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Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Incline vers moi ton oreille, hâte-toi de me secourir! Sois pour moi un rocher protecteur, une forteresse, Où je trouve mon salut!

KJV

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Patristic reading

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  • Didymus the Blinde

    Fragmenta in Psalmos

    ροτεραν επι των πιστευοντων εθνων, την δε δευτεραν επι των εκ περιτομης τον σωτηρα προσηκαμενων. 282 Ps 31,2 ̔Ο αναμαρτητος ουχ απλως α νθρωπος αλλ' ανηρ δια την τελειοτητα λεγεται. ου τω γουν ο θεος ου λογιζεται αμαρτιαν η τοι τωι αφιεσθαι αυτην η τωι μηδ' ο λως γεγονεναι. αρμοσ…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ssion of sin implies nothing in the soul, but only in God, Who does not impute the sin, according to Ps. 31:2 : "Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin." Hence neither does grace imply anything in the soul. On the contrary, Light implies something in what is enl…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    grace. Objection 2: Further, the remission of guilt consists in the Divine imputation, according to Ps. 31:2 : "Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin." Now the infusion of grace puts something into our soul, as stated above ( Q[110], A[1] ). Hence the infusion…

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