Psalm 39:7 (WEB)
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
Fathers and councils · 12
Ambrose of Milan
“…all things, yet Himself nowhere to be penetrated; present in all His fulness at one and the same moment, in heaven, in earth, in the deepest depth of the sea, to sight invisible, by speech not to be declared, by feeling not to be measured; to be followed by faith, to be adored with devotion; so that whatsoever title…” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 7–10.
Read the whole comment“And, indeed, what hinders you from understanding, by that substance, His divine substance, seeing that God is everywhere, so that it hath been said to Him: “If I go up into heaven, Thou art there; if I go down into hell, Thou art present.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 7. See R.V. “Hell” is “Sheol,” a word also rendered “grave.” It means the “place of darkness,” the gloomy underworld, where the spirits of the…
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Augustine of Hippo
““And now” (ver. 7).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Further, too, pitying the defaced condition of its dignity, divine Scripture tells us, that “although man walks in an image, yet he disquieteth himself in vain; he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxix. 7
Read the whole comment““Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit?” and whither shall I flee from Thee, but to Thee?” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 7.
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Basil the Great
““The Spirit of the Lord filleth the world;” and “Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 7.
Read the whole comment“You, too, may say as the blessed David said, “Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 7.
Read the whole comment“The faith of the sound is that God fills all things; but they who divide their up and down between the Father and the Son do not remember even the word of the Prophet: “If I climb up into heaven thou art there; if I go down to hell thou art there also.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 7, P.B.
Read the whole comment“For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world, and “whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxix. 7.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Fearful also His filling of the universe, so that it is impossible anywhere to escape the action of God, not even by flying up to heaven, or entering Hades, or by escaping to the far East, or concealing ourselves in the depths and ends of the sea.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 7, 8.
Read the whole comment“And these two matters do not divide the Substance, as I understand it, but rather are divisions within the Substance.” — editor's note: Job xxxviii. 4, Ps. v. 10, xxxvi., cxxxix. 7–15, cxlii., Isa. xi. 1–3, xlviii. 16, Mal. iii. 6, Wisd. i. 2, John i. 14, iii. 24, xv. 26, xvi. 14, 15, Acts…
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Clement of Alexandria
“If I ascend into heaven, Thou art there; if I go away to the uttermost parts of the sea, there is Thy right hand; if I go down into the depths, there is Thy Spirit.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 7–10.
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Cross-references · 25
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 22.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 22.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 22.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 22.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 22.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 22.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 161.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17.
Cited together in Letters Letter 161.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17.
