Psalms 24:16
Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; for I am alone and poor.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Respice in me, et miserere mei, quia unicus et pauper sum ego.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐπίβλεψον ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ καὶ ἐλέησόν με, ὅτι μονογενὴς καὶ πτωχός εἰμι ἐγώ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 25:16
- פְּנֵה אֵלַ֥י וְחָנֵּ֑נִי כִּֽי יָחִ֖יד וְעָנִ֣י אָֽנִי
Haydock's commentary
Alone. Desolate, (Psalm xxi. 21.) without any assistant. (Haydock)
Such is man destitute of God's grace. (Worthington)
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, Psalm XXV
16. “Look upon me, and have mercy upon me; for I am single and poor” ( ver. 16 ). For I am a single people, keeping the lowliness of Thy single Church, which no schisms or heresies possess.