Psalms 141:2
I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi, voce mea ad Dominum deprecatus sum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐδεήθην.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 142:2
- ק֭וֹלִי אֶל יְהוָ֣ה אֶזְעָ֑ק ק֝וֹלִ֗י אֶל יְהוָ֥ה אֶתְחַנָּֽן
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXLII
1. …“With my voice have I cried unto the Lord” ( ver. 1 ). It were enough to say, “with voice:” not for nothing perhaps has “my” been added. For many cry unto the Lord, not with their own voice, but with the voice of their body. Let the “inner man” then, in whom “Christ” hath begun to “dwell by faith,” cry unto the Lord, not with the din of his lips, but with the affection of his heart. God heareth not, where man heareth: unless thou criest with the voice of lungs and side and tongue, man heareth thee not: thy thought is thy cry to the Lord. “With my voice have I prayed unto the Lord.” What he meant by, “I have cried,” he explained when he said, “I have prayed.” For they too who blaspheme, cry unto the Lord. In the former part he set down his crying, in the latter he explained what it was. …