Psalm 143:4

Jerome

• Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 3

  “David says,“My loins are filled with illusions”; and“My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness”; and“Enter not into judgment with Thy servant”; and“In Thy sight no man living shall be justified.”” — editor's note: Ibid. 4.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 143

  ““And My Spirit within me,” saith He, “suffered weariness” (ver. 4).” — the author cites it

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Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Letters Letter 18

  “The time was long; drowsiness came on, and languor, intensified by the fatigue of the journey and the excessive heat of the day; and all these things, with people staring at me, and pointing me out to others, were so very distressing that in me the words of the prophet were realized: “My spirit within me was desolate.”” — editor's note: ἠκηδίασεν Ps. cxliii. 4 (LXX.).

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, The Institutes V.1Book V

  “…thirdly, Covetousness, which means Avarice, or, as it may more properly be called, the love of money, fourthly, Anger; fifthly, Dejection; sixthly, “Accidie,” which is heaviness or weariness of heart; seventhly, κενοδοξία which means foolish or vain glory; eighthly, pride.” — editor's note: Acedia. It is much to be regretted that the old English word “Accidie” has entirely dropped out of use. It is used by Chaucer and other early writers for the…

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• Sirach 22:14

  Cited together in The Institutes V.1.

• Sirach 29:6

  Cited together in The Institutes V.1.

• Isaiah 61:3

  Cited together in The Institutes V.1.

• Baruch 3:1

  Cited together in The Institutes V.1.

• 1 Timothy 3:13

  Cited together in Letters Letter 18.

• Psalm 61:2

  Cited together in The Institutes V.1.

• Psalm 102:1

  Cited together in The Institutes V.1.

• Psalm 119:28

  Cited together in The Institutes V.1.