Psalm 86:4 (WEB)
Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
““Make glad the soul of Thy servant: for unto Thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul” (ver. 4).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…down the soul,” I shall be able to say (in order that I may speak to you something worthy of the subject), “O Lord, I have lifted up my soul unto Thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxvi. 4.
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Tertullian
“On the other hand, he whose “heart” was habitually found “lifted up” rather than fattened up, who in forty days and as many nights maintained a fast above the power of human nature, while spiritual faith subministered strength…” — editor's note: See Ps. lxxxvi. 4 (in LXX. lxxxv. 4); Lam. iii. 41 (in LXX. iii. 40).
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