Psalm 119:136 (WEB)
Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.
Fathers and councils · 3
Ambrose of Milan
“David, as it were, “ate ashes for bread, and mingled his drink with weeping,” and therefore now rejoices the more because he wept the more: “Mine eyes ran down,” he said, “with rivers of water.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxix. [cxviii.] 136.
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Augustine of Hippo
““My eyes have descended streams of waters, because they have not kept Thy law” (ver. 136): that is, my eyes.” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“The Saviour also wept over the city of Jerusalem because its inhabitants had not repented; and Peter washed out his triple denial with bitter tears, thus fulfilling the words of the prophet: “rivers of waters run down mine eyes.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxix. 136.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.10.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.10.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.10.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.10.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.10.