Psalm 44:19 (WEB)
though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Fathers and councils · 3
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.8Book II
“…into this valley of tears, and into this place of our humiliation; as He says in the Psalm, “Because Thou hast humiliated us in the place of affliction.”” — editor's note: Ps. xliv. 19.
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Augustine of Hippo
““And the shadow of death has covered us” (ver. 19).” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…contrary distressed at our lengthened sojourn, like holy David, who calls things here the tents of darkness, and the place of affliction, and the deep mire, and the shadow of death; because we linger in the tombs we bear about with us, because, though we are gods, we die like men the death of sin?” — editor's note: Ib. xliv. 19 (LXX.); lxix. 2.
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