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Psalm 72:6 (WEB)
He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

Fathers and councils · 7

Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 16
“For all things, for the most part, are twofold in our Lord Jesus Christ: a twofold generation; one, of God, before the ages; and one, of a Virgin, at the close of the ages: His descents twofold; one, the unobserved, like rain on a fleece; and a second His open coming, which is to be.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxii. 6. See xii. 9; and § 10, below.
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Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Widows Chapter 3
“But what does this mean: “Until the day on which the Lord shall send rain on the earth”? except that He, too, “shall come down like rain upon a fleece, and like the drops that water the earth.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxii. [lxxi.] 6.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 72
““And He shall come down like rain into a fleece, and like drops distilling upon the earth” (ver. 6).” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 52
“Heard ye not the prophet, saying, “He shall not strive nor cry, neither shall His voice be heard without?”and another again, “He shall come down as rain upon a fleece of wool?”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxii. 6. [LXX.]
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 7
“…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. lxxii. 6, 7.
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 19
“…because he is called a great Mountain, and Leviathan and King of that which lives in the water, whereas Christ is called the Lamb, and the Pearl, and the Drop and similar names.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxii. 6.
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Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.8Book V
““He shall come down,” says He, “like rain upon a fleece, and like dropping showers upon the earth,” describing His descent from heaven to the flesh as gentle and unobserved.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxii. 6.
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