Psalms 76:2
I cried to the Lord with my voice; to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi ; voce mea ad Deum, et intendit mihi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, καὶ ἡ φωνή μου πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ προσέσχεν μοι.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 77:2
- קוֹלִ֣י אֶל אֱלֹהִ֣ים וְאֶצְעָ֑קָה קוֹלִ֥י אֶל אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים וְהַאֲזִ֥ין אֵלָֽי
Haydock's commentary
To God. These repetitions denote fervour, (Calmet) and that God alone must be the object of our desire. (St. Augustine)
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 LXXVII
2. “With my voice,” he saith, “to the Lord I have cried” ( ver. 1 ). But many men cry unto the Lord for the sake of getting riches and avoiding losses, for the safety of their friends, for the security of their house, for temporal felicity, for secular dignity, lastly, even for mere soundness of body, which is the inheritance of the poor man. For such and such like things many men do cry unto the Lord; scarce one for the sake of the Lord Himself. For an easy thing it is for a man to desire anything of the Lord, and not to desire the Lord Himself; as if forsooth that which He giveth could be sweeter than Himself that giveth. Whosoever therefore doth cry unto the Lord for the sake of any other thing, is not yet one that leapeth over.…He doth indeed hearken to thee at the time when thou dost seek Himself, not when through Himself thou dost seek any other thing. …