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King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst

Psalm 84:2

Gerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622 · Centraal Museum, Utrecht · Public domainGerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

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Psalm 84:2 (WEB)

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Catechism · 1

  • §1770Article 5 · The Morality of the PassionsRead at vatican.va

    “Moral perfection consists in man's being moved to the good not by his will alone, but also by his sensitive appetite, as in the words of the psalm: "My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God."” — Catechism footnote: Ps 84:2.

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Augustine of Hippo

Jerome

  • “My soul longeth yea even fainteth for the courts of the Lord,” and “I had rather be an outcast in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxiv. 1, 2.

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Cyprian of Carthage

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