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Daniel 9:18Dan.9.18

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Mon Dieu, prête l'oreille et écoute! ouvre les yeux et regarde nos ruines, regarde la ville sur laquelle ton nom est invoqué! Car ce n'est pas à cause de notre justice que nous te présentons nos supplications, c'est à cause de tes grandes compassions.

KJV

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

Patristic reading

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  • Bonaventura

    operaomnia vol3

    s conveniens visum est. Si legeretur intra se , lectio illa intelligi posset in sensu Dan. 9, 18 expresso et infra pag. 374, nota 10. oxplicato. 3 August., Enarrat. in Ps. 34. enarrat. 2. n. 5: In sinum meum convertetur oratio mea , h…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    etrate many things from the Divine mercy in prayer, which he does not merit in justice, according to Dan. 9:18 : "For it is not for our justifications that we present our prayers before Thy face, but for the multitude of Thy tender mercies." Reply to Objection 3: The poor who rec…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    On Nature and Grace

    ains many things through prayer, by the mercy of God, which are not justly merited. As it is said in Dan. 9:18 : “For we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.” On the third point: the poor who receive alms are said to rec…

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