Psalm 11:2 (WEB)
For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Fathers and councils · 6
Jerome
“xi. 2.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For he sends forth divers arrows, and shoots down in the dark night those that watch not; but, since the enemy is unseen, we have faith as our strong armour, according to the saying of the Apostle, In all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.” — editor's note: Ps. xi. 2, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart (R.V.). The Hebrew word לפֶא, signifying deep darkness (Job iii. 6; x. 22) is vigorously…
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Augustine of Hippo
“But why the moon justly signifies the Church, will be more seasonably considered in another Psalm, where it is said, “The sinners have bent their bow, that they may shoot in the obscure moon the upright in heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. xi. 2.
Read the whole comment““For, lo, sinners have bent the bow, they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, that they may in the obscure moon shoot at the upright in heart” (ver. 2).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“While the Church was in the dark, while she as yet appeared not, shone not forth as yet, men were led astray, and it was said, This is the Church, here is Christ; so that “while the Moon was dark, they shot their arrows at the righteous in heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. xi. 2.
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Leo the Great
“They put on indeed a cloke of piety and chastity, but under this deceit they conceal the filthiness of their acts, and from the recesses of their ungodly heart hurl shafts to wound the simple; that, as the prophet says, “they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. xi. 2.
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