Psalms 138:2
Thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- σὺ ἔγνως τὴν καθέδραν μου καὶ τὴν ἔγερσίν μου, σὺ συνῆκας πάντας τοὺς διαλογισμούς μου ἀπὸ μακρόθεν·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 139:2
- אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXXXIX
3. “Thou hast known My down-sitting and Mine up-rising” ( ver. 2 ). What here is “down-sitting,” what “up-rising”? He who sitteth, humbleth himself. The Lord then “sat” in His Passion, “up-rose” in His Resurrection. “Thou,” he saith, hast known this; that is, Thou hast willed, Thou hast approved; according to Thy will was it done. But if thou choosest to take the words of the Head in the person of the Body: man sitteth when he humbleth himself in penitence, he riseth up when his sins are forgiven, and he is lifted up to the hope of everlasting life. Lift not up yourselves, unless ye have first been humbled. For many wish to rise before they have sat down, they wish to appear righteous, before they have confessed that they are sinners.…