Psalm 13:4 (WEB)
lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
Fathers and councils · 5
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.21Conference VII
“Lord, how long wilt Thou look on this?” for: “he lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to ravish the poor;” and: “He seeketh from God his meat.”” — editor's note: Ps. xii. (xiii.) 4, 5; xxxiv. (xxxv.) 24, 28; 16, 17; ix. (x.) 9; ciii. (civ.) 21.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.9Conference XIII
“…and: “the Lord enlightens the blind,” or at any rate this, which we say in our prayers with the prophet: “Lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death,” unless in all these there is a declaration of the grace of God and the freedom of our will, because even of his own motion a man can be led to the quest of…” — editor's note: Ps. xii. (xiii.) 4.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him” (ver. 4).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Thou hast in another place, “They that oppress me will exult if I be moved.”” — editor's note: Ps. xiii. 4.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Seeing, however, as says the Prophet, that God’s abounding goodness keeps its utility concealed, and is not seen in complete clearness in this present life—otherwise, if the eyes could behold all…” — editor's note: the Prophet, i.e. David; Ps. xxxi. 19: ὡς πολὺ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς χρηστότητός σου, κ.τ.λ. Hervetus translates Gregory here “divitiæ benignitatis,” as if he had…
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 19.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 13.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 13.