Psalm 84:5

Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Answer to Eunomius' Second Book Chapter 1

  “…to another, ever reaching forth unto those things which were before, and setting in his heart, as saith the Prophet, each fair stage of his advance, and passing by all knowledge acquired by his own ability as falling short of that of which he was in quest, when he had gone beyond every conjecture…” — editor's note: Psalm lxxxiv. 5, “in whose heart are thy ways;” but LXX. ἀναβάσεις ἐν τῇ καρδί& 139· αὐτοῦ διέθετο.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions XIII.9Book XIII

  “We ascend Thy ways that be in our heart, and sing a song of degrees; we glow inwardly with Thy fire, with Thy good fire, and we go, because we go upwards to the peace of Jerusalem; for glad was I when they said unto me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxiv. 5.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 84

  ““Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee” (ver. 5).” — the author cites it

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120

  ““The ascent,” he saith, “is in the heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxiv. 5.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis III.3Book III

  “That it is an effect due to God, nevertheless, is declared by David, when he says in the Psalms, “Blessed is the man whose help is in Thee, O Lord, Thy ascents (are) in his heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxiv. 5. The words in the text are: Beatus vir, cujus est susceptio apud te, Domine, adscensus in corde ejus. The Vulgate reads: Beatus vir, cujus est…

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 19

  “But when, having guarded our soul with every care, and having appointed goings up in our heart, and broken up our fallow ground, and sown unto righteousness, as David and Solomon and Jeremiah bid us, let us enlighten ourselves with the light of knowledge,…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxiv. 5.

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• Psalm 120:1

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:2

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:3

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:4

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:5

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:7

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 122:1

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.9.

• Galatians 4:22

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Galatians 4:29

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Genesis 25:13

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Genesis 28:12

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 9:13

  Cited together in Confessions XIII.9.

• Psalm 61:2

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.