Psalm 4:6 (WEB)
Many say, “Who will show us any good?” LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.
Fathers and councils · 14
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.5Book VI
“…shall I fear?” and, “Thy law is a lamp 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. iv. 6 (Heb. “Lift up upon us,” etc.)
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Augustine of Hippo
“Nor were my good things now without, nor were they sought after with eyes of flesh in that sun; for they that would have joy from without easily sink into oblivion, and are wasted upon those things which are seen and temporal, and in their starving thoughts do lick their very shadows.” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 6.
Read the whole comment“…should be loved, but the rest are to be used for necessity, not to be enjoyed for pleasure; excellently did he subjoin, when he had said, “hope in the Lord” (ver. 6), “Many say, Who showeth us good things?”” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““Thou hast given,” he says, “joy in my heart,” when he had said, “The light of Thy countenance has been stamped on us, O Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 7, 6.
Read the whole comment“For “salvation is far from sinners;” and, “The light of Thy countenance hath been stamped upon us, O Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 6.
Read the whole comment“…but, “I will be glad and exult in Thee,” namely, in the hidden things of the Son, where “the light of Thy countenance hath been stamped on us, O Lord:” for, “Thou wilt hide them,” saith he, “in the hiding place of Thy countenance.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 6.
Read the whole comment“Not into my vineyard, not into my flock, not into my cask, not into my table, but “into my heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment““And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us” (ver. 17); whence the words, “O Lord, the light of Thy countenance is marked upon us.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 6.
Read the whole comment“His enemies wished to see good things here, and when invisible blessings were promised them, used to say, “Who will show us any good?”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 6.
Read the whole comment“We are God’s money: we have wandered away as coin from the treasury.” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 6: Aug., with Vulg,. translates וּניר”עָיהסָנְ passively and indic., instead of active and imperat., as Engl. Vers.—Tr.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
“Render to Caesar the money bearing his image, which is collected for him, and render yourselves willingly up to God, for the light of thy countenance, O Lord [Ps 4:6], and not of Caesar’s, is stamped upon us.” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“He receives the signet of God and cries to the Lord: “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;” and receiving the kiss of reconciliation, he says to Him: “Now is the light of thy countenance sealed upon us, O Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 6, acc. to the Gallican and Roman psalters. The allusions throughout are to the ritual practised in Jerome’s day in connection with the reception of…
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Ambrose of Milan
“And in order that we may know that this seal is rather on our hearts than on our bodies, the prophet says: “The light of Thy countenance has been impressed upon us, O Lord, Thou hast put gladness in my heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment“This is undoubtedly the Holy Spirit, Who is called both the fire and light of the countenance of God; light as we said above: “The light of Thy countenance has been sealed upon us, O Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 6.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:13–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:13–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:13–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:13–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:13–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.5.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.6.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.6.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.6.