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Isaiah 26:7

Western Saints

Jerome

The path of the just is straight, the righteous path is for walking: and on the path of your judgments, O Lord, we have waited for you, your name and your memorial in the desire of our soul: my soul has desired you in the night. LXX: The path of the just is straight, made straight is the path of the just, and prepared. For the path of the Lord is judgment, we have hoped in your name: and in the memorial which our soul desires. …

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Thomas Aquinas

602. The way of the just. Here is set out, as it were, a dispute of the prophet with the Lord, to obtain the petition of the people. And first, he urges him by arguments to punish their enemies; second, he urges him from experience: you have indulged (Isa 26:15). Concerning the first, he does two things: first, he urges him to punish them; second, to detain them in punishment: let not the dead live (Isa 26:14). …

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