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Veniant mihi miserationes tuæ, et vivam, quia lex tua meditatio mea est.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐλθέτωσάν μοι οἱ οἰκτιρμοί σου καὶ ζήσομαι, ὅτι ὁ νόμος σου μελέτη μοί ἐστιν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 119:77
- יְבֹא֣וּנִי רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה כִּי תֽ֝וֹרָתְךָ֗ שַֽׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Jod
77. But since those things are destined to happen after and through these, he next saith, “O let Thy loving mercies come upon me, and I shall live” ( ver. 77 ). For then indeed I shall truly live, when I shall not be able to fear lest I die. This is styled life absolutely and without any addition; nor is any life save that which is everlasting and blessed understood, as though it alone were to be called life, compared with which that which we now lead ought rather to be called death than life: according to those words in the Gospel, “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.”…