Psalm 27:4

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions XI.22Book XI

  “This is my hope; for this do I live, that I may contemplate the delights of the Lord.” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions XI.29Book XI

  “But now are my years spent in mourning.” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions XII.11Book XII

  “Whence the soul, whose wandering has been made far away, may understand, if now she thirsts for Thee, if now her tears have become bread to her, while it is daily said unto her “Where is thy God?” if she now seeketh of Thee one thing, and desireth that she may dwell in Thy house all the days of her life.” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 27

  ““That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life” (ver. 4).” — the author cites it

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 42

  ““That I may behold” (he saith) “the beauty of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 61

  ““I will dwell,” he saith, “in the house of the Lord, for length of days.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 78

  “For one thing he desired of the Lord, the same he will require, that he may dwell always in the House of the Lord, and may meditate on the pleasantness of Him.” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 86

  ““Thou shalt fill me with joy,” he saith, “with Thy countenance: that I may see the delight of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 111

  ““One thing,” he saith, “I have desired of the Lord, which I will require: even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39

  “…that I may dwell in the house of the Lord through all the days of my life, that I may consider the delight of the Lord, that I be protected in His temple:” and, “Turn not away Thy face from me:” and, “My soul longeth and fainteth unto the courts of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity I.10Book I

  “And so he in whom “the Spirit maketh intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered,” says, “One thing have I desired of the Lord, that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to contemplate the beauty of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity I.13Book I

  “…have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord:” that one God, therefore, Himself, I say, is alone good, for this reason, that no one sees Him for sorrow and wailing, but only for salvation and true joy.” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 11

  “One hope have I sought of the Lord, this will I require; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 3, 4. [The text is numbered by the old Latin.]

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith V.7Book V

  “For the servant sees, the Lord possesses; as David also has taught us, saying: “That I may see the delight of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 2

  “Holy David desired beyond all else for himself that he might behold and gaze upon this, for he says: “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, and see the pleasure of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. [xxvi.] 4.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 130

  “Then shall we sing with the prophet: “Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth;” and again: “one thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 2

  “Who is the man who has never beheld, as our duty is to behold it, the fair beauty of the Lord, nor has visited His temple, or rather, become the temple of God, and the habitation of Christ in the Spirit?” — editor's note: Ps. xxvii. 4.

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• Psalm 31:10

  Cited together in Confessions XI.29.

• Psalm 39:5

  Cited together in Confessions XI.22.

• Psalm 42:2

  Cited together in Confessions XII.11.

• Psalm 42:10

  Cited together in Confessions XII.11.

• Psalm 63:3

  Cited together in Confessions XI.29.

• Psalm 63:8

  Cited together in Confessions XI.29.

• Psalm 73:16

  Cited together in Confessions XI.22.

• Psalm 84:2

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.

• Psalm 116:10

  Cited together in Confessions XI.22.

• Matthew 7:11

  Cited together in Confessions XI.22.

• Philippians 2:12

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.

• Philippians 3:13

  Cited together in Confessions XI.29.

• Philippians 3:14

  Cited together in Confessions XI.29.

• 1 Timothy 2:5

  Cited together in Confessions XI.29.

• 1 Timothy 6:16

  Cited together in Confessions XII.11.

• 1 John 4:18

  Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.

• Psalm 26:7

  Cited together in Confessions XI.29.