Psalm 38:10 (WEB)
My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
Fathers and councils · 5
““My heart is troubled” (ver. 10).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“He said that he had found his heart, as if it were wont to flee from him, and he to follow it like a fugitive, and not be able to catch it, and to cry to God, “For my heart hath deserted me.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxviii. 10.
Read the whole comment“…of eternal things is withdrawn also from the head himself, eating with his spouse that which was forbidden, so that the light of his eyes is gone from him; and so both being naked from that enlightenment of truth, and with the eyes of their conscience opened to behold how they were left shameful and unseemly, like…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxviii. 10
Read the whole comment“And hence, when by God’s mercy now penitent, it cries out in the Psalms, “My strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxviii. 10
Read the whole comment“Dost thou desire gold?” — editor's note: Ps. xxxviii. 10.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.