Psalms 87:14
But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et ego ad te, Domine, clamavi, et mane oratio mea præveniet te.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- κἀγώ, Κύριε, πρὸς σὲ ἐκέκραξα, καὶ τὸ πρωὶ ἡ προσευχή μου προφθάσει σε.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 88:14
- וַאֲנִ֤י אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּי וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶר תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXXXVIII
11. “Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark, and thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?” ( ver. 12 ), the dark answers to the land of forgetfulness: for the unbelieving are meant by the dark, as the Apostle saith, “For ye were sometimes darkness;” and the land where all things are forgotten, is the man who has forgotten God; for the unbelieving soul can arrive at darkness so intense, “that the fool saith in his heart, There is no God.” Thus the meaning of the whole passage may thus be drawn out in its connection: “Lord, I have called upon Thee,” amid My sufferings; “all day I have stretched forth my hands unto Thee” ( ver. 13 ). I have never ceased to stretch forth My works to glorify Thee. …
St Cyril of Jerusalem On the Words, And Rose Again from the Dead on the Third Day, and Ascended into the Heavens, and Sat on the Right Hand of the Father
8. Now take also another testimony in the 87th Psalm, where Christ speaks in the Prophets, (for He who then spoke came afterwards among us): O Lord , God of My salvation, I have cried day and night before Thee, and a little, farther on, I became as it were a man without help, free among the dead . He said not, I became a man without help; but, as it were a man without help. For indeed He was crucified not from weakness, but willingly and His Death was not from involuntary weakness. I was counted with them that go down into the pit . And what is the token? Thou hast put away Mine acquaintance far from Me (for the disciples have fled). Wilt Thou shew wonders to the dead ? Then a little while afterwards: And unto Thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer come before Thee . Seest thou how they shew the exact point of the Hour, and of the Passion and of the Resurrection?