Psalms 139:7
I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.
Open Psalms 139:7 in the Motif Searcher, word by word across all five texts →Show on the spiral →The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dixi Domino : Deus meus es tu ; exaudi, Domine, vocem deprecationis meæ.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εἶπα τῷ κυρίῳ Θεός μου εἶ σύ· ἐνώτισαι, Κύριε, τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 140:7
- אָמַ֣רְתִּי לַ֭יהוָה אֵ֣לִי אָ֑תָּה הַאֲזִ֥ינָה יְ֝הוָ֗ה ק֣וֹל תַּחֲנוּנָֽי
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXL
9. And what remaineth? what remedy amid such ills, in such temptations, such dangers? “I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God” ( ver. 6 ). Loud is the voice of prayer, it exciteth confidence. Is He not the God of the others? Of whom is not He God, who is the true God? Yet is He specially theirs, who enjoy Him, who serve Him, who willingly submit to Him. For the wicked too, though unwillingly, are subject to Him.…“Hear with Thine ears the voice of my prayer.” He did not say, “Hear with Thine ears my prayer;” but, as though expressing more plainly the affection of his heart, “ the voice of my prayer,” the life of my prayer, the soul of my prayer, not that which soundeth in my words, but that which giveth life to my words. For all other noises without life may be called sounds, but not words. Words belong to those that have souls, to the living. …
St Jerome Against the Pelagians, Book II
Ps. cxl. 6 . “The wicked walk on every side,” and