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Psalm 39:8 (WEB)
Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.

Fathers and councils · 9

Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 9
“…alienate from God the things on earth; having forgotten the Psalm which says, If I go up into heaven, Thou art there, if I go down into hell, Thou art present.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 8.
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Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith I.17Book I
“…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.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 39
““Deliver me from all my transgressions” (ver. 8).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount I.11Book I
“If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand shall hold me.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 8–10.
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Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 19
““For if thou goest up into heaven, He is there; if thou goest down into hell, He is there also.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 8.
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 2
“…or in the depths of the sea, or by soaring on wings, if there be any means of doing so, and rising into the air, or by abiding in the lowest depths of hell, or by enveloping himself in a thick cloud, or by any other of the many devices for ensuring escape.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 8 et seq.
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 16
“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.
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 21
“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, The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.20Book IV
“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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