Psalm 120:5

Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 2

  “…our flock belong the sad, the pale, the meanly clad, who, like strangers in this world, though their tongues are silent, yet speak by their dress and bearing.“Woe is me,” say they, “that my sojourning is prolonged! that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!” that is to say, in the darkness of this world, for the light…” — editor's note: Ps. cxx. 5.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 22

  “Then everything difficult will seem easy; all things long we shall account short; and smitten with His arrows, we shall say every moment: “Woe is me that I have prolonged my pilgrimage.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxx. 5, Vulg.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 39

  “Our one longing should be that expressed by the psalmist: “Woe is me that my pilgrimage is prolonged, that I have dwelt with them that dwell in Kedar, that my soul hath made a far pilgrimage.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxx. 5, 6, Vulg.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 108

  “We have lost her, it is true, but the heavenly mansions have gained her; for as long as she was in the body she was absent from the Lord and would constantly complain with tears:—“Woe is me that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar; my soul hath been this long time a pilgrim.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxx. 5, 6 acc. to Jerome’s latest version.

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Catena Aurea on Luke

• Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke

  “(Ps. 120:5.)” — the author cites it

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Catena Aurea on Mark

• BedeCatena Aurea on Mark

  “But the Lord receives the kiss of the traitor, not to teach us to deceive, but lest he should seem to avoid betrayal, and at the same time to fulfil that Psalm, “Among them that are enemies unto peace, I labour for peace.” [Ps 120:5]” — the author cites it

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 118

  “Be it enough, that in my long pilgrimage “I have had my habitation among the tents of Kedar:” I endured even unto the end the intercourse of the wicked, but “these are the gates of the Lord: the righteous shall enter into them.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxx. 5.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120

  ““Alas, that my sojourning is become far off!” (ver. 5).” — the author cites it

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.9Festal Letters

  “…is straitened; since they either toil painfully through longing for those things which are to come, as he who said, ‘Woe is me that my pilgrimage is prolonged;’ or they are distressed and spent for the salvation of other men, as Paul wrote to the Corinthians, saying, ‘Lest, when I come to you, God should humble me,…” — editor's note: Ib. cxx. 5, LXX.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 2

  “And he who knew the remedy groaned that his sojourn was prolonged, and that he must dwell with the unjust and sinners.” — editor's note: Ps. cxx. [cxix.] 5.

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Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.4On Virginity

  “Truly, they live in darkness who sojourn in these living tabernacles; wherefore that preacher, groaning at the continuance of this sojourn, says, “Woe is me that my sojourn is prolonged,” and he attributes the cause of his dejection to “darkness”; for we know that darkness is called in the Hebrew language “kedar.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxx. 5, 6 (LXX.).

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• Psalm 124:5

  Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.

• Psalm 124:6

  Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.

• Psalm 124:7

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• Ecclesiastes 1:4

  Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.

• Matthew 24:35

  Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.

• Mark 14:43

  Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:43–52 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 14:44

  Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:43–52 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 14:45

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• Mark 14:46

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• Mark 14:47

  Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:43–52 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 14:48

  Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:43–52 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 14:49

  Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:43–52 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 14:50

  Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:43–52 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Mark 14:52

  Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:43–52 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 2:28

  Cited together in Basil the Great on Luke 2:28–32 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 2:29

  Cited together in Basil the Great on Luke 2:28–32 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 2:30

  Cited together in Basil the Great on Luke 2:28–32 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 2:31

  Cited together in Basil the Great on Luke 2:28–32 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 2:32

  Cited together in Basil the Great on Luke 2:28–32 (Catena Aurea).

• John 12:35

  Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.

• 2 Corinthians 5:4

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• 2 Corinthians 6:7

  Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.

• Galatians 4:29

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Ephesians 2:12

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• 1 Peter 1:24

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• Genesis 25:13

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• Genesis 28:12

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• Psalm 24:1

  Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.

• Psalm 61:2

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 84:5

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.