Psalm 39:6 (WEB)
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
Fathers and councils · 10
Gregory of Nyssa
“Surely this is vanity, and lying madness, as saith the Prophet, to think it possible to comprehend the things which are incomprehensible.” — editor's note: The thought is found in Psalm xxxix. 6.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Albeit man walketh in the Image” (ver. 6).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…said in another Psalm, “Though man walketh in an image, yet he is disquieted in vain: he heapeth up treasures, and knoweth not for whom he shall gather them.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxix. 6.
Read the whole comment“And therefore what I quoted above can be rightly said, “Although man walketh in an image, surely he is disquieted in vain: he heapeth up treasures, and knoweth not who shall gather them.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxix. 6
Read the whole comment“Hearken to what follows, “Yet will he be disquieted in vain.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxviii. 7, Sept. (xxxix. 6, English version).
Read the whole comment“For “though man walketh in this image, yet is he disquieted in vain.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxviii. 7, Sept. (xxxix. 6 English version).
Read the whole comment“For “he is disquieted in vain.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxviii. 7 (xxxix. 6, English version).
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…exceeding deep, who shall find it out?’ and what is said in the Psalms, ‘The knowledge of Thee is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it;’ and that Solomon says, ‘It is the glory of God to conceal a thing;’ I frequently designed to stop and to cease writing; believe me, I did.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 6.
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Jerome
“He who mortifies his members, and feels that he is walking in a vain show, is not afraid to say: “I am become like a bottle in the frost.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxix. 6, Vulg. That is, who knows that the world is vanity.
Read the whole comment“Yet the Holy Spirit in the thirty-ninth psalm, while lamenting that all men walk in a vain show, and that they are subject to sins, speaks thus: “For all that every man walketh in the image.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxix. 6. “In a vain show,” R.V.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.7.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.7.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.7.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.7.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.7.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.7.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.7.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.7.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.7.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.7.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.7.
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.