Psalm 84:3 (WEB)
Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King, and my God.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“For even “the sparrow hath found her a house,” and, “The Lord hath become a refuge to the poor.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxiv. 3.
Read the whole comment““For,” saith he, “the sparrow hath found her a house, and the turtle-dove a nest, where she may lay her young” (ver. 3).” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man On the.23On the Making of Man
“…soul fainted with desire, and in his psalm he confesses this passionate love, saying that his “soul hath a desire and longing to be in the courts of the Lord,” even if he must needs be rejected to a place amongst the lowest, as it is a greater and more desirable thing to be last there than to be first among the…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxiv. 3.
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