Psalm 50:21 (WEB)
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
Fathers and councils · 10
Cyril of Jerusalem
“The Saviour comes, not to be judged again, but to judge them who judged Him; He who before held His peace when judged, shall remind the transgressors who did those daring deeds at the Cross, and shall say, These things hast thou done, and I kept silence.” — editor's note: Ps. l. 21.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And of the delaying of judgment it is said to the sinner, “These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;” “Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself.”” — editor's note: Ps. l. 21.
Read the whole comment““These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue” (ver. 21).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““These things thou hast done,” He saith, “and was silent.”” — editor's note: Ps. l. 21.
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John Chrysostom
“Then shall He say to thee, “Thou thoughtest wickedly that I am even such an one as thyself; I will rebuke thee, and set before thy face thy sins.” ( Ps. l. 21 , LXX.) But may it not come to pass that any one of us hear this voice, but having wrought pure alms-deeds, and having our lamps burning, so may we…” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“These things hast thou done and I kept silence; thou thoughtest wickedly that I was such an one as thyself, but I will reprove thee and set them in order before thine eyes.”” — editor's note: Ps. l. 20, 21.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Then in the forty-ninth [fiftieth] Psalm, the Lord speaks thus: “I will rebuke thee, and will set thy sins before thy face.”” — editor's note: Ps. l. [xlix.] 21.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…that upon the mountains and hills, of which we have heard, or whatever and whenever it may be, when He will reason with us, and oppose us, and set before us those bitter accusers, our sins, comparing our wrongdoings with our benefits, and striking thought with thought, and scrutinising action with action, and…” — editor's note: Ps. l. 21.
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Clement of Alexandria
“To such an one Scripture says, “Thou thoughtest that I would be like thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. l. 21.
Read the whole comment““Thou hast supposed iniquity,” He says, “[in imagining] that I will be like to thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. l. 21.
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Cross-references · 12
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