Psalm 119:83 (WEB)
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“But when spiritual desires burn, carnal desires without doubt cool: on this account followeth, “Since I am become like a bottle in the frost, I do not forget Thy righteousnesses” (ver. 83).” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“He who mortifies his members, and feels that he is walking in a vain show, is not afraid to say: “I am become like a bottle in the frost.” — editor's note: Ps. cxix. 83, Vulg.
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John Cassian
“…of carnal lust are found to be destroyed, and who sing with might and main this utterance of the blessed David: “For I am become like a bottle in the frost,” because when the sinful flesh is destroyed in the inmost parts they can distend by the power of the spirit the dead skin of the outward man.” — editor's note: Ps. cxviii. (cxix.) 83.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in The Institutes I.11.
Cited together in The Institutes I.11.
Cited together in The Institutes I.11.
Cited together in The Institutes I.11.