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Psalm 63:8 (WEB)
My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

Fathers and councils · 6

Origen, Against Celsus VII.34Book VII
“The precept, therefore, “Thou shalt walk after the Lord thy God,” does not command a bodily approach to God; neither does the prophet refer to physical nearness to God, when he says in his prayer, “My soul followeth hard after Thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxiii. 8.
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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions XI.29Book XI
“But “because Thy loving-kindness is better than life,” behold, my life is but a distraction, and Thy right hand upheld me in my Lord, the Son of man, the Mediator between Thee, The One, and us the many,—in many distractions amid many things,—that through Him I may apprehend in…” — editor's note: Ps. lxiii. 8.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 3
“Pride is to be guarded against, and we must say, “My soul cleaved after Thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxiii. 8. ἐκολλήθη, Sept.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 63
““If I have remembered Thee upon my bed, in the dawnings I did meditate on thee (ver. 7): because Thou hast become my helper” (ver. 8).” — the author cites it
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Jerome, Letters Letter 123
“But now it is said of those who live in continence: “he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit;” and “my soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxiii. 8.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 130
“Tell me where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon;” and with the psalmist: “my soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me;” and with Jeremiah: “I have not found it hard.…to follow thee,” for “there is no grief in Jacob neither is there travail in Israel.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxiii. 8.
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