Psalm 119:28

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 119

  “Whence the Psalmist, struggling and wearied with the difficulty of obeying them, saith, “My soul hath slumbered for very heaviness: O stablish Thou me with Thy word!” (ver. 28).” — the author cites it

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, The Institutes V.1Book V

  “…thirdly, Covetousness, which means Avarice, or, as it may more properly be called, the love of money, fourthly, Anger; fifthly, Dejection; sixthly, “Accidie,” which is heaviness or weariness of heart; seventhly, κενοδοξία which means foolish or vain glory; eighthly, pride.” — editor's note: Acedia. It is much to be regretted that the old English word “Accidie” has entirely dropped out of use. It is used by Chaucer and other early writers for the…

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• John Cassian, The Institutes X.4Book X

  “All the inconveniences of this disease are admirably expressed by David in a single verse, where he says, “My soul slept from weariness,” that is, from accidie.” — editor's note: Ps. cxviii. (cxix.) 28, where the LXX. has ἐνύσταξεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἀπὸ ἀκηδίας.

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• Psalm 143:4

  Cited together in The Institutes V.1.

• Sirach 22:14

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• Sirach 29:6

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• Isaiah 61:3

  Cited together in The Institutes V.1.

• Baruch 3:1

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• Psalm 61:2

  Cited together in The Institutes V.1.

• Psalm 102:1

  Cited together in The Institutes V.1.