Psalm 34:2 (WEB)
My soul shall boast in the LORD. The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
Fathers and councils · 7
Augustine of Hippo
“That thou mayest be humble, say what is here written; “In the Lord shall my soul be praised: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad” (ver. 2).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Whence we read also in another Psalm: “My soul shall be praised in the Lord: let the meek hear thereof, and be glad;” which here in a sense followeth, “Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord:” for thus the meek are glad, who do not rival with a bitter jealousy those…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 2.
Read the whole comment“Thou deliverest some good discourse, and thy discourse is praised.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 2.
Read the whole comment“…every man is who lives well; so that what David says finds its fulfilment, “In the Lord shall my soul be praised; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 2.
Read the whole comment“For “in the Lord,” says the prophet, “shall my soul be praised; the meek shall hear thereof, and be glad.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 2.
Read the whole comment“He had no fear of arrogance who said, “My soul shall make her boast in the Lord;” and could the power of the Lord have any such fear in commending itself, in which His servant’s soul is making her boast?” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 2.
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Jerome
“…whom the world hath been crucified unto me and I unto the world;” and once more: “In God we boast all the day long; my soul shall make her boast in the Lord.”” — editor's note: Psa. xliv. 8; xxxiv. 2.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 58.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 58.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 58.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 58.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.11.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.1.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.1.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.1.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.11.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.11.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.11.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.1.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.1.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 58.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.1.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.1.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.11.
