Psalm 57:4 (WEB)
My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Fathers and councils · 11
Augustine of Hippo
““And hath drawn out my soul from the midst of the lions’ whelps.”” — editor's note: Ps. lvii. 4.
Read the whole comment“Which saith another Psalm also, “Sons of men; their teeth are arms and arrows, and their tongue is a sharp sword.”” — editor's note: Ps. lvii. 4.
Read the whole comment“The synagogue of the powerful rose up against the Head, that is, our Lord Jesus Christ, crying and saying with one mouth, Crucify Him, crucify Him: of whom it is said, “The sons of men, their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.”” — editor's note: Ps. lvii. 4.
Read the whole comment““From” this “sword deliver me” (ver. 11).” — editor's note: Ps. lvii. 4.
Read the whole comment“And to let thee know that thou slayest him, listen to the psalm: “The sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.”” — editor's note: Ps. lvii. 4.
Read the whole comment“But if in addition to all these former deeds of yours, you also cried out, “Crucify, crucify [him];” then hear what it is against you that the prophet proclaims: “The sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.”” — editor's note: Ps. lvii. 4.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For their tongue, according to the testimony of the Psalmist, is a ‘sharp sword, and their teeth spears and arrows.’” — editor's note: Ps. lvii. 4.
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John Chrysostom
““For their teeth are weapons and darts.”” — editor's note: Ps. lvii. 4.
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Jerome
“…sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son,” and lest you become as “the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,” and as the man whose “words were softer than oil yet were they drawn swords.”” — editor's note: Ps. lvii. 4.
Read the whole comment“Of such it is well said by the psalmist, “as for the children of men their teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword.”” — editor's note: Ps. lvii. 4.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…in the morning, and that we may be made to hear of joy and gladness, spoken into godly ears, that we may not be a sharp sword, nor a whetted razor, nor turn under our tongue labour and toil, but that we may speak the Wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden Wisdom, reverencing the fiery tongues.” — editor's note: Ib. lvii. 4; lii. 2.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 114.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 114.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 114.