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Isaiah 41:14

Western Saints

Jerome

I say to you, Do not be afraid: I have helped you; do not fear, worm of Jacob, who are dead from Israel, or as the LXX says, very few from Israel. But the worm which is said in Hebrew, Tholath, is called the chorus of the Apostles because of their humility and contempt, imitating the Savior, who speaks in the psalm: I am a worm, and not a man: the reproach of men, and the despising of the people (Psalm 22:7). …

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Thomas Aquinas

807. Second, as to abundance of goods; and first, against slavery, he sets out the very yoke of slavery: fear not, you worm, as if to say: you who were thought vile and trampled on as a worm, and were reckoned for dead: I am a worm, and no man (Ps 21:7[22:6]); he also sets out divine help, below: I have helped you (50).

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