Psalm 71:3 (WEB)
Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
Fathers and councils · 3
Athanasius of Alexandria
“And this coincides with what we said before; for as we then introduced the words, ‘Become my God and defence,’ and ‘the Lord became a refuge for the oppressed,’ and it stood to reason that these expressions do not shew that God is originate, but that His beneficence ‘becomes’ towards each individual, the same sense…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxi. 3. stony rock, E. V. Ps. ix. 9. dejence.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Be Thou unto me for a protecting God” (ver. 3).” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“Accordingly we find the Psalmist, even in reference to God, saying “Be Thou to me a champion God and a strong place to save me” and concerning the Spirit “behold there is place by me, and stand upon a rock.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxi. 3, LXX.
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