Wisdom 9:1
God of my fathers, and Lord of mercy, who hast made all things with thy word,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Deus patrum meorum, et Domine misericordiæ, qui fecisti omnia verbo tuo,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Θεὲ πατέρων καὶ Κύριε τοῦ ἐλέους σου, ὁ ποιήσας τὰ πάντα ἐν λόγῳ σου,
Haydock's commentary
God. This prayer, which continues to the end of the book, is a paraphrase of 3 Kings iii. 6., &c., with several additional instructions, to remind people in authority of the love of justice. (Calmet)
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.