Psalm 142:5 (WEB)
I cried to you, LORD. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
Fathers and councils · 5
Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…for they shall inherit the earth,” and not be rooted out of it; that earth of which it is said in the Psalms, “Thy lot is in the hand of the living,” [Ps 142:5] meaning the fixedness of a perpetual inheritance, in which the soul that hath good dispositions rests as in its own place, as the body does in an…” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“But Thou, “my refuge and my portion in the land of the living,” didst while at Carthage goad me, so that I might thereby be withdrawn from it, and exchange my worldly habitation for the preservation of my soul; whilst at…” — editor's note: Ps. cxlii. 5.
Read the whole comment“What earth, but that of which it is said, “Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living”?” — editor's note: Ps. cxlii. 5.
Read the whole comment“For “such as shall bless Him shall inherit the land;” they shall be fellow-heirs with Him, in that “land of the living,” of which it is said in another Psalm, “Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.”…” — editor's note: Ps. cxlii. 5.
Read the whole comment““Unto thee have I cried, O Lord: I have said, Thou art my hope” (ver. 5).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:5 (2) (Catena Aurea).