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I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Je reste muet, je n'ouvre pas la bouche, Car c'est toi qui agis.

KJV

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].

Patristic reading

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  • Didymus the Blinde

    Fragmenta in Psalmos

    ηματι παραστατικον εστιν του ομοουσιον ει ναι την βουλευτικην υποστασιν τηι του θελοντος ουσιαι. 408 Ps 39,9b ̓Εγγραψας αυτον τωι ηγεμονικωι μου. και πας δε ο κατα τον πνευματικον νομον ποιωθεις ε χοι α ν τον νομον εν τηι καρδιαι τουτεστιν εν τηι ε ξει τηι εαυτου. 409 Ps 39,10.11…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    to Jn. 14:6 , "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life"; and likewise "the book of life," according to Ps. 39:9, "In the beginning of the book it is written of Me," where a gloss observes, "that is, with the Father Who is My head," also this word "Who is"; because on the text of Is…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    the FP, Q[105], A[4] . And thus, too, Christ by His human will followed the Divine will according to Ps. 39:9 ; "That I should do Thy will, O my God, I have desired it." Hence Augustine says (Contra Maxim. ii, 20): "Where the Son says to the Father, 'Not what I will, but what Tho…

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