Psalms 30:15
But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ego autem in te speravi, Domine ; dixi : Deus meus es tu ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ σὲ ἤλπισα, Κύριε· εἶπα Σὺ εἶ ὁ θεός μου.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 31:15
- וַאֲנִ֤י עָלֶ֣יךָ בָטַ֣חְתִּי יְהוָ֑ה אָ֝מַ֗רְתִּי אֱלֹהַ֥י אָֽתָּה
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Book VIII, Chapter II
4. O Lord, Lord, who hast bowed the heavens and come down, touched the mountains and they did smoke, by what means didst Thou convey Thyself into that bosom? He used to read, as Simplicianus said, the Holy Scripture, most studiously sought after and searched into all the Christian writings, and said to Simplicianus, not openly, but secretly, and as a friend, “Know thou that I am a Christian.” To which he replied, “I will not believe it, nor will I rank you among the Christians unless I see you in the Church of Christ.” Whereupon he replied derisively, “Is it then the walls that make Christians?” And this he often said, that he already was a Christian; and Simplicianus making the same answer, the conceit of the “walls” was by the other as often renewed. …
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XXXI
15. “But I have hoped in Thee, O Lord; I have said, Thou art my God” ( ver. 14 ). For Thou hast not changed, that Thou shouldest not save, Who dost correct.
St Leo the Great Sermons, On the Feast of the Nativity, IV
The Divine goodness, dearly beloved, has indeed always taken thought for mankind in divers manners, and in many portions, and of His mercy has imparted many gifts of His providence to the ages of old; but in these last times has exceeded all the abundance of His usual kindness, when in Christ the very Mercy has descended to sinners, the very Truth to those that are astray, the very Life to those that are dead: so that Word, which is co-eternal and co-equal with the Father, might take our humble nature into union with His Godhead, and, being born God of God , might also be born Man of man. …