Psalm 18:1

Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius I.23Book I

  “It was this kind of honour that the great David fully paid, when he confessed to the Lord in a prelude of his psalmody that he loved the Lord, and told all the reasons for his love, calling Him his “rock” and “fortress,” and “refuge,” and “deliverer,” and…” — editor's note: a prelude. See Psalm vii. 1 and Psalm xviii. 1, “fortress,” κραταίωμα; στερέωμα, LXX.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III

  “To Him also giving thanks he spoke the words of the Song in the seventeenth Psalm, in the day in which the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul, saying, ‘I will love Thee, O Lord my strength; the Lord is my strong rock and my defence and deliverer.’” — editor's note: Ps. xviii. 1, 2.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith II.2Book II

  “It is to my interest to confess Him Lord, for it is written: “Give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxviii. 1; cxxxvi. 1; cvi. 1; cvii. 1.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 18

  “Christ, then, and the Church, that is, whole Christ, the Head and the Body, saith here, “I will love Thee, O Lord, My strength” (ver. 1).” — the author cites it

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIV.28Book XIV

  “The one delights in its own strength, represented in the persons of its rulers; the other says to its God, “I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength.”” — editor's note: Ps. xviii. 1.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 71

  “Hence the song that is addressed to Him, “I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength.”” — editor's note: Ps. xviii. 1.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Hexaemeron Homily 3

  “Although, however, waters above the heaven are invited to give glory to the Lord of the Universe, do not let us think of them as intelligent beings; the heavens are not alive because they “declare the glory of God,” nor the firmament a sensible being because it “sheweth His handiwork.”” — editor's note: Ps. xviii. 1.

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Catena Aurea on Matthew

• Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “For when God furnished the other animals with swift foot, or swift wing, with claws, teeth, or horns, He so made man that He Himself should be man’s only strength [margin note: virtus, see Ps. 18:1] that forced by reason of his own weakness he might always have need of his Lord.” — the author cites it

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• Matthew 14:36

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 71.

• John 5:22

  Cited together in Against Eunomius I.23.

• John 5:23

  Cited together in Against Eunomius I.23.

• John 10:30

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 71.

• Romans 1:21

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.28.

• Romans 1:22

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.28.

• Romans 1:23

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.28.

• Romans 1:24

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.28.

• Romans 1:25

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.28.

• 1 Corinthians 1:24

  Cited together in Against Eunomius I.23.

• 1 Corinthians 15:28

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.28.

• Psalm 3:3

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.28.

• Psalm 7:1

  Cited together in Against Eunomius I.23.