Psalm 1:2 (WEB)
but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
Fathers and councils · 25
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Those who make their way by faith steadily towards the Father and the Son; for this is denoted by the steadiness of those which divide the hoof; and they meditate day and night upon the words of God, that they may be adorned with good works: for this is the meaning of the ruminants.” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
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Jerome
“And this custom continues in Judea to the present day, not only among us, but also among the Hebrews, so that they whomeditate in the law of the Lord, day and night, and have no father upon earth except the Lord alone, may be cherished by the aid of the synagogues and of the…” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
Read the whole comment“Such books, you know, must be the food of the Christian soul if it is to meditate in the law of the Lord day and night.” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
Read the whole comment“Our riches are to meditate in the law of the Lord day and night, to knock at the closed door, to receive the ‘three loaves’ of the Trinity, and, when the Lord goes before us, to walk upon the water of the world.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
Read the whole comment“But when men have employed their youth in commendable pursuits and have meditated on the law of the Lord day and night, they learn with the lapse of time, fresh experience and wisdom come as the years go by, and so from the pursuits of the past their old age reaps a harvest of delight.” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
Read the whole comment“David too, in the description of the righteous man whom he compares to the tree of life in paradise, amongst his other excellences speaks of this, “His delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
Read the whole comment“She was for ever singing, “Thy words have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against thee,” as well as the words which describe the perfect man, “his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
Read the whole comment“They cannot, however, deceive theologians who meditate in the law of the Lord day and night.” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XI.15Conference XI
“…to learn and to teach that love by which we cling to the Lord, so that meditation on Him may, as the Psalmist says, occupy all the days and nights of our life, and may support our soul, which insatiably hungers and thirsts after righteousness, by continually chewing the cud of this heavenly food.” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. i. 2.
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Gregory the Great
“…the Lord; and that you think continually about our religion and law, as it is written, Blessed is he who shall meditate in the law of the Lord day and night (Ps. i. 2).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
““But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law will he meditate by day and by night (ver. 2).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““His will is in the Law of the Lord;” that is, “‘O my God, I am willing,’ and ‘Thy Law is within my heart;’” that is the same as, “And in His Law doth he meditate day and night.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
Read the whole comment“What then hinders a servant of God while working with his hands to meditate in the law of the Lord, and sing unto the Name of the Lord Most High? provided, of course, that to learn what he may by memory rehearse, he have times set apart.” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2; xiii. 6
Read the whole comment“Yet, for my part, “I meditate in the law of the Lord,” if not “day and night,” at least such short times as I can; and I commit my meditations to writing, lest they should escape me through forgetfulness; hoping by…” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law doth he meditate day and night.’” — editor's note: Ps. i. 1, 2.
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John Chrysostom
“And the prophet, “he shall meditate in His Law day and night” ( Ps. i. 2 ), and again in another place, “Let all thy communication be in the law of the Most High.” ( Ecclus. ix. 15.)” — the author cites it
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“I might have collected other consentient passages of holy Scripture and inserted them in my letter had I not known you to be practised in the divine oracles as befits the man called blessed in the Psalms.” — editor's note: Psalm i. 2
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Tertullian
“You are a light of the world, and a tree ever green.” — editor's note: Ps. i. 1–3; xcii. 12–15.
Read the whole comment““In that law would he meditate day and night.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For it is written: “Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and hath not stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of pestilence, but in the law of the Lord was his delight.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 1, 2.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Yea, I am one of those who entirely approve that Word which bids us meditate day and night, and tell at eventide and morning and noon day, and praise the Lord at every time; or, to use Moses’ words, whether a man lie down, or rise up, or walk by the…” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
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Aphrahat
“Whosoever meditates on the Law of his Lord, is like a tree planted by the waters.” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2, 3.
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Clement of Alexandria
“…in the counsels of the ungodly, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the chair of pestilences; but his will is in the law of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment““But his delight is in the law of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the first Psalm: “But in the law of the Lord is his will, and in His law will he meditate day and night.”” — editor's note: Ps. i. 2. The Oxford edition continues: “Likewise in Solomon; ‘Be not hindered from praying ever, and delay not unto death to be justified; for the repayment…
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Cross-references · 30
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.3.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.3.
Cited together in Letters Letter 30.
Cited together in Letters Letter 30.
Cited together in Letters Letter 30.
Cited together in Letters Letter 30.
Cited together in Letters Letter 30.
Cited together in Letters Letter 30.
Cited together in Letters Letter 30.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Letters Letter 30.
Cited together in Letters Letter 30.
Cited together in Letters Letter 30.
Cited together in Letters Letter 30.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XIV.7.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity I.3.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.121.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.