Psalm 104:29 (WEB)
You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.
Fathers and councils · 8
John Damascene
“And David, sire of the Divine, says to God, Thou takest away their breath, they die and return to their dust.” — editor's note: Ps. civ. 29.
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Origen
“Thou wilt send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created, and Thou wilt renew the face of the earth;” which is manifestly intended of the Holy Spirit, who, after sinners and unworthy persons have been taken away and destroyed, creates for Himself a new people,…” — editor's note: Ps. civ. 29, 30.
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Augustine of Hippo
““When Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled” (ver. 29).” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“For by “the ghost” in this place we understand the soul; so called either because it is that which makes the body quick or spiritual, or because the substance of the soul itself is spirit, according to that which is written, “Thou takest away their breath, and they die.” [Ps. 104:29]” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“Then behold God blew and the tempest passed away; so that the prediction of the prophet was fulfilled, “thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.” — editor's note: Ps. civ. 29.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be made, and Thou wilt renew all the face of the earth.”” — editor's note: Ps. civ. [ciii.] 29, 30.
Read the whole comment“But since we have above most clearly proved Him to be the Creator, as it is written: “The Spirit of God Who hath made me;” and it has been declared that the face of the earth is renewed by the Spirit, and that all things languish without the Spirit, it is clear that the Spirit is the Creator.” — editor's note: Ps. civ. [ciii.] 29, 30.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man On the.26On the Making of Man
“Thou shalt send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created, and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth;” at which time also he says that the Lord rejoices in His works, sinners having perished from the earth: for how shall any one be called by the name of sin, when sin itself exists no longer?” — editor's note: Ps. civ. 29, 30 (LXX.). Cf. also with what follows vv. 31–35.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:45–50 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:45–50 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:45–50 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:45–50 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:45–50 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:45–50 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:45–50 (3) (Catena Aurea).