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What the Fathers say

Psalms 22:12

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"Many calves came about Me." The multitude of the wanton populace came about Me. "Fat bulls closed Me in" (ver. 12). And their leaders, glad at My oppression, "closed Me in."

Exposition on Psalm 22 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"They have surrounded me." Above the Psalmist, in the person of Christ, showed that his complaint or grievance was reasonable, both on God's part and from the custom or experience of the ancients; here, however, he pursues the order of the passion as regards the affliction of the flesh. And first he introduces the persecutors. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗