Psalm 85:8 (WEB)
I will hear what God, the LORD, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.
Fathers and councils · 6
Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.1Discourse III
“…because His discourses were not His own words but the Father’s, and so of His works, then,—since David says, ‘I will hear what the Lord God shall say in me,’ and again Solomon, ‘My words are spoken by God,’ and since Moses was minister of words which were from God, and each of the Prophets spoke not what was his…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxv. 8, LXX.
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Augustine of Hippo
““For I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me; for He will speak peace unto His people.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxv. 8.
Read the whole comment“Nay, but hear what thou speakest, whoever thou art that speakest: and thou that writ be heard thyself, first hear thyself; and speak what a certain man doth speak in another Psalm, “I will hear what in me speaketh the Lord God, for He shall speak peace to His people.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxv. 8.
Read the whole comment““I will hearken” (ver. 8).” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“Whence also David says: “I will hear what the Lord God will say within me.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxv. [lxxxiv.] 8.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Let us be enlightened in our ears; let us be enlightened in our tongue, that we may hearken what the Lord God will speak, and that He may cause us to hear His lovingkindness in the morning, and that we may be made to hear of joy and gladness, spoken into godly ears, that we may…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxv. 8.
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