Psalm 84:8 (WEB)
LORD, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XI.12Conference XI
“…high things to still higher in such a way that he who has become blessed and perfect in the fear of God; going as it is written “from strength to strength,” and from one perfection to another, i.e., mounting with keenness of soul from fear to hope, is summoned in the end to that still more blessed stage, which, is…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxiii. (lxxxiv.) 8.
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Augustine of Hippo
“He sees what has come before in hope, and where he is in reality.…Therefore returning to the groans proper to this place, he saith, “O Lord God of virtues, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob” (ver. 8): for Jacob himself also Thou hast made Israel out of Jacob.” — the author cites it
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