Psalm 4:7 (WEB)
You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
Fathers and councils · 10
Augustine of Hippo
“But there, where I was angry with myself in my chamber, where I was inwardly pricked, where I had offered my “sacrifice,” slaying my old man, and beginning the resolution of a new life, putting my trust in Thee,—there hadst Thou begun to grow sweet unto me, and to “put gladness in my heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“And to Milan I came, unto Ambrose the bishop, known to the whole world as among the best of men, Thy devout servant; whose eloquent discourse did at that time strenuously dispense unto Thy people the flour of Thy wheat, the “gladness” of Thy “oil,” and the sober intoxication of Thy “wine.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 7, and civ. 15.
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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“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, “Thou hast put gladness in my heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 7.
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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“Gladness, too, does not anoint the body, but brightens the inmost heart, as the prophet said: “Thou hast put gladness in my heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 7.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And now he asks that the Light and the Truth may be sent forth for him, now giving thanks that he has a share in it, in that the Light of God is marked upon him; that is, that the signs of the illumination given are impressed upon him and recognized.” — editor's note: Ib. iv. 7.
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Tertullian
“(None else, surely, than He), to whom the Spirit in the Psalm answers, in His foresight of the future, saying, “The light of Thy countenance, O Lord, hath been displayed upon us.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 7 (Sept.).
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in Confessions V.13.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in Confessions V.13.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.
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.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.6.
