Proverbia 25:16

Nova Vulgata

PHE. Respice in me et miserere mei, quia unicus et pauper sum ego.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
span data-lang="lat" data-trans="jvl" data-ref="psa.25.1" class="versetxt"> In finem. Psalmus David. [Judica me, Domine, quoniam ego in innocentia mea ingressus sum,
et in Domino sperans non infirmabor.
Proba me, Domine, et tenta me;
ure renes meos et cor meum.
Quoniam misericordia tua ante oculos meos est,
et complacui in veritate tua.
Non sedi cum concilio vanitatis,
et cum iniqua gerentibus non introibo.
Odivi ecclesiam malignantium,
et cum impiis non sedebo.
Lavabo inter innocentes manus meas,
et circumdabo altare tuum, Domine:
ut audiam vocem laudis,
et enarrem universa mirabilia tua.
Domine, dilexi decorem domus tu�,
et locum habitationis glori� tu�.
Ne perdas cum impiis, Deus, animam meam,
et cum viris sanguinum vitam meam:
in quorum manibus iniquitates sunt;
dextera eorum repleta est muneribus.
Ego autem in innocentia mea ingressus sum;
redime me, et miserere mei.
Pes meus stetit in directo;
in ecclesiis benedicam te, Domine.]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Turn: Psalms 60:1, Psalms 69:16, Psalms 86:16, Micah 7:19

for I: Psalms 69:14-20, Psalms 88:15-18, Psalms 143:4, Daniel 9:17, Mark 15:33-35

Reciprocal: Psalms 39:10 - Remove Psalms 130:1 - Out of Psalms 141:8 - leave not my soul destitute

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me,.... Or "look unto me", or "upon me" f; which suggests that the Lord had turned himself, and hid his face from him; and expresses a desire that he would look upon him with a look of love and mercy, and arise to help and deliver him out of the hands of his enemies; he pleads no merits nor works of righteousness of his, but casts himself upon the mercy of God;

for I [am] desolate and afflicted; or "alone and poor" g; not that he was quite alone, and had none with him; for though he was obliged to quit his palace, and the city of Jerusalem, yet he was accompanied by his servants, and a large number of his people; and could not be poor, in a literal sense, being king of Israel; yet he put no trust in men, nor in riches, but wholly depended on the Lord, as if he had none with him, nor anything to subsist with: and his case was indeed very deplorable, and called for pity and assistance; his own son was risen up against him, and the hearts of the men of Israel went after him; and he was obliged to flee from the city, and leave his house and family.

f פנה אלי "respice ad me", Montanus, Musculus, Junius Tremellius, c. g יהיד ועני "solitarius et pauper", Junius & Tremellius "et miser", Gejerus, Michaelis so Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Turn thee unto me - Rather, the Hebrew means: “look upon me.” The idea, however, is that the face of God was, as it were, turned in another direction, or that He was not attentive to him; and he prays that He would turn and behold him; that He would see him in his trouble.

And have mercy upon me - The psalmist seems to have felt that if God would look upon him he would pity him. He would see his case to be so sad that He would show him compassion - as, when we see an object of distress, “the eye affects the heart.”

For I am desolate - The word here rendered “desolate” - יחיד yâchı̂yd - means properly “one alone, only;” and then, one who “is alone,” or who is solitary, forsaken, wretched. There is no deeper sadness that ever comes over the mind than the idea that we are alone in the world; that we do not have a friend; that no one cares for us; that no one is concerned about anything that might happen to us; that no one would care if we were to die; that no one would shed a tear over our grave.

And afflicted - In what way we do not know. David, however, was very often in circumstances when he could use this language. The other parts of the psalm show that the “affliction” to which he here refers was that which arose from the recollection of the sins of his early life, and from the designs and purposes of his enemies.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 25:16. Turn thee unto me — Probably the prayer of the poor captives in Babylon, which is continued through this and the remaining verses.