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2 Samuel 7:272Sam.7.27

For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car toi-même, Eternel des armées, Dieu d'Israël, tu t'es révélé à ton serviteur, en disant: Je te fonderai une maison! C'est pourquoi ton serviteur a pris courage pour t'adresser cette prière.

KJV

For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)

    r meum ut orarem ad te, Domine [Note: [Col. 0511D] Vulg.: Invenit servus tuus cor suum ut oraret te (II Reg. VII, 27) .] . Vix enim aliquando valet homo cor suum invenire 397 variis avolationibus in diversos ambitus tendens, cui cuncta vana placent, quod insatiabili concupiscenti…
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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)

    cordis reparationi congratulans: Invenit, inquit, servus tuus cor suum, ut oraret te oratione hac (II Reg. VII, 27) . 83. Saepe in libro experientiae legimus, quomodo [Col. 0624C] a corde nostro relinquimur. Nunc est nobiscum, nunc alibi: nunc avolat, nunc recurrit; in sola l…
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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)

    am testamenti adorabo et laudabo nomen Domini, dicens cum David: Inveni cor meum, ut orem Deum meum (II Reg. VII, 27) . Et ego inveni cor regis, fratris et amici benigni Jesu. Et nunquid non adorabo? Orabo utique. Cor enim illius mecum est, audacter dicam, si, imo quia caput meum…

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