Psalm 42:8 (WEB)
The LORD will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“Therefore follows: “The Lord will commend His loving-kindness in the day-time; and in the night-time will He declare it” (ver. 8).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“But the Lord commanded His loving-kindness in the daytime, and made them sing of it in the night: when the Jewish night threw no confusion of darkness into the day of the Christians, separated as it was from themselves; and when that which could slay the flesh had no power to darken their faith.” — editor's note: Ps. xlii. 8.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…of his heart, lead me on from a mere literal or symbolical interpretation to a still wider view, as I proceed from one depth to another, calling upon deep after deep, and finding light after light, until I attain the highest pinnacle.” — editor's note: Ps. xlii. 8.
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