Psalm 31:19 (WEB)
Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
Fathers and councils · 6
Augustine of Hippo
““How great” is “the multitude of Thy sweetness, O Lord” (ver. 19).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““How great,” says the Psalm, “is the multitude of Thy sweetness, O Lord, which Thou hast hidden to them that fear Thee; which Thou hast wrought for them that hope in Thee!”” — editor's note: Ps. xxx. 20, Sept. (xxxi. 19, English version).
Read the whole comment“However, they think that the divine oracles are not altogether silent on this point; for they ask to what purpose is it said, “How great is Thy goodness which Thou hast hidden for them that fear Thee,” if it be not to teach us that the great and hidden sweetness of God’s mercy is concealed in order that men may fear?” — editor's note: Ps. xxxi. 19.
Read the whole comment“But that these perversely compassionate persons may see what is the purport of these words, “How great is the abundance of Thy sweetness, Lord, which Thou hast hidden for them that fear Thee,” let them read what follows: “And Thou hast perfected it for them that hope in Thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxi. 19.
Read the whole comment“…from the life of God, to have no share in that great goodness which God hath laid up for them that fear Him, and hath wrought out for them that trust in Him, would be a punishment so great, that, supposing it to be eternal, no torments that we know of, continued through as many ages as man’s imagination can…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxi. 19
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Seeing, however, as says the Prophet, that God’s abounding goodness keeps its utility concealed, and is not seen in complete clearness in this present life—otherwise, if the eyes could behold all…” — editor's note: the Prophet, i.e. David; Ps. xxxi. 19: ὡς πολὺ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς χρηστότητός σου, κ.τ.λ. Hervetus translates Gregory here “divitiæ benignitatis,” as if he had…
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in The City of God XXI.18 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 112.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 112.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 112.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.18.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 19.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 19.