Psalm 36:9 (WEB)
For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light.
Fathers and councils · 28
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.5Book VI
“…unto my feet, and a light unto my path;” and again, “The light of Thy countenance, O Lord, was manifested towards us;” and, “In Thy light we shall see light.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
Read the whole comment “Truly He is that light which illuminates the whole understanding of those who are capable of receiving truth, as is said in the thirty-sixth Psalm, “In Thy light we shall see light.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“But this is just what I say, that darkness never was; for the light never “was not,” for “the light,” as the prophecy says, “is always in the light.”” — editor's note: The reference is probably to Ps. xxxvi. 9.
Read the whole comment“And again, “With Thee is the Well of life.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.7Discourse III
“…see light;’ and the Apostle writes, ‘Who being the Radiance of Glory,’ and again, ‘Who being in the form of God,’ and, ‘Who is the Image of the invisible God.’” — editor's note: Matt. iii. 17; Ps. xlv. 1; John i. 1; Ps. xxxvi. 9; Heb. i. 3; Phil. ii. 26; Col. i. 15.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“It is the Saviour Himself, concerning whom it is written, For with Thee is the fountain of life.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But yet we opened wide the mouth of our heart, after those supernal streams of Thy fountain, “the fountain of life,” which is “with Thee;” that being sprinkled with it according to our capacity, we might in some measure weigh so high a mystery.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
Read the whole comment“…for which it remaineth to be converted unto Him by whom it was made, and to live more and more by “the fountain of life,” and in His light to “see light,” and to be perfected, and enlightened, and made happy.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
Read the whole comment“For so is the fountain of life with Thee, like as in Thy light we shall see light.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
Read the whole comment“Extend Thy mercy to them that know Thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 6–10.
Read the whole comment““For with Thee is the fountain of Life; in Thy Light shall we see light” (ver. 9).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“But the pleasure of the Creator, of which is written, “And from the river of Thy pleasure wilt Thou give them to drink,” is of far other kind, for it is not, like us, a creature.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9
Read the whole comment“For “with Thee,” He says, “is the fountain of life, and in Thy light shall we see light.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9
Read the whole comment“Here is the bread of the hungry; long also for the drink of the thirsty, “For with Thee is the well of life.”)” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
Read the whole comment“He by whom thou livest, is He to whom thou sayest, “With Thee is the fountain of life.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
Read the whole comment“For how shall they thirst, who “shall be drunk with the fatness of Thy house”?” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9, 10.
Read the whole comment““They were driven out, and they could not stand.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 8–13.
Read the whole comment“For with Thee is the fountain of life; and in Thy light shall they see light.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 7–10.
Read the whole comment“…of which it is said, “We will run after the smell of thy ointments;” and to drink of the fountain, whereof it is said, “With Thee is the fountain of life;” and to enjoy the sense of touch, when it is said, “But it is good for me to cleave unto God;” in all of which it is not different things, but the one…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“The same idea is conveyed in the Psalms, where the saints say, ‘In Thy light we shall see light.’” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9
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Ambrose of Milan
“The prophets say: “In Thy light we shall see light;” and again: “Wisdom is the brightness of everlasting light, and the spotless mirror of God’s majesty, the image of His goodness.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
Read the whole comment“But, which is still more clear, it is said: “For with Thee is the fount of Life, and in Thy light we shall see light,” which means that with Thee, O God the Father Almighty, Who art the Fount of Life, in Thy Son Who is the Light, we shall see the light of the Holy Spirit.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. [xxxv.] 9.
Read the whole comment“Learn now that as the Father is the Fount of Life, so, too, many have stated that the Son is signified as the Fount of Life; so that, he says, with Thee, Almighty God, Thy Son is the Fount of Life.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. [xxxv.] 9.
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Basil the Great
““The sun to rule by day…the moon and stars to rule by night.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxvi. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment“For it is not said through the Spirit, but by the Spirit, and “God is a spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth,” as it is written “in thy light shall we see light,” namely by the illumination of the Spirit, “the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“This was what David represented to himself long before when he said, In Thy Light shall we see Light.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
Read the whole comment“With David be enlightened, who said to the Light, In Thy Light shall we see Light, that is, in the Spirit we shall see the Son; and what can be of further reaching ray?” — editor's note: Ps. xxxvi. 9.
Read the whole comment“In God’s Light see light, and in the Spirit of God be enlightened by the Son, That Threefold and Undivided Light.” — editor's note: Ib. xxxvi. 9.
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Cross-references · 24
Cited together in Confessions XIII.16.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.15.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 22.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 30.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.15.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.4.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 30.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 30.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.4.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.