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Psalm 41:3 (WEB)
The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

Fathers and councils · 6

Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Virgins III.5Book III
“For which reason David also says: “The Lord will send him help upon his bed of pain.”” — editor's note: Ps. xli. [xl.] 3.
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Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith I.21Book I
“How shall I break forth into speech of things whereof I am afraid, when David prays that a watch may be set over his mouth in the matter of things whereof he has knowledge?” — editor's note: Ps. xxxix. 1, 2; cxli. 3, 4.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 108
“…castaway;” and “It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine;” and “I humbled my soul with fasting;” and “thou wilt make all” my “bed in” my “sickness;” and “Thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.”” — editor's note: Ps. xli. 3.
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 12
“I am neither so talkative, as to desire to speak, when He is bent on silence; nor so reserved and ignorant as to set a watch before my lips when it is the time to speak: but I open and close my door at the will of that Mind and Word and Spirit, Who is One kindred Deity.” — editor's note: Ps. cxli. 3.
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Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 95
“The faith of those who do good is free from anxiety: thou shalt have all thy desires, and shalt obtain without end what thou lovest.” — editor's note: Operantium: operatio is the regular patristic term for the doing of charitable actions; for this application of the beatitude and its promised reward, compare…
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