Psalm 25:1 (WEB)
To you, LORD, I lift up my soul.
Fathers and councils · 5
Augustine of Hippo
““Unto Thee, O Lord, have I lift up my soul” (ver. 1): with spiritual longing have I lift up the soul, that was trodden down on the earth with carnal longings.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Whence in another passage it is said, “Unto Thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxv. 1.
Read the whole comment“Therefore let us lift up our soul to God, not against God; for this also is said, “To Thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxv. 1.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For such men, being confirmed in the Lord, and possessing an unshaken disposition towards Him, and being one in spirit (for ‘he who is joined to the Spirit is one spirit’), are sure ‘as the mount Sion;’ and although ten thousand trials may rage against them, they are founded upon a rock, which is Christ.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxv. 1; 1 Cor. x. 4; Matt. vii. 25
Read the whole comment“But in truth, as it is written, ‘He trusted in the Lord as Mount Sion,’ with a mind unshaken and undisturbed; so that the demons rather fled from him, and the wild beasts, as it is written, ‘kept peace with him.’” — editor's note: Ps. cxxv. 1.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Life of Antony §17.
Cited together in Life of Antony §17.
Cited together in Life of Antony §17.
