Psalm 77:2 (WEB)
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
Fathers and councils · 5
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VII.34Book VII
“…or of some other prophet; or when the expression is used, “the law by the hand of Moses,” or, “I sought the Lord with my hands, and was not deceived,”—no one is so foolish as not to see that the word “hands” is taken figuratively, as when John says, “Our hands have handled the Word of life.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvii. 2, according to the LXX.
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Jerome
“lxxvii. 2.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
““In the day of tribulation I have sought out God” (ver. 2).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Secondly, when about to narrate and mention all these things, which seem to need a hearer more than an expounder: “I will open,” he saith, “in parables my mouth, I will declare propositions from the beginning.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvii. 2.
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John Chrysostom
“Consider how gold is found; with much labor. [“I sought the Lord] with my hands” (it is said) “by night before Him, and I was not deceived” ( Ps. lxxvii. 2.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.