Psalm 12:5 (WEB)
“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
Fathers and councils · 6
Cyril of Jerusalem
“First, then, in the 11th Psalm He says, For the misery of the poor, and the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord.” — editor's note: Ps. xii. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Because of the wretchedness of the needy and the sighing of the poor, now I will arise, saith the Lord” (ver. 5).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried and proved in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.”” — editor's note: Ps. xii. 5, 6.
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Basil the Great
“This is the man who is acceptable both to God and man as one who guides his words with discretion.” — editor's note: Ps. cxii. 5.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For the affliction of the poor and the groaning of the needy now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety; I will speak out in his case.”” — editor's note: Ps. xii. 3–5.
Read the whole comment““He is a good man,” says David, “who pities” (those ruined through error), “and lends” (from the communication of the word of truth) not at haphazard, for “he will dispense his words in judgment:” with profound calculation, “he hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxii. 5, 9.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in Letters Letter 265.
Cited together in Letters Letter 265.
Cited together in Letters Letter 265.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.1.
Cited together in Letters Letter 265.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.1.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.1.
Cited together in Letters Letter 265.
Cited together in Letters Letter 265.
Cited together in Letters Letter 265.
Cited together in Letters Letter 265.